Harrison's girlfriend's first birthday!!!!!!

Yes he is riding on Emilie's pink car...a picture to save for his graduation:) Love the cheesy grin.
Emilie being ever so neat with her cupcake.

Why do I keep finding balloons stuck to me? Dad?

Showing off one of her new toys.

Harrison all dressed up to attend his first real birthday party. Such a handsome guy.

Emilie had her first birthday party today and Harrison had a blast!!! She is so cute, she kept walking up to the other kids and saying "hi." She came over, sat in my lap and Harrison wasn't ok with it. He kept taking her bottle out of her mouth and throwing it on the ground. I guess it is a good thing we are waiting a while to have another child...He needs some time to learn to share.

11 months..time is flying

Take a close look...I won't be having this thing in my mouth in a month...at least that is my parents plan...he only uses it for sleeping times right now and I guess this photoshoot.

Harrison...walks in circles(to the song the hokie pokie), getting faster with his walking, stands from sitting, able to place shapes in his shape sorter, copying what we say/do, finally not pulling mom's hair-enjoys twisting it like his daddy, drives tractors:) (that one Craig gave me), changes his own diaper (once again Craig said-We wish), eats finger foods at all meals with 4 bottles a day, can climb up on ottomen-that's a fun one, loves to try and figure things out, pretty much walking everywhere, has his own mii and loves hugs. We are having a blast. Oh and one more thing walks around with both his hands in the air with his pointer fingers up like he is saying I am almost 1!!!

Harrison had a dr's appt. on Tuesday since Miss Dana thought he sounded croupy on Monday...Ear infections both ears and mild case of croup...antibiotics again...he is going to be just like his dad with these ear infections. Oh and he weighs...drumroll please..21 lbs 8 ounces.

Thank goodness we are all on the tail end of this cold crud...let's just say I think 2 weeks and my 2nd antibiotic is enough. Craig would probably be on antibiotic right now also, but he wouldn't go to the dr...Let's just say washing your hands a million times a day doesn't help when all of your coworkers/pt's are sick. Thank you G and G DuBois for watching Harrison for us Tuesday night, wed, and Thursday since we were taking turns feeling awful. We are so thankful for our wonderful family who help us out in times of need.

Grandpa DuBois had a tractor...E I E I O

Helping Grandpa move the firewood to the house.
Doesn't Harrison look lovely...I guess his big coat got left at daycare...so 3 shirts, a k-state windbreaker, and daddies shirt did the job.

Grandpa thought that since Harrison was helping drive the tractor that he needed to wear work gloves like Grandpa:) I think Craig enjoyed taking Harrison for another tractor ride.

Going for a ride!!!

Silly Guy

Not so sure of the grass

Making faces at daddy.

mmmm broccoli.

I'm almost taller than muddy buddies tire:)

Like my new cubbies hat?

New words

Craig and I love to interpret Harrison...this week he is saying "wow" all the time. I guess my co-workers were right when they said I say this word a lot, Harrison is picking up on it.

Weekend in Wichita

Mommy and Harrison exploring G and G V. backyard. Doing better with the grass.
Harrison and Grandma V. looking out the window.

Lyndsay, Alicia, and myself with our babies:) We had a great time catching up.

G and G V taking Harrison on his first wagon ride. We had beautiful weather.

Harrison loves to swing....but we knew that already...he is our little monkey.

Meeting Ruby for the first time.

Driving Ruby for the first time....many years of off roading fun to come...but the driveway is a start.

Harrison and Grandpa D...Had the best picture of the two of them, but when I put it on the computer it was blurry:( Sorry no pics of Aunt Brie this time-hope you are feeling better.

We would have more pics of family, however I am so bad about charging our camera and it died, thank you G and G Vaught for your copies of the weekend. Love you and miss all of you.

Cora Paige

I have shared with many you the journey that Joel and Jess (we lived in the same dorm at K-State) have recently gone through with their 11 month old daughter Cora who recently lost her battle with cancer. http://themcclenahans.blogspot.com/ I have been thinking about how I could write this post, but I can't even begin to imagine what they are going through-Harrison and Cora were so close in age. All I know is that in her 11 months of life she has touched more people than I could even hope to reach in my entire life-you can see this in the comments left on their blog and those are just from the people who left messages. We do not always understand why this happens, but our God is all knowing and he has a purpose for each of our lives. Cora is now safe in his arms playing in heaven and free from pain. Please continue to keep Joel and Jess in your prayers.
Also, they are going to build a playground at their church called Cora's playground http://corapaige.blogspot.com/
I found these beautiful flower pins that a woman is making in her name and all of the proceeds go towards Cora's playground. http://www.joyshope.com/2009/02/for-cora.html

6-7 PM

6-7 pm is our family time...everything is dropped and Harrison gets our full attention. We usually go to his room, turn on one of his cds, and just play.

I love my boys...this is my favorite time of the day by far!!!!

Super Bowl Party!!!

Aunt Nicole and Hudson being silly.
Grandpa and Hudson watching the game.
Trying to get a family picture...Someone wasn't being cooperative.
Harrison thinks grandpa is hilarious:)

He loves to cuddle with his mommy.

We had a family super bowl party. The guys watched the game, while the girls watched the babies and talked. Gonna be honest did not watch one minute of the game...too busy trying to prepare Harrison for his first day of daycare with Miss Dana!!! By the way he had a blast and was ready to go to bed at 6pm. Hopefully Friday goes just as well.

Happy Birthday mommy!!

Trying to get one good pic at dinner...
again...
Harrison was too busy flirting with the ladies in the table next to us. We finally had wonderful service while eating out and enjoyed my b-day dinner.

He is so talented he can write mommy:)

I had a great 27th Birthday...I know 27 so scarey...I came home and Harrison and Craig decorated the wall for me and made me brownies!!!

Pointing to the animals

So we always point to different things in Harrison's books to help him associate what picture goes with the word we are saying...today he started pointing with one finger to the animals in his book. Watch closely:)

An apple a day

So can you tell Harrison likes apples just like his mommy. Sorry it is so long, but I am unable to edit videos off of my digital camera. Yep it is gross he is eating off of the parts I already took a bite out of...We are getting to the point where he wants everything we are eating-thank goodness though for finger foods so we can have a peaceful dinner again.