As I am sitting here nursing I just have to share a quick conversation that I overheard between my 3 year old and 5 month old. As you guessed, it was just a one sided convo!
I am in the bathroom getting ready and this is what I hear:
"You can do it COWBOYAH! Take it off. No don't do that. That can be Very dangerous!"
This totally cracked me up and I knew I had to jot it down before I forgot.
I looked in and she was undressing him out of his sleeper blanket. I'm sill not sure what could be so dangerous???
Monday, November 15, 2010
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Great Expectations
My dear sweet wonderful husband has learned that once my mind is made up, then it is best to let me just do my thang. (Speaking of "THANG"...little miss THANG asked her daddy the other day, "How do you spell thang?" Oh dear....)
Ok, back on track!
I get these big ideas in my head...REALLY BIG! Sometimes I forget that my 3,2, and 4 month old are well..3,2, and 4 months.
We had a great visit to Atlanta this week. Michael had a work conference, and we got to visit my sister. That is all in another post. Needless to say...I pushed the kids to the max. No naps and late late late bedtime and early rise and shine time.
SOOOO....of course I thought it would be a great idea to travel out of our way to visit a state park and go hiking. It was a gorgeous Fall day afterall!
After arriving WAY past lunch time and well into naptime, we decided to picnic and go for "a little short hike."
1 hour and 45 minutes later, we were back.
I was hoping that our hike would be something like this...ALL SMILES!
Instead it was more like this:
AND THIS:
Thank goodness for this precious one. He was the happiest camper of them all!
Lila did manage to squeeze out a little smile after her head bump. I will totally give her credit, because even after about 6 falls, she was a trooper!! She is going to be our little hiker...one day!
Did I mention that Graham did THIS the whole time:
No wonder the smallest child we saw on the hike was Lila's size and in a hiking back pack.
No wonder every person that passed us had a hiking stick and just shook their head and made comments like, "Oh my, you have your hands full." and "You sure are brave." No people, that would just be DUMB! Plain ole' DUMB!
Michael finally sweetly suggested that we should probably just turn around after a boy scout leader told us we had about another 45 minutes of switchbacks uphill before we got to the outer loop.
Honestly, it is too exhausting to go into the all the details. What I remember from this trip is lots of screaming and crying and a large pump knot and a scratched face!
Of course...all I am thinking is:
When are we going back!
Ok, back on track!
I get these big ideas in my head...REALLY BIG! Sometimes I forget that my 3,2, and 4 month old are well..3,2, and 4 months.
We had a great visit to Atlanta this week. Michael had a work conference, and we got to visit my sister. That is all in another post. Needless to say...I pushed the kids to the max. No naps and late late late bedtime and early rise and shine time.
SOOOO....of course I thought it would be a great idea to travel out of our way to visit a state park and go hiking. It was a gorgeous Fall day afterall!
After arriving WAY past lunch time and well into naptime, we decided to picnic and go for "a little short hike."
1 hour and 45 minutes later, we were back.
I was hoping that our hike would be something like this...ALL SMILES!
Instead it was more like this:
AND THIS:
Thank goodness for this precious one. He was the happiest camper of them all!
Lila did manage to squeeze out a little smile after her head bump. I will totally give her credit, because even after about 6 falls, she was a trooper!! She is going to be our little hiker...one day!
Did I mention that Graham did THIS the whole time:
No wonder the smallest child we saw on the hike was Lila's size and in a hiking back pack.
No wonder every person that passed us had a hiking stick and just shook their head and made comments like, "Oh my, you have your hands full." and "You sure are brave." No people, that would just be DUMB! Plain ole' DUMB!
Michael finally sweetly suggested that we should probably just turn around after a boy scout leader told us we had about another 45 minutes of switchbacks uphill before we got to the outer loop.
Honestly, it is too exhausting to go into the all the details. What I remember from this trip is lots of screaming and crying and a large pump knot and a scratched face!
Of course...all I am thinking is:
When are we going back!
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Dance Class
The gymnast in me was having a super hard time putting Lila in a ballet class. That is until I saw her in this:
Oh me Oh my, how beautiful she looks in this pink leotard!(although I've yet to get a good picture...that does her justice anyway!)
Let's hope she is pretty good at dance after what I dropped on this outfit! This girl has expensive taste! :)
Her favorite thing is getting to wear her hair in a bun. It isn't much of one, but this girl sure was excited to wear it.
She wanted to be sure to leave her bun in so that she could show her grandparents and all her cousins. As we were driving down the road with the sunroof open, she quickly grabbed her head and asked me to shut the sunroof. When I asked her why, she told me with a distraught look on her face that it was messing up her bun. Poor thing had no clue that that bun was out about halfway through her dance class many hours before. SSSHH...don't tell.
She still talks about going to "Miss Nastics" house and swinging on the bars, but she is also really enjoying having her BFF's in class with her.
I'm not sure how they will feel about being in class with her after I peeked in to find Lila poking her friend in the face.
I asked her teacher how she did the first day. She told me that she did well, but that she got distracted by some of the other girls! BIG SURPRISE!! "Focus Lila!" I find myself saying that a lot. She sure can focus when she wants to, such as on those distractions that tend to get her so unfocused.
In the meantime, I am enjoying dressing this girl up once a week and watching her twirl!
Oh me Oh my, how beautiful she looks in this pink leotard!(although I've yet to get a good picture...that does her justice anyway!)
Let's hope she is pretty good at dance after what I dropped on this outfit! This girl has expensive taste! :)
Her favorite thing is getting to wear her hair in a bun. It isn't much of one, but this girl sure was excited to wear it.
She wanted to be sure to leave her bun in so that she could show her grandparents and all her cousins. As we were driving down the road with the sunroof open, she quickly grabbed her head and asked me to shut the sunroof. When I asked her why, she told me with a distraught look on her face that it was messing up her bun. Poor thing had no clue that that bun was out about halfway through her dance class many hours before. SSSHH...don't tell.
She still talks about going to "Miss Nastics" house and swinging on the bars, but she is also really enjoying having her BFF's in class with her.
I'm not sure how they will feel about being in class with her after I peeked in to find Lila poking her friend in the face.
I asked her teacher how she did the first day. She told me that she did well, but that she got distracted by some of the other girls! BIG SURPRISE!! "Focus Lila!" I find myself saying that a lot. She sure can focus when she wants to, such as on those distractions that tend to get her so unfocused.
In the meantime, I am enjoying dressing this girl up once a week and watching her twirl!
Monday, July 26, 2010
Hot Days will make ya...Jump Jump!
(and wear your hair "all crazy" and not put pants on!)
and CLIMB CLIMB!! (..and stay in our pj's all day and not fix our hair)
and CLIMB CLIMB!! (..and stay in our pj's all day and not fix our hair)
The Journey Begins....
Our church's VBS was this week! This actually makes Lila's 2nd Bible school that she has attended this summer. Even last year, at age 2, she absolutely loved it! I knew that this year she would REALLY be all about it since she got to be in the "big kid" hall!
Lila's first VBS was the week after I had little g. My precious neighbor took her to their "Saddle Ridge Ranch" themed VBS. Lila LOVED getting to ride with the H's. everyday and also got to see some sweet other friends, The Browns. They did super fun things afterwards like lunch at Mickey D's and Ice Cream at Baskin Robbins!! Honestly, I missed her so much, but she had SUCH a great time and I was very thankful for the break, considering it was my first week home with # 3.
Sooo, by the time our church's VBS rolled around, she was a pro. Graham on the other hand, was not as quite excited. He did have a great time, but by the end of the week, he was OVER IT! He finally had enough on Friday and hung out with me in the baby room. I will be honest, although I got to be with my own baby, I wasn't too excited about being in the baby room. I am not one of those that can just sit and rock...at least I didn't think so. That is until I had this precious room of sweet snuggly ones! The first 2 days I was a little anxious and needed to be up moving around. I thought if the kids were awake I should be entertaining them. I mean, they should go home singing Jesus Loves Me and My God is so Big, too, right? I finally settled down and loved on some of the most beautiful, sweetest, little things ever, including my own! He was the most handsome if I do say so myself! :)
Favorite Team Day:
Who better than TEAM HARRELL!
Crazy Day:
On Sunday after the week was over, the kids did a little performance of their songs from VBS.
Notice, Lila couldn't take her eyes off of handome Mr. WP.
She finally batted her eyelashes enough, (behind her sunglasses) to persuade him to move down next to her.
Afterwards, the kids enjoyed a yummy ice cream social!
Thanks TSC for another wonderful year of teaching our kids about God's word.
L wants to wear her shirt EVERYDAY and both her and G have memorized the entire CD. It is the only thing we listen to in the car and I will never again hear the words to a current top 40 single.
Lila's first VBS was the week after I had little g. My precious neighbor took her to their "Saddle Ridge Ranch" themed VBS. Lila LOVED getting to ride with the H's. everyday and also got to see some sweet other friends, The Browns. They did super fun things afterwards like lunch at Mickey D's and Ice Cream at Baskin Robbins!! Honestly, I missed her so much, but she had SUCH a great time and I was very thankful for the break, considering it was my first week home with # 3.
Sooo, by the time our church's VBS rolled around, she was a pro. Graham on the other hand, was not as quite excited. He did have a great time, but by the end of the week, he was OVER IT! He finally had enough on Friday and hung out with me in the baby room. I will be honest, although I got to be with my own baby, I wasn't too excited about being in the baby room. I am not one of those that can just sit and rock...at least I didn't think so. That is until I had this precious room of sweet snuggly ones! The first 2 days I was a little anxious and needed to be up moving around. I thought if the kids were awake I should be entertaining them. I mean, they should go home singing Jesus Loves Me and My God is so Big, too, right? I finally settled down and loved on some of the most beautiful, sweetest, little things ever, including my own! He was the most handsome if I do say so myself! :)
Favorite Team Day:
Who better than TEAM HARRELL!
Crazy Day:
On Sunday after the week was over, the kids did a little performance of their songs from VBS.
Notice, Lila couldn't take her eyes off of handome Mr. WP.
She finally batted her eyelashes enough, (behind her sunglasses) to persuade him to move down next to her.
Afterwards, the kids enjoyed a yummy ice cream social!
Thanks TSC for another wonderful year of teaching our kids about God's word.
L wants to wear her shirt EVERYDAY and both her and G have memorized the entire CD. It is the only thing we listen to in the car and I will never again hear the words to a current top 40 single.
Monday, June 28, 2010
The Ultimate Tickle Me Tuesday!
I am not sure if any Tuesday will ever top this one! We got the ultimate Tickle when this little guy arrived!
The saying goes, "Tuesday's child is full of grace." Well, I wouldn't quite say that his entrance into this world was very graceful, considering he came out looking like this:
BUT, hopefully the rest of his life will be that way.
This perfection has melted my heart all over again!
The delivery was hard (all back labor again), fast (broke my water a little after 2 am and he arrived at 2:51), and PAINFUL(No epidural = NO FUN!), but I am so thankful that all went well and we have a healthy little BOY!
I supposedly yelled, "It's a boy" before he was even out. The room got silent when I said it because they didn't know yet. After they pulled him on out, I hear Michael say, "We have a boy!"
I remember intially thinking that he looked like Lila with all his dark hair. It felt like forever waiting for that first cry, although it was only a few seconds.
They layed him immediately on my chest and we loved all over him!
After cleaning him up they handed him to me and I couldn't believe how blue his face was. The rest of him was perfectly pink. Apparentley when the baby drops so fast it causes bruising and some blood vessels in his eyes to burst. It went away pretty quickly and he healed up nicely! I still thought that he was absolutley gorgeous!
I will tell you that delivering in the middle of the night is for the birds! I couldn't sleep of course, but that did not hold true for Michael who after literally falling asleep standing up next to Garrison, konked out about 5 and slept for 3 hours. He had no idea of all the doctors, pediatricians, and nurses that were in and out. I FINALLY got a little rest at about 3 the next afternoon for only 45 minutes or so.
Garrison has been the best little baby. I remember our first nights home with Lila and Graham and how they both screamed all night long. I was preparing myself for that experience again, but this little sweetheart was very kind to his mommy and daddy and didn't fuss too bad at all. He has been GREAT!
We Love you Garrison Reid Harrell
June 15, 2010
8 lbs 12 oz.
21 inches long
The saying goes, "Tuesday's child is full of grace." Well, I wouldn't quite say that his entrance into this world was very graceful, considering he came out looking like this:
BUT, hopefully the rest of his life will be that way.
This perfection has melted my heart all over again!
The delivery was hard (all back labor again), fast (broke my water a little after 2 am and he arrived at 2:51), and PAINFUL(No epidural = NO FUN!), but I am so thankful that all went well and we have a healthy little BOY!
I supposedly yelled, "It's a boy" before he was even out. The room got silent when I said it because they didn't know yet. After they pulled him on out, I hear Michael say, "We have a boy!"
I remember intially thinking that he looked like Lila with all his dark hair. It felt like forever waiting for that first cry, although it was only a few seconds.
They layed him immediately on my chest and we loved all over him!
After cleaning him up they handed him to me and I couldn't believe how blue his face was. The rest of him was perfectly pink. Apparentley when the baby drops so fast it causes bruising and some blood vessels in his eyes to burst. It went away pretty quickly and he healed up nicely! I still thought that he was absolutley gorgeous!
I will tell you that delivering in the middle of the night is for the birds! I couldn't sleep of course, but that did not hold true for Michael who after literally falling asleep standing up next to Garrison, konked out about 5 and slept for 3 hours. He had no idea of all the doctors, pediatricians, and nurses that were in and out. I FINALLY got a little rest at about 3 the next afternoon for only 45 minutes or so.
Garrison has been the best little baby. I remember our first nights home with Lila and Graham and how they both screamed all night long. I was preparing myself for that experience again, but this little sweetheart was very kind to his mommy and daddy and didn't fuss too bad at all. He has been GREAT!
We Love you Garrison Reid Harrell
June 15, 2010
8 lbs 12 oz.
21 inches long
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