Week(s) in Review- September 7th- 19th

September 7th- 19th

-We had a fun little family labor day- made me wish Harold was here, but glad I have my parents! We took Harrison on a walk and too the park all together- it was fun! Grandma even went down the slide- TWICE! =) We went home and had a great dinner of grilled hot dogs, homemade potato salad, & cucumbers & red onions marinated in oil, vinegar & dijon mustard. Yum, yum!



GRRR... Bad to the bone!








Mischievous little man...



Practicing playing with the football for Daddy's return! =)









Blocks are yummy!










Toy deprived? Oh man...










Babies love their boxes...










This is why I need to wear a bib ALL THE TIME!










Happy baby boy!










This week we celebrated Auntie Tori's 24th birthday! We walked around downtown and shopped, then I dropped HP off for an adult dinner of sushi (which I couldn't have, boo.) at Arrowwood.









Rad like Dad



Harrison got a new Harley from his great-aunt Arlene! He loves it, although Mommy already let him fall once... uh oh.








-Harrison added cottage cheese & yogurt. His vote? Yogurt- thumbs up. Cottage cheese? BIG thumbs down. We'll keep trying though. =)

-The little guy is officially mobile- although, not forward. =) He can "crawl" backwards to get virtually anywhere, and rotate around 360 degrees. He's starting to get up on all fours & rock a little bit as well. He'll be crawling (forward) in no time!

-We have 2 more weeks in MN, then we're off to home in TX! It's a little bittersweet, but I know the second I see Harold I'm going to be all happy!

Week(s) in Review- August 23rd- September 6th

August 23rd- September 6th

Been a little too busy to post lately- I also lost my camera charger for a few days which was a TRAGEDY, especially since I sent my fujifilm camera to Harold in Afghanistan. Luckily it was recovered a few days later. =)


Harrison & I went to Brainerd, MN to visit one of my best high school girls Kristen (check out her great food blog!) We had a ton of fun!


On Friday Harrison had a playdate with a friend, Odin! They had fun. Harrison really hasn't spent enough time with other kids- he was pretty fascinated. It's always good to hang out with people who have kids! (don't do that much here in MN)


We went out for dinner friday night @ Maddens (yummy!) then came home to relax. Harrison decided to take control of the remote, and changed the channel to the Redskins game. Hubby is OBSESSED and I thought it was funny- a sign for Daddy! I told him to come home soon because his little HP was ready for some football!


Saturday we went shopping in Nisswa (really touristy area) all day- great area.










My little Fox in Socks!



Harrison Gage Price











He's discovered the Xylophone (see video in post below) and is literally obsessed. I've never seen him be so interested in one single toy! One day I tried to give him a bottle, but he whined and squirmed until I sat him back by his precious xylophone. I think I've got a little musician on my hands! =)


Goof!




- Harrison had a saltine cracker for the first time- we went to Raaper's for my brother's birthday (two for one drinks, and have price appetizers. GREAT deal. Too bad no drinks for me! hehe) He really enjoyed it! He was thirsty the morning after though-

-Harold called & said he officially has less than 60 days!! YAY!!!!! He was thinking it was going to be the first week in November, but he things he'll be leaving the first or second week in October!! I'm thrilled. Harrison, my parents and I are leaving for Texas October 3rd, so excited! It's going to be sad to say goodbye to Grandma and Grandpa though!

-We took HP to church on Sunday for the first time in awhile (guess the summer made us too lazy!) He was SO good. Honestly, I couldn't believe it. Just sat on my lap and played with some paper and other toys. Perfect angel!

- The weather has been great here in MN! We've been trying to get outside more and hang out in the shade & on our swing. I am really starting to get my fall allergies though, and am not taking anything due to being pregnant. That coupled with my general lack of energy from pregnancy, it's been hard for me to even get our walks for the day in.

My Xylophone Prodigy

Wordless Wednesday

Week In Review- August 16th-22nd

August 16th-22nd

Trip to Target- he loves to ride in the cart & people watch.








We had our first taste of "real" food! Here's the "before" pic- he actually didn't get that messy, so I didn't even post the "after". This one was too cute not to post, though. =)



Totally unsure what this is...



But I like it! =) He did pretty well with it.








Mommy & Baby in Minnesota Gopher Gear! My brother Will was home for a few days, so we took him out to "Wing It Wednesday" at a local restaurant/bar. They have a deal on a huge plate of wings & pitcher of beer. Harrison & I refrained from the beer. =)







Hanging around the house.... Captain Adorable!







Friday night we took Harrison to the Douglas County Fair. Here he's looking @ Horses w/Grandpa. We took him through all the animal barns. He didn't seem all that interested, however he is only 7 months. But it was good to get out! We ran into a lot of people we knew so it's always fun to show him off!



Totally pooped from the fair... it's not that far from our house, so we just walked. It didn't take him long to fall asleep though! =)








Saturday Harrison & I went to my college roommate's wedding! She was my freshman roommate in the dorms, and we lived together the next two years. She's the first of my friends to get married (besides myself, of course) so it was a fun wedding. CLEARLY I'm the half-ton pregnant one on the right. I was bummed to be pregnant, because it would have been fun to really let loose for the night with the college roomies, but what do you do? Isn't she a beautiful bride? These are only a portion of the girls I lived with- Junior year we lived in a house with 10 girls!



The Happy Couple!



Harrison getting kisses from Auntie Tori! I am the only one of my friends with a kid, so he was a hit, to say the least.



- Harold & I decided on a name for Baby Boy #2... Reuben. (actually, he wants to spell it Ruben, but we'll see who wins that debate... hehe) It's funny because on our very first date we got into some heavy topics, including babies & baby names. Harrison was his top pic, and Reuben was mine. We never even really talked about girl names. What do you know? A few years later we'd have two little boys named Harrison & Reuben! Life is funny.

Saturday Week in Review

August 9th-15th



Harrison started using a "bath seat". He was still lying down on a mat before. He got his first taste of water being dumped over his head! =) A lady I used to nanny for just started dumping water from the very begininning, and they got used to it and never complained, so that's the route I'm taking. He was (obviously) shocked but smiled afterwords.




What a cheeseball!





Good Morning HP! Nice bedhead. =) (he got his first real diaper rash last week, so we're still using the desitin... THANK GOD for desitin!)


What Mom??






Getting ready for the beach!!



Lake Latoka, Alexandria, MN
August 14th, 2009



He never tried to put the rocks in his mouth- I was so surprised! He loved the water, splashing, and most of all watching other kids! We (my mom & I) had so much fun!








Some swing fun! Waiting for Grandpa to finish grilling some burgers










THAT face!


Pretty smile








Today is our 1 year anniversary! I'm (of course) bummed that Harold is 234234 miles away, but next year when I'm NOT PREGNANT (cross your fingers) we will really celebrate. =) Happy Anniversary my love!





-On Wednesday night we went to my cousin Katie's baby shower. (forgot my camera) We had a lot of fun, and of course, Harrison was a hit. Baby showers are always fun! There really wasn't anyone who had little kids, so I got made fun of because I knew so much about the "new fangled" baby gear. =)

-Harrison has (finally) started rolling over like crazy. Still no scooting or much moving around on the tummy. It will still be awhile before he crawls. =)

-Harrison took his weekly Wal-Mart trip with Grandpa today- they are such buds!

Wordless Wednesday

G-Diapers

Harrison started wearing G-diapers with the cloth inserts a few days ago!! What a cute little muffin top =)

So far so good! (This is my first attempt at cloth diapering) He hasn't pooped in them yet though =) I only have 3 inserts for now, so we've been just hand washing them and hang drying. They are just too cute aren't they?



Anyone have any good tips for washing? I'm living with my parents while my husband is deployed so I probably won't get too into it until I get home. I'm thinking I won't cloth diaper the new baby right away, since newborn poop is repulsing and I don't want to invest in all the diapers and inserts for size small when medium starts at 13 pounds anyway. I love these little diapers so far!!!