1st step to becoming a "big boy"!

Thanks to our video monitor, I saw Harrison trying to climb out of his crib yesterday, and getting pretty close to actually doing it!  Then at about 4 am this morning, I saw him do it again, so I decided that meant it was officially time to move to his toddler bed!  Today's nap was his first time to try it out.  At first all he wanted to do was jump off the bed onto the floor, but after my super-nanny-learned parenting skills, I was able to get him to settle down and fall asleep.  He was adamant about keeping one "limb" hanging over the edge of the bed, and he actually fell asleeep like this...

Cookie Decorating Party

Our friend Kiera had the great idea to have a cookie decorating party for the kiddies.  It was fun, although I think the adults had to do more decorating than the kids.  I am also still mortified that Harrison decided to end the party by throwing up all over Kiera's house!  Thankfully it was a short-lived bug, but overall, it was a fun morning!  Too bad I didn't get any pictures of the kids actually decorating the cookies!

 

O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree...

We went to pick out our Christmas tree this week, of course supporting our favorite Home Depot and Harrison had so much fun.  Harrison brought his jingle bells with him and ran around singing the song (Jingle Bells) while we were looking at trees.  I'm not sure that he really understood what we were doing, but he had a lot of fun helping his daddy.

Here is Harrison smelling the trees...gotta make sure we get the best smelling Christmas tree!  Isn't that the whole point?? 

Here is the little man running and singing his song...

Thanks to Harrison's Handy Manny tool set, he was able to help Lance get the tree in the tree stand.  Such a big helper!  It just never gets old watching him spending time with his daddy!

Next up was decorating.  Lance is the king of Christmas lights - he is very meticulous with making sure you can see our tree from 10 miles away.  Once the lights were up, Harrison of course wanted to help Lance with the string of gold beads. 

This is the first year Harrison has been able to help decorate the tree and he was so cute.  He had 3 favorite ornaments that he would go between, pointing them out in his most excited voice. Here he is helping me put on his "Baby's First Christmas" ornament.

A Cincinnati Thanksgiving

This year was our turn to spend Thanksgiving in Cincinnati.  We had so much fun in my parent's packed-out house.  Both of my sisters were there and Harrison had so much fun playing with his cousins.  Here are the boys having fun watching cartoons.  Harrison got jealous of Trey & Jack's super-cool sleeping bags, so I pulled out my dad's so he could be just like his buddies.

Harrison chilling in the bay window watching the birdies outside...

Lance & Jenny helping Trey play his new game Kerplunk.  I used to LOVE that game!

Of course its never as much fun to play unless you dump all the toys you can find on the ground...

Are you ready for some football!!  We had an Alabama party to watch the UofA vs Auburn game.  We had a great time, but it was a lot more stressful than any of us realized!

Julie & Daddy hangin in the kitchen...

Julie, Me & Teresa...I can't even remember the last time we were all in Cincy together!

Harrison knows when he sees a shaker to yell "roll tide"...it is the cutest!

Jack & Harrison got bored of the game, so they hovered over the dvd player watching choo-choos

Next up was the dance party, starring Georgia!  "My name is Georgia, I like to dance, I like to dance, dance, dance, dance,dance, dance, dance, dance, dance!"

We saved the best for last...we took the boys to see the trains downtown on Saturday and they had a blast.  Here are a few pics.