Here comes the bride

Last week we went to Cincinnati because my youngest sister was getting married. I drove up with the boys for the week and we had such a great time. I didn't bring my camera so I didn't get too many pictures but here are a few highlights from the week. It rained most of the week but on Tuesday we had a clear day so I took the boys to a sprinkler park near my parents house. Davis took a little while to get used to it but Harrison had a blast. Here is Davis playing with one of the sprinklers in the baby area.





We were supposed to meet my family that evening at Kings Island but a huge storm came through as we were about to leave the house. I guess we will just wait until next year!
My dad has a train track that the boys all love to play with when we're there. It has been in storage for a while since they are trying to sell the house but Dad was so nice to get it out for the boys!





It was a busy week and Thursday we had the bridesmaids luncheon, hosted by my aunts, and then the rehearsal dinner that evening. The luncheon was beautiful and we all had a great time...I still need to get the pics from my sister. The rehearsal dinner was at the Hofbrauhaus and we had a great time. The beers were HUGE and we had a great time





My big sis and I...





The wedding was actually on Friday so the girls all got up and met at the salon to get our hair done. The stylists all did a great job and my baby sis looked beautiful!





Harrison Jack & Trey were all in the wedding and were so cute. They walked perfectly down the aisle and we were so proud of them!
On Saturday night Julie, Walt, Mom, Dad, Lance and I went to Montgomery Inn and it was such a nice evening. It was a nice relaxing evening after the chaos of the week.





I can't believe how quickly the week went and hopefully I can get Some more pictures soon!
The night we got back, we met Whitney, Lance's cousin, who watched Oakley for us, and Lance's parents at La Parilla. It was a Sunday night so I thought it would be quiet but it was packed and there was mariachi band. Harrison loved it and we had them sing La Bamba to him!





You can tell Harrison was worn out after the long week because he has found some interesting sleeping locations lately, here are just a few...











It was a great week and we were so excited to welcome Ben to the family! Congratulations to Ben & Liz!!
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What would YOU do?

What would you do if your DVD player stopped working 4 hours into an 8 hour car trip? If you're a 3 year old, you would turn everything you say into song...today's tune is from a Dora DVD...take it away Harrison!!

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Stubborn

I can't imagine where Harrison would ever get his stubborn attitude sometimes!?! For those who haven't known me for too long, to say that I was stubborn as a child would be putting it lightly. I wasn't too big on people telling me to do things. Ha. Funny how the apple doesn't fall far from the tree!! Harrison was not happy about me telling him that he had to take a nap today so he said, "fine! But I'm not sleeping in my bed!!". I told him that he could even sleep in my bed if he wanted to...he wasn't interested so I said "fine" and walked out, fully thinking he would move after I walked away. I guess he really showed me!



So long as he sleeps, I guess it doesn't really matter what he chooses for a bed!

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Learning to throw

Lately Davis has loved playing with balls. If he sees one on the floor amongst other toys, he inevitably goes for the ball. I realized a few days ago that he was trying to throw the ball like Harrison. It cracks me up because he always throws it behind his shoulder...I think we needs to work on our technique...

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Fun with friends & cousins

We took the week to come to Alabama to visit my bestie, Teresa and my sister. Harrison has been having so much fun hanging with his buddies that he doesn't get to see very often. I have been trying to take pictures throughout the week but it's always so hard to remember.
Harrison & Madeline posing:



Davis and his sweet friend, Paxton. Davis just crawls all over the place and gets into everything. It was amazing to see the difference in boys vs. girls because Paxton would just sit happily with her toys, smiling and dancing.


When visiting with the kids, its always hard to really try and catch up since we spend most of the time mediating and chasing, but we had a great time!
Next up was visiting my big sis in Tuscaloosa. Harrison just looks up to his cousins so much so it's always fun to watch him run around with them. This first picture clearly shows the theme of our visit...


This is a picture of the boys at a restaurant watching a video on my iPhone. My nephew, Trey, got an itouch for his birthday so both Jack & Harrison wanted to play games just like him. Julie also has an itouch so the boys would walk around with our iPhones/itouchs, making sure they were all playing the same games. Thankfully the games they wanted to play were all free. I felt like it was a glimpse into my future since boys love video games so much. Hopefully I have a few more years before I have to really start dealing with the video game craze!
The other funny event involved the water squirter...see below:


Harrison & Jack discovered that when you put your hand over the bottom of the squirter where the water come out, when you push down the handle, it will make a "tooting" sound. They thought this was hilarious! I can tell you that my sisters and I never would have played this game when we were little!! Crazy boys! Overall we had a great week, it went too fast as always! I will end with a cute video of Davis motoring around the pool. We went with Julie and her boys and he loved that he could touch the bottom of the kiddie pool, so Jr would walk around the pool, chasing the toys...

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Our world right now

Trains taking over the family room...(I have to admit, this is my biggest track creation yet-very proud!)


Cars and baby toys exploding in the dining room.


Thank God it's summer so we can get outside and escape the madness which is my house right now!


....awww, this is the life ladies!

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2 Year Old Preschool Comes to an End

Today is Harrison's last day of 2 year old preschool and I can't believe how fast this year has flown by!  He has learned so much over the year and I have been so happy with the Summit Baptist program that he has attended.  Ms Amanda and Ms Melissa have been so sweet and Harrison has loved every minute of it!  I tried to explain to him this morning that this was going to be his last day of school but I don't think he really understands what that means yet.  I know he will really miss his teachers this summer!  I think the biggest concepts that he picked up this year are being able to sing all of his ABC's and recognizing a few of the letters.  He knows his shapes and colors and he can count to 16...sometimes 20 on a good day and he even knows a decent amount of Spanish (1-10, gracias, hola, and a few animals).  Such a proud mama am I!  We were reading a book about numbers the other night and when he saw the number "8" he said, "Look mom!  Its ocho!!"  It really caught me off guard and I thought it was so funny that he knows the Spanish name for it over the English!  Having double majored in Spanish, I am really envious that he is learning it at such a young age!
We had to miss his end of year school play this week because he caught the stomach bug so I was really sad about it but at least he doesn't understand right now what he missed!  In the scheme of things, I know its not something to worry about, but it still would have been fun to see him up on the stage singing with all his school buddies!
Here is Harrison on his first day of pre-school:

Harrison on his last day of pre-school:

They grow so quickly and when you see them everyday its hard to notice all the changes, but its amazing how he truly has changed into a 'big kid' over the course of the year!