Loving Life

11/24/10

Thanksgiving Feast

Harrison with his Indian hat

Looking at his plate (and saying Peeew!)

Harrison, the Baker!

Decorating cookies

... and eating the cookies

Brooks munching on some Cheerios

Making cookies is hard work!

11/18/10

Photo Shoot Fail

Getting a decent picture of 2 high-energy rambunctious wombats is nearly impossible. But on days where they are dressed the same, the need for a photo trumps all.

Me: Harrison can you go stand by your brother to get a picture taken?

Harrison: Cheese!

Me: Brooks, where's momma? Hey Buddy...

Brooks gives slobber kisses to the windows I cleaned.

How does that Windex taste?

Me: Harrison turn around so I can take your picture!

Harrison: Brooks. Say cheese! (as he shoves his head into the window)

THE.best.I.got.

(Humor me and tell me it's the cutest you've ever seen!? Please.)

A Comparison, Shall We?

2 very chubby, rolls-galore "little" boys

1 set of well-worn jammies

Brooks 8 months

Harrison 6 months

(Harrison was a gigantic baby, wasn't he?! I had no idea just how giant he was until

comparing him to Brooks-I think at 6 months H still weighed more than

B does now!)

11/6/10

The last 8 months has just flown by. How did my sweet tiny newborn grow so quickly? He is still a happy little dude, who loves anyone who will talk to him. He is a busy dude, too! He has got to be the world's fastest crawler and is into EVERYTHING. He loves Harrison and is constantly laughing at him. Harrison just eats it up.

Brooks is waving now! He babbles, saying dada and baba. He tries to mimic just about everything Harrison does. And the boy loves food. He looks like a baby bird at feeding time. Mouth open, tongue out. And as you can see from the photo, he doesn't miss too many meals!

11/1/10

One Happy Little Guy

I'm not sure if he was deliriously tired or what, but Brooks was cracking up with his daddy.

Halloween 2010

Way too excited for pictures momma

Our little bat

Racecars, Firetrucks, Walking Babies! Oh My!

You had to do a double take on that title, didn't you!? So I had this idea in my head that my second child would be a content, easy going kiddo. Not true. While he is a VERY happy boy, the kid is constantly moving. He is now pulling himself up on everything and cruising! And he's not even 8 months yet! How can it be that my sweet little BABY is trying to walk?! I have mentioned before that Brian and I call Brooks a wombat. The other night at dinner, I said something along the lines of "oh Brooks, you're such a wombat" to which Harrison replied, "I om-bat, too?" We just died laughing.

Meet Wombat

Brian's new surgery center opened last week. They had a huge party for the public, complete with helicopters, firetrucks, racecars and food. Harrison is really into big trucks these days, especially firetrucks. So he was in love with this bad boy.

Harrison in the racecar

10/27/10

We painted pumpkins a few nights ago. Harrison had a blast!

Peek-a-boo Pumpkins!

Brooks' 1st pumpkin

10/26/10

Oh, Brother!

Sweet boys

10/14/10

Little Boys and Big Boys

We had a much needed playdate with the Brown boys today. The "big boys" had a ton of fun running around outside. And the "little boys" relaxed with their mommas.

Little boy Brooks

Bright eyed little boy Grayson

Big boys, Griffin and Harrison, playing chase

Big Boy Best Buds

I think this is when I told H it was time to go and he told

me "NO!"

One.Handsome. Dude

Brian's sister got married last weekend in Iowa and Harrison had the privilege of being the ringbear. Before I lost my camera, I snagged a few pics of a sweet little boy in a big boy tux.

10/6/10

7 Months!

Brooks is 7 months old! He is jabbering away and army crawling! He pushes up on all four and goes after ALL of Harrison's toys. Harrison is not so much a fan of someone else trying to play with his toys. There will be many lessons of sharing in his future!

10/2/10

Fall

Fall is my favorite time of year.

Here are a few reasons why:

Colors changing

Leaves crunching

Pumpkin carving

Candles burning

Chili eating

Football watching

And now, a new reason... brothers in matching sweatshirts!

10/1/10

Almost!

Almost there...

This seriously cannot be normal. Have you ever seen a kid that bends like this?! I had to take a picture because I knew no one would believe that he does this. Future yoga instructor...

A Day at the Museum

Harrison visited the Indianapolis Children's Museum today with his little buddy Garrett. Aside from Brooks having a TOTAL meltdown in the cafeteria, the day was spectacular. We first went to the Playscape area where the boys played at the water table, the sand box and with the tractors. This Playscape was "boy heaven." A quick (and painful for this momma because of Brooks' drama) trip to the cafe and then we were off to check out the dinosaurs. Harrison was slightly terrified of the loud roaring dino models. And then there were the trains.... Choo Choo was pretty much all we heard for the afternoon.

SAND!

Fishies

Dinos

Trains!

Buddies!

9/22/10

A Chatty Boy

Harrison has really started talking... his favorite topics are momma (Bomba) daddy, GiGi and Pa and his new favorite is Garrett (Ga-et). He talks about going with Garrett to the zoo and orchard. It's sweet knowing that Harrison has his first buddy. Thought I would capture it on video.

Disclaimer: Please don't call CPS on me because he is playing with a pill bottle in this video clip. And he usually is dressed. Please and thanks.

On the move (already?!)

Isn't he a little young to be crawling?!?! By the way he is moving, we are guessing he will be crawling in the next few weeks. Outta the way Harrison, there's a new sheriff in town!

An Apple a Day...

Yesterday we took a trip to Tuttle's Orchard, where we had a blast picking apples and playing! We met my friend Heather and her son Garrett there. The boys had so much fun running up and down the rows of apples. I love Midwest falls... pumpkin picking is just around the corner!

He found one!

That's one gigantic apple!

Such a big helper

Playing in the haystack

9/12/10

More Birthday Fun

I was so excited to have a party for Harrison this year. We have never lived in close proximity to family, so there has never been any big celebrations, but turning TWO is a huge deal!

Harrison's party theme was the alphabet. He knows all of his letters (but cannot say U, V or W.) Whether we are driving down the road or making dinner, he is constantly saying the letters he can see. So an ABC theme seemed perfect.

The goodies