Loving Life

9/4/11

Our New Home

Well blogger friends, here are the much asked for pics of our new place. We are still settling in and need a ton of decorating help, but slowly and surely we will make this our home.

Kitchen island

Another shot (laundry room in corner)

Breakfast area and patio to back deck

Living Room with my super cute new furniture!

Dining room (new furniture to be delivered in the next couple of weeks)

Office, home to the land of half-empty boxes

Partially finished basement (concrete floors are stained, TV and media cabinet were left by previous owners) The basement will eventually have a guest suite, kitchenette, wine cellar, and media area.)

Guest bath on main floor (horrid shade of red...will be repainted!)

Master bedroom (needs help, blinds to be put up....eventually)

Master bath

Spare bed where all of our wonderful guests will stay! (Complete with your very own bath)

Boys bathroom (chandelier will come down... wish I had a girl!)

Boys playroom... a work in progress, as well.

We are ready for some visitors!

18 months

Brooks, our sweet yet independent boy turns 18 months old today. Gone is my snuggly guy and in his place is a toddler who wants to go, go, go.

His Loves:

"zeezee" zebra lovey

pacifiers

reading books

pushing trucks

watching movies

going "bye bye"

Ozzy the cat

chicken

peas and carrots

fruit snacks, thanks to Harrison

His dislikes:

being told "no"

all other veggies

cheese

diaper changes

While he isn't saying too much, he gets his point across. His words right now are momma, dada, bubba (for Harrison) bye bye, baby, Iggy and no and mm-hmm for yes! I have to remind myself that Harrison didn't talk much at this age either, so I'm not worried at all about his later talking. He is all-boy with no fears. He loves to climb, dig in the dirt, run and play ball. Brian and I have joked since he was small that he will definitely be the first to break a bone! We also remember that when Harrison was 18 months, we also had a newborn!! And if schedule of babies would continue, that my friends, would put me in the crazy house.

Stay sweet, Brooks!

8/31/11

Goodbyes and Hello!

Last day in Indy with our best buddies Griffin and Grayson!

Snacktime on the deck

It's HOT here... and I don't recommend taking walks at noon. Lesson learned.

We followed our walk with juicy popsicles!

1st day of preschool

Family photo

8/18/11

Last Days in Indy

We have been busy catching up with all of our friends and family before heading down to Georgia. Here are a few snapshots of latest happenings!

My Special Care Nursery friends...lots of babies and pregnant people!

What a stud.

Playing cars with GiGi

Brooks snuggling with Great Grandma. He has a new obsession with his pacifier and lovey

Me and Brit

Harrison and cousin Olivia

Brooks loves having a yard to run in!

Not willing to share his peanut butter crackers with Lola

Loving some ice cream at GiGi and Pa's

Garrett, Harrison and Brooks at the nature center

Indiana State Fair

We ventured to the Indiana State fair last week before Brian headed to Georgia. The weather was perfect and the boys had a blast.

Checking out the moo cows

Brooks got up close and personal with the cows,
Harrison wasn't a fan. At all.

Chickies!

Momma and Brooks!

Yes, I took Harrison on a jankity fair ride. And we liked it!

We ate lots of fried foods, including a fried twinkie!

8/9/11

ZOO!

A quick trip to the Indianapolis Zoo with our buddies, Griffin and Grayson, before we head

down to Georgia!

Harrison, Griffin and Brooks checking out fishies

Rocking a floppy hat!

Grayson was saying "wow" to the penguins

Sweet penguins

A sleepy tiger

Grayson and Griffin

Harrison checking out the zebras

Sleepy babies!

Best buddies

The boys loved the splash park

Finally Friends

These boys love each other. They have finally figured out that they can be buddies.

Love these pictures!

Project Runway Fail

Brooks was sick. Harrison wanted to pick out his own outfit.

This is what you get.

And those are navy socks with black shoes. Bonus!

8/3/11

The Paci Fairy visited...

Harrison will be 3 next month (what?! How can that be??) and it was time to say goodbye to the pacifier. He only had it at naps and bedtime, but it was still a strong attachment. I have asked him several times recently if he wanted to send the pacifiers to momma's babies at work (I'm sure everyone knows that I work in a NICU) and Harrison politely replied, "no thanks!" (Hey, at least we got the manners down!) But after mentioning that the Paci Fairy would bring him a big boy toy of his choice, he quickly changed his mind.

He gathered up his prized pacifiers, wrote a note with his big boy toy request and placed them in a bucket on the front porch. That Paci Fairy had to run to Target at 9pm to find a dang dump truck... good thing she is a fantastic shopper!