Uh Oh! We are sooo in for it!

I went to get Harrison from his nap today and he was in the middle of climbing out of his crib! He acted like he had done it a thousand times. It's like it just clicked and now he can do it. I put him back in to get this video and as you can see he had no problem doing it again. He is now working on getting into his bed by himself too!

Kelsey's First Day of Preschool

I can't believe it, but I sent her off to school today. It was only for three hours, but it was still school! She had a great day and loves her teachers. They went to music today, read stories in circle time, and had cheerios for a snack.....that was all I could get out of her. She had lots of fun and is ready to go back on Friday!!

As soon as she got in her room she started playing.

After we dropped Kelsey off, Harrison and I ran some errands and then went to look for him a backpack. This was about the age Kelsey got her first backpack and it was great. We will use Harrison's for church and my bible study on Tuesday's. He was super excited! Isn't it cute?

Labor Day Crazy

Yesterday, since we both had off for Labor Day, Shawn and I decided to go to Pinnacle Mountain with the kids. It is a state park here and has a playground, arboretum, walking and hiking trail, and more. It is only about 10 minutes from our house, but we had never been. It's a big thing to do here. So we thought we would climb up the mountain with the kids to the summit. It's not like it's Everest or anything so we though, "why not"!

The kids were excited and full of energy. But little did we know what we were in for.

A few pictures and we were on our way. At first we thought, uh oh what have we done. The whole first half was man made step and rocks. Harrison could do some, but had to be carried most of it.

Cute picture, right! Everyone took a break on some rocks to rest and have a drink. Right, except this next picture is what we had ahead of us!!!!!

Yup that's right. This was the second half of the climb up the mountain! But did we stop and turn around.......NOOOO! We kept going. We took turns carrying the kids up these rocks. Kelsey did a lot of it herself, thank goodness. All I kept thinking was, "we have to do this on the way back down too". We finally got to the top about 1 hour and 15 minutes later. It was worth it, I guess. Here is one of the views from the top....

It was a pretty rough hike by yourself much less with two little ones with you. It was fun though. Kelsey kept saying, "this is fun". But when I asked her if she wanted to do it again she quickly said NO. We were all worn out the rest of the day, but had a good time. Did we go crazy or what?

August 2009

Most of these pictures are from Harrison's 2nd birthday party. There are a ton more on my shutterfly website. He had so much fun with all his friends. There were a couple of special guests that got to attend. Shawn's dad, Bill, and his uncle, Glen, were here. Also, Brent, Lauren, Cole, and Jace Vaut suprised us with a visit. We were so grateful to have our fabulous Little Rock friends along with friends and family from Texas. The day before Harrison's party, we went to the zoo (surprise, surprise) with Shawn's dad and uncle. It was the first time Harrison got to ride the train there. After that, it's all he could talk about. Needless to say he had a train themed birthday party. I carried on the tradition of making his birthday cake (after the Mickey Mouse disaster of '08). I can't believe my baby is 2. He had his 2 year check up today and he was doing fantastic. He weighs 28 lbs and is 34 1/2 inches tall. He grew an inch and gained 3 lbs since March. Wow!