Sunday, May 13, 2012

Drake

I just look at this little guy and I am smitten. I think he is the cutest thing ever. He is so dang funny and such a little stinker! He is the biggest tease! I don't think he will ever talk:) Actually he's finally started to say some new words. This morning he said bowl perfectly clear and he can say momma, ball, car, cool, sissy, jesus, nana, shoes, head, cracker. He can make animals sounds for cow, duck, snake, tiger, lion, wolf. He makes car and gun sounds all day long. He knows where his head, eyes, ears, mouth, belly, feet and toes are. He gives high five and pounds it, and everytime he pounds it he says "cool". haha it's so cute! He loves to spit water out in your face, very fun! We tried floaties on him the other day in the pool and he loved them! He's a little fish with those on. He waddles like a duck when he walks and he pretty much runs wherever he goes now. His shoes will not stay on his feet ever. He loves guns, swords, cars, any boy toys. He loves any toy anyone else has and he will go up and grab it from them and run and he thinks he's so funny. He hits a ll the time and thinks its so funny and I don't know how to dicipline this little kid! Today was his first day in nursery and he cried when Matt first dropped him off for about 5 minutes than he would be fun until anyone opened the door or closed it he would loose it. So about 45 minutes left in church and I hear him out screaming in the hall and his face was all red and puffy like he'd been crying for a long time! oh I felt bad for the teachers!! haha but I hope it gets better because he is so hard at church!! I am so ready for nursery!!!! hopefully next time will be better! We love you so much Drakers and are so happy your part of our family!!

Mothers Day

    Whoops its been since Feb. since I last posted and I said I'd post about Christmas again! ha well There are so many things that I don't want to forget and that I need to write about, like finish Christmas, Junes birthday, My birthday, Valentines day, Pregnancy, Just life! But I wanted to write how grateful I am to be a mother and how grateful I am for all the mothers I have in my life. There is nothing in life that I've wanted more than to be a mother. I am so grateful to Matt, and to June and Drake, and my Heavenly Father for allowing me to be a mother. I am honored and humbled to have these two sweet spirits in my home. I know they are destined to be something great and I don't want to screw them up!:) Their little spirits are just so sweet and I can't even express how much I love them and how much I love being a mom. Of course things are hard and my kids are faaarrrrr from perfect and I'm even farther from perfect, but I am so grateful for the things that I have in my life and for Matt and how good he is to me and my kids. I am so grateful that I get to carry another child and bring that child into our family. I'm excited and nervous out of my mind to have 3 kids but I am so excited to meet this little one and to just have a newborn in our home again.
    I am so grateful to have a mom like my mom. She is such an amazing woman and I miss her sooooooo much, but I am so grateful for her example and her selflessness and her willingness to serve the lord. I can't think of a better example of how I want to be as a mom than her. I have always know that she loves me and that she would do anything for me. I can't wait until she's off her mission and we can see her more, but those missionaries are so lucky to have her and my dad. They are amazing and they love their missionaries like their own kids, and would do anything for them and stay up late worrying about them, just like I know they worry about all their own kids. I am just so grateful for their examples in my life. I am so grateful for how much they love my kids. I know they miss their grandkids and would love to be with them, they are the best grandparents. I'm so grateful for both of my parents, but today for my mom! I love you so much mom!!!

Sunday, February 12, 2012

Christmas Morning

This year was so much fun because Santa got to come to OUR house. I loved being able to have my kids wake up on Christmas morning and just be at our house and start our own traditions. June was so excited for santa to come. We had our elf Lolly at our house watching June if she was naughty or nice, and I guess Lolly told Santa she was nice because he came to our house! June had been asking for a dollhouse so Steve and Jan were so nice and got that for her(that will be in the next post:) ) But She got a scooter, some clothes, a cute little princess drawing art set, and a few other things. Drake didn't get much 1. because he didn't really know and 2. because it was just his birthday and he didn't need anymore toys!  







Family Pictures

So Matt had been growing out his mustache for Movember since October and I really wanted to do family pictures for a Christmas card this year because we haven't ever done one yet, but he didn't want to shave yet, so he came up with this brilliant idea of our Christmas card. Oh ya these are kinda embarrassing but so funny! We had Matt's sister Briana Take them for us at Wal-Mart by their Christmas trees, then we went to Freestone Park. Thanks Bri:) Matt even went to the DI and got us our outfits, I did make the designs on the turtlenecks though. He can't take credit for those:) haha we even wore them to an ugly christmas sweater party and Matt won! But ya needless to say these are some awesome photos:) 






Friday, January 20, 2012

My Husband

I'm feeling sentimental tonight or something because the post before this now this one:)  I am so lucky to have Matt as my husband. He seriously is the best and I am so proud of him for his hard work in Law School. He is exactly halfway right now and he is doing so well. He never complains when he has been at school all day, then he comes home and I unload on him and hand him the kids. He is always happy and willing to help and he keeps me sane. He is the best dad. June and Drake adore him. He always takes time to play with them and to make sure they know their daddy loves them. He always wants to make me happy. He is so selfless and he will do anything to make me happy. He got June this fishing pole for her birthday and I am in love with these pictures. He is the cutest daddy! 

Matt has a passion for fishing and he is really good at it! I love that he has a hobby and that he has something that he loves to do. I should be a better wife and let him go more often, but if he could take the kids with him he could go whenever he wanted:) ha but I just want Matt to know how much I love him and how truly grateful I am to have him as my husband, and the dad to my kids!

A breather

I've been trying to get updated on my blog but that's going to take me a while so I just wanted to take a breather from updating to write down a few things so I don't forget. A few months ago, for a few months I was having a really hard time. My kids were really really hard. I don't know what it was or why, but I was just about ready to throw in the towel and just let Matt be the mom and i'd go to work:) jk but seriously it was a rough couple of months. Actually now that i'm writing this I remember that Drake was pretty sick so he was whiny a lot and wanted no one but me, and June wasn't getting very much attention so she was sooooooooooo whiny, always asking to be held, didn't listen, she was mean to her brother, mean to everyone around her, she was just really hard. But they both like flipped a switch or something because they are so much fun right now. Of course not everyday all day, but it is so much better around our house these days! I seriously can't get enough of Drake, he has got so much personality lately and he is so dang funny! He knows where his tummy is. He'll lift up his shirt and point to his belly button. I need to take a picture of his belly button, it is an outy, and it's kinda funny looking! ha it's super squishy and he just found it and he likes to play with it and he'll show you where it is! haha He has the fattest little cheeks and double chin and he does this little look kind of a shy look with his head down and he gets the biggest double chin and this goofy grin and it makes me laugh every time! He loves to yell. He yells gagagaga all day long. He gets right up in peoples face and yells at them. He is finally walking! Well he still crawls most of the time, but he can walk! yay i've been waiting for this! His little frankenstien walk is the cutest. When I get him up in the morning or from his nap he gives the best hugs. This kid will eat like there's never going to be food again. The other day for breakfast he had a whole waffle, not like an eggo, i'm talking the whole big homeade waffles, a whole orange, 2 eggs with cheese on them, a whole sippy of apple juice, a handful of blueberries and then like an hour later was whining for more food. Seriously I might need to put him on a diet! ha He's the complete opposite of june. This same morning I made her one egg and she didn't even finish that. The girl won't eat anything. It's torture getting her to eat anything, so i've kind of given up on making her eat anything. I'll still make her food and try to get her to eat it, but I don't make her eat it, so most of the time she doesn't hardly eat anything, but she doesn't ever act like she's hungry so lets hope she doesn't starve herself! 
June just turned 3 last week and I still need to post about that, her little party was so fun and we had so much fun on her actual birthday. She is the cutest little 3 year old I know. Her turning 3 makes me so happy, but also sad at the same time. She is getting so big!! I want her to stop growing and to stay my little princess forever! It is making me teary eyed writing this because I don't want her to get any bigger! I love love love this age. She tells me she wants a princess dress on everyday. She wants her hair curled like a princess and that her bum is a princess bum. She wants to do everything like a princess. She twirls in her dresses like a princess. this dress that she has on in this pictures she has had on the past 3 days, even sleeps in it. She is obsessed with it. Matt got it for her from h&m and she loves it. She says the funniest things. I need to start writing them down because of course I never remember them, but she is hilarious. She is so stinkin smart. She can trace anything you give her, all her letters, numbers, she has known her letters for a long time now, she knows every shape, every color, count to 20, she can count to 5 in spanish, she seriously just loves learning. She could have books read to her for hours. She loves to have dance parties. I'll turn on the music and we'll dance in the front room and she just twirls and dances it's the cutest thing. but if I sit down she gets mad. I have to dance the whole time too! She always wants to hold Drake, but he weighs only a few lbs less than her so it's not very possible for her to hold him, but she still wants to try all the time. She always has to have one of my necklaces on. I wear the same one everyday so she thinks she has to have one on too. She started saying she's afraid of the dark so we had to get her a night light. When we put her down to sleep and i'm about to leave her room she always says i'm not tired. without fail everynight she says it. She also says that it's not fun to go to sleep alone. So she has to sleep with liike 5 stuffed animals and her baby doll. If you ask her who her best friend is she always says Katie. (her cute cousin) Every once in a while she'll say Drake, but most the time its Katie. I am so grateful to be a mom to these two little munchkins and I wish I could freeze time right now. I am so lucky to have them and am honored that I get to have their sweet spirits in my home to teach them. It scares me so bad what these two sweet little innocent kids are going to have to face in their lifetime, but I only hope that I can teach them to make good choices and I just want them to always know how much I love them! Love you June and Drake!!! 


Sunday, January 15, 2012

Christmas Eve at GGpa and GGma's

It's tradition with the Harrisons to have Christmas Eve at Jan's parents house and we love going there! Good company, good food, it was so much fun. This year we even had a little nativity program. Of course that's all we got pictures of! We are so grateful to have such wonderful family to spend the holidays with! 
My little Sheep. He kept this on for about 10 seconds. 
June wanted to be Mary, and she was the best Mary. She held and rocked baby Jesus the whole time and was such a loving mother:)  
 Ethan was a shepherd (I think) 
 Riley as the star!
 Katie was the angel, Bri and Daniel were shepherds too. (I think) 

 Wyatt and Matt with their gifts for baby Jesus
 Opening presents from GGma and GGpa. 

 June got the cutest little fairy dressup costume. 
 Drake just loved crawling around and getting into everything and just getting attention:)