My sweet little boy. It’s hard to remember what life was like before you. You’re 21 months old today. 1.75 years on this earth. You are so full of energy and life, constantly seeking new, trying to figure out how things work, and running circles around us.
We had a magical Christmas. It was quite the departure from our first Christmas with Harrison, where we spent the whole day home with the stomach flu and exiled from all family’s houses. This year, we did Christmas morning at our house. Harrison could have played with his kitchen set from Santa the rest of the day. Then we did Christmas brunch at my parents, and we were lucky enough to have my sister and brother-in-law’s family here for Christmas this year. They split their holidays between KC and South Dakota, where my brother-in-law is from. And then finally, we finished out the day with Nathan’s family for dinner and round three of Santa and presents. We had so much fun watching the excitement and wonder in our little boys’ eyes.
This is going to be a whole bunch of pictures capturing our day, including Christmas Eve services. Buckle up!
I love looking back at old pictures. Putting together this post let me re-live so many happy moments, including watching our little baby grow up before my eyes. We had a wonderful year, really getting into our groove as a family of three (four if you count the dog!). Here’s how our year unfolded…
In January, our year started with Christmas! Yes, Christmas. Harrison shared his stomach flu with our whole family for actual Christmas Day, so our year started with a make-up Christmas Day with my family…
It’s my last Friday Favorite post of 2019! I’m going to take next week off to allow myself a mental break. Time to spend with Harrison, Nathan, and family, and to allow myself to recharge for the new year, so I can bring you even better things in 2020! I hope you’re taking some time away too!
This past week we have been busy getting ready for Christmas, visiting Santa, and best of all this time of year, we got our first snowfall! Nothing makes it feel more like holidays than a fresh coat of snow on the ground. It was magical and beautiful! Which brings me to my first favorite…
Harrison is in a stage where he’s really loving reading. He has favorite books, and ones that he doesn’t ever want to read. There are ones that he likes to read to himself. Just last week, his daycare sent us this picture from nap time…
I love switching out our bedtime books with the holidays coming up or a change in the seasons. There are so many Christmas books that I remember from my childhood that I adored, and wanted Harrison to grow up with, and there are also some new books that we’re loving this holiday season.
Happy Friday, friends! Nathan is out of town this weekend with some of his college friends, so Harrison and I are taking on this weekend on our own!
When you get to spend an hour shopping just for fun. So much of a favorite. Tried on a couple of things at Anthropologie:
-1- When you ask Harrison what color something is right now, it’s green. It’s all green. Pronounced “geen.”
-2- I think we may finally be rounding the corner on understanding what it means to help clean up. But man, can he destroy a room in less than a minute flat.
-3- Asking him questions right now, and he responds “Yeah.” Matter-of-factly. Or “No.”
-4- Have you seen his jumping? More like a serious crouch with no spring into the air, while yelling “JUMP!”
-5- Favorite thing he says right now: “Irrryuvyoumama.” Translated to “I love you, Mama”
-6- He came home from daycare one day saying, “No no no no no” while shaking his little finger in front of his face. Not sure if that’s an impression of his mama or of his teacher…
-7- Things that we’re constantly repeating here, “It’s not ‘uh-oh’ if you do it on purpose.”
We’ve had the best October! We’ve done ALL the fall things. Not to mention enjoying the outside cooler temps – cooking out, playing outside in the yard, having the windows open. Those are my absolute favorite days.
I’m linking up with Shay and Sheaffer to share with you what’s going on in our life lately!
1: WHAT WE’RE EATING THIS WEEK:
Nathan is traveling most of this week, so I’ve kept dinners easy for Harrison and myself
Read moreNaming a little one seems like such a huge responsibility. Nathan and I went back and forth for weeks on names. And then didn’t really totally agree, but for some reason stopped talking about it completely until it was like THE month that Harrison Thomas would join us in this world. We didn’t struggle at all agreeing on a girl’s name. But oh my goodness. I had no idea that I had so many “rules” when naming boys. I’m sharing a bit about why Harrison Thomas today…
I could sing the praises of October from here until Sunday. I always forget leading up to it how much I love October. The cooler weather it brings beckons our family outside. We live our best lives when we’re outside. We went to the pumpkin patch this past weekend. We didn’t just skimp and only hit up one pumpkin patch, but TWO in one weekend. Because, why not? Seeing Harrison have so much fun running around on Kansas (or Missouri) farmland, Loving all the rocks, sticks, and corn, and finding a pumpkin that’s bigger than he is and trying to pick it up. Well, it just fills my whole heart with joy. As simple as that.
