He is Risen!

We had a wonderful week full of hunts and candy-binging. (I am pretty sure this week pushed me very close to the 30lb weight gain mark!!) The Easter Bunny was very good to Harrison Sunday morning. It's on video, and I won't bore you with the 6 minutes that it took for Harrison to carefully and meticulously sort through his basket. If there is one personality trait that has been constant from the beginning - Harrison does things at his own pace - from my labor consisting of 3 hours of hard pushing (he just wasn't ready yet and came out looking more cone head than the average baby), to taking 45 minutes to eat lunch if I'd let him. This child loves to string things out!!

Harrison had an adorable Easter breakfast then hunt at school on Thursday. We had several hunts Saturday, then Mom and Dad arrived that afternoon from Georgia. We all met Audrey and Harry at our church for Easter Sunday service, where our sweet priest was sure to give me 1 full wafer in one hand and a 1/2 of another in the other hand (for my extra appendage, obviously!!). After church, our clan headed to Brenners on the Bayou for a wonderful brunch and another Easter Egg Hunt. I loved seeing the elation and excitement for Harrison when he was first out of the gate, trying so hard to gather more eggs than anyone, but being so polite and sharing his loot with other children.

We didn't get a group photo on my camera - my friend Natalie has it - so one more pic to add eventually!

6 of the 9 kiddos at the school hunt

Vivian and Harrison checking out each other's egg count!

So excited - first out of the gate!

Church hunt

Fam photo opp at the church hunt

David made sure Harrison wore his "running shoes" on Saturday to the hunt!

Still not so fond of Easter Bunny or Santa...

Last hunt of the year - Mommy is swollen and pooped and ready for nap time! 2 1/2 weeks to go!

Mom and Dad stayed until Tuesday morning and helped immensely. I finally got a nursery going for the new baby. This is SO not like me, but he finally has a place to sleep!!! :) I have placed an order for art work with my fabulously talented father-in-law, and am in the process of ordering several other items. The nursery might be finished by the time he's 2 months?! ;) We also moved Harrison into his toddler bed this weekend and he loves it!

Monkey Face! Harrison loves goofing off with my point and shoot camera, so i ordered one for him "from" the baby - it actually has an SD card and everything! Thank you Lisa for the awesome suggestion - he is going to go bananas!

Galveston Island

After months of David preparing for the Series 79, and 2 weekends of endless re-landscaping, I decided it was time to pick up and head to Galveston for a relaxing weekend at a resort called Pointe West! Our condo was fabulous - Harrison slept in a big boy bed the whole weekend and did great. We enjoyed the beautiful ocean view, but the highway of seaweed left a lot to be desired during our "beach outings!" (They are supposed to scrape the seaweed, but were waiting on a permit?!!) Regardless of the seaweed, Harrison loved collecting shells and chasing birds. We spent a lot of time at the beach club in the hot tub - well, at least my feet got to spend time in the hot tub - didn't want to overcook baby #2! :) It was a great weekend away and we're looking forward to a wonderful Easter weekend ahead.

3 1/2 weeks until baby arrives - name still TBD... we are narrowing it down, though - progress!!!

Can you tell who had the most fun flying the kite????

DINO!

"Okay, you run with it, Harrison, and I will fly it." hmmmm.... no wonder Harrison lost interest after 5 minutes! haha!

Harrison LOVES his Daddy - and had him all to himself for a full weekend - the first time in a while from Daddy's very busy travel schedule at work and weekend schedule of "to-do" lists from Mommy!!! ;)

Looking for shells!

Harrison's goofy school photos! 2 1/2 years old...

Visit from Lisa, Brunch with friends, Fun around town

Brunch at Brennans!

Lisa and myself - I was SO sad to see her go... it was too short, but it meant the WORLD to have her fly in from CO to visit! Miss you Mama!

Adrienne, myself, and Lindsey - we were sad that Rebecca, Amy, and Adrienne S had to miss out on the fun, but ate enough for all of them!!!

My sweet girlfriends took me to brunch Saturday to celebrate the little life in my tummy. We met at one of Houston's best restaurants, where I was treated to a 3 course brunch, ending in my all time favorite - a SOUFFLE!!! I was so stuffed that I couldn't even eat dinner and was still full the next morning! Lisa flew in from Denver to celebrate and to bring her new addition - Jacob Ryan Zorn, who is 4 months old and the spitting image of his big brother, Nathan. I honestly felt like I had hit "rewind" while I was with him! Harrison was amazing around him - bringing him "baby toys" and always wanting to hold him. He loved having another little one in the house and constantly was asking, "where's the baby?" He's getting so excited about having a little brother, but I think he might be a little sad that his little brother is going to come out teeny tiny compared to a 4 month old chunky monkey like Jacob!! (Oh, those rolls - I am SO ready for baby season again!) We LOVED having Lisa and Jacob to visit and miss the Zorns sooo much.... :(

I felt a little like I was at Benihana's with the hat on!!! hehe!

The souffle was TO DIE FOR!

Harrison LOVING playing with baby Jacob

So proud to be holding a baby!

Harrison continues to be the busy 2.5yr old that he always has been, but I'm REALLY struggling to keep up with him these days. With only a MONTH to go, I am not the best playmate in the world and I've totally been outsted from the "fun mommy" position into the "coddling mommy" position, taking care of booboos from falls, molars, and bad colds, and rubbing backs ALL NIGHT LONG when fever strikes (this weekend - fun stuff). Yesterday, when Harrison put his Jeep in TURBO, I ran as fast as I could to keep up with him, but eventually had to nix the turbo after I realized I was about to go into Labor on the side of the road- talk about Party Pooper Mom!!! :) So, it's been an adjustment having an extra appendage and a 2.5 yr old little boy - hopefully Fun Mommy will make another appearance in a few months!!!! I guess for now, I am going to have to be okay with being #2 choice for playmate?! A hard realization to make....

Riding a HORSE, not a pony!

"pirate Harrison" or "superboy" depending on the day - the mask got left at school, when he demanded to wear it in....

Monthly package from Grandaddy and Gran - "Bubba" and "Mono"

Mama with her sweet boy (who is such a little boy now and is sure to give attitude when least expected!)

Busy Bee

Harrison has been quite the busy 2 1/2 year old. We've made trips to the zoo, fed the ducks, had lots of fun playdates, went swimming, went to gymnastics class, and played our hearts out at the park. Mommy is exhausted, but for some reason Harrison has decided he doesn't need a nap anymore. It's been a "trying" few weeks in the nap department- I am in the process attempting to reorg his schedule after re-reading several good sleep books and talking with some friends. Keep your fingers crossed this is just a (long) stage!!! David passed his Series 79 Exam with flying colors and celebrated with several awesome margaritas!!! We are so glad he's finished studying, but our weekends have not slowed at all. While I hosted a church picnic last weekend, David played in a fun basketball tourney with some friends (all nearing or over 40). Two of the 12 went home with torn ACLs and the rest were in bed with heating pads the rest of the weekend!!! We did squeeze in a good date night with friends though! This weekend, David, Harry, and the yard man hit the beds outside to revamp our landscaping! Thanks to several hard freezes this year, many plants are still brown! We're hoping to have a weekend of doing absolutely NOTHING soon, but with the baby coming in less than 6 weeks, we're trying to squeeze in everything possible!!! Daddy turned me onto Grape Soda and I LOVE it at the park!!!

Cleaning off my favorite summer toy!

Harrison LOVES music. Harrison LOVES horses and cowboy hats. So when I told him about "cowboy music," he wanted no other!! See below for 3 short clips of Harrison jamming to Big Head Todd, Tim, and Kenny!!! He now requests his cowboy music on every ride.... hey, it's either country music or the dang "Elmo Shapes and Colors" DVD that I'm about to throw out the window!!!! ;)