Harrison's Valentine's Party

We've been having a very fun weekend so far and we still have tomorrow off!  We had Harrison's Valentine's party, went to see Percy Jackson because Harrison LOVES the books and then had birthday parties, video games, play dates and nursery painting all to do!
Here are some pictures from the party. There was a contest to see who could decorate their valentine's mailbox the best.  Harrison's is the mailbox but the winner was the girl who made a swimming pool out of her box! So cute:

And here are my beautiful Valentine's roses from my boys.  It's actually a small rose bush that I can (attempt) to plant in the garden in a few weeks.

We are painting the nursery, so I'll update with photos of that when it's all finished.  I thought I had choosen really nice, soft pink hues. But no...this nursery is PINK! You'll see...

San Diego Baby Shower

SUCH a cute baby shower I had this weekend.  We had a very fancy tea party with friends, family, hats, boas and yummy, yummy desserts.  Here's some pics from it!  I have to tell the story behind the picture of the beaded bracelet though.  All of the guests chose a bead to use for the bracelet that represented a wish, hope or dream for the baby.  Then we put all the beads together to make a bracelet for me to wear and everyone wrote a notecard to the baby describing what their bead was and how it represented their wish, hope or dream.  I can't wait to give her the notecards and the bracelet and remember how special that moment was!  Thanks to Mom and Kate for such a great party and for all the hardwork they put into making it such a special event for me.

So, this is love....

Harrison and I had the following conversation when trying to decide who he should give Valentine's cards to this year. 

Me: So, do you want to give cards to your whole class, or just a few, special people like your friends and teacher?
Harrison: Well, I think McKenzie might be giving me a really big Valentine at the party?
Me: Why do you think that?
Harrison:  Because, she, like, loves me.
Me: Oh, well, how do you know that she loves you?
Harrison: Because. She stares at me during class. And then she hits me at recess.

Oh the joys...

Dear Baby,
I'm sorry you keep getting the hiccups, but please stop using my bladder as a trampoline!
Love,
Your mother

Photo Collage!

I see these on everyone's blogs and I'm just now figuring out how to do them. I just downloaded Picasa and LOVE it already!! Get ready for a lot more of these photo collages! Yay!

January Update

We did manage to get the crib all set up and assembled in the nursery. The next major project- painting. We'll tackle that project next month and I'm so excited to get rid of these brown, brown walls in there. I'll update when we do that with before and after picture. And lastly, here's my 6 -month prego picture! Huge growth spurt between 5 and 6 months, right?

This is the yummy, yummy carrot cake with cream cheese frosting and pecans- I'll post the recipe soon. I got it from my SIL and it was an instant family favorite and will be using this recipe for many years to come! It was super delicious!

We took a trip to Fresno to visit with James sister and her twin girls, Haliegh and Alexis. The girls had their Rainbow Initiation that morning and then we all went out to lunch for Megan's birthday. These girls love their big brother/cousin Harrison. How cute is her in the sweater and polo, by the way?

Max fell asleep in the car on the way home from Fresno with his face smashed between the seat and the center console. I have no idea how he was able to sleep in this position, but sure enough, he started snoring so loud. I had to snap a picture because it was just too funny.

Then this past weekend, we had Harrison's Pinewood Derby. He cut the car, sanded the car and painted the car all by himself- with some help from James. We had so much fun racing the car all Saturday morning. He didn't win any big prizes, but his car was awarded "Most Futuristic Looking" which was awesome!

remember this?

This photo was Halloween 2008- our cute, fun, little, manageable, 3-member family. Our whole world is about to change with the addition of this new baby in ways I think I can't even imagine right now.