Worth the Worries

If you know anything about me, you know that I am a worrier. It is one personality trait, that I wish I didn't have. Well, that and my tendency to obsess over things. Put these two things together and you have a bad combination.

You would think that I would stress over bills, life insurance, work, and other "adult" things, but that is not the case. Luckily, Ryan worries enough for the both of us about those important issues. I tend to worry/obsess about trivial things such as photo shoots, what size clothes to order, Harrison's birthday party (yes, I am already planning the shin-dig), and so on. These things may seem unimportant to some people, but to me they are of the utmost importance.

None the less, Harrison's 8 month photo shoot with Elizabeth Wiggs was no different. Here are just a few of the thoughts that went through my head for the month leading up to the photo session. What is Harrison going to wear? What are Ryan and I going to wear? Is it going to be cold or hot? What location should we use? Will Harrison's nap interfere with the schedule? Will Harrison be fussy? Will the hat I ordered for Harrison arrive on time? How am I going to wear my hair? What props do I want to use? It rained on our scheduled day - now what are we going to do? Will it rain again on our new scheduled day? We don't know where we are going - are we going to be late? The wind was crazy - what will my hair look like? Harrison wasn't very happy - did she get any smiling pictures of him?...

... Am I driving you nuts yet? If so, you can only imaging how I feel - and poor Ryan who unfortunately has to listen, or pretend to listen, to all my thoughts.

I felt a huge relief after the photos were over, but still worried if they would come out good. Well, words couldn't explain how relieved I was when I saw these. I LOVE them more than I could have imagined. I will soon forget about all the stress leading up to this session, but I will always treasures these pictures!

All in all, I think life must be good if my biggest worries are over family photos! We are one blessed family!!!

Birthday at the NEIGHbors

Today we went to a birthday party at our neighbors house, complete with a petting zoo and train rides. This was Harrison's reaction when he heard about the petting zoo.

If you couldn't tell from the picture, he was truly amazed by all the animals. Just look at the grip he has on the animal cage. We had to basically pry him away.

The petting zoo had everything from lambs, to lamas, horses, turtles, hedgehogs, bunnies, chickens. You name it, they had it.

Harrison loved looking at all the animals.

He even got to hold a turtle. Unfortunately for the turtle, Harrison doesn't quite understand the word "gentle" yet.

And of course, the day wouldn't have been complete without a pony ride.

I think it is safe to say Harrison had a great time. This was his reaction when we told him it was time to go home.



Happy Birthday to Me - Part 2

For my birthday this year we spent the day at the Zoo with good friends and sweet babies.

Managed to get some new family pictures  (Thanks Amber and Joe)

Stop for a lunch (bottle) break



Ride on our first carousel ride. Harrison LOVED it - can you tell?!?! He kicked his legs and bounced up and down the whole time. I could hardly keep hold of the little munchkin.

Wow... what a day! Little man was all worn out

The next day we celebrated at my parent's with wine, pizza, and cake - what could be better? Harrison was even thoughtful enough to buy me flowers and a card. That was probably the best gift I had ever gotten. I will treasure that card forever!

All in all, I had a GREAT birthday! Thanks everyone for sharing it with me!



Happy Birthday to Me!

As I sit and try to think about what to say about my birthday... all that comes to mind is "My how things have changed!"

This is how we used to celebrate birthdays...

And this is how we currently celebrate birthdays...



Yes, that's right... our drinks have turned into bottles! But I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world.

8 Months!!

The day I knew was coming, is finally here... Harrison's monthly "Hippo" pictures have just become much harder to take. I remember the days when I could just lay Harrison on the hippo and he would lay still for as long as I needed. I use to take probably 50 pictures in his monthly onesie. Well, those days are over.

Harrison is now on the move and doesn't want to sit on a hippo and have his picture taken. This was made evident this month. Even though I had Ryan their as a "spotter" Harrison fell off his hippo onto his head during our monthly photo session. I felt like the worst mom ever!! He had huge crocodile tears and everything.

This is the picture I got right before he fell. It came out cute, but I HATE that his feet are chopped off - that is the perfectionist in me coming out.

Here are a few other cute ones I managed to capture in our 2 minute session. The top one is one of his new faces - I LOVE it!! This little boy definitely has a BIG personality!

Do you think he was trying to tell me how he felt about all the pictures with that tongue?!?!