Happy 9th Birthday Tae Biscuits!!!!!


Check out my gourmet cupcakes :) I cut carrots into the shape of hearts. I'm so clever, take that Martha Stewart!





Mackie had. too. much. cake.



Gandalf is too excited to stay still for a photo op



Yeh hi, more cakeeeeee.



After work we are going on a big long hike/swim. yay for tae!! Happy birthday to my favorite girl.

Here are some pics from our outting! Tae had fun, but I got bit by mosquitoes and covered in swamp goo.. YUK



Tae being RUDE with her barking. In dogspeak she yells "THROW MY BALL!!!"



And Harry got a SWEEEEEEET present in the mail from Aunt Beth!!!!! Now, just so you know, Auntie Beth WANTED harry to open the present early :) Harry LOVESSSS his new ball pit/car sweet RIDE!



"hmmm... blue... or... blue?"





Harry tries out his Jedi mind trick .... come to me... come to meeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Due to the massive amounts of lotion we stick on Harry's head each day because of the eczema on his bean, his hair is always messed up and sticky. I thought we could just make him punk rock today and create a mohawk. Thoughts???



Actually, I think the new do fits his personality pretty much to the T. :) :)

Grandma and Grandpa Williams and Aunt Stacey and Uncle Joe got Harry a jumbo play yard to hang out in and keep mommy's sanity during the day (should have had this thing up yesterday and maybe Harry wouldn't have a black eye today!!! BAD MOMMY) Harry loves his new play pen! He likes climbing on it and walking around the perimeter.







A book as big as Harry! Harry loves books!!









One week to go until the big NUMBER ONE!!!

Harry took a big smack on the eyeball today. OUCH. He's okay.. he's tough!!!

Harry has great fascination with appliances. His new thing is helping mama with the laundry.









Harry also loves chillin' in his wagon. It's the perfect size :)

Today is grammy's birthday. Have a great day Gma!!!!!

Harry drank his WHOLE 8 oz bottle by his BIG self today! Way to go Harry!!!!!

FIRST --- Harry took TWO steps last night!!! yay!!

Grammy and Pappappap got Harry a super wagon and Daddy had to assemble it. Well, it required hammering and such, so Dad put it together when Harry was awake. We figured -- "eh, 1 year old.. he won't know it's a wagon for HIM.." SO wrong. He was all over Steve while he tried to finish the job, and when it was all done, he was SO EXCITED!








Even the box is awesome!



Harry LOVES his new wagon!!! Don't worry grammy, we are going to put it away tonight until his birthday :)

I headed out to take the pooches for a walk tonight and I quick ran back inside to grab the camera because the sky was just utterly amazing. Here is the scene from right outside our driveway, towards Tae and my hiking path.



The biscuits! (she's going to be NINE in two weeks!!!!!! wowzers)



Happy scrunt-faced Mackie

you may remember this AWESOME outfit that Harry was sportin' at 2 months old:


He's grown up quite a bit, and still knows what's up!




Ut oh... what happened to Cookie???



Awwwwwwwwwwwww :(

Lazy bones!

This is probably the funniest video we have ever shot. Watch as Harry cries crocodile tears when we turn off the vacuum. (corn stalker --- pleh. molly, watch THIS awesome vid).





very cheeky :)





WHAT-ever.





so snuggly

Harry's ready for a groovy weekend with his tie-dye and scooter.





He can finally make it go by himself! weeeee



The bathroom is fun.. so many drawers and of course, toilet paper.





This crazy child llooovveess the vacuum cleaner.





Photos from last weekend below: probably the main reason he flared up all week :)



Mackie gets a few minutes to chill w/ Harry.



Gandalf sneaks a quick kiss



The bicuits is unimpressed. wants to play.



Harry makes his pouty face when mom makes a billy goat sound.. "maaaa maaaaaaa" (dont ask me.. he just FREAKS out when I make animals sounds)



Happy boy!

Molly came over and took some 11 month photos of Harry. Here are some pictures from the shoot :) THANK YOU MOLLY!!

What a fun morning!! Harry tried out his new pool today. He was VERY VERY unhappy with this whole thing at first.. but after a while he decided that he would very much like to play in his pool. :)







Daddy tries to distract Harry from the scary pool beside him.



Beers at 10 am... that's what I'm talkin' bout.



Taking a break for a snack.





Oooops I dropped something.







Too many times now I let the fear of Harry's skin condition get the best of me. I don't want to go outside, I don't want to "expose" him to bugs and sun and pools.. I really need to get over that. He is a perfectly healthy kid and loves all kinds of new things. and when we put all that other stuff aside, we all have more fun and enjoy life so much more!!!

I am soooo happy we have a 3 day weekend. we are still not sure what the weekend will entail, but I'm sure it will be fun!

Here are just some random Harry pics, because I LOVE HIM :)

Nice spikey hair




So sleepy



Sailor Jerry ROCKS!



"I can't believe I ate the whole thing"

This cute frog was hanging out on our patio last night. Riiibbbbitt!!

One month til the big number ONE! Wowweee!






My genius child reading a book --- really, he was reading it!!



Mr. Mischief

Tomorrow Harry is 11 months old!!!!!!