Beach Bound

We are leaving Monday morning for Destin! Our plan is to leave around 3 or 4 am so the boys sleep for the majority of the trip. We are so excited! Lots of pictures to follow I am sure!
I am behind yet again in blogging. So here is a list of what I would be blogging about if I wasn't so tired at night and had more than 5 minutes to myself!
1. Austin turned 9 months on the 15th, where did the time go? He is weighing in at 22lbs! Such a chunker, I eat him up on a daily basis. No teeth; wait did I already blog about this?! Oh and he is crawling, pulling up, tearing down, babbling, laughing in complete joy at his brother, getting mad if you take things from him (Logan take the hint buddy), LOVES to eat - especially table foods, likes mom's homemade baby food, but not as much as what Logan is eating, Not really liking people he doesn't know or hasn't seen in a while, really wants mommy most of the time(I like that a lot), must be getting a tooth because he has been up the last two nights several times and he is a great sleeper - 8pm-8am with two naps during the day. I LOVE that baby so much.

2. Logan - oh my Logan. He is ALL BOY! That is the best way to put how he acts from the moment he gets up until his eyelids close at 9pm - which in my opinion is too late, but recently he has started regulating the Harris schedule. He eats what he wants when he wants, says everything I say and I mean everything, wants to play, play, and play, he isn't too into taking naps or going to bed at night. Loves to prolong bedtime by brushing his teeth (more than once) reading not one not two but five books, needing a drink of water, needing his diaper changed, etc...He climbs into Austin's crib at day break to get the party started! Today the boys were standing at the train table and Logan says "we best friends!" I MELTED and did not care that seconds later he was jumping from the ottoman to the couch because I was relishing in what he had just said. Logan is becoming a little mother hen saying things like "no baby, baby you want mommy, Austin come here, Mine Austin, where is baby's yaya, baby is crying mommy," and on and on and on. He talks so much and asks so many questions. However he is really really really rough with the Austin. He tries over and over again to lift Austin up and carry him - HELLO Austin only weighs 8 lbs less than you! He pushes Austin over, covers Austin with pillows, blankets, toys, today he hit him with a plastic golf club and I was in the room. You know he got popped and time out for that. They really can't be left alone in any room. Which is difficult with one crawling and one running, jumping, climbing. Today they were both tearing apart the train tracks that I had constructed together last night. Both boys were laughing and loving destroying the nice, neat train table. I realized that this was just the beginning of them working together to cause a ruckus! However as I rocked Austin to sleep tonight and watched Logan drift into dreamland all I saw was my two precious baby boys.

3. Working on an idea to start tutoring a few hours each week at the house.

4. Ventured to chuckee cheese for the first time with the two boys for playgroup. It was fun, CRAZY but fun.

5. MOPS and MOYC begin in late August early September. Looking forward to meeting other stay home moms and more playtime for the boys to rid themselves of the energy they suck from me!

6. Brian is working hard and trying to squeeze some golf in before the annual golf weekend.

7. I LOATH Banana Republic's return policy so I will NOT shop there ever again - seriously the Mall of GA store has made me that upset.

8. Going to learn how to sew before August is over!

9. Oh and I am a BIG fan of EBAY not just to buy, but I am selling also. Lots of fun and making a little extra money. "One man's trash is another man's treasure!"

There is so many times throughout the day, I stop and think "oh I want to blog about that or oh I want to take this picture to put on the blog," but then a day or two or seven go by and I forget what I wanted to post! It is frustrating. Instead of being too hard on myself (a trait that I try incisively to rid) I am focusing on how I am soaking up each day and precious moments with my family and friends and that not writing about every little thing will be okay and to let it go!

So we will be off to the beach from Monday until Saturday!

The Beginning of July 09

Well, I am behind in my posting (imagine that)! The month started off with my sweet husband's 30th birthday and his big party. Pictures and a detailed post to follow as soon as I edit, delete, and organize his bday pics!
The boys had their pictures taken back in June (Logan's 2 yr picture and Austin's 6 month - taken at 7month picture)-they were finally ready to be picked up. My mom also purchased Logan's 6th month baby parts (9pictures) as well as Austin's 6 month baby parts they were matted and framed beautifully. I will take a picture of them. Incredible. Thank you Mom! Mom says "they will only be little for a short time and you must have nice pictures of them." She is great.

****I tried to upload scanned pictures and they wouldn't upload - anyone ever try to upload scanned pics?

We took the boys to Lake Lanier Water Park last weekend and met Brian's parents up there. Of course our two fish LOVED the water and when we left they were sleepy!






My great dad, took my mom to Key West last weekend (he had her bags packed and tickets waiting when she got home from working out - he is a great guy)! So we had my brother's over last weekend. Saturday I took Logan and Austin garage sailing with Kevin and Amy. Then that night I had Mike, Kevin, Amy, and their friend Justin over to watch the UFC fight. Sunday after LLI we came home and had Mike, Kevin, Amy, Julie, and Ryan over for a cookout (hot dogs, mac n cheese, baked beans) - it was fun. Logan and Austin LOVE their uncles and aunts!

We bought some office furniture and are having the bonus room painted. I am thinking about tutoring in the fall a few hours a week. Some extra money would be great to put away. I am going to get a flyer out to schools and see what happens. Oh I have also been selling items on Ebay! Things we don't need or use. So far I have made 200.00 and I went to a gold party this week and brought some old, old jewelry that was broken or outdated. I thought I would get like maybe 10.00 - I made 102.00! It was so exciting! So we are using that money towards having someone paint the bonus room:)!

Our flowers look great (thanks mom and mom-in-law) due to all the rain! Logan wanted to wear his rain gear (thanks Kisgen family) when it was raining last week and go outside. He looked soooo cute!



Logan and Austin are playing more and more together everyday; they crawl chasing each other, Logan makes Austin dance, he tells the baby what to do, tells me what the baby is doing, hops in Austin's crib in the morning and after nap time to sit and talk to him and play until I get Austin out. Logan has such a GREAT imagination. He held up a tortilla chip, started running and said "Look mommy I am flying a kite!" Then he took his dad's level (not sure why that was in his reach)and put it between his legs and said "giddy up, giddy up" as he galloped through the house. He sings songs: Row, Row, Your Boat, Old McDonald (says the eieio and animal noises, Beyonce's "Put a Ring On It" - he sings the "uh uh oh" part - so funny and lots of other songs. Dancing is a family favorite, oh how we love to dance and laugh. I love my family. Some days I need to escape for a few minutes of mommy time but I am constantly reminded of how blessed I am.
Here are some pictures from today. Logan put my purple panties around Austin and put some toys in our new ottoman - that is not a toy box. They are busy, after rearranging toys, I found them in Logan's room with Logan saying "Baby look at the books" with about 20 books surrounding them, Logan hopped in our new ottoman that has a place for storage and tried to pull Austin in at one point yelling "get in baby!" Austin tried some dog food, Logan made me chase him to dress him, Austin played in the dogs water, Logan said "damn it baby" after I said it when I burned myself with the iron. That was all before 10am - two boys 2 and 9 months = Craziness, but I wouldn't trade it for anything.

Where Are the Harris'?

We are busy growing, changing, celebrating, playing, and enjoying life! Here are some highlights since I have been MIA!
Father's Day 2009 - What a wonderful day to celebrate the wonderful men in my life. My husband ROCKS as a daddy. His boys think he hung the moon and I think he is kinda great too! The three of us are sooo lucky to have him. Brian works so hard to ensure that we are well taken care of. Happy Daddy's Day to my babies' daddy! XOXOXO Happy Father's Day to my dad of course as well as to Brian's dad. We are so lucky to live so close to our families that we are able to spend the day with everyone!
Brian slept in on father's day morning until 9am! Wow BK (before kids) sleeping in was like until 2pm! Anyway we woke him up with his presents!

Then we got dressed and headed to Brian's dad for a steak lunch - I made Brian's favorite dip as well as the corn. It was yummy. We did presents and visited for a bit before getting in the car and going to spend the rest of the day with my dad. There we had a steak dinner. Again it was yummy and we definitely got our protein grams in that day! More gifts, awesome dessert, and some board games was the way we finished the evening. A great day to celebrate and honor some WONDERFUL men!
The boys have been enjoying going to the pool and lounging in their own backyard pool - with popsciles of course (or as Logan calls them ipops). Look at Austin climbing out. He is turning into a wild man keeping up with his big brother. I think Logan could live off of Popsicles (my favorite and his too are the Mighty Miget Slow Melts - No dripping, SERIOUSLY!)



Something else Logan really loves is Peanutbutter and Jelly sandwiches. He would eat one at every meal if he could. This one paticular morning I gave him ceral with milk, but he insisted on having a peanutbutter and jelly sandwich. He calls them peanubutter and hearing a 2 year-old scream that word 20 times in a row,well, I didn't care that it was only 8am - peanutbutter and jelly it was!

Logan loves to point out what things are while we are reading books (in education terms this is called a picture walk - looking and talking about the pictures, but to him I am mommy so we call this pointing and naming pictures). So I found these great window clings at the dollar store and we have lots of fun (and learning) talking about the animals, the sounds the animals make, the color of the animals, etc - great one dollar purchase!

We celebrated Grandpa Harris'(brian's dad) birthday last week. What fun it was to take two sleepy babies to eat Mexican where they must have went south of the boarder to get the food because the waiting seemed to never end! After eating so quickly that we all left there with indegestion (except for Logan who inbetween throwing objects and stating continuosly that he wanted to leave munched on chips and cheese dip and cheese quesidilla and Austin ate two jars of baby food during the wait to Mexico for our food). Ahh fun times eating out with babies. After dinner we headed back to the Harris house and had YUMO Carvel cake and opened gifts. Happy Birthday Paca (that is what Logan calls Grandpa and he calls Grandma Maca - very cute even when he is screaming "I want paca I want maca I want mimi I want papa" over and over whenever I do something that he doesn't like or want to do.




This week has been busy as I prepare for Brian's 30th birthday this weekend. I will take lots of pictures and be sure to post them quickly.
Oh and we officially have another mover in our house! Austin mastered crawling this week and he is E.V.E.R.Y.W.H.E.R.E, eating A.N.Y.T.H.I.N.G AND E.V.E.R.Y.T.H.I.N.G he finds on the floor. It doesn't matter that I vacuum daily, his older brother leaves a taril of crumbs from snacks, dog sheds in this 1,000 degree heat, and just the daily tracking across the carpet has led me to do what only a girl that is a cleanfreak by hereditary nature would do - I bought a Dyson. It's a vacuum cleaner that is A.M.A.Z.I.N.G.





So that is what we have been up to. July is here, Brian turns 30, I will be working on my tan, saving money, playing with my kids, enjoying ALONE time with my husband, and losing the last 4 lbs from having two kids (I lost 6 inches in 4 weeks during the month of June)! As for the kids, Austin will turn 9 months, 3 months away from turning 1 and I am sure he will master standing up, Logan will continue to grow, learn how to do new things and learn new things to say (oh I forgot to mention that he dropped something on the ground recently and LOUDLY said "oh crap!" On one hand at least it wasn't "oh shit" but on the other hand he heard that from me - Mother of the Year!"