Thursday, May 17, 2007

Playing with Friends

Today was great because Harris's friends Connor and Logan came over to play. I had a great time too visiting with my friend Kim. They now live in St. Louis, so visiting with them was extra special.

Below is Logan being all cute.


One of the few pictures I have with all three of them. As soon as the picture was snapped, they scattered like roaches. Who wants to sit when there's so much havoc to wreak? (I'm not sure looking at this picture which one is Connor and which is Logan - sorry Kim)




Connor is trying to teach Harris how to climb.


Connor and Logan also loved walking the chairs around the kitchen. This was something new to Harris so he had to join in.

Saturday, May 12, 2007

Mornings

One of the best times of the day for Harris are the mornings. He eats really well and loves to play. He usually gets to watch one of his movies while Momma cleans up. He's been enjoying the Teletubbies lately. I was amazed one day at how long that movie seemed to play. Come to find out, there was a skip in the movie and it kept jumping back to a previous part. Essentially it was caught in an infinite loop. Teletubbies have a tendency of repeating things anyways so that's why I didn't notice right away. I only found out after sitting and watching it with him. Tinky Winky was following some footprints made of Tubby custard. Then the movie jumped and he's stuffing Tubby toast in his purse. I was like "What happened to the Tubby custard? Who took the Tubby custard?!!!" My life is quite pathetic.

Some pictures of Harris. Now that his hair is getting longer, he wakes up with some serious Bed Head. Too cute.


Enjoying his Teletubbies.


He must pick on Mia at least once a day. He tries to grab her while she does her low growl of warning. She bats at him with her paw which has no effect because she's declawed. He finds that funny. Eventually she puts her teeth on him momentarily and he'll stop. Then it starts all over again.




Harris loves anything electronic (imagine that). If there's a button to push, he'll push it. If there's a light that comes on, that's great. If it makes a sound, even better. I've come across the phone sitting on the floor to find that it's been on for over an hour. Hopefully no one was trying to call during that time.

Harris loves to see Dadda off to work everyday. He loves to untie Dadda's shoes as he's getting ready.
Dadda misses Harris while he's at work.

Thursday, May 10, 2007

Recent Videos

Just some videos of Harris. The first is him watching the "Cage Match" video of him and Mia in the pack and play. He loves to see his own pictures and movies on the computer. I don't know where he gets that laugh from. I call him bat boy because it sounds like clicking to me.

http://s166.photobucket.com/albums/u109/hellokittyjodi/?action=view&current=M2U00106.flv

Our one cat Jack is so starved for attention ever since Harris arrived that he's willing to tolerate Harris crawling all over him just so he can be petted by Brian. Poor Jack.

http://s166.photobucket.com/albums/u109/hellokittyjodi/?action=view&current=M2U00113.flv

http://s166.photobucket.com/albums/u109/hellokittyjodi/?action=view&current=M2U00114.flv

Final Cake for Course 1

Last Thursday was my final class for the Wilton Course 1. The picture below is my final cake. Definitely need to practice the roses. Those are more difficult than I thought they would be. Chocolate icing is soooooo good.

I've started a new course which is the Fondant and Gumpaste Course. Monday was the first class and it much more fast paced than the previous introductory one. I was struggling to keep up with the instructor and other ladies.

Brian called me on my cell during the class but then hung up. When I got home he said that Harris had taken his first steps that night. I was upset that I missed it and couldn't help but cry. I'm glad that Brian got to see something first and especially such a special one.

Thursday, May 03, 2007

Harris's 1st Zoo Trip

Today was great because we all went to the Fort Wayne Children's Zoo. Brian took a half day of vacation so that we could enjoy the beautiful day there. Harris did well. He didn't seem to pay too much attention to the animals unless they were really big (ie the giraffe). He just seemed to enjoy watching the other kids.

Lots of pictures to show. Below is Harris playing with the drums in the African Veldt.


Are you my Daddy??


He was really fascinated by the hands of the orangutan. They're very human like.



Big bug.....gross!


Brian picked the rhino since it didn't go up and down. He thought it might be less scary for Harris.


Brian said that as the ride went faster, Harris's grip tightened :)


He's tired of the stroller by this point.


Ah, Dad's shoulders are so much better.


The komodo dragon.

Tastes like chicken. Hrmmm..chicken...





Monday, April 30, 2007

Happy Birthday Panama Granama

Sunday we went to visit my Mom to celebrate her birthday. The day was absolutely beautiful and we all relaxed outside. Mom went fishing for trout on Saturday and had her fishing hat out. Of course we had to make fun of it. My sister Jana came up with the name Panama Granama which I thought was hilarious.











Below is the cake I made for mom. The butterflies are made out of royal icing. I saw the idea in a cake book and decided to give it a try.

Saturday, April 21, 2007

Enjoying the Weather II

We've been taking advantage of the beautiful weather we've been having lately. We love to put Harris in the grass and watch as he squirms. He hates to crawl in the grass because of how it feels on his hands. I believe that we could place him on a blanket surrounded by grass and know that he wouldn't move from the blanket.






Friday, April 20, 2007

1st Cake

I'm currently taking a cake decorating class by Wilton. Last night was the second session and we did our first cake. I think it turned out ok. I still have a lot to learn. I'm getting excited thinking about ideas for Harris's 1st birthday. I've seen all kinds of cake and party ideas. Hopefully this class will help me learn the basics so that I can be prepared by June.


Sunday, April 08, 2007

Easter

Harris had a great Easter. The day started off with finding the basket the Easter Bunny left.



Next Harris had some great hang time with Dad.







We went to Grandma & Grandpa Roemke's for dinner and played with the singing bunny.



Next we went to Grandma & Grandpa Kimmerly's for an Easter Egg Hunt. Harris doesn't much care for the grass, so he didn't collect that many. Plus there was some serious competition between all the cousins.


Saturday, April 07, 2007

Sleep Over

My 7 year old niece Kayla stayed the night on Wednesday since it was her spring break. We had lots of fun and she was a big help. She helped with Harris and we made lots of cupcakes for Easter. Ever since her stay with us, Harris has been chatting a lot.







Monday, April 02, 2007

Enjoying the Weather

This past weekend was absolutely beautiful. My sister and niece visited Harris and I. We went for a nice walk and played on the playground in the neighborhood. Harris really enjoys the swings. I also let him play in the rocks and was quite happy when he didn't try to eat any of them.