Milestones - 20 months and 12 weeks

Well - as of today Lindsay is 20 months old, and Baby Harris Number 2 is 12 weeks along - I'm officially in my second trimester - Yeah!!!!

The weather here has been getting warmer - so outside is the place Lindsay wants to be. The pictures above were taken at her cousin's school. She loves the slides, and nothing is too high for her. We only had one potential wipeout that day, and I caught her by the seat of her pants - whoa!!! Lucky!!! It had my heart racing!!!! Daddy even came to play for a few minutes before the sun went down!!!!

In the last two months Lindsay's vocabulary has increased exponentially!!! She pretty much will repeat anything now - and is stringing lots of 3, sometimes four, word phrases together. Her favorite things to say are to list all of the family members names - sometimes over and over!! - singing songs, and she also loves to imitate other peoples expressions and actions. At Gymboree we sing songs and the kids go for rides on our lap. One of the songs is The Noble Duke of York - and she knows all of the actions and gives her doll, stuffed animals, Dora in the bathtub - anyone a lap ride. The amazing thing is she knows her left and right for this song, and has never once leaned the wrong direction. She's pretty observant and is learning lots!!!

Her gross motor skills have also gotten much better in the last several months. She is climbing stairs standing up, sliding, jumping and kicking balls. She is still very cautious however, and if left to do somethings on her own, will still stick with the safe way (i.e. going down the slide or stairs backwards).

Only six more months until the new baby arrives - and we are going to attempt potty training and moving to a big bed in that time!!!! Wish us luck!!!!!

Lindsay - we love you bunches!!!!! Happy (20 month) Birthday to You!!!!!

PIGTAILS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well - I finally can put pigtails in Lindsay's hair. The first time I tried to put all of her hair up, and the back is still just a wee bit short to stay up nicely, so I had to add a couple of small barettes. The chosen look currently is to leave the back of her hair down with her cute curls, and put two piggies on top of her head. This was the look for the entire weekend - and her KU cheerleading outfit which we wore Saturday (Mommy washed it that night), and Sunday!!! Apparently it worked - KU won both of their games, and won the Big 12 Tournament!!! Daddy was very happy!!!

More from February!!!!

The second half of February was filled with the worst cold Lindsay, Chip and I all had this winter. It had a two week duration - and pretty much knocked us on our butts!!!! No fun - especially pregnant - when you can not take too much medicine!!

The first picture is Lindsay with her new blanket that was part of her Valentine's Day present from Grandma and Grandpa D!!! There is a penguin with velcro arms that holds the blanket when not it use - and Lindsay loves waddle waddles!!!

A cute photo of cuddles with Daddy, and one with cousins Jonathan and Grant on the couch!!!

Finally, we had a big birthday dinner for Aunt Susan, Aunt Deann and Uncle Bob at the end of the month. We were all feeling well again, and Lindsay went through the whole party with no nap. She finally crashed at about 6pm, slept for 45 minutes, ate again, and went to bed the normal time!!!! We were very impressed!!!!! I think we have a party girl on our hands!!!

February Re-cap - Big Announcement Too!

I know - it has been over a month since I last blogged. Bad Debbie. I do however have a reason. A VERY IMPORTANT REASON!!!!!!

At the end of January we found out we are expecting Baby Harris Number 2!!!!!!!!! All is well in the land of pregnancy - and finally after three home positive pregnancy tests, a positive urine test at the doctor, an ultrasound, and now hearing the fetal heartbeat today - I can say I truly believe we are having another baby!!!!!!

We are very excited to say the least!!!! This baby 'happened' :) much more quickly than Lindsay - much to our surprise and happiness!!!! Due date is October 1st - but Lindsay arrived 4 weeks early - so we are thinking a September arrival. YIPPEE!!!!

Okay - now back to our very cute 19 month old!!!! Here are some cute photos from February!!!

The first photo I call her 'Cat in the Hat' look. The next two are from Chip's work Super Bowl Party. Lindsay made a new friend Kasey (Chip's co-worker Karen's granddaughter) - and they loved playing - so I did not see too much of the actual game!!! Finally the last two pics are Lindsay in her Royals hat - now that football is over - Chip's already pushing BASEBALL!!!

Super Bowl Sunday!!!!

With no football last week - Chip did not know what to do with his Sunday!!!! We've got two Super Bowl parties to attend today - so we'll likely have some photos to share this week. Just wanted to let everyone know we are doing well- and GO COLTS!!!!! (Even though some of our extended family is from BEARSland!!!)

I Wanna Be Just Like You - 18 Months Old

Hey Toodlebug-

I decided to write you a note since you are now 18 months old. Can you believe it - you've been around for a year and a half!!!!! We love you so much, and you currently are in the stage of copying everything we do and say (we have to be careful - today Chip said bonehead and crap - which were repeated by our little echobox!!).

You watch and try to copy everything!!! (See the Swiffer and purse pictures above). You are trying to master golf, so you can accompany daddy on the course next summer. You love your milk - even though you still drink it from a bottle - I know- bad, bad parents. Why do you love water from your sippee cups, but only want milk from the bottle - and not the gallon jug shown above. We'll try to adjust that in the next few months. You love music, and your baby dolls, and especially Malibu. Whenever I let Malibu outside, you make sure to bring me the towel to wipe her paws (since we have had snow for awhile), afterwhich you go to the cabinet and get Bu her treat. You also love feeding her - and this includes food which is meant for YOU to eat!!!!!!

You are into purses, in fact you tried to take my new Coach purse from Daddy at Christmas. That was not happening - so you have my 12 year old Dooney and Bourke one you like to carry around. You also have a plastic Elmo one you love, but the one more like mommy's is usually the one of choice.

You do something that makes us laugh each day!!!! Today I was trying to get you to say family - and you started singing the Barney song- I love you, You love me, we're a happy family!!!! Nothing gets by you. You are onto us that we can play the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse show ANYTIME you want, thanks to TIVO. I had to record several new episodes this weekend so I don't have to watch the same one over and over. You love to blow kisses and wave good-bye to everyone, especially when daddy goes to work.

I can't wait to see what the next six months brings - hopefully not the beginning of the terrible twos!!!! We love you lots!!!!!!! Mommy

Future Musician?!?!?!?

Lindsay got a piano, and a combo trumpet/saxophone for Christmas. She loves playing with them, and she also shakes her booty to any musical tune she hears!!!! We went to a Gymboree class for the first time this week, and they offer music classes too - so I think we are going to sign the chicadee up!!!

Baby Mania!!!!!

Lindsay is currently very into anything that has to do with her two baby dolls. She has baby Alice, a preemie Cabbage Patch doll, and her new doll which her cousin Katie gave to her, we call baby Betsy. My brother Ross and Chip wanted to call the new baby Buella - but Lindsay and I voted no!!!!

She loves to cuddle and rock the babies. She loves to feed them, and take them for rides in the stroller and wagon (like I used to do with Lindsay when it was above freezing outside)!!!! She is very much taking on the roll of a little mom - I'm wondering if she is sending us signals that she is ready to help with a baby brother or sister!!!

Beautiful Baby Contest

My mom is a big fan of the show 'Live with Regis and Kelly' - which is currently holding their Beautiful Baby Contest. My mom has been encouraging me to enter Lindsay this year - we couldn't participate last year since we did not live in the US. So- we've been trying to get a good photo of the girl's best assets (curls and eyelashes). We had a banner photo session one morning, and I got all of these shots. Let me know which is your favorite - I can't decide!!!!

Say Cheese!!!!

We have been staying warm with our second, and now third, big snow storms. Lindsay was prepared this time with her purple coat, gloves and hat. She insists on wearing her sunglasses though - because daddy wears his - since the snow is so bright!!!!

She still loves dressing up, jewelry, and of course Malibu!!!!!

I just counted 67 pictures!!!!

I just scanned through all of my blog entries from today (catching up for three months) - and there are 67 photos. Hopefully that makes up for us not blogging for awhile!!!! Good night!!!

Christmas 2006

Christmas day was filled with fun!!! We started off opening presents at our house- with just our family. Lindsay was getting into unwrapping things - but it was a little overwhelming for her I think. We headed off late morning to have a big family meal and present exchange at my brother Bob and his wife Susan's farm. The meal was fantastic, and we had a great holiday.

Can you believe I did it!!!!!! I am caught up on blogging for all of 2006!!!!!!! I'm tired- so the few pics I have from January will have to wait!!! I had a snowy Sunday, and Chip agreed to watch Lindsay - so we accomplished blogging for 2006!!! We promise to try to update at least every other week if not more often - and to not go too long between blog postings now (are you happy Christopher?!?!?) Happy New Year to everyone and we'll write more later!!!