For the Love of Balloons

Walker insisted on sleeping with his balloon yesterday (I know, not a safe thing to do!). He held onto it and slept right next to it. I'm actually surprised that it stayed in his bed the whole time! I fully expected him to toss it out of there.

And of course, I LOVE that he still puts that tiny booty in the air when he sleeps. :)

Monkey Bars Success

And...she's done it! After weeks of practice, Lainey has conquered the (preschool playground) monkey bars. :) 

Garrett Babies, Wimberly Bab(y/ies)

 I got to meet two beautiful 3-week-old twins this morning. Mom and Dad - Kourtny and John - have the prettiest babies! I loved meeting them...they are PRECIOUS. 

calm, sweet, sleepy Ella

handsome little Wells (a mini-me version of his dad!)

This picture is crummy, but how cute are Wells' hands!?

sleepy babes

AND, I got to visit this cutie (and her bed-resting mom, Kristi, who is expecting baby Paxton in June) after meeting the little Garrett babies! I felt so blessed to be able to see both of my good friends today - and all of their babies!

Sweet Ashlyn is recovering from a laser procedure she had done yesterday on her cheek. Poor baby! She doesn't seem to be affected ONE bit by it, though! :) 

Sweet punkin - I LOVE Ashlyn. Talk about spunky and with a most-adorable personality and charm...this girl is going to have her parents (and others) laughing ALL the time!

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Loved seeing both of you, Kristi and Kourtny. What beautiful children you have - I so enjoyed my time with y'all today. xoxo!!

Sandwich Stealer

Walker is a stealer of sandwiches. He often steals my WHOLE sandwich and will not eat his half of a sandwich. This is happening more and more. I am just going to start giving him a whole sandwich so he'll stop trying to eat mine!! :)

My Two Little Ghosts

Has anyone seen Lainey and Walker?

Welcoming Spring

We have had a perfect-weather weekend. Just gorgeous! I've been trying to get us outside as much as possible!

 Walker, in the back of Daddy's truck, on his "wu tau" (wiggle car). He is obsessed!

Lainey wanted to hang from the bars but since her hand is still hurting her, she chose not to. Good idea, Lainey Lou. :)

Saturday Night with Friends

 Avery and Lainey...trading advice

 Walker is FASCINATED with ants/bugs/etc. But especially ants. He'd play in an ant pile if you'd let him!

 Someone's hand started hurting...she tore open a callus on Friday (while doing the monkey bars...her newest obsession) and man oh man, does her little hand hurt!!

Avery, Lainey, Walker, Nolan

teeter totter fun

Baby Lucie

Here's a sweet picture of Lainey and Walker's newest second cousin...baby Lucie. How CUTE is she!? Her eyes are SO her mom's (her mom is my cousin Kate). Blue as blue can be!! Beautiful baby girl!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Have a happy day...from our two cuties who have pink eye. :) Hence the slight swelling and tears in Walker's eyes! (Well, that, and he thought his dad was leaving...he gets teary whenever he leaves!)

 Sad about Daddy's leaving (really he was just moving the car!).

Lainey's reassuring him that Daddy's not leaving.

happy girl, distracted boy

And...we've lost Walker. :)

 A bit later, we joined some friends to celebrate St. Patrick's Day. Well, Lainey and I did. Ben and Walker stayed home so Walker could nap and not expose people to his gunky eye!

college friends :)

 This girl went NONSTOP at the party.

 Lainey happily played for hours. I'm talking about 5 or 6 straight. I love this girl...she's so good at going with the flow and is able to make new friends easily and - while she can be a total stinker sometimes - is in a generally happy mood most of the time.

 Ha! She put her own bow back in her hair after it fell out.

The scene...looking at the crowds on Lower Greenville Avenue in Dallas.

Lazy Photographer

Sorry - I haven't been all that good at taking pictures lately! But, lucky for you all, I do have some iPhone photos to share. :) They aren't great pictures but at least they show you what we've been up to!

Lainey wanted to "keep her basketball safe." (Walker was not with us in the car...he was home with Daddy.) I turned around and saw this in the backseat...and had to laugh. She is a funny girl.

playing in the rain

(I'm so glad that Walker no longer completely freaks out about getting wet!)

 getting warm after playing in the rain

 You can't really tell from this picture, but Walker has "stamped" his face with a  stamp pad. Not a stamp, per se, but the actual stamp pad.

 And this is a nutria! Yuck. They live at the pond where we like to feed ducks. I think there are five of them! 

But this is the baby. He's kinda cute.

 And GUESS who has learned how to pump her legs to swing!? LAINEY!

It just "clicked." YAY, big girl!!

Singing

Karaoke time in the Harris house. :) Not too thrilling of a video...but kinda funny. I tried to get Walker to show us his mad singing skills, but he was a little quiet. He's gotten quite good at "singing along" and chiming in with some words when we listen to "Hot Dog," "The Happy Little Monkey's Song," and "Down By the Bay." Lainey just sings whatever whenever...made-up songs or real songs. Or a combination of both!

Muffins with Mom

So...today I attended "Muffins with Mom" at Lainey's preschool today. Here are some of the highlights!

First...the artwork on display for "Muffins with Mom" this morning. 

I am not sure if you can read it, but Lainey told her teachers that a) I like to eat "green" and that b) she likes to play dress-up with me and that I play the witch and she plays the princess. Well, this is news to me. I'm sure her teachers laughed a little bit when she gave that answer.

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As a comparison, this is the artwork on display during "Donuts with Dad" a few weeks ago. 

Lainey and Ben like to do normal things together like play hide-and-seek and she said that he likes to eat spaghetti and meatballs. 

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Lainey and her best friend Ainsley...they have matching black eyes. Bookends! Ainsley's eye is far worse...she actually has stitches. :( We joke that the girls have "sympathy pains" for one another... this is the second or third time that the girls have shared an injury/affliction 

Mama and Lainey

 Ok, so this picture is from Monday at the park. They took about 5 minutes deciding on where to take their picture and how to pose. :) When did they turn 13?

 CRAZY static trampoline hair!