Weston's Walking

I can't believe it, but Weston started walking just a couple of steps on and off on November 22nd. He has slowly picked up speed, and he's now walking across rooms. He prefers walking over crawling, but if he wants to get somewhere really fast, he'll crawl instead. Anyways, I can't believe that just 10 months ago, he couldn't even roll over, and now, he's walking! Time is flying by WAY too quickly!

On my "Tennis Phone"...

Weston has a new love for talking on the phone, but he doesn't just like talking on the real phone. He loves talking on ANYTHING that he can hold up to his ear and say "Hey". He is too funny!

Here is a video of him talking on his "Tennis Phone" aka Tennis Racket...

So much to be thankful for...

I know I'm SO late on posting Thanksgiving photos, but I had lost my camera, and I just now found it, and I got it charged back up, so better late than never!

We spent a great Thanksgiving Holiday with my parents at their house on Thursday followed by a second round with Great-Grammy & Grandfather in Greenville, SC on Friday. It was a great week, and we truly do have so much to be thankful for in the Harvey Household.

We are healthy and enjoying life with an almost 11 month old! He is so joyful, and I need to post a Monthly Update...I'm WAY late!

Here are some things that I'm thankful for this year:

• A handsome, healthy son
• A loving, supportive husband and father
• A husband who gives our son a bath every single night, puts on his pajamas and reads to him, because he enjoys that special time that they share each night.
  
• Parents who love us and our son and who would do anything to help us and be there for us when we need them.
  
• A dog who lets our son chew on him, pull his ears and tail, step on him and "pat" him constantly.
• The ability to nurse my son to his 1st Birthday! Yay!
  
• Friends with children close in age to Weston that we spend time with regularly
• My sister who is getting married in the Spring, and I get to help with her wedding! She is a true best friend, and I'm SO glad that I can call her that!

I have SO much more to be thankful for, and I could go on and on and on, but I'll stop with those for now! I have nothing to complain about and am so grateful for all the joy in our lives.

Visit with Santa

This past Saturday, we had the chance to go see two Santa's, and it was a PERFECT day as a family. We woke up and headed out for breakfast at Cracker Barrel, because we had a gift card. After breakfast, we went to our church where they were hosting a "Breakfast with Santa" with breakfast foods, arts and crafts and most importantly, Santa made an appearance! Weston got his picture made, and he actually liked Santa.

Next, we headed out to get Weston's photo taken with another Santa. We didn't get the photo at church, and we wanted some photos that we could use for Christmas gifts, as well, so we got some additional photos done. Again, W did great! We then went to Bass Pro Shop followed by lunch as a family before we dropped Weston off with my parents for his nap and to spend the night while Grant and I went to our office Christmas Party.

It was a great day, and I thoroughly enjoy Saturdays that we all spend together! I'm really looking forward to the next one! :)

Looks like he did pretty well with Santa, huh?! I saw some photo's of his daddy with Santa, and let's just say, it's NOT pretty! So glad that we didn't have a meltdown...

Stomach Bug

Update: So, Weston didn't have anything on his stomach, so he slept through the night just fine, and he woke up at 5:00 AM really hungry. I nursed him, because my doctor told me to continue nursing him since he's breastfed, and he went back to sleep for about an hour. He woke up, and he was SO thirsty, so I gave him some more BM in a cup, and he drank the whole cup dry (approximately 5 ounces). He also ate some Cheerios. Grant is home with him now, and he hasn't been sick again yet, so he's held that down for about 4 hours. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that we are over the worst of it!

My little man has his first stomach bug! :(

One of the other little boys at daycare got sick on Monday, and he ended up going home from daycare early. I was keeping my fingers crossed that Weston wasn't going to come down with it, because he didn't get it yesterday. Unfortunately, today was the day, and I'm SO sad!

He started throwing up around 4:30 PM, and he's thrown up three times since this! Poor baby boy! Anyways, he has nothing in his stomach...no food, drink, nothing! How do I keep him hydrated? Everything just comes back up?!

Anyways, Weston and one of the other little boys got sick today, and the boy who was sick on Monday is sick again today. Not good! We have big plans to see Santa this weekend, so we can't be sick at the Harvey house. And I'm praying that we don't come down with it...I don't know what we'll do!

What do you feed your kids?!

So, I have made all of Weston's baby food, but now, he's kind of over it...he likes to eat food that he can pick up and put in his mouth, and he's been eating finger foods, but I feel like he eats the same things all the time. So, I wanted to know...what do you feed your child? What does a day or week look like for your kids?

I'd love some suggestions for food that he can eat that he would like, are healthy and would be different! :)

SAHM's or PT SAHM's - How do you do it?!

I'm dying to do something different! I'd LOVE to stay home with Weston, at least part-time, but unfortunately, Grant is convinced that it's not possible. I'm confident that with a little adjustment in our spending habits that we could definitely do it! We don't have any debt except for our house payment!

Grant has TONS of reasons that we can't do it, such as, A.) It will put his/our retirement out farther or make it more difficult in retirement, because we can't save as much money, B.) We just won't be able to get by each month, C.) We can't save as much money, and we might have an emergency and D.) It will be tough to make ends meet, and we won't ever be able to build a house or buy some land, which are dreams we both have!

Anyways, I'm looking for anyone and everyone out there who has any suggestions/comments/ideas on how you do it and things that you do to squeeze your pennies and save money. I'm open to any and all suggestions! It's going to take some major sweet talking to convince Grant! :)

Also, does anyone else feel this way? Grant and I have been discussing this for awhile now, and we go back and forth on the issue, and it's really the only argument that we have! We never get really heated over it, but we both want the opposite thing, and I'm not sure how we go about coming to an agreement that's satisfactory for both of us. Thoughts?!

Halloween!!

Last Sunday, we celebrated Weston's 1st Halloween, and it was a lot of fun. One of our neighbors hosted a Halloween celebration for the little ones, and we had a great time! Even though Weston isn't old enough to participate in all of the festivities, he had a great time crawling around and carrying a toy golf club all over the yard.

We took Weston trick-or-treating around our neighborhood, and he loved it. He didn't get any candy this year, but we pulled him around in his wagon, and he got to check out all the cool costumes that the kids in the neighborhood had on. Weston was a skeleton this year, and he was pretty cute, if I do say so myself! :) I'll let you decide...

Crawling around before Trick or Treating

With Dad at the end of a LONG Night! :)

Watching in AMAZEMENT!

Mom...I'm READY to go!

See my bag!! I'm going to get LOTS of candy! :)

Day at the Pumpkin Patch

So, a few Saturday's ago, we spent the morning at the park, well, this past weekend, we spent our Saturday morning at the Pumpkin Patch, and we came home with two pumpkins, a big one for the family and a little one that Weston picked out. It was SO much fun, and I'm looking forward to continuing the tradition of taking Weston to the Pumpkin Patch every year. Weston was so amazed by all the "big orange things" laying on the ground, and he was TOO cute looking at them all and wanting to touch them and hold on to them while we were there. I think the pictures are worth a thousand words, so I'll leave you with pictures of our Pumpkin Patch outing! :)

Day at the Park

So, Weston and I went to the park on Saturday morning, and we had so much fun! He climbed on the playground, and he swung on the swings. It was a perfect Saturday morning with our friends!

Anyways, I took some photos, and I'll preface that some of the photos aren't so great, but he's constantly on the move, and it's a struggle to get his smiling face in the photos. I often get the top of his head or side of his face instead!

This is...

...what it feels like to wear your heart outside of your body! I love this little boy, and he is what keeps me going even on days like last Thursday! :) Love him!

This is how I feel today...

I feel terrible! I don't know that I have a fever, but I feel like I do...I have a stuffy head, headache, because I have SO much in my head, sore throat, runny nose, etc. All in all, it's a tough day. Unfortunately, I'm not home in bed...I'm here at work, and I'm trying to focus and get things done; however, it's a bit difficult. I just want to crawl under my desk and go to sleep! I'm planning on leaving early this afternoon to try to head home and get some rest. We have big plans for this weekend, so I can't be sick! :(

And I feel bad, because I know that I caught this from Weston. He had a cold and had a really snotty nose, and he wasn't fussy, so I didn't realize that it was so bad. Unfortunately, he probably felt a lot worse than I gave him credit for! Or maybe us adults just can't handle being sick, and I actually felt worse! Who knows?!

Christmas Card Sneak Peak

Here is a sneak peak for everyone out there of the Harvey Family Christmas card...What do you think?! We love it!

If you like our Christmas Card, go check out Anita Pope's blog and order your own Christmas Cards for this year, as well. She does a great job, and she is really easy to work with! You won't be disappointed!

8 months

Weston turned 8 months old on Monday, September 20th, and I still can't believe that he is already eight months old! Where has the time gone?! It's unbelievable to think that in less than four months, he'll be a year old, and you know that I'm already planning his 1st Birthday Party! Weston is SO much fun, and Grant and I are loving it and already looking forward to our next one! Ha-Ha! :)

At eight months, you are such a ball of energy. You are constantly moving and rarely stop playing unless you are exhausted or not feeling well. You are SO loving, and you still love your Mommy! It makes me SO happy! Since I last posted your statistics, you've had your first ear infection and the Roseola virus! Not fun, but we made it through it!

Here are your eight month statistics and milestones:

• You weigh approximately 22 lbs. I took you to the doctor last Friday, and that's what you weighed then, so I'm assuming that you are close to that now. I have no idea how long you are, but I'll find out next month at your nine month check-up. We are still exclusively BF'ing, and we haven't yet had to supplement with formula. You LOVE food, and I've been making all of your food. You've had SO many different types of food, and you still love it, but you are starting to push away your vegetables. You LOVE fruit, yogurt and meats...Turkey is your favorite! You are a chubby, healthy little boy!

• You still enjoy feeding yourself. You would much rather feed yourself than take a spoon that mommy or daddy gives you with food on it.
• Still wearing Size 4 diapers. You are wearing size 12-18 month clothes with some remaining nine month items thrown in, as well.

• You ONLY sleep on your stomach. You hate sleeping on your back, and you always roll over to your stomach during your sleep, so I've just stopped putting you on your back. It scared me at first, but I've gotten used to it. If you roll over onto your back during the night, you'll wake up and roll yourself back over. It's SO funny to watch on the video monitor.
• You have not been sleeping through the night lately, and it's frustrating, but I know that it'll change again. We had gotten so used to you sleeping for 12-13 hours, so it's tough to adjust. You've been waking up some nights once or twice and some nights not at all, but you've been waking up earlier in the morning, so we are trying to push your bedtime back to 7:00-7:30 PM to see if that helps!

• You still like to go to sleep on time! It's getting easier to keep you up late, but you don't like to stay up too late. You still don't like to be held when falling asleep or tired.
  
• You love to sit up and play by yourself. You are Mr. Independent and can be content to sit by yourself and play with your toys for at least a half hour.
  
• You NEVER sit still! If we put you in one place, you are gone in just a few seconds. You are crawling all over the place, pulling up on everything and standing. It's so crazy how quickly you are growing!
  
• You still only have two teeth, and we thought some more would appear, but they haven't yet. We are hoping that your teeth bothering you is the reason why you aren't sleeping, as well, and you will start sleeping better once they pop through.
• You still prefer to drink out of a sippy cup during the day, but at night, you want your bottle or your mommy. I had to go out of town for a week, and you wouldn't let your daddy give you a cup, you wanted a bottle instead.
  
• You still LOVE water, and we haven't given you any juice.

• Mommy has been traveling for work some lately, and she has had to leave you overnight with Daddy. Mommy is missing you, but Daddy is really great and handles it very well. He has had NO problems! :)
• You LOVE Banks, the dog. You think he is so much fun! Every afternoon when we get home, we go and let him out, and you just LOVE it. You kick your legs and get excited. You are trying to say "dog", because we say it constantly, but it comes out as "Doh".
• You are also saying "Da-Da". You say it constantly as you are playing and when I ask you if your Daddy is coming home, you start crawling around saying it. It's SO cute, and now, I'm just waiting on "Mommy" to come out of your mouth next! :)

I'm sure that I'm missing something, but I've posted enough for now. Life is so much fun with our amazing son.

Weekend at the Beach

Snack Time!

With fall on the way, we decided to take one last beach vacation in 2010. We packed everything up on Wednesday night, and we headed out on Thursday after work. We headed to Jekyll Island to stay at the 4-H Center. My family has gone to the 4-H Center over Labor Day every year since I was a kid, and we don't want that to change now that Weston is part of our family.

Being mischievous and preparing to crawl off his blanket...

We had a great time though Weston had a fever for two days and broke out in a rash on Monday morning when we were preparing to head home. Turns out he had the Roseola virus...we even took him to the Immediate Care center at the beach on Saturday, because he was feeling so bad. He was just getting over his first ear infection, so we were worried that he still had the remnants of the ear infection, and it wasn't getting better. His ears were clear, and it was all viral! Thankfully, he is feeling much better and the rash is almost gone. The last night at the beach...he woke up EVERY TWO HOURS! It was worse than when we first brought him home.

Loving the sand!

We had to keep the pacifier in, because he continuously wanted to eat the sand! Ha-Ha!

We had fun though, and he got to watch his first Georgia game while we were there with his dad! Grant had fun and can't wait for him to be able to watch the game and cheer along with him! Now, some pictures from our beach vacation!

Smiling at Mommy

Blog Sale

So, I've been cleaning out my closet of things that I don't wear, and I decided to host a blog sale to see if anyone is interested, because I've seen them done before. They aren't anything fancy, but I thought I'd give it a shot.

SOLD - Banana Republic Long Cream Jacket - Size XS - NWT - Originally $198 - $75 OBO

Gap Pink Long Sleeve Shirt - Size XS - $5 (Worn only once or twice)

Gap Long Sleeve Cream Sweater - Size XS - $5 (Worn only once or twice)

SOLD - Gap Long Sleeve Gray Sweater - Size - S - NWT - $10

Banana Republic Brown & White Striped Shirt - Size - XS - $7 (Worn only once or twice)


SOLD - Gap Dark Wash Trouser Jeans - Size 4 Ankle - $15 OBO


SOLD - Banana Republic Dark Wash Boot Cut Jeans - Size - 4P - $20 OBO


Express Boot Cut Jeans - Size 4 Short - $10 OBO



Tan & White Seersucker Cropped Shorts/Pants - They are just below my knees, and I'm only 5 ft. tall, so they would be long length shorts on most people. - Size 4 - $8

We are trying to do some "clean out" at home, as well as, preparing for a yard sale in September. We are attempting to empty our current office to make it a "play" room, so we can get some of the toys that we are accumulating out of the way of traffic. My close is overflowing, so I'm cleaning out things that I don't wear often or at all.

All items comes from a smoke-free home, and they are very well taken care of. Please email me if you are interested in anything or have any questions. I will ship upon paypal payment.

rlh.harvey@gmail.com

Shipping is a flat $4 rate.

Thanks everyone for your interest!