Whew! What a week we had! It is hard to know where to begin with this one...I guess first of all, our "baby" Harrison is one! Where did the time go?? It is so amazing to see how much the little guy has changed in 365 days. He has nearly tripled his body weight, is a crawling champ, is improving daily on his walking abilities, the list could go on and on! I can't express how much we love him and how much he has enriched our lives. What a ride we are on...I can't wait to see what is in store for us this coming year!!
Who would have thought that this sweet baby...
...would turn into this sweet baby in 365 days??
Yeah! My car seat can turn around now!!
Now, onto the vacation! We left last Saturday for Sanibel Island and we had an awesome time! The plane ride down went really well. Harry got fussy a few times, but nothing that wasn't manageable. Who could blame him really?? He even slept for a little while! We had no problems getting our luggage, our rental car, with directions...then we get to our resort. We had reserved a condo, but we didn't know that they were individually owned, so the pictures on the internet didn't necessarily reflect what the acutal condo would look like. Don't you think that is something they would have to disclose?? Anyway, we tried to have a positive attitude about it, but while we were eating dinner we decided to try to do something about it. We work so hard when we aren't on vacation, so why shouldn't we have everything the way we want it?? So Travis went to the front desk and talked with the agent about it, he understood and agreed to switch our condo. It was a bigger place, but more of the same. Just outdated, straight out of the 70's decor, not what we wanted. The last straw was when Harry (I love the oblivious nature of kids, he was happier than a pig in poo the whole time) was crawling around the room and ended up with dirt on his hands and knees. No thanks--we have 4 pets and that doesn't happen at our house! We got busy and found a different hotel and moved there. The new hotel was excellent, but it was a little difficult getting Harry to sleep since we were all in the same room. He was like, I know you're in here...why won't you pick me up??
No Shame!
The first few days were a little too windy and chilly to swim, so we spent most of the days doing some shopping and exploring around. The remainder of the time there we enjoyed beautiful weather!! We are the parents of an official beach bum! He absolutely LOVED the ocean! He really likes to be scared (with a good BOO!), so he loved the waves coming up and touching his legs unexpectedly. He cried every time we took him out of the water! The amount of shells that wash up on the beach there is incredible! We loved walking up and down the beach looking at all of the different ones. He also really liked the hotel's wonderful pool...they kept it so warm it felt like bathwater! He got the biggest kick out of seeing other kids play and splash around. It is hard to belive that in a few short years, he will be those kids! The only tourist thing we did the whole time was we visited the nature preserve on the island. We really wanted to see a gator in the wild, but no luck!
Beach Bums!!
Out of all the places we visited, we liked Captiva Island the best. It is so beautiful there and they had the coolest little restaurants. They were really laid back and had excellent food. We took Harry to one of them for his actual first birthday called the Bubble Room. We had heard they had awesome desserts and huge pieces of cake. That is exactly what we needed for the little guy's birthday! It was funny...we met a family there that was staying at the resort we were going to stay at and they said their room was beautiful. Go figure!!
Yesterday on our way home was the only really frustrating time we had. All during the ride to the airport, while we were checking in, and while we were going through security, Harry screamed his head off for no apparent reason. I was so embarrassed. Then to top if off, we realized that when we got our boarding passes they had put us in 3 seats that were not together. Although not sitting with him sounded quite appealing at the time, it wasn't going to work. So Travis got them to change it, but they could only put 2 of us together. Guess who got to sit with Harry?? It ended up working out really well though, this really nice family offered to switch around so Travis could sit behind up without us even asking them. After a really great week, it was good to get back to the comforts of home.
Today we had Harry's birthday party so our friends and family could celebrate together. We had an awesome turnout and Harry got sooooo many toys and clothes. Mom & Dad, Grandma Helen, Granny Clara, Granny Audra, George, Audra, & Aiden, Jamie, Payton, & Janson, Aunt Vicky, Uncle Kevin & Aunt Vickie, Chris & Kiersten, Molly & Barney, Scottie & Julia, Josh, Karen, Collin, & Morley, Esther, Jamie Mc., Krista, and Jen, Jason, Andrew, & Noah were all in attendance! I think everyone we invited was able to come! We had so much fun! Thank you all for loving and caring for our son like you do! I almost teared up when we sang Happy Birthday to him just thinking about how truly blessed we are. We had a little cake made up for him, but he showed no interest in diving into it! I even tried to feed him bites and he didn't want any! Too bad for him...it was delicious!!
No thanks!!
Harry and the Blessingers
Lots of presents!!
Okay, I'll stop for now...I could have gone on a lot more!! Tomorrow is the big 12 month check up day. Birthday party one day, shots the next. Poor little guy!!
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