Did ya miss me??
Okay...I have officially achieved slacker status! I am finding it hard to tear myself away from summertime life to blog! But I'll continue to use my usual excuse...we have been busy!! Let's track all the way back to the 4th of July week. That Monday we hosted a going away party for our house church friends, The Fogertys. It was a little stressful getting our house ready for about 30 people, especially since our housekeeper situation fizzled out (sniff, sniff!). I always worry about what people will think of our home the first time they see it...I know I shouldn't, but I do. Anyway, I think it went really well, and I hope everyone had a nice time. We will miss the Fogerty's a lot...they are a great Christian family who taught us a ton about what it means to be faithful in every way. Lori was a big part of making me love and latch on to our church and I will always be grateful to her for that!
Aunt Jamie, I don't like my flotation device!
The next morning we left for our favorite vacation spot, Nana and Poppy's house in Tennessee!! Our trip this time was a little different in that Jamie, Payton, and Janson came along! All 6 of us packed into the minivan and headed out! We did the usual--swam, ate (a lot!), and were generally spoiled by Rob and Linda's impeccable hospitality! As usually Harry did extremely well on the trip, never cried and whined only a little bit. Not bad for a 7 hour trip each way! There was another twist to our trip this time as well--we went down to Atlanta to a place I have wanted to go to for a long time--IKEA!! It was quite the experience, and we absolutely loved it! In fact, I think we spent over 4 hours there! We got 2 bookcases, a table and rug for Harry's play room, and a few other odds and ends for our house. We could have bought so much more, but we just didn't have the room to bring the stuff home. Some people even had rented U-Hauls to get all of their purchases home! It was so funny! I can't wait for another opportunity to go there again---cool home furnishings for not much cash! That's right up my alley! We also had a Left, Right, Center night (we played 4 times, Travis won twice!!) and a coloring contest almost every night (Payton's idea--I tied for first one night out of sympathy I think). We had lots of fun with everyone and we can't wait to come back when Sara finally has little Brady!
Harry in his new Ikea tunnel
I love Ikea!
The Monday after we got back, I took Harry to the barber shop for his 3rd haircut. This time he sat in the chair all by himself and he did really great. Hardly a whimper! His hair, after a very slow start, grows like a weed now! It had only been 4 weeks since his last cut! He even let her cut part of it with electric trimmers. He must have been worn out from all of the weekend's activities because he took a marathon nap that afternoon! Sadly it was back to work the next day for me.
This weekend, Travis has been an absolute workhorse! We had a ton of mulch delivered yesterday and he re-mulched all of our flower beds (I only helped a little while Harry was napping). We got a dark chocolate mulch this time and it looks really great. We then went over to help Nate and Krista move a few things (who, by the way, welcomed an adorable baby girl, Mary, on June 30th) to their inbetween house. They are building a new home that won't be ready until November, and their house sold in less than a month! So they are renting a house until their new one is done...moving twice with a newborn, the thought makes me shudder!! Since Trav is a little sore, we are taking it easy today, watching the race and getting ready to cook out tonight.
Don't believe the story my mom is about to tell you!
Two cute (well one is not so cute) about Harry before we sign out. He has started saying "No!" and "No, no!"...I wonder if it is because that is the word he hears the most??! It is pretty cute, every question we ask him, no matter what it is, gets answered with a shake of the head and a "no!" Then on Friday when I went to pick Harry up from Katrina's, the kids were so excited to see me because they were dying to tell me what Harry had done that day. Katrina had put him down for his nap and left his shorts off. You guessed it...he had figured out how to take his diaper off and had fingerpainted the crib with poo. I about died. My angelic child do something so disgusting?? I was secretly glad that she had to deal with that and not me! No more diaper-only naps for Harry!
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