The Children's Museum and Zoo

I accidentally posted these pictures without commentary, ha. Dustin and one of his friends, Cody, took the girls to the Children's Museum for the day and out to lunch. Daddy and Harlowe day, he said they had a good time and he was even able to get some good pics of the day.

Harlowe's first boyfriend, ha, I don't know who this little boy is but it is a cute pic.

My mom came in town this month and we took Harlowe to the zoo, because Dustin was busy remodeling our rent house. After the zoo we celebrated Dustin's birthday and went to Brennan's, which is a high end cajun type restaurant. It was really delicious, Dustin even tried the turtle soup, gross, and of course Harlowe had some too. I was dead set against trying it because we have a lot of cute turtles in our neighborhood ponds. But Dustin has a way of bugging you to death where I just cave in, just to make him stop bugging me. I really didn't like the taste of it, it has a distinct flavor, I cannot describe. Dustin didn't really like it either but Harlowe did.

Harlowe did not seem afraid of the goats but she was not too fascinated to see them either.

Cute baby giraffe

My posts are going to be all out of order, but these are recent pictures of Harlowe. She is 17 months and turning into quite a character. She is growing so fast and I love to watch her change. It seems like she does something new everyday. It was so funny, Dustin fed her cereal this morning and she proceeded to dump the cereal and milk onto her high chair table and put the bowl on her head. I was giggling but Dustin, not so much, he said two kids oh my God!

Oh well, we are in for some new adventures for sure. I am six months and big as a house. I really do not have cravings with this pregnancy, but with Harlowe I craved anything with salt. Dustin would get so mad at me because I loved movie theater popcorn and I would dump a ton of that yummy orange salt on the popcorn. We couldn't even share because Dustin was so disgusted. I am having a hard time sleeping and getting comfortable so my sleep is limited. I am still able to run but I have gotten to the point where I cannot push Harlowe in the stroller. I barely can shuffle myself around the block, but it feels good to get out and run. The weather has been so nice lately, I love the Spring.

Both of my pregnancies have been good, I cannot complain. I have three more months to go and I am counting down the days. I cannot wait to be on maternity leave again.

Chewy's at Christmas

I know I am so behind and have not even posted one picture of Christmas. But I found these pictures yesterday and downloaded them real fast before work. My brother and his family come in town for Christmas so we get to spend a few days with everyone, which is really nice.

It is really hard to get a good picture with two small children to look your way at the same time. So these were the best pictures we could get. My family and Dustin and I love Chewy's Mexican Restaurant, every time we are feeling cheap we go here for the happy hour. They serve free chips with queso, taco meat and beans. We usually fill up on the free stuff and share one meal between the three of us. We always feel bad that we are being so cheap so we of course give the waiter a big tip, to make us feel better.

Harlowe and Parker look so cute together. This was the first year they could really play together and really get to know one another. Their at the age where they parallel play but I still think they had fun. Harlowe loves children, she loves being around other people her size. So hopefully she will be nice to the new baby on the way. She really doesn't understand I am pregnant so I hope she is not completely shocked when there is a new addition.

My brother and his family

Harlowe loves to play with rocks, I don't know what is so fascinating about them.

Harlowe is seventeen months now and doing a bunch of new things. She is slowly mastering the fork and spoon. She is not really interested in coloring yet, she will just make a few squiggles and be on her way or she will put them in her mouth. I think I need to offer her more opportunities to color, I think that will be our next project.

My baby can read DVDs and books has really helped her, and no I don't own stock in this company, ha. Although, I think it has been a good tool for her because she can point to all her body parts and she loves the flash cards. She will bring you the flash cards everyday and goes through all of them over and over.

She is starting to say a few words: nose, I see you, hi, bye-bye, mama, dada, juice, bah (sheep sound). I really cannot think of anything else but Dustin states she says things everyday that I don't hear. But when he asks her to repeat herself she won't do it.

She is starting to point at her diaper when it is dirty so I have been introducing her to the potty chair. It really has not caught on yet but we will see. She will just sit on the potty and point to her privates without any pee-pee or poop. Yet, when I gave her toilet paper for the first time she knew what to do with it.

I probably could go on and on but I will save it for another post. I have been watching the news a lot and the people in Japan have been weighing on my heart. My grandparents still live there and are doing fine. But just take a moment to pray for the people who are still suffering there.

Kemah in November

We went to Kemah on a sunny, nice day in November. For the people not from Houston, Kemah is a waterfront area with lots of restaurants and a small little amusement park area. It is pretty nice for Galveston water, which is brown. Although, we had a good time and we got to go on some of the rides.

Harlowe and I on the Farris Wheel, it only went around a couple of times and Dustin was like, is this it? I think Harlowe liked it despite the short ride. She wasn't that scared of being so high, either.

Harlowe still loves to wave at everyone and anyone, I think in her mind she thinks she is a princess blessing everyone with her grace, ha. Just kidding, it is so cute, she is so friendly, I know she got that from Dustin because he can talk your ear off. He can pretty much talk to anyone, and me on the other hand, complete opposite.

Dustin was trying to put on a happy face for all the festivities. I think he was bored, but he hung in there for Harlowe's sake. Poor Harlowe was looking perplexed in both family pictures. It is hard to get a good family picture with a baby.

We went on a little kiddie plane ride that went around and lifted us up and down. Harlowe had fun playing with all the gadgets in the plane.

My two babies, this is a pretty good picture of both of them.

I wanted to thank everyone for all the well wishes for the new baby. My aunt and uncle sent this really nice card and we enjoyed hearing from both of them. And my brother even sent us a post card from Afghanistan. We really appreciate all the nice thoughts and all the prayers, ha. We need all the prayers we can get, ha. Dustin always looks at my stomach, getting bigger and says I cannot believe we are having another baby. I always say, me neither, but I think I put him at ease when I told him this is not a phenomenon having two children. People do it all the time and still survive, ha, he said that's true.