halloween 2009

I am pretty sure that B and I had the two cutest trick-or-treaters ever!!  Justin and I took Harper over to Blair and David's and we went trick-or-treating in their neighborhood.  The babies had the best time!  And yes, they both got to eat a little something from their buckets. :)  (Harper loves chocolate - she is my child, and Jim Creel's granddaughter.  She never had a chance.)  Harper loved going to each house and walking up the sidewalk - she would start squealing each time.  They didn't quite understand about taking some candy.  They both tried to take it out of their bucket and put it back.  This year was so much fun because we got to take them out.  Halloween is just going to get more fun the older they get, and I look forward to it so much!

Hayden standing at the window, watching big kids.  So cute.

They didn't get to eat the candy, we just put it in their hands in an attempt to take their picture together.  Still.

pumpkin patch

Two weeks ago, we went and met David, Blair, Hayden, and my parents at a pumpkin patch in Colleyville.  For us country folk livin' in Weatherford, that was quite a drive.

One attempt of taking a picture of Harper.  This girl sit still?  Are you crazy?  Have you met her daddy?

My sissy.  LOVE her.

Papa showing Harps some punkins.  Love this picture of them.

The babies kissing each other.  They love each other, it is so precious.  But along with the kissing, they also bite (Harper), push (Hayden), and throw objects at the other with excessive force I might add (again, Hayden).  When Harper has had enough, she usually unleashes an assault on Hayden (my terms).  Blair likes to call this "Harper opening her bag of assaults."  Might have peed a little when I heard her say that.

These two love their GiGi

Daddy and his girl, so sweet.

One of the first pictures of the three of us together in maybe a year.  Seriously.  Someone take some pictures of this family! :)

A side note - I went to an allergist for the first time in my life a few weeks ago.  As it turns out, I am allergic to 90% of Earth, just as I suspected.  The doctor took one look at my back and said, "Whoa."  Then he proceeded to tell me that I am a poster child for allergy shots.  And then he put me on the strongest allergy medication on the market, and I am now getting shots.  My point is, is that I was at the aforementioned pumpkin patch.  Outside.  Hay.  Usually a party for my little immunoglobulins (IgE's to be exact - I paid attention in Advanced Anatomy, people).  However, due to my new wonder drugs, I did not sneeze once.  Hallelujah.

Oh and and - the week before the allergy testing (not pleasant), I got sulfuric acid on my face at work (also not pleasant).  15 minutes in that stupid eyewash is also on my list of unpleasant experiences.  As is my boss having to drive me to the doctor afterwards.  *sigh*  

walk for a cure

Hayden and his wonderful Mommy and Daddy, and Blue of course.

Last Saturday was the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation's Walk for a Cure. It was such a beautiful day, perfect for walking 3.2 miles! :)  My family and I participated wholeheartedly in an effort to raise money to hopefully one day find a cure for our little Hayden!  Thank you so much my wonderful friends and family who donated to us.  We appreciate every penny that we got!  It just gets us that much closer to a cure.

The Six Family - is anyone surprised Miss Harps has a water bottle in her mouth?!

Our team - little but proud!

Aunt Brittny, Gabe, Uncle Justin, Aunt Hayley, Harper, Hayden's Mommy Blair, Hayden, Uncle Paul, Aunt Michelle, Micah, Makenna, Hayden's Daddy David, David's good friend Gabe, Papa and GiGi.

Until next year...

playin'

I know it has been forever since I posted anything.  I finally got a new memory card for my camera, and those things are not cheap, I tell ya.  (Yes, all the pictures go to the computer but I am paranoid about the computer dying, so on the memory card they stay...)

This child LOVES water bottles.

She loves to get my cup in the bathroom, and then stand by the bathtub, turn on the (cold) water, fill up the cup, and drink away.  This is a daily thing, and she always ends up soaking wet.  And very proud of herself, I might add.

Pulled out her changing mat out of a diaper bag and proceeded to lay down on it with a diaper in hand!

Ah, these two.  They are constantly fighting over toys, but this time, they both won.  I think.  I don't know, Hayden is the one riding the pink princess car... :)

Harper is almost 18 months old!  I cannot believe it.  I love, love, love this age. Some days I am ready for another one, but most days I am not. :)  This one keeps me so busy and I just love it.  Besides, I think she needs to be the Queen Bee of our little family for a while!  (honestly don't think I could talk Justin into it anyway, ha ha)  I've got more pictures to post, of our JDRF walk and a pumpkin patch that we went to on the other side of the metroplex, I swear.  We live in Weatherford, people.  Everywhere is far away.  And tomorrow is Halloween!  I will definitely be taking tons of pictures - Harper and Hayden are going to be so stinking cute.  Stay tuned my loyal followers  follower.

Blairisms, Part Deux

A recent text from B: "David to Blair: 'If you would just sit down with me and a map for a minute I could blow your mind.'"  (this for my directionally challenged sister)

I was going through my phone, and I save messages that I think are funny, and this is one more that I found...
If bugs are attracted to light, why don't they fly to the sun?

My mom came over last week to watch Harper for me on Wednesday.  When I got home, she was telling me how she got up early so she could beat Harper up.  Her words, not mine!  Love you Momma.

Team Hayden!

For those of you who don't know, my sweet nephew Hayden was recently diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes.  This has been a difficult time for my sister and her husband, as well as Hayden obviously!  Please keep them in your prayers as they continue to learn about and cope with sweet Hayden's disease.  For all the details, go read Blair's blog.  

My family and I are walking in the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation walk in Fort Worth on October 24th.  We would like to ask for donations for our walk for this great foundation.  If you are interested in helping us out or walking with us on Team Hayden, please email me or Blair!  We appreciate any help we get, and would love to have more walkers with us!

  

Hayden and Blair came over to play with us on Wednesday.  I took Blair and the babies on a 4-wheeler ride, and I looked down at Hayden, and he had fallen asleep in my arms!  Sweet baby.

Recent Blairisms

We should probably call this 'Recent Blairisms, Part 1', because I can guarantee you that there is no end to the amazing things that come out of my darling sister's mouth.  And by amazing, I mean freakin' hilarious, people.  If you know my sister, then these comments or questions will come as no surprise.  If you don't know her, then you are seriously missing out, because she is one of the funniest people I know!

1.  Text from Blair while she was in Seattle: "So here's a question for ya... Do you have to drive through Canada to get to Alaska???"

2.  Hanging out at my house one day:  "Isn't it weird that we came from the same womb?"

3.  And today, a text:  "Definitely just learned what the saying '20 years his junior' means."  David told her she should ask him more questions.

These are a couple from a while back that still make me laugh out loud:

4.  "I love horse."  (driving by horses and not thinking that the plural of horse is, in fact, horses)

5.  "I just pulled out like 8 hair... (a couple of seconds later) ...s."

Stay tuned for more funny things by Blair, because I promise you, there will be more.  I love you, I love you, I love you, my darling baby sister.  You never cease to make me smile.