It's a....

GIRL!!




And we think she's pretty darn cute already.

Big Brother

We took this video weeks ago and I keep forgetting to post it...

Now is as good a time as any because we have ONE week to go until the big ultrasound where we *hopefully* will get a peek at whether the new baby is a boy or a girl. Harrison is 100% convinced that this baby is a GIRL baby. He hasn't changed his mind since the first time we asked.





And yes, he wants to name the baby girl Brick. Lovely, no? Don't ask us where he got it, we have no idea. But he thinks he is SO funny when he suggests it and it makes me laugh every time.



So with one week to go, what's your vote - Boy or Girl?

This is Harrison.

On the blog you may know him as The World's Cutest 2 Year Old, or World's Most Photographed Child.

He has also been known to answer to Sweetie or Lovie.



Mommy sometimes calls him Goobie.


Daddy often calls him Buddy.


And when we talk about Grandpa he always reminds us with a big smile that Grandpa calls him Big Guy.






But soon, Harrison will receive a new title. Soon he will be known as,




And that's the best title of all.





New title begins on, or around, August 9th.

Stay tuned.

O Little Town of Bethlehem...

Happy Halloween!

Here is our little dinosaur on Halloween. Harrison loved his costume, he was very excited to show everyone that he was a dinosaur.


What a cutie!


Hmmm... You know, the longer he had that thing on the more I started to see an alligator. Later when we went trick-or-treating several people called him a frog and several others an alligator or crocodile. Just as I thought... Oh well - for all intents and purposes he was a dinosaur, and he loved being a dinosaur.




With our pumpkins. (Amy, I think this picture looks a little bit like Eliza. Can anyone else see it?)


Dinosaur bum!




We went to our ward trunk or treat, and then later went out to knock on a few doors so Harrison could yell "Trick or Treat!!" like we had practiced all week. Harrison had the system DOWN. He knew exactly what to say and when to say it.


Then after every house he had to check out his loot and say, "Look at all these treats!" It was slow moving from house to house because Harrison walked looking inside his bag instead of watching where he was going.


He really loved his trick-or-treat bag a lot. So much that he refused to let go of the handles.


I had to hold his hand with the handle in it. He wouldn't even drop the handle to knock on the doors. He wasn't going to let a single piece of candy fall out of that bag.


Eric and Rachel came over to do a little trick-or-treating and have some good eats right after. Thanks for coming guys!


It was a fun night! Harrison is getting so big and it was fun to see him really 'get' trick-or-treating. He had a great time.

Happy Halloween!!

Pumpkin Time

This year instead of picking our pumpkins out at the grocery store, we (meaning me, Leslie) decided it would be more fun to go and pick them straight from the patch!

And it WAS fun! Turns out, however, that you pay a lot for fun, in case you were wondering. We went to the grocery store right after our pumpkin patch adventure and pumpkins were on sale for 9 cents a pound.

We were ripped off.

BUT, it was totally fun.





Harrison had a hard time choosing the perfect pumpkin. If he couldn't lift it, he didn't want it. We were told time and time again, "That's not a good one."








He finally settled for this one with the long handle.


Before leaving the pumpkin patch we, of course, needed a family picture. Even though there were plenty of people around to help, we set the camera on top of the camera bag and just did a timer picture. We usually rock the self timer pictures, but we had a little trouble this time around. We were all crouched down watching the blinking light and slowly our camera started to fall backward off the camera bag. As the camera fell further we kept standing up higher, so as not to miss our shot. Dang. These pictures crack me up every time. My camera snaps three shots in a row - you can see us standing up higher and higher:




Redo:


Hooray for overpriced pumpkins!


It was totally worth it.





Later that night it was time to carve those pumpkins. Harrison colored his.




Hard at work...


Kate came,


and Brock too.


We love when Kate and Brock come over.


The finished product!


Our pumpkins!! (Kate, Brock, Leslie, Peter)

Actual and Factual Quotes from my 2 Year Old:

Harrison: "Mom, take my picture with my Buzz Lightyear undies! I turn this way."


"Did you see him?! Is it a good one?!"


"Let's try another one. Can you see him?"


"Is it totally awesome?!"




Later that day...

"Take my picture again! I'm on my potty!"


"Cheeeeeeeeeese!!!!!"



Oh Harrison... you are so cute.



Even if you did pee on my couch later that day...