Family Visit

A few weeks ago, our Arizona family came down to CA for a visit. We were so excited to have Teagan and Shaun and the girls stay at our place! We have such a tiny apartment and it felt even more cozy than normal with so many peoeple, but we had such a great time and it was so nice to be able to spend some time with them. Travis' parents were also able to come down but they opted for a hotel (I don't blame them, our couches are cofy but not as comfy as a nice matress!). Desiree and Tyler also stopped by on their way to Hawaii (they had a day long layover in LA) and for the first time since Graham's blessing last September, the entire Harmor clan were together again! We had a great time talking and laughing and we even had a chance to visit the Happiest Place on Earth! (I didn't have my camera, so all these pictures are borrowed from Teagan, thanks!)

They came in late Thursday night and due to the impending rain, we spent most of Friday just hanging out. I'm glad to see that even toys meant for six month olds can entertain three and one year olds just fine as seen above!

We had lunch at our local hamburger joint (not quite world's best, but mine was good) where Charlotte and Lillian had fun on this old car.

Graham loved watching his cousins and seeing his Grandma and Grandpa. Here he is with Grandma and his mom.

Grandpa, Grandma, me, and Graham (I think he was begging for a taste of Grandma's purse).

Look how big Lillian is! Shaun tried so hard to get them something out of the machine, but alas, the machine prevailed!

The girls decided to leave the nest and visit the Spectrum. We got there, went into one store, and then came out to pouring, freezing rain! Unfortunately, that stopped our trip and we had to run through the rain to the car. Here is Charlotte soaked to the bone, poor girl!

Barbara stayed the driest with all her layers.

I love the rain, so I was a happy girl!

Next stop, Disneyland!

Cutest Baby Photoshoot

So I decided that it would be fun to enter Graham into the "Cutest Baby Contest" and so I proceeded to hold my very own photo shoot. I just took him down to our pool and sat him on some lounge chairs and just took a bunch of pictures. It wasn't until I entered him that I found out that he wasn't old enough (I know, cutest baby contest doesn't actually include babies) but I wanted to share all of these pictures. I think he wins for being the cutest, I mean, who could resist those dimples!

I think I picked this one.

My two boys.

Graham is very expressive, this is one of his many faces.

Here is another. I love how he can lift his eyebrows. You can just tell he is thinking, ALL the time!

Doing our best to get him to smile.

I also liked this one, in fact I may have picked this, who knows!?

I guess there is always next year!

Yummy Cereal

As Graham neared six months, we were able to start feeding him some rice cereal! I'm not to sure who was more excited, me or ...me! Graham had no idea what was going on, but it was still very exciting to say the least. :) We sat him in his high chair and put on a very cute new bib and then proceeded to try to get him to understand that the spoon I am putting in his mouth is actually supposed to be there! Haha! He was a little hesitant at first and I can only imagine that the flavors of rice cereal weren't exactly what he wanted when he got to try solid food for the first time, but I must say that since that first day, he has taken a liking to rice cereal. Here are some pictures from this momentous occasion:

Look at that adorable face! He looks like such a big boy sitting in his high chair, anxiously awaiting some rice cereal.

The doctor also told me to start giving him water in a sippy cup. We are still working on the tilting the head part, but at least he knows where the water is supposed to come out of!

Haha! I love this picture. He looks so thrilled!

Here is our smiley boy! Yum, Yum, Yum!

He didn't quite know what to do, but neither did his mommy. I just kinda used his upper gums to make sure I got some in his mouth. I know it starts with boring rice cereal, but it is exciting to try to open your child's eyes to the wonderful world of eating food!

Tagged

Hey everyone! Yes, we are alive. It has been a crazy last few weeks but I think we have gotten through the worst of it. Our household has been sick and more sick for the last several weeks. I finally took Graham to the doctor today and it turns out that he has a bad ear infection in his right ear. Hopefully the antibiotics will help him. The good news is that I have a happy sick child who continues to light up our lives, despite how miserable he may be feeling.

Well, I have so much to catch up on, but I thought I would start out with this tag I got from my sister-in-law forever ago. The rules are to pick the sixth folder and then sixth picture in your picture folder. I wanted to mix it up a little and I picked the sixth folder from the bottom.

Here it is:

It is an adorable picture of my neice Payton (on the right) with her friend Tara. I think she is about ten months in this picture if I have the date correct. It's actually funny because I have her friend Tara in my mom's preschool class that I help out with and it is adorable to see her so little. She is a couple months younger than Payton.

So now I am going to tag: Amy, Emily, and Jill

Random Pictures

Here are some random pictures that I took from this last month. Nothing too exciting but a cute little boy!

Hanging out in his high chair. I wanted him to get used to it before I started solid food.

What a smile!

Cute close up!

He is now officially sitting up all by himself. I still like to put something behind him because he will fall occasionally but he is doing so good!

He loves to sit up and play with his toys!

He chews on everything!

Everyone keeps saying he is teething, but they have been saying that for the past couple months and still no teeth!

so cute!


I love this face!

Here he is doing his new favorite trick, rolling over!

Go Chargers!

Well, Basketball season at El Toro started and so my dad is now wearing all his favorite El Toro Basketball gear and attending all of the games he can go to. If any of you don't know, my dad has to be El Toro Basketball's biggest fan and biggest supporter! I guess something good did come out of cheering at all those games in high school. Well, we were over one day and my dad put his hat on Graham and I thought it was so cute. I had to take pictures!

I think he was a little confused at first. :)

Go Chargers! I just know Graham is going to be cheering them on right next to his grandpa one day soon.

There's a smile!

I know, you don't see many of these because I always take pictures, but I couldn't resist! Look at those dimples!

Another Trip to our Favorite Place

Since Amy and the kids were in town, we had to take a trip to our favorite place, Disneyland! Payton got all dressed up in her Tinkerbell costume and Graham got to go on a few more rides. It was a long, but fun day!

Here is Graham and daddy waiting in line for the Toy Story ride. Unfortunately, it broke down after we waited an hour in line and we didn't get to ride it, but we still had fun in line! There is always next time.

Grandma and our little fairy Payton.

Graham was always laughing at Payton. They had such a great time together!

Owen and Amy. He just loves to have his picture taken, hahaha!

Getting ready for all the 3-D action. Graham was so excited....

....that he fell right asleep!

Payton with her 3-D glasses on!

Since we didn't get to ride the Toy Story ride, we went over to the carousel so that Payton and Owen could ride. They were nothing but smiles the whole time around!

What fun!

Graham luckily did get some sleep that day!

Here is Graham getting ready to ride a ride in the Bug's Life land!

Here we are on the ride, sitting together. Our family shot!

My mom took a better one. Doesn't Graham look just thrilled to be there!?

Payton and Tyler got to sit in the front.

We talked payton into going on this ride, she was a little nervous.

Owen was very excited! They both loved it!

Graham looking at Payton, again!

I think they are going to be great friends one day.

Graham is just talking to Payton.

They have this new character meet and greet area for Tinkerbell and her friends. Payton was very excited! Here she is with one of the friends.

Here she is with Tinkerbell herself!

Again, Graham fell asleep while we waited in line for the Winnie-the-Pooh ride! He was pooped after such a long day!