Fun with Fish

Susan and Jeremy Carter came to visit us this weekend, and we had a really fun time. On Saturday, Harrison, Susan and I went shopping, and then we all went out for Mexican that night for dinner and had margaritas (well, except for Susan, who is 5 months pregnant with a little girl! Oh, and Harrison of course, he had water).

The highlight of the weekend was our visit to the Georgia Aquarium on Sunday morning. Harrison had a ball and was so good the entire time we were there. He was truly fascinated with all of the sea life and the water and the colors. He loved walking up to the glass and trying to "touch" everything in there.

Here's Harrison with Jeremy and Susan in front of River Country. He loved that there were fish swimming around on the ceiling, and kept pointing up at them!



In front of the Deepo display, he was fascinated by all the orange!



The tropical fish room. There were tons of brightly colored ones. There was a diver in there for a few minutes too, cleaning the tank and feeding the fish, and Harrison waved at him and he waved back!



The beluga whales were amazing, and Harrison watched them swim around for a long time.



He liked sticking his hands in the pool to pet the stingrays, sharks, etc. The water was cold!



After Jeremy and Jason were done playing pool, we sat Harrison on the table so he could play with the balls and it was hilarious. He loved throwing them around on the table and even was able to put several of them in the pockets!



Here's some more pictures from the last couple of weeks.........

Keeping cool can be a hair-raising experience!



Gracie is still Harrison's best bud. Here he is putting leaves on her back.



Keeping tabs on the neighborhood together.



Future Mozart!

Spoons and Forks

Harrison is very interested these days in using spoons and forks to eat his food. He can't quite get the food on there to put it in his mouth, but if we do it for him then he wants to hold the utensil and put it in his mouth himself. It can make for some long dinner times, but that's OK! Of course, when he is trying to feed himself, he ends up covered in what he's eating, as you can see below!

He is also starting to understand some of the baby signing. He's really good now at signing "more", "all done", and "eat". He can occasionally do "mommy" and "daddy" (they end up being the same sign for him!) and "milk".

Happy Birthday Car Car!

Today is Car Car's birthday! It is also her first day back at school in her new job as a literacy coach. We hope you have a great day at school, Car Car, and Happy Birthday!

Car Car and Poppy came up to Atlanta this past weekend to celebrate, as well as meet Megan's parents, sister and nephew who were in town visiting Atlanta for the first time. We went to Dante's Down the Hatch on Friday night and had fondue for Car Car's birthday dinner. Then on Saturday night, Will and the Rogowskis came over to our house for some pizza. Megan has a nephew who is a couple of months older than Harrison and it was fun to watch them get to know each other and play! We felt bad for the Rogowskis who flew all the way from beautiful California where the high is about 75 right now, and having to suffer through the oppressive heat we've had in Atlanta this past week. Temperatures topped 100 almost every day, and it was a challenge to stay cool! We hope they come back sometime in the fall and enjoy the beautiful changing of the leaves and some nicer temps.

Here are Poppy, Car Car and Harrison in front of Dante's.



Harrison had fun eating the chicken, bread, fruit and veggies that came with the fondue, but wasn't so fond of anything dipped in cheese. Oh well, more for us!



Car Car's reading the card Harrison gave her.



Here is a cute picture of Harrison and Megan's nephew, Ryan, playing with the stacking cups!



When Poppy eats breakfast, Harrison knows he can walk up and Poppy will pick him up and put him in his lap and share with him.



Watching "Baby McDonald" before bedtime. He was so cute sitting with Jason on the loveseat!

The Carters Love Their Softball!

We went to Montgomery this past weekend for an annual softball tournament that Jason enjoys playing in. The reason why I say the Carters love their softball is because it was literally 100 degrees outside all weekend, but these guys can't get enough of playing! Jason had fun joining forces with his Uncle Gerald and cousins Brian, Jeremy and Blake. They won several games handily, but finally their run came to an end Saturday evening. In the meantime, Harrison and I had fun on Saturday afternoon playing with Nana, Brooke, Hadley, Aunt Kay, Susan (who is 4 months pregnant with her and Jeremy's first child), and Caitlin before heading out to watch the last game that night.

Both Harrison and Hadley are up from their naps.



Time to play! Nana and Mimi were ready with the toys.



The babies were being so funny, for a few minutes if one was being held by someone, then the other had to be too. So Caitlin was holding Hadley and then Harrison insisted on Caitlin holding him too.......



......and then I took Harrison back, and then Hadley wanted me to hold her!



Playing so nice with the Little People house. They both had fun taking turns shooting the Little Man down the slide.



Taking a break for some rehydration!



Nana's holding me like a baby and getting my sugar!!



On our way to the softball game. Hadley was so cute wanting to walk everywhere!



Getting up to speed on the game score.



Run Daddy, run!!



Harrison and Hadley had so much fun watching all of the action.



Harrison would see Jason in the dugout and wave and clap at him! It was so cute. He is definitely Jason's #1 fan.



The Carters' team lost that night, but the daddies will always be winners in their kids' eyes!

School Days, School Days

Well, it's the beginning of the new "school year" at Harrison's daycare and he is continuing his studies in the Toddler I classroom. He loves his school, his teachers and his friends, and you can tell he is thriving and learning more and more every day there! One of the teachers there was kind of enough to email me these pictures of one of their activities - playing in the "sand" (a.k.a. cornmeal). They said Harrison couldn't get enough of it and was absolutely covered with it when they were through! They do all sorts of fun things at his school. The put up tents for them to play in, fill up kiddie swimming pools and go swimming, play with paint and do crafts......they also have a Spanish teacher and a music teacher that each come in once a week. He is also walking EVERYWHERE now, and I don't think running is far behind! His favorite thing to do is throw and catch a ball. He already has a quite an arm!

Here are Harrison and his classmates playing in the sand!









Here are a few more pics from our weekend in NC that my mom forwarded me. Here's everyone at dinner (well, except for my mom who was taking the picture).



I took Harrison outside while they were wrapping up the bill, and we went around to the window where everyone was sitting and said hello!



Helping Mandy brush her teeth! Slow circles, brush away from the gumline........



Sacked out at the end of the day.......what a fun weekend!