Single Parenting

Well...we have been doing lots of summer things and trying to stay cool. This past week has been HOT here! Too hot to do anything outside! Jason went on a national bowling tournament trip this week and was gone for 7 days..it was in Las Vegas and you know he will not step foot on a plane so they drove. Yeah, I know they are CRAZY! It took them 24 hours to drive. Anyway, I have survived the week but much prefer having Jason around that is for sure! Parker has not been acting his sweet self. He has been in trouble a lot but this week! He will be here in a few hours and I can not wait till he gets home! I also have had to drive his truck around this week (they took my suburban) and answer his phone. I have a new respect for his job. It is stressful dealing with everyone and making everyone happy!

The past 2 weeks, Parker has been finishing up t-ball and they finally won a game! It was so fun..they boys were so happy and excited! You would have thought they won the world series or something. Parker has been hitting the ball so well..out to the fence. If he would only run fast and not watch the ball, he could have made a few triples and a home run or two. He also is getting better at fielding when he is behaving. He has made at least 6 outs by stopping the ball and tagging the runner out on 3rd! Not bad for his first year! He does need to work on listening to his coaches and not going after every ball. Parker for sure is not scared of the ball and wants everyone! Parker also this summer has been to baseball camp, art camp and soccer camp. Soccer camp was this past week while Jason was gone and he was not the best behaved thing. I don't know if it was the heat this week or Jason gone! Next week Parker has basketball camp and VBS..thank goodness Jason will be home!


Laney is good..she is running all over the place. She LOVES food..she will eat anything! She tends to eat her veggies first and loves green beans! I think she says lots of things...I just don't understand them. She says bye bye which she says all the time if she sees the door open, is putting her shoes on or anything like that. She points to babies and says baby all the time real well. She also says Rebel really good too! I think she is saying "bubba" for brother but still trying to figure it out. She loves books. Today she got one of her favorites Brown Bear Brown Bear and was looking at it and I swear she was saying "bra ber bra ber" She kept saying it over and over! She will get a book and take it to Jason and say "Ree me" translation Read to me. I just love this age!! She starting playing peek a boo by covering her eyes with her hands..So cute! The girl can climb too! She climbed all the way up their playset and loves doing it! She is too funny too. She "talks" on the phone..gets the tv clicker and points it at the tv like she knows what she is doing and tries to put her bows and shoes on. It is so funny!

Daddy sharing his fudge pop...yummy!

Parker was so ready to go swimming and he wanted Laney to come and was helping her get dressed. He quickly found out it is hard to dress a moving target!

Parker has really been wanting to help cook lately. here we are making my moms famous yummy brownies

Finally a trip to Mcdonalds! We won!

Laney climbing up the playset

All by myself!

Yes! I made it!

Weeee...sliding is fun!

What is my brother doing?

Oh my goodness..

making a waterslide!

He had a blast and we were both laughing so hard because he would slide in the mud at the end!

I like playing in this water

She looks up to no good

Laney loves playing with Parker's tunnel from his tent!

See!

Nanny and Butch have been to visit too!

Soccer camp!

Parker and Justin one of his classmates at camp

The coaches and all the kids

Special Angel

Well today three years ago, I held an angel in my arms. Grace Elizabeth Harris was born to the Lord. Having her has taught me so much. How to completely put my trust in the Lord and how miraculous life is and so much more. I mean the miracle of life is amazing and taken for granted so much! Do you know how hard it is to trust the Lord completely? Verses I clung to"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding" Proverbs 3:5 But I quickly found out that "..in all things God works for the good of those who love him.." Romans 8:28 And "For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." Jeremiah 29:11 The Lord did have a plan for me and my blessings from Grace are amazing!

Today I decided to plant a flower in her pot by her grave. I could not bring myself to post the picture of her tombstone..maybe in a year or two I can share. Anyway, usually Parker is in school but today he wasn't. I took him to Wal Mart and told him we were getting a flower to plant somewhere very special. He was only 2 1/2 when Grace was born. He does not remember and barely knew what was going on. He did know there was a baby in mommy's tummy but we did not talk about it much with him especially after I started having so many problems. then he knew I was in the hospital but I was just sick. Anyway, he was excited and we pulled up. He said.."Dead people" He started asking me about dead people and I told him it was just their earthly bodies that they had new bodies in heaven with Jesus. He said.."so in the ground they are probably skeletons by now" Then we pulled up to Grace's grave. He wanted to know right then who it was. I told him it was our angel in heaven. He then wanted to know what the name was. I told him Grace Elizabeth. We planted our flower then he asked "Is this your sister?" I told him no..I guess he thought it might be since he knew Daddy had a brother in heaven. That was all he asked. I just think he is still to young to tell him everything and I don't want to scare him since he can relate to having a baby sister. I really was shocked he asked as much as he did. Oh and he recognized the word Jesus out there and wanted to plant a flower on the grave of Jesus. I used that to tell him Jesus did not have a grave because he was alive but he reminded me that yes he did die for us and raised from the dead. I guess he is right but the tomb is Empty!! Praise the Lord! Anyway, it was a good day and I am so glad my little helper was with me.
Mommy Loves you baby girl! Your tiny little feet are on my heart forever!

Wow.......

We had these pictures made about a month ago. Here is a sneak preview and I can't wait to see the rest of them. There are already lots of my 2 precious babies I just absolutely love!! Leave a comment and let me know what you think!


http://blog.willhjacks.com/pics/lharris0905/showit/

Summer Fun!

We have just been having summer fun at the pool, playdates and hanging out. Laney loves the pool and it not scared at all. Her faces goes under the water and not a cry or anything. She just keeps plopping down in it! She kept going over to the big pool too to get in and was doing her fussing for a swim floatie. She is going to be a mess at the beach!


Also..I wish I could figure out how to upload videos from the video camera but laney does the cutest thing..we ask her "You ready to go nigh-nigh" And she grins and shakes her head No! She also smacks her lips when she sees food or you can ask her to give Laney kisses and she does the smacking of her lips! Oh and she moved up to the Toddler room at daycare! She sleeps on a mat and pillow now! They said she went to sleep on her own! She still is adjusting though. Bless her heart, she cries when I leave. She is a HUGE Momma's girl. She can be happy and I walk in the room or she sees me...she fusses for me!

all ready to go to the pool and excited!

I really like this water or "wa wa" as she says

Laney and Lucy kate..Lucy Kate trying to get her bow!

Laney and Bryant! Look at that sweet smile! He got so excited when he saw us!
Laney after church at Mimis..Parker had gotten lunch all over his clothes!

Laney Again at Mimi's!

We have been BUSY little bees!!

Where do I start? We have been so busy with all the end of school things going on. First Laney is full out walking now. She still kinda drunk walks but there is no stopping her! She is fast too. Her school has Grandparents tea every year and this was her first! They show off all kinds of artwork they have done during the year and have a special something for the grandparents! Then Parker had his first May Day Play Day or as we called it at the PDS I went to Field Day. He was on the Gold team which as a proud member of the Green team all my PDS years I was a little sad but I was told this PDS they switch every year. He had a blast at May Day play day! Then his class had their play and they all did so good! It was "God's little Love Bugs". Parker's line "for instance, take these little lady bugs over here" It was so cute and afterwards they showed a slide show of the year and it made me cry. Parker and his classmates looked so little at the beginning of the year. Seriously, I cried and cried till I finally gathered my composure in the car. I just kept thinking of that tiny 7 pound baby and the first time I saw him and here he was so grown up! Also that was coupled by it being our 9th wedding anniversary that day (May 20th). No way 9 years ago could I have imagined what life we had had so far and where we would be today. I cherish all 9 years with Jason and love him so much! The day before our anniversary, Jason found out about a job he had in Houston, Texas and he had to go meet the guy at the job that week. He decided since it was our anniversary that we would make a little trip out of it by ourselves. He was so sweet looking up 5 star hotels on the Internet and boy did he find a nice one! We had a good time trying new places to eat and shopping. It was just a great time. So many thanks to my Mom and my sister in law Dana for keeping the kids. We love them so much and we can count on them no matter what! So that is what we have been up to. Since then we have been enjoying the nice weather on the days it has been nice. Parker and I went to the pool for the first time yesterday too. It was fun! Anyway, enjoy the pictures!

Laney and Mimi checking out Laney's artwork
Laney and Mimi (my momma!)

Laney enjoying Mimi's yard

Laney and Parker having a great time playing!

Laney is my thumbsucker and it is soo cute that she has to suck her thumb and hold a blankie. So cute! She sleeps grasping this blankie and sucking that thumb!

The week of May Day Play Day they had spirit week where they dressed up each day. This was Tacky Day for Parker (not Laney) Parker had the best time picking out a Tacky outfit! Notice the rain boots with it!

Parker doing the sack race!

Parker in the Tug of War! They won!

Parker with his Medal. He was so proud! All the 3k-5k kids got one!

Parker has this green bucket for toys and I find him in her crib right when she woke up and he was putting her in it. Notice that look on his face and Laney thinking.."Oh Dear Lord, why was I not born first!!"

Parker found this turtle..poor thing. Notice to all Turtles and Frogs around our House....RUN!!!!!

He had to put it in a box to keep and water him. We went inside for a "rest" and came back out 2 hours later and the turtle had dug a hole in the box and escaped. Who knew they could do that! Of course Parker looked for him but this turtle must have been fast.

Parker singing this little light of mine with his lighting bug at the play!

More singing and motions

Parker saying his part! The boys were bug catchers and girls bugs

Parker and his wonderful teachers Ms. Herbison and Ms. Tammy. They are just wonderful! Ms. Herbison has total control over Parker. I wish I knew her secret! Ms. Tammy she is just GOLD!

Parker enjoying our pretty Memorial day outside

Laney too running away. (Aren't their matching outfits so cute!!!)

tryng to get a picture of them!

My little Models

My friend Gina has a store where she sells children's clothing and custom makes about anything you want her to. She is very talented. She asked me if she could use Parker and Laney for an ad and I said sure. She made the bubble below Laney is wearing and it is so cute! I don't know how she got this picture because neither of them was being very good. Laney was fussing if she didn't have these cards and Parker was very hyper. She finally got this picture though and I thought it was cute! The saying she put in her add...

"From little girls to their big brothers and everyone in between!"

My precious little models! Aren't they the cutest!

A Mother's Day Present

I love Mother's Day because of the homemade presents I get every year that the kids have made at school. This year, Parker was so excited to give me his presents. I just laughed and loved what they were. I still am not sure why Parker gave me black hair, I asked him where the brown string was. He said the necklaces were for me to wear as bracelets. He also went on to tell me how he gave my dress diamonds and pretty hearts because he loved me so much! I know I am silly but as I had just opened it I could not help but tear up and am so happy and blessed with my two wonderful children. I thank you Lord for giving me them everyday! Oh and I also just got the handprints this week. I started a tradition last year of giving myself these for mother's day!




Parker made the flower pot and the doll of me..yeah I think if I would have known what the plastic bottle we were sending to school was for that I would have sent a water bottle or something real skinny instead of a laundry detergent bottle! LOL! Laney made the flower out of her handprint. Love this stuff!

Not sure how well you can see it in the picture but Laney's handprint inside of Parker's!

What a difference a year makes! One on left..Laney 5 days old, one on the right 5 days shy of 1!