Race and Polk City Rockets!

Adrian's 1st race of 2013 @ Earth Day in Valley Junction. The picture isn't the best but Adrian in wearing the yellow shirt on the left burning past the competition. Grandma Harden is trailing in the back for extra support and encouragement. 

Pre-race snack :)

 This Sat. was Adrian's 1st tee ball game. I will get some action shots at the next game but we took this one before we headed to Bondurant. It was very cute and all the girls did great. The cutest thing during the game was when Adrian stopped a grounder and threw it to 1st base and looked over at Mitch and gave him a thumbs up :) Sweetest thing ever seeing that smile and little thumb sticking up!

Week 3 Update

Yesterday was Lawson's 3 Week B-day!!! He has changed so much and is growing so fast. Last week he had his 2 week appt which went great. Here are some of his stats: Weight: 9lbs (59%); Height: 22 inches (96%). His stats are pretty close to Adrians, but weighs a little more then she did. Three nights ago I started having him sleep in his big crib which has been going pretty well. He wakes up twice to nurse but other then that he does pretty good.  

I snapped some photos of Lawson this morning! 

The photos went from alert Lawson, yawning, tired, and lastly upset all within 30 seconds :)

Mom's cue that the photo session is over :)

2013 Spring School Pictures

Adrian had her school pictures taken April 2nd, which turned out good for as hectic as it was that morning. We had to have her dropped off by 7am to get downtown by 7:30 for my C-section that morning. School pics have come a long way since I was in kid.  They have fun backgrounds and photo props now :)

Lawson Michael Noel

Lawson arrived one week ago from today! Below are some of his stats:

Birthdate: 4-2-2013

Time: 9:59am

Weight: 8lbs. 3oz.

Length: 20in.

Lawson has been a great little baby. He rarely cries and seems like a pretty laid back little boy. We are getting settled in good at home and I am looking forward to the next several weeks I will have with Lawson. I return to work June 19th, taking a total of 11 weeks of maternity leave.

 This is my attempt at taking "semi-professional" pics since we didn't buy the ones at hospital.

 It isn't easy getting a newborn positioned for a picture while staying asleep.

Baby Tatum

A couple weeks ago Adrian and I babysat little Tatum so Aunt Jamie could go shopping and get a much needed break :) Adrian loved helping me with the feedings, diaper changes and thought Tatum needed every possible toy even though she can't hold anything yet.

This past weekend the 4 of us girls traveled back to Rockford for a short visit so we get the chance to swim at the Osage Aquatic Center.

 Grandma Harden & Adrian swimming around...the water was a nice 86 degrees. Adrian keeps getting more and more adventurous in the water. For the 1st time she was willing to let go and swim around on her own wearing her life jacket. Adrian is pretty cautious when it comes to swimming.

It was nice to get the chance to get home before the baby comes. It is weird to think that the next time we travel back to Rockford it will be with our new addition.

 

Nursery Complete!

7 more weeks to go and the nursery has been complete for a couple of weeks now. Just need the baby to come now :) I find myself going in the room often and turning on the lamp at night because it looks to cute in there. I got a few ideas from pinterst for the decor including the ribbon mobile below which hangs over the changing table.

 Here I took a bunch of sewing looms and hung with different types of fabric.

Alphabet collage above the crib.  I couldn't get a pic of the whole alphabet but this was another idea from pinterest.



26 Weeks

Today I am 26 weeks along and looking like 32 :) I have an ultrasound in a week so I am anxious to see if I am measuring ahead...hopefully not. So far I am feeling good just annoyed with being pregnant during the winter. It is much easier to be able to wear dresses and flip-flop then it is to wear jeans and the winter coat. Adrian is super excited to be a BIG sister and she tells other often :) She says I am having a "brother"...we have explained several times that he is a "brother" to her :)

1st Bowling Experience

We ventured to Madrid on Saturday and Adrian got to try bowling for the 1st time. Tiger Bowl is a little bowling alley with 8 lanes which seemed pretty clean for the girls. I am so used to to old smokey bowling alleys like when we were kids...don't miss those!

 I love that they had little kid bowling shoes...so adorable :)

 I can't help but think of the movie "Uncle Buck" when Adrian slowly pushed her ball down the lane :)

Little more accurate this way!

I think someone is done...the girls had a great time but one game for them was about enough.

Snowfall Fun!!

Yesterday Adrian and I ventured outside while we had some flurries.  Adrian is attempting to catch some snowflakes on her tongue:)

Adrian got these wood snowman pieces for Christmas and we tested them out...worked pretty well.

On top of our mini hill in our front yard...with getting just over 13 inches in our last snow storm we have plenty of snow. We also have lots of broken tree branches as a result which you can see kind of in the tree behind.

Christmas 2012

 Below are a few random pics from Christmas back in Rockford. Adrian's school is closed until January 2nd so we have been just hanging out trying to stay busy now that we are back in Polk City.

Adrian before her school program at Beautiful Beginnings. Her dress looks like something those "Red Hat Society" ladies would wear :)

Finally a family pic!

 Aunt Jamie playing "Santa" ready to hand out gifts at the Harden house :)

 Christmas morning...Santa left lots of good things including this big nesting rainbow!

I love this pic...I took it a while back and Adrian didn't want to smile but it looks pretty cute.