Wordless Wednesday

Harper Gardens and Goes to the County Fair!

I think I mentioned previously that our fabulous friends Garrett and Pamela Parks (Well almost!  They are getting married TOMORROW!!!!) took Harper and I to the county fair a couple weekends ago.  I haven't spent much time there, I think I've been once that I can remember.  It was so much fun looking at all the animals and bright lights at the carnival.  I have a couple photos of Harper enjoying his company, and Harper and I were out tending to our garden this afternoon, and I thought we should take some photos.  I've never had a garden before this year, and I have a container garden.  I love it.  It's a wonderful hobby!  But...I lack experience.  For example....don't plant bell peppers unless you live in sunshine!  And everyone knows what little sun we've had on the coast so far this year!  And second of all, don't plant millions of carrots close together!  But I'm learning and love my little corner of the deck!  Gus has been asking about the garden, so hopefully next time you're in honey, you can check the blog and see for yourself!!

Pam and Harper waiting for the auction to begin!

 Harper flirting with Pam!

 Harper with all the plants!

 Bell Peppers...Still standing and growing..which we're proud of.  Not expecting any actual peppers...

 Lemon Cucumber and some chives my mom gave me to add a few weeks ago.  Harper loves to eat chives!

 He also loves anything water...obvious, if anyone has been reading my blog for the last seven months...

 Lettuce variety....the tall stalk is a little embarrassing; I don't know why it shot up like that?  I must have some fertilizer it likes??

 More lettuce, Carrots, and Zucchini

 I spy four zucchini!  One ready to pick!

 I think three more!

 Crowded carrots!

 Harper checking out our first squash!

He can't wait to eat it!  ::Straight to the mouth it goes::  He does love eating zucchini....Off to chase him away from the fireplace...He thinks it's hilarious!!

Family Reunions and Blueberry Picking!

The weekend before last, Harper and I joined my parents at my dad's family reunion.  It was a picnic in a park close to a river.  We thought it would be a fun day trip, and I love showing Harper new things.  After the picnic we stopped at an organic blueberry farm.  Harper is obsessed with blueberries this summer, so we had to stop!  Between the four of us, we picked about ten pounds and I brought them home, washed, froze, and vacuum sealed them for safe keeping!  That should get us through the winter!

This last weekend we went to Lake Billy Chinook, like we do every summer.  Harper had a good time, but he came down with his first cold!  The poor thing.  His nose is full of snot and it runs like crazy.  I've never had a use for those bulb syringes until now.  Before, Harper loved them as teethers, but now he crawls away from me as fast as he can.  He just wants me to leave his nose alone.  The poor thing.  I have never seen so much snot!  Occasionally he will humor me and let me suck his nose out with the syringe.  And he giggles and smiles thinking this messy boy stuff is pretty neat...but most of the time he can't be bothered with such things...He'd rather be playing, or reading, or standing...His sleep has been difficult since as well seeing as he can't breathe very well.  It wakes him up coughing, and he snores!  It's pretty sweet, but I feel bad for my little man.

One other thing I learned this weekend at the lake is Harper is scared of the dark just like his Momma!  We have never slept in the dark before.  I always have a night light on so I can check on him through out the night, and when Gus is gone, I leave a lamp on in the bathroom.  At the cabin, all of the electricity is run by a generator.  So when it's dark, it's really dark!  Even though Harper was sleeping right next to me, he would wake up and scream.  I had the most difficult time settling him down.  I didn't know if it was this cold he has, or what.  Finally before the last evening was over I found a little tap light to lay beside our bed.  He slept like his normal self!!  And I slept better too!

This week I think we are laying low, trying to get him feeling good again.  He is so happy through it all.  What a little trooper...

Harper loves his swing at Grammy and Poppy's house!

The babe adores driving.  Poppy's jeep here.  But he'll drive anything.  And when it's finally time to continue on with the trip, he screams like you've just ate a whole pint of blueberries right in front of him and not shared a single one!

He's mastering the dangerous art of climbing stairs....I'm attempting to teach him to come back down safely, but he would rather just climb up and up and up and up!  He's a daredevil...and I'm a scardy cat!

Harper and I at my dad's family reunion

Harper tasting the rocks down at the river (at the reunion).

Harper and I at the blueberry farm!  His little piece of Heaven!

All of us with the sun in our eyes (we're just thankful for sun at this point in the summer!)

Picking blueberries!

Harper watching the sheep at the blueberry farm.  It came towards him and scared him, but for the most part he enjoyed him from a distance!

Harper and Poppy show their muscles to each other...It's pretty cute.

11 Months

I can't believe it...This is a difficult month on the Momma...He's growing so big, and learning so many new things.  It just seems unreal that I've only known him for eleven months.  And he went from a small sleepy little being to a big, hilarious, wild little man!  We are still swimming, and attending play group at church, and we've been hanging with grandparents a lot since Daddy left almost a week and a half ago.  We miss him, but have been able to speak to him a couple times so that helps.

We are leaving for the weekend to Lake Billy Chinook.  We are tired of the drizzle and grey skies...My poor baby loves being outdoors, so we are on the hunt for decent weather!  He's going to fish with Grandpa, and boat and jet ski, as well as swim of course...All providing he takes a liking to his life jacket....?  Wish us luck!

Harper is crawling and climbing on everything!  It's so great to watch him explore his world.  He is thisclose to standing alone and he seems so proud when he does it!  He's quite the chatter box also these days.  I love his language.  That and his laughter are my favorite sounds!

We also went to the county fair with a friend this last weekend and we showed him all of the animals!  Chicken, turkeys, cows, sheep, lambs, pigs....I think that was it.  It was a great time, and so fun to see him explore!  We have been going a million miles a minute...I don't quite understand how single parents do it...AND they have to support themselves financially too.  We are so blessed....

Harper and Daddy playing before bedtime, the night before he left!

The boys as we left for the airport!

This is What We are Up to...

...Right this minute!

As I sit here, I'm listening to the wonderful sounds of my baby boy eating his dinner! I'm hearing, "nomm nomm nom", "mmmmmmm mmmmm", "dadadada", "mmmm nom" and every time he makes eye contact with me I get a very thankful smile with a few chirps of excitement, and of course a squeeze of his eyelids! And there is no where else I'd rather be.  That's a lovely feeling...

He gladly lets me put his bib on as he sees his dinner on his tray.  Then the banana is the first to go, followed by the tofu.  After that carrots take their rank, then cauliflower, then finally the broccoli.  He has turned into such a good eater, and he seems gracious for every morsel.  I love it.  I love him.  And I know in another six months or a year when he's yelling at me for putting such horrific vegetables on his plate, I'll look back on this post and remember my precious baby.  I will then proceed to show that toddler that he did love his veggies one day, oh so long ago!

I know I'm late on Harper's 11 month post, but this took precedence this evening!