As summer ends...

Well, it has been a long, hot summer for us in Texas. It still feels weird to call it home but hopefully after closing on our new house at the end of the month, we will really be able to settle in here. Despite living in a small, one bedroom apartment for too long, it has been fun to all be together and to watch little Harrison change from our little baby to a toddler. Here are some highlights...

Saying goodbye to our house in Utah...it still feels weird some days to not be there anymore!
Our little sleepy head...he loves sleeping on his stomach all tucked in with his butt up in the air!

The bathtub never gets old. I am pretty sure he would stay in all day if we let him.

He is getting so much personality and we just love all the interaction!

He loves to listen to us read and now will actually let us read a whole book. I love this one because he will just make himself comfortable. I am surprised Jeff can even read the book with Harrison's feet in his face.

He had his first experience on a trampoline about a week ago and loved it. He can't really jump but he loves trying to walk and then having people bounce him around. It is hard to see in this picture, but his hair is full of static and sticking out everywhere!

He has always been an eater! We are working on spoons and bowls but it doesn't always go well.

Along with the bathtub, he loves the pool. I was glad Grandpa wanted to take him in so I didn't have to get all ready. Grandpa loved having a swim buddy while we were visiting Chicago.

He loves to eat his baby food on Daddy's lap. Anyone looking for a way to do baby food without getting it all over...I have the greatest bottle. He loves it and we love the lack of mess.

In July we made a trip to Colorado for the Ward family reunion. We loved seeing the family and mountains again. Harrison got to meet so cousins for the first time. It was a great trip!

Aunt Diana got this snuggy and wore it around for days. Harrison was interested in it so she carried him around in it for a while. It was funny but he didn't last long before he wanted to be out and moving again.

Here is my little walker. He was taking steps at the beginning of July and by the time he was 9 months old he was walking. Here he is about 10 months old and now he is pretty much running everywhere he goes. My little baby is all grown up!

This one is hard to see but he is standing in his carseat. He doesn't like to be in his carseat very much but he loves to play around with it at the house.

Always eating and he loves to eat anything he can feed himself.

Jeff and I are both big baseball fans so we had the opportunity to go an Astros game and I didn't really want to go. It was 100 degrees outside and I am used to sweating games out at Wrigley and didn't want to do that with Harrison. Then Jeff told me that the park is an AC dome so we decided to try it. Besides watching two teams (Astros/Nationals) that we didn't really care about, the seats and atmosphere were great and Harrison had a great time as well. We all loved it!

We have had a good summer. We have loved being back together as a family and loved all the new experiences we have had. We are excited to be moving into our new house soon and can't wait to be proud homeowners!