Harrison's Actual Birthday and 4 Year Old Stats

We had Harrison's 4 year old check up this morning. I despise this checkup more than any other due to the amount of shots--he had to get 4! But, he is done until he's 11! Woo hoo!

Here are his stats:

Weight: 40.6 pounds (90th)

Height: 41 inches (90th)

Everything else looked great! We did have a little scare in that I told Dr. C. about Harrison's recent bed wettings after being potty trained a year, and everyone we know knows that he is a very excessive sweater, so we did a quick urine test to rule out any glucose (which could mean diabetes). He was good though! Phew! Just a normal bed wetter and sweater! :) He is one healthy (and huge!) 4 year old! At least he sort of looks his age now. Ha!

I forgot to blog about his real birthday. It fell on a Friday this year which was great because I was off. We had big plans to go to the "McQueen Center" as he likes to call it! It is what he chose for the day--he loves that place.

I was awakened pretty early that morning by Hudson, who had thrown up. Uh oh...party for Harrison the next day at our house and signs of a bug were appearing. Well, I never actually SAW him throw up, but he claimed he did and he was acting pretty puny, so it was definitely no school for him. You probably know how this turned out--well, he never threw up again, and after he put down 2 donuts after Harrison and I came back from Krispy Kreme, I declared that he pulled a fast one on me. :) He is still not admitting that he did not throw up, but I have a sinking suspicion that he wanted to stay home with his brother on his birthday! Who can blame him!?!

Well, I did not let Hudson go to Krispy Kreme. Luckily, Joel was off too and stayed home with him. Harrison and I had so much fun! He wanted a monster donut and a pumpkin one, and then he ate part of my plain one too! It was his birthday, so why not have 3 donuts!?!?

 Then we came home and decided to open presents before we were to head to McWane. Harrison was SO excited to get his own bike!

 I just loved this helmet...I had to get it. It fits Harrison's personality to a T!

 He rode his bike all over our house and it finally cleared up a bit so he could ride it outside. It did not take him long at all to get the hang of it. He was so excited about it that he told me he wanted to stay home and not go to McWane! Well, ok then!

 We did have to make a run to the Western for some birthday party stuff, so he did his birthday ride on the horse! He was announcing to everyone that he was 4 that day! He is very proud to be 4!

 We had a great day at home. One of Harrison's wishes for his birthday was that he did not have to take a nap that day! He seriously talked about it all week leading up to it. It was a big deal to skip nap! Ha! Anyway, so my parents came over mid afternoon and gave Harrison a gigantic crane truck that is taller than Hudson, which he has declared as his favorite toy and has caused numerous fights between the boys, and then we went to Johnny Rockets (his pick!) for dinner because they would sing to him! He made sure that they sang...poor waitress was pretty fed up with him asking about it over and over and over again! Ha! They finally did and it was everything he wanted it to be!

 Then it was back home for more gifts from Migi and Pops! This is one lucky boy we have here!

It wasn't exactly the day I had planned, but sometimes you just gotta go with the flow! He had a great day and could not wait until his party the next day!

Harrison's Tumble Bus Party

We celebrated Harrison turning FOUR with the Tumble Bus this morning. Of course the weather did not cooperate and the "outside" party that we had planned for had to come inside, but it was ok! Harrison was SO excited he woke up at 6 am this morning ready to go! :)

 

 It was a big deal when the bus arrived! So exciting!

 We ended up having to have all the food indoors, but at least our dining room got some use! I just kept it simple and had Chick-fil-A nuggets, grape and strawberry fruit skewers, popcorn and chips, and then cookies and Harrison requested cupcakes.

 Cookies made by Joel's Aunt Gail. They were awesome and tasted great too!

 Fun on the bus!

 I love these happy faces!

 The bus was really cute and definitely something different to do.

 The big kids got lucky and got to go on the bus too.

 Trying to get them all to sit and smile was difficult, and I'm pretty sure this was not all the kids, but oh well!

 The kids spent a good 30 minutes on the bus at first, and then they were off and on the rest of the time. We set up our little bouncy house in our garage along with our riding toys, and that worked great. So between the bus, the garage, and the boys' rooms, the kids had fun! And surprisingly our house did not get destroyed!

The Three Musketeers as they now call themselves...aka the older brothers who kept locking the little kids out of the room and put signs up that said no girls and no babies allowed! Too funny!

 Harrison was just so happy the entire morning. And he hardly sat still. He was all over the place and loved having all of his friends come play!

 He loves icing!

 

All of the kids received medals from the Tumble Bus so that was neat too. And we handed out little school bus toys for the kids on the way out.

It was a fun morning celebrating our little guy! Now it's nap time! ;)

Catching Up...Again

The blog continues to die a slow death! I just cannot keep it updated like I used to! Anyway, here's what we have been up to the past few weeks:

 

I had a work trip to Chicago a few weeks ago. We ate some of the best food I have ever had, including this fabulous bacon appetizer at David Burke's Primehouse. My mouth is still watering over this! And the very expensive steak was amazing too. We worked some too, don't worry!

 

 

Our Sunday school class had an ice cream social at Serendipity Sweets. It was such fun! Here are some of the sweet kiddos...

 

Harrison has been riding this tricycle like crazy. Loves it. I believe it is time for him to have a bike! Good thing his birthday is in a couple of weeks!

 For Labor Day weekend, we went up to the cabin for a few days. Fresh mountain air and very little cell phone service makes for one relaxed vacation! Hudson rode his bike in circles for HOURS.

 And Harrison tried to mow him down with the John Deere. Typical Harrison fashion!

 We hiked one day and had a great time, except for the fact that I was terrified of seeing a snake the whole time! It was still a little warm for me to enjoy a good hike!

 Lunch at The Wildflower was a must!

 Of course we had to watch our Auburn Tigers play that afternoon. We are so glad football season is back even though our team hasn't figured that out yet.

 The flag on the mountain as about as flat as our football team, but still a pretty view!

 This was the next morning...

 We went down to the lake on Sunday for the day and of course the boys had to fish again. Joel bought the most disgusting worms (they were small snakes I think!). :)

 The boys hit the jackpot again on the fish and caught a bunch.

 We got one long boat ride in before the boat had some issues and had to be taken out of the water. No hot doggin' this trip! The boys were sad, but we'll have to wait until next summer!

 Crazy hair!

 

Hudson even got to paddle board with Allison! He loved it and she was a rockstar for not falling off with all his moving and shaking!

 

 We went to Nolan's 2nd birthday party on Saturday. It was so cute! It was construction themed and Abbey had gone all out! Our boys loved it. It was such a beautiful day to be outside!

 Yesterday it was back to the baseball field! Hudson is doing fall ball this year and it is the first time to hit from the pitching machine. They practiced for most of the time and then played an inning against the other team and Hudson got a hit! He was so proud of himself! It's definitely an adjustment. I was just happy he made contact with the ball! He sure does look cute!

This little boy told us that his girlfriend's name is Celia and she talks like Fruit Loops. Whatever that means! Ha! We have been proud of this little guy at his new school. He seems to be adjusting nicely and already has some  good buddies. He refuses to take a nap at school and already got his lovey sent home and asked not to return...but they say he is sweet and follows directions and is learning his letters, and he says he has fun everyday, so we are happy! He starts soccer on Thursday and absolutely cannot wait!

Happy Monday! Hopefully I'll be back soon!