February is a Long Short Month!

 

We've had a really busy February so far. We just got back from our longest trip ever.  First we flew to Arizona so Steve could hunt pigs with Big Steve.  He didn't get any though :(.  Then we flew to LA for Steve's company award ceremony where he cleaned up a lot of 1st place awards. Stevie and I went to Newport Beach and went shopping with Aunt Bonnie while Dad went to meetings all day. Then we drove from LA to Oakdale to hang out with Stevie's O'Brien cousins.  Then drove to Sacramento to see my sister's new baby ( I forgot to take pictures there though).  We were gone 10 days!! I can't believe we made it intact.  Here are some highlights.

 

 

This is Stevie kneeling with Dad for prayers the night before we left. So sweet!!

 

 

 

Stevie always makes his way into our bed when we travel. I took this at about 5am. I couldn't sleep because Stevie likes to put his head against Dad and kick me all night.

 

A man of many talents

 

Here we are all dressed up.

 

 

 

Steve took Stevie on stage with him to receive his awards. We had a lot of fun.

 

 

Finally, we were all so happy to be home sweet home!

January has been busy!

"Did someone say debonair?"

 

 

 



Stevie is so happy all the time. I think I got it really easy this round. He's getting so big. He gets into everything and is now standing up on furniture. He's very affectionate andplayful. He's growing fast all of the sudden and seems to eat more solids everyday. He likes everything except chicken in gravy. That made him barf. He also has six huge teeth and I think another on the way. He says Dadda and is almost saying Mom. He has yelled at me a few times when he wanted attention. So cute!

 

 

 

We took a trip to Tucson so Steve could go pig hunting. Stevie is really good on flights and makes friends with everyone sitting around us. 

 

Both Steve's got one but they weren't big enough so we're going back in February.

 

 

 

Stevie can't actually ride this yet but he'll sit on it and hang on.  He looked the part though.

Christmas Time 2

Sorry I'm so lame at this guys but atleast when I do update the blog I put lots of pictures. Here are some more pics that didn't make the Christmas card cut. They were done in October but I didn't want to post them until after I sent cards.

Here's the gingerbread village Bonnie, Lori and I made. I've never made them before and it was so much fun. Bonnie won first prize with the one in the middle.

SSSHHH!! Christmas Eve. Stevie was good and went to bed right away so Santa could come. He slept six hours straight. Best Christmas gift I got.

 He woke up early Christmas morning to see what Santa brought. He loved the paper best.

Stevie loved all of his gifts but he liked the dog he got from Grandma Watts the best. They fought on the floor together for a long time. 

Steve's deer he shot Christmas Day. Happy Birthday Jesus!

Here he is with his cousin Franny from my side. He was having a hard time not being the only baby. Franny is one of almost four and knows how to handle the pressure better. She tried to comfort him.

Christmas Time

Here we are at the First Annual Harcourt's Christmas Party! Isn't Little Stevie looking dapper!



Steve grew a beard. I like it!

 

 

Stevie is definitely learning to get around on his own and is increasingly curious. We need to start baby-proofing the house because he's learned to open drawers and cabinets already.  Here he is simultaneously destroying my magazine and getting into Steve's dresser.

 

 

I'm still able to clean faster than he can destroy but he's gaining on me.

Almost Crawling and I had the Camera Ready!!!

First of all, Stevie is looking more and more like Steve everyday.

And he likes to chew on everything which makes sense because he all of the sudden he has 2 teeth in and 2 more about to show. Poor guy got hit all at once.

Stevie is able to army crawl all over but the other day he was up on all fours. And the camera was right there for once! You know, it's times like this that make all the lack of sleep worth it. 

This one is blurry but I was rushed.

Just some push-ups. No big deal.



I rewarded him by letting him play with my cell phone.