Monday, January 19, 2009

Always amazed

It's the day before the Inauguration and I'm super thrilled. My parents are having a little get together, and Kenney and I took the day off to go over and watch the whole thing on their huge tv. What an exciting time to be alive! I'm so happy that an African American is going to be president while I'm alive. This past weekend, I was over at my parents house watching the "Obama Express", it was really cool. He took the same route as Abraham Lincoln, and stopped at the same stops, used a train like he did, AND he is going to use Lincoln's bible to be swarn in on. How cool is that?? I have to say, I am not into history whatsoever, but I'm really interested in being part of it. Plus, Harrison I'm sure is going to ask me what we did when he was swarn in, and I think that's pretty awesome. I look at all of these people at his speeches, and people are crying their eyes out, you can't help but feel moved.
So far, nothing is really different, Harrison is doing great, rolling around everywhere now, and giggling now. It's hilarious, he is so funny, it doesn't take much to get him to smile. I wake up in the morning, and go to wake him up and instantly he smiles. I love it, it's such a great way to start my day, and even if I'm feeling like crap, he always makes me feel better. He's just an awesome kid. I always wonder, what the heck did I do before he was born? It seems I'm always busy now, always something to do, and I feel that my time before he was born, though I enjoyed it, I didn't really do much. Yes we went on vacations and weekend trips, but even the week nights, I should have been out doing something. I'm so looking forward to this spring, to go take Harrison on walks at Eagle Creek, and on hikes, to the zoo, etc. I just can't wait!! Spring....get here already!!
I must say, that this past week I did have a dissappointment. I'm not going to name names or anything like that, but I am going to vent about it. A certain person, really disappointed me. I have done nothing bad at all to this person, ever. My motto is definitely the golden rule. If I were this person and treated not only me, but other people the way she does, I couldn't sleep at night. How can someone be so mean and inconsiderate to someone else? I just don't understand it, and I'm one of those people, I HATE when people are upset with me, I stress myself out over it, like what did I do wrong, but in this situation, I know I didn't do anything wrong. Kenney tells me to get over it, and I'm slowly getting to that point. I just know that this person must be so unhappy with her life that she has to be a bitch to everyone just to get through it. I feel pity when before I just felt hurt. It's hard to let go, I'll tell you that because I just want to know why this person was so mean, but it's not worth it to me anymore. Her loss, not mine. Whew...I feel alot better. Thank you oh void that is blogspot for relieving my stress. :)
Have a good one if anyone reads this! :)
Peace and much love.

Friday, January 2, 2009

Christmas with the Smiths :)











Harrison's first Christmas was soo awesome! On Christmas Eve, I had to work, but then we went over to my Mom and Dad's (here in Indiana!), and had dinner and visited with all of my family. It was great, Harrison did really well, and my brother Jason got to feed him his favorite thing...carrots. I swear, this kid lives for carrots, he gets so excited when he gets to have them. Jason did really well feeding him. I think he's trying to practice since he and Mandy are expecting a baby in July of this year. He did really good, he only missed his mouth a few times :)

Anyway, Christmas Eve was great, then Christmas morning we all woke up, even the doggies, had some breakfast and then opened our gifts. Harrison had so much fun with the wrapping paper, and by the end of the day, he was a pro a ripping it. He got SO much stuff! He got a horsey bouncer from his Grandma, a Rocking horse/bouncer from Jason and Mandy, a Learning Puppy from his Grammy and Papi and a bunch of other stuff from us, and other people.

I think my mother once told me , when I was pregnant, that having kids is like reliving your childhood all over again. I can see now what she was talking about. I was so excited for Christmas morning, which hasn't happened since I was a kid. Harrison was looking at our tree, and his little face just lit up when he saw all of his toys, especially the ones that lit up. :) It was great.

Unfortunately, I had to work Christmas night for a few hours, but then we went over to our friend Chucks and ate Christmas dinner which was so yummy! Then, since I had to work the next morning as well, we went home early to catch some zzz's, and by that time Harrison was WELL overdue to go to bed. I tell ya, if you get that boy's routine off, he is NOT a happy camper. If he's not in his bed, he wants to sleep in his car seat, you have to give up trying to hold him or rocking him to sleep. All in all, it was a great holiday, I couldn't have asked for more, by far, the best Christmas ever. And to top it all off, Harrison rolled over on that day! He was on his back at his grandma's and he kept trying and trying, then he finally got so frustrated and he did it! It was awesome!! Here's a picture of it! :)

On to New Years! We actually had a pretty eventful New Years. We went out to dinner with some family and friends, to Lotus Garden. It was good, but since I'm still breastfeeding I couldn't eat what I wanted to, but it was still good :) I just keep counting down, when Harrison is 1, I'm off to PF Chang's and La Hacienda to make up for lost time :) Then after dinner, we went over to one of Kenney's running buddies houses and hung out. It was fun, I had never met them before and I felt a little out of my element. I was surrounded by teachers and people who read books, and run, and paddle all the time, so I kind of kept to myself, but I had Harrison to keep me entertained. We rang in the New Year and since it was well past my bedtime, we headed home, and went to bed. I actually made it to 2 am, I'm usually in bed by 8, so for me to be up that late was a pretty big accomplishment :)

Well, speaking of my bed time, it's officially here, I'm off to bed. I hope everyone had a great holiday!