Bear Crawls.

Training for football or walking like Mogli (the "man-cub" in Jungle Book)? We will just have to see. At any rate, Blake is always doing something new and different to keep himself and our family amused.

Happy 5 months to our Reese

Happy 5 months Reese. It is hard to believe that it was 5 months ago that you entered our lives. It has been an amazing journey and I can't wait to see what the next months and years bring.

This is the film that I have been waiting to catch for a few weeks now. Sorry it is so long, normally she rolls over a lot faster than this. I think our children now when i am taping them :-)

Reese's shoes and mom's sink

Okay these are just some shorts stories from December that I had to put on the website.
I had my first experience with plumbing this month. Mom and Dad graciously bought me a sick for Christmas, which I absolutely love. I called a plumber that my mom and dad had used in the past. They came out and gave me a qoute. Just under a 1,000 dollars they said. Okay but we are in a recession and there is no way we can afford that. Plus there is a problem when the installation is 3 times the actually sink. Jerrad my knight in shiny armour came to the rescue. He called around and found a plumber that could do it for under 200. So now I have my new pretty sink in. YEAHHHHHH!!!!
Now for the shoes. I had seen these shoes on a Racheal Zoe pick. I fell in love with them as soon as I found out they were named the Reese. After months of waiting I found them for 80% off plus free shipping and they only had one left and in the right size. Sometimes it is just fate. So I am putting them away for Reese. When she is older she will have a pair of betsy johnson vintage shoes. What more could a girl ask for. (Mom might have to wear them just once to see if they are okay).

December in Florida

It has actually been a hot december in Florida. The high's have been in the 80's most days and we cannot complain one bit. One day while on break we took the kids out and set them up at a picnic table with their umbrella so that they could paint and color. We had a great time outside. It was wonderful to spend time with our children. They grow up so quickly. Everytime I turn around our children have learned something new. Blake constantly has new words and new phrases that he says to us. Reese is starting to hold her bottle, sit up without support, eat stage 1 food, laugh, play with her new toys. Everyday is a new adventure with our children and I hope that never changes.

A visit from the Quentmeyers

We had a great time having a visit from the Quentmeyers. Blake loved all the attention and received some new great shirts. My personal favorite is the CIA shirt and I can't wait to put in the DEA shirt. We had a great night going out to the T-Rex restaurant at the disney village. Hope they can come down again and visit sometime soon.

Christmas afternoon

Christmas Afternoon we were back at our house and had 2 sets of grandparents and 2 sets of great grandparents over for dinner. There are so many things to be thankful for this Christmas. Jerrad and I have been blessed with 2 beautiful children after years of trying and 3 infertility doctors. We could not have gotten this far without Dr. Littel and Dr. Trolice. We were thankful that Blake and Reese could have christmas dinner with 2 sets of grandparents and 2 sets of great grandparents. Not many children get to say that. I am extremly blessed that I was able to get a photo of 4 generations of Harley women. The greatest gift this Christmas was sitting down at dinner with the whole family present. I could not have asked for anything more. God bless you and your family and Happy New Year.

Christmas morning at Great Grandma & Grandpa Armstrong

Christmas morning we went to Grandma Dona's bright and early. Blake had a blast with Papa and Grandma, great grandma and great grandpa Armstrong and his great Aunt and Uncle.

Christmas eve

Christmas eve we went over to the Granny and Papa Butler's for a Prime Rib dinner and to open presents. Reese loved her first purse and Blake had a great time with his airport and cars. Below are some of the pictures from that night.

Trip to Kentucky

On thanksgiving night we received word that Dot Dot had been airlifted to Lexington. They next Thursday we drove up to see her and so she could meet her new great granddaughter. It was very cold in KY and Blake was able to see his first snow fall.

Aunt Ann and Uncle Bill made a special trip from Ohio to see Blake and Reese. They bought Blake a Red Wagon that he absolutely loves. He wanted us to take him all around the house that day with him riding in the wagon. He had a blast playing with Aunt Ann as the picture below shows. Thank you for the great gifts and for making a 5 hour drive in snow just to see Blake and Reese.

Thanksgiving 08

Sorry it has been so long since our last blog. It is pretty bad when you are putting up your Thanksgiving photos after Christmas. This Thanksgiving was at my Mom and Dad's. It was as wonderful as it always is. My mom does most of the cooking and it ranks up their with any top chef and I swear my Dad makes the best turkey ever. Here are some of the pics from the days festivities.