Busy weekend with Daddy!!!

Daddy was off the entire weekend!!! We were so excited.

We started off by going to the Flour Bluff Homecoming football game and watching Katelynn cheer. We showed up a little late because we knew Bridger wasn't going to be the best. It didnt even start till after his bedtime! He wasn't the best but he did last thru half time. Mabye next year he will be a little bit better.

Saturday we got up and headed to Houston. We took our time, no rush. We got the zoo late afternoon, which turned out to be a good time because it was hot and being there in the middle of the afternoon would've sucked! Bridger and I were in jeans. They were doing boo at the zoo,but we didn't dress Bridg up, I'm sure as he gets older he will be better.
The zoo wasn't a hit after all. I was very excited to take him but he wasn't very interested at all. We tried the petting zoo first and foremost, but he didn't want to touch the animals...the big animals I thought he would love he looked at for a few seconds and he was over it. He did good though because it watched all the other kids running around and playing and screaming.We only stayed an hour and 1/2. I think his most favorite thing was when we stopped and bought him an adorable stuff animal giraffe. This little boys sure loves his stuffed animals.

I thought this shoebill Pelican thing was fake! I can't remember his correct name, but I really thought he was fake and I had to watch him closely for a minute.He was definitely real!! He jsut sat there and hung out!!

This was his as interested as he was....haha. He was just woried about his yogurt bites and water! =)

After the zoo we headed to the Premium Outlets in Houston. We were stuck in traffic for awhile, but ended up getting there at dusk, it was perfect timing! It was so nice out with a light breeze! We walked around and stopped in some store that Bridger would let us....He was so tired and not into shopping. I had been waiting to go to the Coach outlet for awhile now and was super excited to get there. I walked around numerous times trying to decide on my favorites. I already had in mind what I wanted and guess what...out of the gigantic store they didn't have it. I found another and check out, I fell even further in love with it when I checked out and got a killer deal. Later the next morning I asked Ryan if we could go back so I could get another purse. He thought I was kidding. Ha! Not so much.

We stayed with the Searbys and had beer and pizza and Bridger stayed up way late playing with AnnDreas nephew. Sunday morning we got up and AnnDrea and I headed out to her first baby shower! I am so excited for her and Mike and I can't wait to meet baby Isabella. They already have so much stuff done and her room is so cute! She got a ton of gifts at the shower and still has 2 showers left. It is such an exciting time and I am happy I was there to share with her and able to help contribute to Isabella's spoiled-ness! Its hard not to shop for little girls!! Too many cute things! She is already so loved and now we just have to wait for her arrival, mommy says she would love Dec 21st. =)

And her sister -n-law is also pregnant! Due April 14th!! We are so excited for Laura and Tim! I love all these babies!!

1 year ago

I can't believe just 1 year ago I had an infant! Now I have a head strong little toddler! Bridger is such a blessing and is so perfect! He fills my heart, he is such a joy to be around. I never knew what people would mean when they said you experience a love like no other when you have a child, until I had my own. He is my entire world. I can't imagine not being able to spend every single day with him. I want to take him everywhere with me, and show him everything that I can. I absolutely LOVE being his mother.

It has been so amazing to see how fast they learn and grow. I knew they grew fast, but not this fast. I feel like the first year of his life was gone with a blink of an eye. I wish I could slow down time just a little and make more time to take in all these moments with him. I want to remember everything! I want to remember the way he sounds as he drinks a bottle (we are about to pull him off bottles), I want to remember that sweet face he has when he cries..I want to remember the smell of him as a baby......I want to remember the way he always opens his mouth and barely lets his tongue hang....I want to remember how he used to snuggle every night with me and fall asleep on my shoulder....I want to remember the laugh he does when he is so tickled! I'm afraid these memories won't be so fresh in a few more years. I am trying to go slower and soak in all of these moments with my sweet love.

1 year ago he was only 4 months going on 5.....such a baby, an infant, pure amazement. He has blessed our family in so many ways. He adds so much fun and laughter to our day, I could have a bad day and just see him smile at me and it all goes away. One simple hug and kiss from him, melt away any worries or fears. How he grabs for my hand when he is scared....or hugs my legs as hard as he can.....are all precious moments I adore.

I am so lucky to have such an amazing husband and father to our son. Once Bridger welcomed our family we grew so much closer, which I never thought would happen. I would always hear stories how stress of a new baby comes between the 2 of you, etc. Of course we have had our times....but it has brought us so much closer. We both love being parents more than anything, words cannot describe the feeling. It is the most rewarding job that we both have held and will continue to hold for the rest of our lives. It really is amazing.

I sometimes catch myself sneaking into Bridgers room at night to caress his face or rub his back while he is sleeping. Every single night since he has been in his own room, I have never gone to bed without opening the door and checking on him, I have to see him and his sweetness before going to bed. Making sure everything is ok...even though I know it is. I kept him in my room till he was 6 months old....and was forced to finally move him into his own room because he was outgrowing the basinett! haha I didn't want my baby that far from me! Thank goodness for video monitors!

I love each and every stage that he goes through.....wait...talk to me again at terrible twos or threes...kidding. I really love seeing him learn new things by himself or with the help of us. He is so smart and his face always lights up to new things.

I can only hope that Ryan and I can teach him everything possible that we can. I hope that I can be someone that he looks up to one day and is proud to call his mom. I don't want to fail or disappoint him. I hope I can make his dreams come true and push him hard to reach his goals. I will always be by his side and be his #1 fan! I want to give him the world and so much more........

Mommy loves you SO much Bridg Bear!!!

*** The face when he cries.....awww!

I love to read other peoples blogs and have so many favorites.....it often breaks my heart to read the stories of these women that have lost a child.....or cannot even conceive...or even worse, cannot conceive with your own child because of a rare disease that is fatal to your children. Sometimes I have to take breaks from reading these blogs because my heart hurts so much for them, but I always feel horrible....they never can take a break.
I often pray for people going thru these hard times.... being a mother as truley changed me, and I believe it has changed me for the best.
Im not sure if it is due to being a new mother, but I can't even stand to hear about or read stories that involve children getting hurt, or worse, dying. I hate it. The world today is such a hard harsh place. I am always so scared that I can't protect Bridger from it all, but we can't live our lives in fear. I have to trust all will be ok, just like all these women in their blogs have done. They are all such inspirations, and I am so happy that I have ran into all of their blogs.

Our weekend

Saturday morning I woke up at 4am to a crying baby. I got him a bottle and went back to bed. Around 8am I heard him crying and again and had a slow reaction out of my sleep. Because I have been sick too, I sleep so much harder! Once I finally woke up, I heard a crazy water running noise. Like a toilet filling up noise. I got up and started towards the noise...and my screaming baby. I opened my bedroom door and much to my surprise....water covered the entire floor!!!!
I basically freaked out! Ran and turned the light on in restroom and it was the toilet running! I hurry and grabbed Bridger and called my mom to rush her and Jamie over to help me. I tried to turn the toilet off, but obviously I suck.....Jamie got there and turned it off.....and we started cleaning  up the water in the hallway and seeing what damage it did.....
Both of the front 2 spare rooms were completely under, both hallways and part of Bridgers room, and of course the restroom. It was horrible. I called the property manager immediately and waited to hear what to do.
I had a couple errands to run....so I did. I finally got her and let her know what happened. To make a REALLY LONG story short....our house flooded and it took them aawhile to fix it. It smelled horrible for days! Finally by Monday someone came in and cleaned out the old carpet and cleaned the floors. Tuesday they replaced the carpet....i love new carpet smell. We are all good now on the rooms. Toilet is off for now.....needs to be replaced. Property manager doesn't really get it.
Unfortunatetely, the water did damage some of the walls in the hallway and the restroom. Again, I am waiting on word as to what they are going to do about it. However, because it has been so long...I'm sure mold could be starting....not sure how big of a job it will be to replace.....so we are not going to buy this house anymore. I am so bummed! We were going to get a good deal on it, I love it, Its big...big enough for us...but of course we can't buy something that has mold starting to grow. Im super bummed....moving on.

Aside from going to the Palmer's, we had family pictures scheduled for sunday morning! I haven't seen any proofs yet...but I sure hope they turned out good! We have never taken professional pictures before as a family, or outside. Hopefully we got some good shots.....these were going to be my christmas cards this year!!!

Overall, it was a crazy packed weekend. A flooded house just made it 100 times worse.

Bridger looking so cute in his coral polo.....not pink....coral.

This is Bridgers newest thing...he is constantly sticking his tongue out! I have no idea where he got it from or how it started. My mom informed me the other day that this was something that I used to do when I was a little girl! How funny that Bridger is now doing it as well! He is so cute!

This is Bob....Ryans mom and her boyfriend found this at his rental house. The people had moved out and refused to come and get the rest of their stuff and among it was this cute dinosaur. Bridger wasn't sure what to think of it, but I am sure he will be loving it one day! You turn it on and it walks....turns its head, flares its nostrils, and makes dinosaur noises....it is so cute!! I love it!!

Sickness in the Harris Household

We have been sick here for the last couple of weeks. Ever since Bridger got pink eye he hasn't gotten better. I started feeling bad last week....and it has slowly gotten worse. I lost my voice Saturday night and I haven't gotten it back yet. Makes it hard talking on the phone or to others. It goes in and out.....it is driving me crazy. I believe I have a sinus infection...but i don't know. I don't have insurance yet so I am just toughening it out! Hopefully I can and it gets better instead of worse.

I got Bridger into the doctor this morning and he has a sinus infection. We got some meds and I am hoping by tomorrow night he will be almost back to himself. I miss my happy little boy that would eat normal and sleep thru the night!
Today he weighed 23 lbs (lost just 1 lb from when he had pink eye) and is 32 inches tall! Growing sweet boy!

It is so nice going to a normal doctor with insurance! We hardly had to wait and it was great! The procedure is so much different than Bridger's other pediatrician in Beaumont, but it is awesome!

I really like our doctor and I think that this is going to be a great place!! Bridger did good most of the time in the waiting room in the back.....

He took this wipe and decided that he was going to wipe his nose! It was SO cute! I haven't taught him this so it was so adorable to watch him wipe his own nose.

Then he walked up the trash can and threw it away! I couldn't believe how smart my sweet boy is! I have never asked him to do either of these things! I am a proud mommmy! He picks up on everything!!!

Flour Bluff Homecoming Parade

Monday night was the kick start for Flour Bluffs homecoming parade. We got lucky and Daddy came home and we were able to go check out the parade and watch Katelynn cheer in it. I always worry how good Bridger will be when we do things after work, but he did good while we waited for the parade to make it down our way. We had lots of snacks and Memaw there to entertain!
This is the longest parade I have ever seen! Alright, maybe I don't go to many parades...but seriously...floats just kept coming and coming. I didn't take many pictures, but I saw some of friends and there were some cool floats towards the end.
We left at dark. Bridger was so tired and the fun had worn off. He loved the big trucks that would honk their horns and he would put his hand up in the air like he was going to wave....but that is where it stopped. It was so cute! He loved all the loud noises.....but there is only so much a little boy can handle. We tried to make it to the end of the to cross the street back to our car....but we couldn't see the end of the line! holy moly! Seriously the longest parade ever!!!
It was fun to see Katelynn cheer and all the other cute floats that everybody made up. Next year I am sure it will be more entertaining for Bridger.