End of Summer...Moving into Fall!

I cannot believe that Summer is over and we are now officially in the Fall season! I have to say, that after the month long streak of HOT weather...the cool cozy weather is a nice change! The Summer seemed to fly by and we did a lot of fun things! August was a busy month which included a visit to Spokane for Ryan's 10 year reunion and his cousin Heidi's wedding. We were able to head over a bit early and had a lot of time to spend with the whole family and just relax at Nana Linda & Greg's "resort" :) It was a fun trip!
We also took a fun trip to the coast at Seaside with our good friends Amanda & Justin and their daughter Ellie. The girls enjoyed the ocean and we could not have picked a better weekend to go, the weather was perfect! I think we are going to make an annual family trip out of it! :)
We spent Labor Day weekend at Lake Tapps as we do every year and it was a ton of fun as usual! It was a little extra special this year because we also celebrated Blayne's 1st Birthday! The weather was wonderful and we had a really great weekend just enjoying time with family & friends and spending it at the lake is always nice :)
Also in September, Ryan went on his annual guys golf trip to Alta Lake...he had to miss out last year because Blayne was due any time! He enjoyed the 2 rounds of golf per day that they seem to think is a good time :) It is a fun trip that he really looks forward to and it's a good way to wrap up the golf season...or "wind down" the season I should say!
Just last weekend we celebrated Kaylin's Grandma Dolly's 90th Birthday and also had Blayne baptized at the Catholic church in Black Diamond, WA. It was a big weekend and I think the Baptism was the best gift that Grandma could have asked for :) My sister Kelsey & her husband Ryan also had their two kids Baptized at the same time, so it was nice that would could have them done all together.
All in all we had a wonderful Summer and we already have some fun things planned coming up this fall and winter. The holidays should be really fun this year with Blayne, looking forward to it!

Start to the Summer...

We have already had a great start to our Summer and many more fun things planned that are coming up!

Ryan and I took a very fun and much needed little vacation to Vegas for our 4th wedding anniversary! We had a really good time...even in the 100+ degree weather! We just enjoyed walking around, going to dinners, seeing a show, gambling a little (no wins!), and just catching up on some time to ourselves :) even though we missed Blayne like crazy!

We spent the 4th of July up at Lake Tapps at some good family friends' lake property where we usually spend Labor Day weekend as well. It was great weather and it was Blayne's first "camping" trip in the tent! It is definitely a little different packing and planning a trip for 3 people now :) but we had a great time and are so thankful that the Abramson's let us come out and enjoy their property...good times with family & friends!

We are also looking forward to our next trip to Spokane as well in the beginning of August for a wedding and Ry's 10 year high school reunion!

Miss Blayne is getting more fun on a daily basis and busier as well! We hit another big milestone just two days ago when she officially started crawling! We are in for it now, she is definitely going to be into everything! :) We are just really enjoying this age, it is so much fun to listen to her babbling, laughing, lighting up and so interested in everything, she is just the sweetest thing and already has such a funny little personality :) It is crazy to think that in just two months she will be a year old! Time really does go fast especially when you have kids!

Our little peanut :)

Taking a dip in the kiddie pool with cousin Cade!

She loved it!

Cade, Colbie, & Blayne with Great Grandma Dolly

Vegas!

All smiles with her two little teeth!

First time camper :)

Kelsey & Colbs with Blayne & I

Our little Family :)

Big girl holding her own bottle

Blayne's new pool!

Love this little sweet pea :)

Off she goes!

Spring 2011 Update!

I feel like I have totally neglected the blog for the past couple months, things have been busy around here! Blayne is now 8 months old, we cannot believe she is now closer to being a year old than she is from birth! She is growing and changing so much every day and it is so much fun...but also some challenges! :) She is sitting up on her own, rolling everywhere, close to getting the crawling thing figured out which is exciting but scary to think of how busy she will be when she gets moving! She got her first tooth popping through on her 8 month birthday, which might explain the fussiness and lack of wanting to nap lately! She is such a fun and happy baby though, we are so lucky! She is really loving food and I have been making her lots of homemade things to try :) finally bulking her up a bit...a whopping 15 lbs now! :) We have had some playdates which has been fun, we have a couple friends that have baby girls around the same age as Blayne & my sister is close to us down here so we spend a lot of time with her and her two kids.

Ryan has been on a couple trips for work in the past couple months, Minnesota where there company's headquarters is and to Indianapolis for a customer show. Blayne and I hate when he is gone :( but luckily he isn't gone much! Just mommy and daddy have our first short trip away planned in June for our 4 year anniversary, going to Vegas! We are really looking forward to it, but I am already sad to leave Blayne! We have had a busy past couple of months which included a trip up to Spokane, it was so nice to spend time with everyone and it was Peytton's birthday! We have been up to Enumclaw a few times too for birthday party's (Blayne's best buddy Ellie turned 1!), Easter, and just to visit the Campbell side of the fam :) We also welcomed a new member to the family...my sister and brother in law welcomed a baby girl on March 18th! Colbie Makay now joins big brother Cade! I also had a great first Mother's Day, Ryan & Blayne got me a beautiful Tiffany charm bracelet and we had a fun family lunch together! :)

So much to catch up on...I will try not to wait so long to make the next post!
XOXO The Harris Fam :)

Daddy & his little girl :)

Blayne with Auntie Che!

Welcome Colbie Makay!

Big girl highchair

Our little family :)

Happy First Easter Blayne!

Easter outfit

Nana Campbell with her grandbaby girlies

First trip to the zoo! Blayne & her cousin Cade

She LOVES to jump in this thing!

6 Months Already!

It is hard to believe that 6 months ago we welcomed this little peanut into the world! She is getting really fun and entertaining us all the time! Blayne is officially sleeping through the night in her own crib which has been nice, but mom still checks on her quite a few times a night! She is eating some baby food and seems to like it pretty well, she's now rolling over like crazy from her back to front and all over the place...its pretty funny to watch :) It is just so much fun to watch her grow and hit more of her little milestones all the time. She is still a little peanut but growing more every day...she weighs close to 13 pounds right now, still pretty tiny for a 6 monther!

As far as new things with the family...

We took a little trip to Long Beach with Nana & Papa Campbell, it was a fun two day getaway!  Blayne liked our walk on the boardwalk in the front pack where she could look around :)

Grandma & Grandpa Benoit also came down for a little visit! They were on babysitting duty so that Ry and and I could have a dinner date! 

Ryan's job is still going really well & he has been keeping very busy which is great! Blayne & I are still enjoying their days at home together! Things are going really great and we are loving every minute of miss Blayne :)

                            

Blayne & her friend Ellie

Big Girl!

Love this sweet little face :)

Blayne & Daddy

Blayne & Mommy at the Ocean!

First time eating real food! Mmmm sweet potatoes!

First time in the snow, we had about 3 inches

Blayne talking to us, not totally sure what she is trying to say! :)

Crazy baby on the loose!