Funny website

Oh, I forgot to mention the website I learned about today. Co-workers couldn't tell if I was upset crying or laughing crying. My favorites are Robert's Hunting Cake, and the Nake Mohawk Baby/Carrot Jockey (believe me, you have to see the picture too). Some are really weird, some are really gross. But the subtitle is called When Professional Cakes Go Horribly, Hilariously Wrong:
http://cakewrecks.blogspot.com

It looks like it's updated frequently, so check back for new additions!

Daddy Boot Camp

Hut had his Daddy Boot Camp class last Saturday. He had a good time and hopefully learned a lot. Apparently the other guys were familiar with diaper changing, so he only got to change one, but that's just the beginning for him, and I'm sure he'll pick it up quickly. Here is a picture of him and the shirt he got:

It says "My Daddy Survived Daddy Boot Camp". Too bad it's sized for a one year old, so Harris won't be able to wear it anytime soon. Unless he's like that 17 pound baby that woman in Russia had- I certainly hope not!!!!

8th Month Picture

Sorry for the delay! Here is the Buddha belly picture at 8th months. Have about 8 weeks left. I think Harris will be glad to get out and have more room.

We've gotten some nice things for Harris from family and friends. One thing that is really special is that Harris now has his own "Humpty". When my siblings and I were born, my mother made a Humpty Dumpty for each of us that became our special friend. I asked my mother if she would make one for Harris, to care on the great tradition. She agreed, even though she hadn't sewed in 25 years. So with assistance from my step-mother and others, Humpy was finished and is now waiting for Harris in the glider chair:

Nursery additions

Hut is back from Alaska, and everyone is excited. He had a great visit, but I'm glad he's back in town. We worked on some additions to the nursery, which are posted below. Unfortunately, it's not our furniture (still!). We have word that it will be delivered the week of August 26th (grrr). I'm fine with waiting 8 more weeks for Harris to come, but I'm having trouble waiting on the furniture! Once that's in, we can wash everything we've gotten so far and put it away (and put the crib together).

Here are the pictures from my nursery inspirations I had months ago. I wanted a way to display pictures of the family, so Harris can always see his family surrounding him. So there is one board for the grandparents, one board for the aunts and one board for the uncles. I'm working on getting pictures of the cousins for different frames, so he knows his peers.

Olympics!

Hut is out of town this week in Alaska, so it's the perfect time for the Olympics to be on. Harris and I enjoy watching the variety of the sports. Based on his reactions, I'm not sure which ones are his favorites, as he's pretty active during most of them. I think he's practicing for swimming, boxing, soccer, and judo. We've seen some great events so far. It's even inspired us to get off the couch and swim some laps and go for a walk tonight, as we got some rain today which cooled things down. So we've been staying busy till Hut gets back.

Poor Dash is taking Hut's absence hard. He's such a Daddy's boy. He was upset when I got back from dropping Hut off at the airport and sat by the door waiting for Hut to walk through, meowing pitifully when he didn't. He even come back to sleeping with me, which he hasn't done since he was younger. I invited Hugh, Cassie and Shapleigh over for swimming on Sunday to try to cheer Dash up, as he likes playing with Shapleigh. They are very cute together- I would give Shapleigh something to play with and she would go show it to Dash. Ben is coming in town for work on Wednesday, so Dash will perk up with some male attention.

So we got word that our furniture is finally in. Now I'm just waiting on a call from the movers to deliver it. Supposed to get that call on Wednesday. It would be nice to have the pieces in place for when Hut gets back. Then we can start washing the cute clothes and blankets we've received and put the room in order! So things are starting to happen again.

Harris is going great so far, staying on schedule. I had a doctor's appointment last week, which went well. My sugar was a little high, but not enough to be a worry, just probably residual from the strawberries I had in my cereal for breakfast. So after next week's appointment, it's time for the 8th month picture!