A little about the boy

this kid is the sweetest guy in the world.  this is him on a jobsite with his daddy.  

he is getting so big!  he is super smart and keeps us on our toes with his questions and reasoning.

he is OBSESSED with all things numbers.  i see an engineer in our future.

he is the BEST big brother a girl could ask for.  on our christmas travels, there was a point where finley had had enough and was pitching her a good fit.  i look back and see sweet boy holding her little hand. anytime she is upset, he will say "she probably just needs her bubba"

he sleepwalks in to our room and climbs in our bed almost every night, but its usually in the wee hours, just before sunrise.  sometimes, however, he will come rushing through the house before i go to bed, between 11-12 and it is the cutest thing ever to hear those little feet coming to our room and his daddy puts him in bed and he's back asleep.  love him snuggled in the middle.

he told me the other day "i love daddy the most.  i love you almost to daddy. but not quite"

every day while finley naps, caedmon has quiet time in the living room and mommy has quiet time in my bed (hey its good for mommy!).  several times a week, caedmon will come in my room and ask "don't you want me to have quiet time in your room with you?"  of course i do.  will never turn down that sweet boy's snuggles!  

20 months!

20 months old!!  

this little sassafrass is on the downhill to 2. TWO?! how is that even possible.  

at 20 months, fee fee:

• wears 12-18 month and 18-24 month clothes (though the jammies in this pic are 6-9 month!)
• wears size 4 diaper
• needs to have a her foot measured because all her shoes are almost too small, so i'm guessing she's a size 6-6.5 shoe
• weighs around 24 pounds
• is still a very picky eater.  she eats a lot of what she likes, but likes very few things.  her favorites are: waffles, oatmeal, yogurt, crackers, and anything junk food, of course.  she LOVES chocolate like her mama.
• is a girl of few words but excellent communication skills.  girl knows what she wants and how to get it with very few words.  her vocab list additions lately: yes (but only when prompted to say it, she prefers to grunt an affirmative), apple (if only she would eat one!), ball...and that's all i can think of...definitely a girl of few words.  she has taken to calling her daddy "dado".  cutest.thing.ever.
• LOVES shoes.  i bought her some new target crocs on clearance and you would have thought i gave her a million dollars.  
• watches dora with her bubba and does the hand motion when they say "swiper no swiping". she will come running from the other room if she hears it.
• loves to play in the dryer and climb into the cabinets.
• is so much fun and we love her to pieces!!!

Respect

this is the Harrison family word for 2013.  i asked chase to think of a word our family can focus on this year and this was his pick.  respect for one another, respect for our children, our children respecting us and each other, respecting others and most importantly respecting our Father.

another thing i plan to focus on this year came to me this morning while running.  this morning run was horrible.  it was SO SO SO humid and there was NO breeze.  usually after the first 2 miles, i get my in my groove and enjoy the rest of my run.  not today.  at about 3.75 miles, with .25 to go, we had to big hills still to cross.  i told chase that this hill ahead was taunting me.  i decided to just focus on the road and not look at what i had ahead.  to which the Lord spoke to me and said, "exactly amber.  focus on what i have right before you, not on the hills in your future.  i will get you through it all, step by step.  keep your eyes on the now, not on the daunting hills."  so i'm focusing on the now.  not on things that may overwhelm me about the future.  (and though this was an awful run and i never felt good running it, it was still our fastest 4 miles yet at 38:40)

more caedmon funnies

on our gatilinburg trip (that was amazing and will hopefully get a post of its own....eventually), caedmon was watching tangled in the car and it had somehow gotten switched to spanish.  caedmon kept saying "mom! they know EVERYTHING in spanish!  all the words!  rapunzel just sang the whole "doing things in the castle" song in spanish!!"

caedmon has been asking his daddy if he can go help him build a building.  tonight chase asked him to to check his schedule, to which he replied "i don't have a schedule! how do i get a schedule?"