"Wagon-tales"

Harrison got a Radio-Flyer Red Wagon from Maw Maw and Paw Paw for his birthday and he loves it. We have been out in it 3 times this week because it has finally gotten a little warmer. Today at lunch we were out with him for 45 minutes. He loved every minute as you can see from the pictures below. We hope you smile and laugh and much as we did today.

The PARTY!!!!

This weekend was soooo fun! We had about 15 people come to Harrison's Birthday party and it was a blast. We had a 1st year sports theme and the cake was decorated with a football design. We served hotdogs, chips, punch, and cake. We all had a great time and Harrison had some great gifts and a big deposit for the piggy bank (college fund). Hope you all enjoy the pictures and fun.

Harrison's First Birthday

Harrison's birthday party is going to be on the 21st of February but Derrick and I couldn't let his true birthday go by unnoticed so we bought a little cake for him to dig into. Along with the cake he opened presents from a few family members that had already come to the house. So, as you will see, he had a great time with the presents and the cake.

January/February 2009

Hey Everyone!!! Hope you all survived the holiday season and I hope things are slowing down as they are for us. Harrison has his first two teeth...he got them 2 weeks before he turned one!! Can you believe it was that late???? He gets it honest from his mother who didn't have teeth until well after her first birthday. Derrick blames me :-) I blame him for everything else :-)...the cute face, the blue eyes...most of the good features of our little boy. Life has calmed down for us. We are still trying to get "into" the house....we are changing some things and also REALLY need to decorate. So, we are working on those things constantly it feels like. But, all in all everything is good here at the Smith home. Here are a few pictures for your viewing pleasure.

Happy Holidays and Happy New Year

I know that I apoligize a lot on this blog, but I am sorry that I didn't get Holiday cards out this year...so here is our holiday message along with a few pictures. All three of us hope you all had a great Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year. Our year is starting out busy but we know that it will slow down eventually.

This past year flew by. It started out in February with the birth of Harrison William. He was born the evening of February 5th at the University Medical Center in Lubbock, Texas. The birth went well and both Harrison and I left two days later in great health. We were visited many times by family and friends in the next couple of months and adjusted pretty well to a new baby in the house....although we are still adjusting daily to having a child :-). He is almost 1 now and about to start walking. He has been a joy to our lives and has made the last year very fun. You laugh and cry a lot more often after you have kids for sure!!!

The month of February also brought more great things in our lives. Derrick defended his disertation and officially became a "Doctor"....and no he cannot write prescriptions. He has an Ed. D. in Special Education and was offered a job as an associate professor at the Univ. of Alabama in Huntsville one day after Harrison was born. Of course he accepted the position and we moved to Huntsville in August. Derrick graduated from Texas Tech in May and we spent the summer packing, packing and more packing. We were happy to get back to the southeast part of the nation but we do miss our friends we made over the last 3 years.

After we moved to Huntsville, I (Holly) became a stay-at-home mommy and am loving every minute of it. I am taking time off from being an x-ray tech and am going to stay home for a while with Harrison. I am having a lot of fun staying home but I do miss grown-up conversation :-).

We lived in an apartment until we found a house to buy here in Huntsville. We closed on a house in November, which was followed by Thanksgiving, moving in, Christmas, a trip to New Orleans and then another trip to Derrick's parents' house to throw a 50th wedding anniversary party....so, to say the least we have been really busy lately!!! So, that is why you all don't have a holiday card coming to you in the mail this year. I hope this blog takes care of all of your withdrawl from not receiving the yearly card :-).

So, enjoy the pics and news. We hope you all are doing well. We love and miss you all.

Holiday Season 2008

First of all, I am sooooooo sorry that I haven't kept up with the blog since we moved into our house. With moving, Thanksgiving, Christmas and throwing the in-laws a 50th Wedding Anniversary Party, things have been quite hectic around the house. So, here are some pics of the holiday season of 2008. Hope you all enjoy.

"Living the American Dream"

We are now homeowners!!! It really hasn't hit us yet even though we had to sign a million papers yesterday! This is it. 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, 2 car garage and a large back yard. We are really excited and ready to move in. We have to be out of our apartment in one month so we can move slowly which will be nice. Hope you guys like the house.

Fall Pictures

My Personal Favorite (above)

You just can't deny his cuteness!!!

Derrick was out of town yesterday afternoon through tonight. So, Harrison and I decided to go to the park yesterday afternoon because the weather was very nice and it is about to get cool and stay that way. So, we went and I took some pictures of him in the leaves. Most of them turned out very cute. He wouldn't smile for me at all which is not like him. (Poor thing, he knows what a camera is and he knows what to do in front of it.) He kept playing with the leaves and making a grunting noise....he was so excited to be playing with something new. He tried to eat the leaves and the sticks but was unsuccessful because mean ol' mommy kept taking them away. I hope you enjoy the pictures. Hopefully in the next few days we will go out again (or stay in) and do some more of him along with some pictures of him in his Halloween outfit again. Stay tuned...

The Spoiling Begins...and Will Never End

Like I said before, we traveled a some and were visited by both of our families. Holly's mom came and spent two weeks with us. Holly's brother, his girlfriend and her sister came for a weekend as well. We traveled to Munford to see Derrick's parents one weekend and they came up the next weekend to see Harrison dress up for a TREK OR TREAT party after church services on Sunday night. (I promise to put up more pics of Harrison and us after some more are taken in his outfit.) He was the cutest horse there!!! We had fun with all the family but are equally glad things are back to normal around here. We won't be going anywhere until Thanksgiving and Christmas. Hope you all have a great holiday season.

Millions of Milestones

Harrison is doing great as are we. We have had lots of company and have traveled some as well this month. Harrison is now sitting up by himself (from a laying position), crawling (all over the place), saying lots of sounds, and into everything as you can see from the pictures above. He loves exploring his surroundings all over again due to his new freedom. Give him a laundry basket, a clotes hanger or a box and he is good to go for a while. Forget all the toys....these things are much more fun to play with. He is so fun to watch and we are loving every minute of his new beginnings.