New Hairdo

Well, I finally had had enough of my long hair and got it all cut off this afternoon. AJ was the most critical. He kept making comments the whole time, like "she sure is cutting a lot off!", "It sure is short." "I liked it a lot better long." "You look like a teenage boy!" He is such great moral support! But I don't care. I like it and so does Jeff, so that's all that matters. Victoria likes it, too! Luke hasn't said anything, but I don't think he really cares one way or another.

New Family Picture

Last month we had our very first family pictures done with Lily! It's taken me this long to scan one to post. In this picture the children are the following ages:

Luke - 9 years old

AJ - 8 years old

Victoria - 7 years old

Lily - 10 months old

Eleven Years of Wedded Bliss!

Eleven years ago today, on Saturday, August 1, 1998, I married the love of my life, Jeffrey Michael Harris.

Each year on our anniversary I try on my wedding dress and watch our wedding video. It was such a perfect day....the beginning of the rest of my life as Mrs. Virginia Harris.

Yea! It still fits. Not quite as well as it did 11 years ago, but at least I can still get it on! :-)

It was amazing watching our video at how much the children have grown up. Our ring bearer just graduated from high school and our flower girl just got her driver's license. I am so blessed to be married to my wonderful husband!

Trip to Ohio

This week we made a whirwind trip to Ohio to visit Jeff's parents and sister. The trip was great and we enjoyed getting to visit. None of them had ever met Lily, so that was nice, too.


Here is Grandma Harris with her newest grandbaby and me!

The girls

The boys

Jeff and his baby girl who is just growing up way too fast!

Grandpa with Tori

Jeff roughhousing with AJ (who loved it!)

Jeff helping Lily practice walking.

Lily at the Big Boy breakfast buffet. She enjoyed some cottage cheese, scrambled eggs, yogurt, applesauce and cereal (very small portions of all, of course!!)

The three older munchkins with Aunt Jody - they spent the night at her house while Jeff, Lily and I stayed in a hotel. They had lots of fun playing with Aunt Jody's Star Wars action figures and Playmobil. Aunt Jody is a lot of fun!

Gabe and "The Repeat Song"

After I took some video of Lily and Jake talking in the nursery, Gabriel asked me to video him. So I suggested he sing a song. He initially wanted to sing the Spiderman song, but then he picked "The Repeat Song' from Sunday school. He is just absolutely adorable!

Lily and Jake in the nursery

Lily and Jake were "talking" in the nursery tonight. Not to each other ... just "talking". So cute. Jake is just a couple of weeks younger than Lily. I love it when they get to play together. Gabe was my helper tonight and did such a great job. You can hear Lily louder than Jake (of course, being the girl!!) but he did some jabbering of his own.

Luke, AJ, Victoria & Lily

Here is a picture of Lily in the laundry basket. The kids were pulling her around the livingroom like a boat. She absolutely loved it.

This Big Bird says "Peek-a-boo" every time a shadow goes over it. Lily is playing peek-a-boo with Big Bird. If you cover his eyes, when you take them off he says it.

Luke is reading Lily a story, but I think she would rather just eat the book.

Poor Jake. Every time Lily gets close enough she is pulling on his clothes. Jake is just a couple of weeks younger than Lily, so it's so much fun watching them together.

Here is our sweet baby sound asleep in her crib.