Yee-Ha!!

Took the boys down to the Texas Rodeo this afternoon. James loves horses and was really excited to go. Last night we told him we were going to the rodeo today and he started neighing and bouncing around...we really need to stop giving him advanced notice of exciting things. Makes it hard to get him to bed. =]

James loved seeing the horses and even petted a few on the nose. We also went into the petting zoo where he was able to pet sheep, goats (including a cute baby one), baby deer, and a zebra. We also saw an ostrich and a baby camel. Then we went to the livestock show and saw pigs, rabbits, cows, and chickens. Matthias loved the fluffy baby chicks.

Overall we had a great time and saw a lot of cool stuff. James was still free this year so that was a plus. Parking cost $12 bucks...lame!! Taylor and I ate some yummy BBQ and the weather was perfect!! Right now the rain is pouring down and we have a flood warning.

Hope you enjoy the select pics of our rodeo fun!! Love, the Texas Harveys.

ABCs

So James surprised us all the other day by singing the "alphabet song" with his little magnet alphabet toy. We captured his singing on video and I am trying to upload his video to the blog. James is learning a lot of new words and starting to communicate better. His speech teacher will be here any minute, so we've got to run. Hope you enjoy his ABCs!!

At popular request, I have added the following...

So last Wednesday started out fairly normal, but as soon as I put my contacts in, my eye started bugging me. It just felt like I had an eyelash or a hair or something in my eye. My eyes frequently bother me, so it wasn't too out of the ordinary. However, after my shower it was really getting to me, so I decided to investigate.

I started looking in my eye to see if I could find an eyelash or something and then it started to bleed a little. So of course I called Taylor, and when he didn't answer I called my mom to see if I should be worried. She also didn't answer and I really needed to have an opinion on whether I should be worried. I contemplated calling Kathy, but then my eye really started bleeding and everytime I blinked it would gush out blood. It was pouring everywhere. At this point I didn't need a second opinion on whether I should be worried or not...I was starting to freak out. So naturally I took a picture. Then I decided to call Taylor over and over again until he answered. Fortunately he answered and told me he would meet me at the eye doctor, who I called next and was told to rush in. I was crying and shaking at this point, James was watching Backyardigans and Matthias was starting to cry for his lunch. I called Mandy who rushed over to watch the boys and I had my neighbor drive me out to meet Taylor.

Once I got there the bleeding had stopped, so my eye doctor started poking at my eye with a pointy little stick which really hurt and of course did not make my eye start bleeding again.

The diagnosis: Dr. Moffatt told me I have a mole on the inside of my bottom eyelid and the blood vessels have grown over it. In rubbing my eye I popped one...hence all the bleeding. Nothing super serious. He recommended that I see an eye lid specialist to determine if I should have the mole removed or not.

Two great things I learned from this experience...One, if you ever think you might want a picture of something later, take it so you don't regret it. You can always delete it later if it is just too gross. Two, never shoot down your kids dreams in life...they really can be anything they want to be. Somewhere in the world there must be an eight year old kid aspiring to become an eye lid specialist and there really is a market out there for him.

In other news Taylor switched groups and is now working on a new project, with a new boss, in a new office, and a new job. Should be loads of fun. But he will miss Uga.

Bumbo

This is Matthias is his new bumbo chair. It is a pretty cool little contraption made of polyurethane and he is a champion sitter in it!! He loves to be able to watch us play and be a part of the big people world.

The comparison

So we took the boys down to Kemah boardwalk the other day and had some fun. There are some shops and restaurants, also an aquarium and some sting rays. The ocean was pretty, we had steak at Saltgrass (yum!) and we had a great time. We had taken James there the summer we lived in Bay City and took a pic of him on this shark bench, so I wanted to get a picture with Matt on the shark bench. Oddly enough Matthias was wearing the same shirt James wore when we took him there...weird. However, James was 5 1/2 months old and Matthias was 2 1/2 months old. Here are the pics to compare. They do look quite similar, but what is most shocking is they are almost the same size...lol. We love our boys.

Darker Orange

We recently darkened the orange color on our wall and added some great place mats. I love my orange house!!