Pumpkin Patch

Wow, it's Sunday! This week was one crazy week. To re-cap, Hollie ended up with the flu on Monday afternoon and it was horrible!!! She threw-up about every 20 minutes for 6 hours, it was the worst!!! My heart just broke and when she would throw-up all I could do was wish it was me and not here. Well, that wish came true and on Wednesday morning about 4am I woke up with it and, oh my, it was bad. I couldn't tell ya the last time I was that sick. Thank goodness Hollie was feeling better by then because that day she had full reign to the downstairs. When Ryan got home that night he was so good. He cleaned up all the messes from Hollie and gave her all the attention he possibly could and just let me rest. Boy, am I blessed with an awesome husband!! Love You! I was glad that day was over and we all felt better Thursday but still stayed home and rested.

Come Saturday we were ready for some fun! So, in the afternoon we took Hollie to the pumpkin patch and she just loved it. She helped us pick out a big pumpkin and also picked out one for herself. I tell ya, she is getting cuter and cuter by the day. We think she grew about and inch this week because she seems so much taller. After that we were off to our first visit to Chuck E Cheese. Our friends were in town visiting family here and we all went to Chuck E Cheese. The second we walked in her eyes were big and she took off. She loved it! She really liked trying to help other people play their games. Ryan and I were trying to help her understand that she could play it when they were finished but that's kind of a hard concept to understand when your little. We're still working on that. She loved all the toys and things you ride on and her favorite part was trying to put the token in. She did do it all by herself, way to go Hollie!

Well, that was our fun and eventfull week. We are excited for Halloween and Hollie is going to be our little ladybug. We will take lots of pictures and post them for you all. Have a great week and Happy Halloween!!

Beauty Queen

What a doll.

Okay mom, I've had enough!


Ofcourse we had to play in the dirt. Going outside isn't the same if we don't have some dirt time.

Okay so I couldn't help but post these adorable pictures of Hollie. I couldn't believe it, she actually has enough hair to do pigtails and boy does she look cute. So, ofcourse, I pull out the camera and I couldn't help myself I just snapped away. We then went outside and took some and before I knew it she found the mud and dirt and started to play. All I could do was laugh and let her play. She is so cute and I am having way to much fun.

It's cooling down in Arizona!!

Wow, I guess it has been some time since I have posted. Well, the weather here in Arizona is absolutely beautiful. It's been in the 80's and we have lived outside. Hollie is loving every bit of it and let me tell you how nice it is to open your windows and have fresh air run through your home, I love it!

We have been doing a lot of work in our backyard recently and it's finally all coming together. We got plants in this weekend and are hoping to get grass in the next week or two. We are waiting to get the rye grass so that we don't have to overseed. I cannot wait for grass because I am through with having dirt and the mess that comes along with it. Ryan and I talk of the day that we will be able to sit in the backyard with our lawn chairs and just relax and play, oh it sounds wonderful and hopefully it will happen soon. Ryan has been working so hard in the yard and has done a fabulous job, I am so proud of him. He has done everything himself except for diggng the trenches for the sprinklers and I tell ya he has done a dang good job! Way to go Ryan!

I on the other hand have been totally addicted to the series of books beginning with Twilight by Stephanie Meyer. Oh my heavens, what a good book! I read the first book in 5 days and I am almost through with the second and will then be on the third. I am not a reader, matter of fact I hate reading but these books are great and the way they are written is phenomenal. I would highly recommend this series to anyone.

Well onto the most important part and the reason why I do the blog our little princess. She is doing great and of course growing as usual. She is starting to speak a lot more and trying to make words, it's so cute. Today she decided to try and little trick and that was to climb out of her crib. Yup, you read that right, climb out of her crib. I layed her down for a nap and like usual she fussed a little bit and then all of a sudden I heard this thud. No crying afterward just a little fussing and then the fussing started to get quiter and quiter and when I got upstairs her door was open and she was standing in the guest room in the corner. I couldn't believe it I thought she was to little to do this. When I saw her I couldn't help but to laugh and I had to turn away for a moment and then look at her and be serious. I put her back in her crib and closed the door, so there was barely a crack, and I sat there and watched her. And she could get her leg on top of the bar and pull herself over the crib, she is amazing! Now what do we do, go to a bed? She is only 18 months and she's not suppose to know how to do that yet because that means she is getting older. Well, I guess we will have to figure this one out. We don't want her falling and breaking a bone that would be horrible. Anyway, other than that she is doing great. She loves to climb up the slide and slide down, she loves the swings and her newest favorite thing is to watch Barney and dance. She has great dancing moves and it's so cute to watch. She is growing up and I will keep you updated on our climbing adventures. Oh, you will see the little brown scab on her nose and that's where she took a dive into our fireplace. Ya, it was very sad. She was playing on her "rowdy" a littel red horse and fell forward into the fireplace. Neither Ryan or I moved fast enough to try and catch her, it all happened in slow motion. I tell ya, she was one tough girl. She let out a good cry and then was back to playing in no time.

Better late then never

I am finally gettting around to blogging some of our fun activities in the last week. I need to get better at sitting down and putting in pictures right when I take them. I will try harder in the upcoming weeks.

Well, to fill you in on September 22 we took Hollie to her first Diamondback baseball game. She had so much fun and loved pointing to the ball and saying ball. She was so cute and was very much entertained the whole time by everything going on around her. We went with some friends of ours that moved to Oklahoma and came back to visit. It was great seeing and visiting with them and their family.

During the week we didn't do much, but just hang out and prepare for Papa Cowles to come and visit that weekend. He came on Friday and had a wonderful time with his girl. Boy, does Hollie love her papa. She just played with him and had so much fun. Papa was really good and even let Hollie put her pretty necklaces on him, it was really cute. We just hung out around the house and on Saturday afternoon we went to the mall and walked around and then played outside in the ampetheatre which had a water fountain. Hollie just loved the fountain and ran back and forth and up and down the stairs. She was so cute and is definetly an outdoors girl. Ofcourse we were there with the camera and took lots of pictures. I just cannot believe how big she is getting. On Sunday she turned 18 months and I just cannot believe we are now entering nursery. We had her 18 month doctors appointment on Monday and ofcourse she is nice and healthy and high on the charts for her height and weight. It was so scarry to me when the doctor said okay we will see you back when she is 2. I thought to myself oh my gosh, no way she is not going to turn she is always going to be a little baby. Time just flies and she will be 2 before I know it. Thank goodness I am enjoying every moment and having so much because she is only this age once. Enjoy the pics!

Smiling for the camera!

Yesterday our little princess was very excited to pose and smile for the camera. Usually it's a lot of work to get a picture of her smiling because as soon as we take the camera out she stops, but not yesterday. She was wanting to smile and then look at the picture afterwards. It's so cute when she sees the picture she looks at it and says baby, pretty. It's just adorable. I cannot believe it she is becoming such a girl and is so grown up. She loves to sit in front of the mirror in the mornings and get her hair done. Believe it or not, but she sits and plays with her necklaces and bracelets and puts them on her wrists along with my hair ties while we do hair. By the time her hair is done she has bracelets and hair ties lined up along her arms and wrists and a few necklaces on, it's so cute. Yup, she is growing fast and we all have so much fun.

Well, I will post again soon because our backyard toys are finally completed and I am sure that we will do some playing today. Have a great day.

Working in the yard with dad

I know I have posted 3 all in one day, but I had to do some catching up. Yesterday Ryan worked in the backyard and Hollie was right there by his side the whole time. She loves to be outside and hang out with dad. Hollie and Ryan even took some daddy daughter time and took a famous trip to the Home Depot. They had a great time and Hollie was a big help.

Hollie loves crayons

Friday Hollie and I spent the day together at home and just played, we had a great time. Hollie has figured out how to turn the radio on and will turn it on and start dancing to the beat, it's so adorable. She loves to get all of her bracelets and necklaces and put them all on and walk around the house, it's cute too. After her nap we decided we would do some coloring. Well, we found something else she loves. She loves to carry the crayons around the house and put as many as she can in one hand. She did do some beautiful art and it's all up on our fridge. She is such a doll and I am having way to much fun with her. She is at that age that you can interact and play with her and it's so much fun. Hope you all have a great day!
We are already good at multi-tasking. We talk on the phone and hold crayons all at the same time. Wow, I wonder who she learns that from?

Playing Outside

Thursday we had some friends over and the kids played in our unfinished backyard. Ofcourse they were all full of dirt especially the two little ones, Hollie and Anya, they actually ate the dirt, Yummy! We are working on getting our backyard completed as soon as we can, but for now there is lots of dirt. The playset is all finished and we are just waiting for the squirt guns and the misters that are suppose to come out of the swingset (it's vinyl and they have put plumbing through it). The splash pad, which is the big thing of cement you see, should be completed the beginning of this week, lets hope. We are just waiting for a few more

things and then they will show us how to turn the water on and how it all works. We are very excited and once this is all up and working I guarantee our little princess will be outside everyday all day. We will keep you posted and send lots of pictures when it's all completed.

Our Trip To Utah

Hello Everyone!

As you can see the Larson's finally decided to participate in blogging. We have had many friends tell us about it and we just haven't done it. I think I have figured it out, but bear with me if it doesn't turn out right. We are excited to get our blog up and going and to be able to share special events with you.

Last week we took a trip to Utah to visit family and loved every bit of it. It was nice to get away from the heat for a few days and Hollie took advantage of that and played outside. She ran around, played on the trampoline and swingset and had a great time. It was good to see family and it has been sometime since we have seen most of them. We took one day and went up to Park City and spent the day there and played and went down the alpine slides. Hollie went down the slides and boy do I wish I had the camera, she loved it and had a smile the whole way down. We also took half a day and went to Salt Lake with my mom, walked around and enjoyed the beauty of the Temple and the atmosphere. It was great to be with family and friends and we hope to go back for some skiing this winter.
Well, I better figure out how to post some pictures. I hope you all are doing well and we will post again soon. Love, Kerri