It's true Harrison is two!

Harrison has now been two for almost two weeks! Unbelievable. We celebrated him twice, once as a small family and the second with our larger family, our Colorado friends. I always love a good excuse to have all of our friends in one place.

Let me first off apologize for the self-indulgent picture spree I'm about to put you through, if you chose to keep reading/looking.

This was his birthday outfit, 2 going on 15! I'm going to stick to shopping at Carters from here on out.

I love presents. I love giving them and receiving them and every time Harrison gets one I feel like I got one too. I love that about being a parent! Now I know why my mom used to buy me clothes before buying them for herself, it's actually fun! Here is Harrison opening one of his.

Note the bed head :) We took him straight from his nap to his presents which we called surprises.

This was his big present. We got him a train table. It serves two purposes. Toys for him and a 1/2 hour break for us :) Harrison enjoys playing in his room now on his own :) It often buys us another hour of sleep since he wakes up at 6 and we would prefer 7. We got it off of Craig's list and put a train mat on it from Ikea since the terrain pictures were faded. I was excited about our thrifty work :)

We read everyones cards together and he put his money in his piggy bank.

He was so excited to go to Yogurtland. It's his favorite place in the world besides an airport.

Now here are pictures of his party. Here is his party outfit.

This is the best picture out of 5 that Nathan took of us. It's hard to get a good picture out of a 2 year old. I don't know how Nathan's sister gets them from her boys all of the time.

Here is the birthday dessert table :)

Our porch was great for the party!

Nathan and I made these cupcake stands. We bought the fake silver plates at the Dollar Tree and the candle sticks and then spray painted and super glued them together.

We made the cupcakes and even the frosting! Nathan decorated them that morning. Such a different party then last year. Now with me staying home we've found more ways to be thrifty. We got everything from the Dollar Tree, made the cupcakes and all of the food! I think I enjoyed the party more because of the effort we put in except that most of the time I was running around the kitchen rather than getting a chance to chat with people. It was still really fun to celebrate with our friends!

Here is the buffet :) Yogurt and berries, English muffin egg sandwiches from the Pioneer Woman, egg muffins and coffee cake. Yes, we cooked it all. Yes, I'm cooking. I know. Unbelievable!

Nathan grabbed the camera right in time for Harrison's candle blowing moment. Everyone sang to him and he hid next to me, he was so overwhelmed. He's got such a cute cautious and bashful personality.

He loved his cupcakes! What child doesn't?

I'll write again later about some of the very fun things we enjoy about Harrison especially now that he's talking none stop!

Love, us!

Our little chatter box - Almost 2!

Tiny Jones #2

3D ultrasound (which I find a little weird...)

As of today we're at 32 weeks. We're doing good, the baby is moving a lot and often reminds me that he wont be ignored. We've been preparing his room and are getting excited for his arrival in a little less than 2 months (or so we hope). Harrison turns 2 in less than a week so we are busy planning his birthday party! We're so excited to celebrate him.

As of last Thursday I am no longer employed. I get the blessing of staying home with the boys. It's very bitter sweet and I think I'm in a bit of denial mode but I'm also keeping busy (it's only been a week). We are all signed up for MOPS (mothers of preschoolers) twice a month, BSF (Bible Study Fellowship) every Thursday and our churches play group on Mondays. Nathan and I are leading a home group again this year and I've been helping with the women's ministry at church. I hope to help with the college ministry as well.

More to come! -Libby

Lots to talk about...

But I'll keep this short and just post some pictures.

In the beginning of August we took a trip to Austin, borrowed the Jones' RV, drove to Arkansas to see some friends who moved from Denver back to Arkansas and then back to Austin.

It was a really fun adventure. HOT but memorable!

Here's the INTRUDER or also known as Matt Damon.

We didn't get a great picture but this is us with our friends, the Evans. They ended up having their second child Zoe while we were there. We arrived on Thursday, hung out and had dinner and then the next morning we got a text that they were on the way to the hospital 9-10 days before the due date. We got to meet Zoe and then headed back to Austin. We felt really blessed to be a part of something so exciting.

We only got to spend a few hours with the rest of the family in Austin but here is a picture of Harrison loving his time in the pool with his cousins. Hopefully we'll be able to do it again soon!

That's it for now!