Hello Again!!!

So...yeah, I've been noticing for the last couple of weeks that it has been almost a full year since we have updated our blog.  There are probably many reasons for this lapse but I am hoping to make a renewed effort to keep things relatively up to date.  I'm not sure how many people, or if anyone at all, reads these words but it might be a good place for me to practice my words and creativity in writing and in picture taking skills (of my own children, of course :)  So, an update, Munckin A is getting ready to celebrate his 4th birthday on May 21st, I can hardly believe how fast these last 4 years have gone by!  Miss E is 2, but turning 3 in July.  Miss N is 16 months old and she will be a big sister on, or before, June 27 as we have scheduled a C-section for that morning to have another little boy join our family.  We are excited to have another monkey join us, and even more excited that it's a little boy giving us two boys and two girls!!! We are getting some new pics of the kiddos come May 7th and will update pics at that time.

We're Still Here!!!

We are still alive and well...unfortunately we don't get to the blogging world all that often (definitely something for me to improve on :) Anyway, since we posted last we have enjoyed 5 wonderful months with our newest bundle of joy, 'lil Miss N, as well as our two other wonderful children. Murray has finished another semester at the University of Utah and we are anxiously awaiting the results...his grades. I'm sure all will be well and our efforts during the last few months have paid off. We are in the process now of training for a 10k run, the Deseret Morning News 10k to be specific. Murray is doing the training with me but I think he is planning on staying along the sidelines with the kiddos on race day. He is definitely biggest cheerleader in my goal to eventually run a MARATHON!!! I am so grateful for the wonderful husband and father that he is! Murray and I are also training with Tricia, Murray's sister, and I hope that she will be able to get the day off work so that we can run together...running with someone will definitely make the run more fun and probably a lot easier. So anyway there is much happening in our house and I will make a greater effort to post more often. --Georgette

She's Here!!!

Baby "N" Harrild joined our family on December 22, 2010 at 6:04pm. She weighed 8 lbs 5 oz and was 19 1/4 inches long. She is beautiful and we are so excited that she is here :)

Family Pictures 2010

We FINALLY got some family pictures done for this year! We went to a fairly new studio in the area called Fotofly, they are awesome!!! I would highly recommend them to anyone living in the Salt Lake Valley or nearby vicinity. They give a CD with the images of the photo session along with full rights to reprint the images for your own private use all for an incredible price!!! I'm very happy with the pictures and they worked great with the kiddos! Anyway, on with the pictures (or a small sampling at least :-))

One of All of Us

Sweet Little Miss E...

Munchkin A...

One of Baby R...

And last but not least my Sweetheart and I...

Random Pics

Just some random pics of the kiddos...Enjoy!

Baby Harrild #3 Is a....

GIRL!!!

We are so excited!!!

Huh, What time is it anyway?

It is quite late for me to be up writing this, but from a little bit of caffeine here I am. There have been a plethora of tantrums thrown by both kiddos, but there have been many guffaws and chortles and snorts and laughter. Munchkin A's latest laughing spree is caused by the video on YouTube of a panda bear cub sneezing and making the parent jump out of her furry black and white hide... Well, almost. If he hears it from the other side of the room, he starts to laugh and hustles and bustles over to the laptop to watch and screech in laughter. It never gets old...

Miss E.'s been into books and any chance you have, she's pushing a book into your hands and saying please, in the most adorable little girl way of saying please. Her growth rate is phenomenal and I think we might take her in for some radiation testing. She is just growing way too fast and we aren't sure how it's happening... One downside to her growing up is that she has to eat anything that we adults are eating, perhaps in the chance that she could be like Alice, in "Alice in Wonderland" and magically grow to adult size. If she spots you, she charges over to where you're at in a crawl that might break the record for the 100 meter dash and begins to say "bite please," while crawling up your leg!

A and E both saw the fireworks show here and were both so tired, we're not sure how much they enjoyed it. Where we were at also had an echo with each explosion and the larger booming ones made A a little nervous. Tonight, we did a few of our little fireworks for the wee ones. A wanted out to run around, but with him in his pajama's and recreational detonation of explosives, we thought it better to keep him confined to his captains chair in the double stroller. E had a blast with the sparkler she was given while in grandma's arms while A was unsure. You can toss him in the air and there are no worries, but give him something loud, or fast moving and he shy's away from it.

They both had a blast on their first trip together in the wild outdoors. E successfully scared every piece of dust and rock in a... well... 30 feet radius. She also learned how to grow a dirt goatee quite successfully. A found it quite fun to walk all over the place, around camp, around Bath Rock and even down to the outhouses there. There was also his matter of safety for the tents and tarps. We believe he was concerned about a gust of wind taking the tents clear to kingdom come or somewhere else. In an effort to alleviate this problem, he took handfuls of sand from the tent area and proceeded to add the weight of the sand to the tarps and tents. Such a little genius he is, and so thoughtful!

The summer has been quite blissful as well for me. It's been going along nice and slow to allow some rest and relaxation and time with the family. I enjoy this time and not stressing over school and assignments bla bla bla bla bla... Next semester, I will have to do much studying and preparation and beloved practice in a scuba diving class. That will be the toughest 1.5 credit hours yet! I was taking a compass and map reading class, but the field trip day was overwritten by Gette's sisters wedding. I must admit, I've been studying a little on my off time. I just can't seem to get enough of it, and to top it all off, it's College Algebra, the story problems! DUH DUH DUUUUHHHH!!!!!

Gette's being uncreative when it comes to her, so I will add a little ditty. While experiencing much fatigue from running through my mind all day, she's still hard at work cooking a little one to arrive sometime in December. She also survived the camping trip and was quite a trooper too! We did a little star gazing one night and took turns chasing after and walking with the kiddos. There is a little growth in her midsection which is good and we've heard the little heartbeat a few times. While it kinda freaks me out wondering what it would be like to carry a baby, she's started to feel something wiggling down there. Right now, she's entertaining herself by doing a French braid in her hair without a mirror! She's going wild and crazy!

And on that note, I think it's been a day! Tomorrow brings more work... *sigh*

Wha? Five Months! Time for a Quick Update!

Uh...yeah, I can hardly believe that it's been nearly five months since we have updated this blog. Oops! Andrew is now two years old and Emmalee will be having her 1st birthday on the 27th of this month. I am truly in awe of how quickly the time has passed! We are now also expecting our third little blessing on December 30, 2010. Murray is home on Summer Vacation and we are taking full advantage of him having his evenings and most of the weekends off. We went up camping in the City of Rocks near Almo, Idaho a couple weekends ago and had a blast! This last weekend we went down to Manti and thanks to Grandma Whitehead, Murray and I were able to go and take in an Endowment session at the Manti Temple...AWESOME!!! We spent the day in Manti and attended the Mormon Miracle Pageant in the evening. We were throughly exhausted by the time we got back home at 3am on Sunday morning, but it was well worth it. We are gearing up for a fun filled Fourth of July weekend complete with Parades, Fireworks and a BBQ! Should be fun! Any way it's late and I should get some sleep as I have two very active munchkins to keep up with tomorrow...and I will do my best to keep this blog updated! :-)

Where Oh Where Has the Time Gone!?!

Goodness...I can hardly believe that the month of January in almost gone! Guess it's time to take down the Christmas background :) Many things have happened in the last several weeks, Murray is back in school again and Andrew and Emmalee are growing like crazy! Andrew is now 20 months old and has been attending the nursery class on Sunday and he loves it! Whew! Miss Emmalee is now six months old (pictures to follow). I can hardly believe that she is halfway to her first birthday. Not much else happening here, just wanted to do a quick update and make an effort to be more diligent in the blogging arena. With two kiddos, though, we'll see :-)

Little Miss Emmalee

I was just snapping some pictures of our adorable little girl and thought I would do an update post about her before I forgot...So here is the Star of the post...

2 Months Old

3 Months Old

4 Months Old

Nearly 5 Months Old!

It's hard to believe that our baby girl is almost 5 months old...seriously! Where has the time gone to? Her first year is going oh so much faster than Andrew's first year! She is now rolling from back to front and from front to back and is working on traveling across the floor in that manner. So much for the days of laying her on the floor in the middle of a blanket and having her stay right where she is put, oh well! We love our little sweetie and glad that she is in our home!

In Memory Of...

The month of October was a very eventful one, on October 8th my grandmother Donna Watters passed away unexpectedly in her home. She was nearly 80 years old, she was finally able to rejoin my grandfather who passed in May 2003. She and Andrew shared the same birthday and she often joked about how Andrew was her birthday present. She will be deeply missed.

1930-2009

Only a couple weeks after the passing of my grandmother, my dear Uncle Lynn Patterson was involved in a tragic hit and run incident. He was hit by a young man driving on a suspended/revoked license and under the influence of drugs and alcohol. The man hit my Uncle in his attempt to flee the scene because he was scared. The result is that my Uncle suffered a devastating brain injury and died a week later in the hospital. He was such an amazing man and a friend to everyone who knew him. During the holiday season he attended various Christmas parties as the guest of honor, he was Santa Claus. He even visited my house last year. I had hoped that he would visit us again this year...



...but alas it was not to be as he was obviously needed elsewhere. A true giant among men now walks with angels. He will also be deeply missed!

1950-2009

She's 2 Months and He's 16 Months

Well I can't seem to get my computer and my camera to talk to each other so this post is about a week or so late. Unfortunately, there are still no pictures but I am working on it! Emmalee is now 2 months old, I can hardly believe how fast she is growing! Andrew is now 16 1/2 months old and getting into all sorts of mischief. We decided to do Emmalee's 2 month appointment and Andrew's 15/16 month appointment at the same time, it sure made things easier! The results are in and their stats are as follows:

Emmalee at 2 months:
Weight- 11 lbs 3 oz (70%)
Height- 22 inches (50%)
Head Circumference- 15.4 inches (70%)

Andrew at 16 months:
Weight- 27 lbs 5 oz (80%)
Height- 32 inches (80%)
Head Circumference- 19.8 inches (98%)

So two pretty good sized kiddos! Emmalee is starting to smile a lot, it is SO CUTE! Andrew tries to console her when she cries we just need to teach him how to be a tad more gentle with her especially when he is giving her a pacifier--he is getting a lot better. These two kids are so much fun to have and to watch. Fun times ahead, I can tell already :-) Well, when I can get technology to work for me I will post some pics of the kiddos but that's all for now!

She's One Month Old Already!

We can hardly believe that our little girl is already a month old as of yesterday. Andrew is now 15 months old and doing quite well adjusting to his baby sister his favorite thing to do is to try and give her a pacifier which she really doesn't want most of the time. Emmalee is quite alert and aware, she loves being snuggled and absolutely loves being carried around in the Moby wrap. She hates being in her car seat for ANY length of time and frequently serenades us with her displeasure during our outings in the car...good times, especially when Andrew feels like joining in the chorus! Life is good and hectic at the same time, but we love being the parents of two of the most adorable children ever!

Emmalee-One Month Old

Sweet Little Lady

Andrew 15 months old--hanging out in the bouncer
(no jealousy here! :))

Andrew practicing his GQ pose!

Cute Siblings!

What is this world coming to?

I don't think I've ever felt so uncomfortable with the events of this world before. I look up anything on the internet and the vast majority is death, destruction, politics and all their happenings, and much, much more.

In some ways I already feel quite inadequate when it comes to certain things socially. I feel a bit behind because I don't understand some of the ways people treat each other. I am a firm believer that we can all get along just fine if we choose to.

I feel so at odds with much of what is happening around the world, and right here at home. I want less and less to do with anything and anyone at times. Just give me some physics or something to learn and I'll be just fine. At least what I learn is, for the most part, stable and there are no social games being played. Although some of it is a little more time consuming to understand how things work, i.e. quantum physics or something similar... I don't have to worry about misinterpreting something, leading it to some offense and alienating myself or my family from different social groups and people. I just have to worry about any experiments I try out and the immediate and long term effects based on predictions and experimental expectations.

Why does it have to be seem so chaotic? Where can I turn for peace, where is my solace?

Some Random Andrew Sillieness

Where in the world did that little boy go?

We just got back from Temple Square taking some family pictures and it was pretty hot outside. When we arrived home, I took Andrew inside and changed his diaper and clothes. Set him down in his room and he walked into the kitchen with me. I showed him his sippy cup after I'd rinsed it out and got the milk out of the fridge. He stuck out his hand like he wanted it and after I gave it to him, he took it into his room. I went and grabbed a few diapers for Emmalee and put those near her bed. I went back into Andrew's room to put him down for a nap and low and behold, he was sitting in the comfy chair in there with his cup and a book! Evidently, he knows the routine!

I am just so amazed at his intelligence and how smart he is! He is growing up so fast and he's so HUGE in comparison to Emmalee!

Two Years Ago Today...

...Our Happily Ever After began!

The last two years have been both amazing and eventful, I am excited to see where this journey of life will take us next.
Happy Anniversary Murray!
I love you bunches and bunches!

She's here!!!!

After a short night of sleep and about a half an hour of surgery, Emmalee came into this world at around 7:03am weighing 7lbs 14oz and 19 inches long. WELCOME EMMALEE! Both mommy and baby are doing well and recovering normally! Here are a couple pictures of her, enjoy!

Wow! Pretty lights!

This was Andrew's first official fireworks viewing. He thoroughly enjoyed it except for the part where his mean parents wouldn't let him play with them too!