Side notes

It is a typical week in the Archer household. Everyone is feeling good this week. Well besides the fever Harrison had last night. The little guy keeps waking up at night again. He is a night owl.

Nothing big going on so I thought I would just post on some side notes I forgot to post about previously. Did you know a two year old is pretty persuasive when it comes to teaching manners? We went out to eat last week. William kept telling the man in the booth behind us, "no hats on at the dinner table!" We told him to stop but he kept it up until the man took his hat off. And William's response when he did what he wanted, "thank you." We were so embarrassed but I guess it is a good thing that William knows his manners. The wife of the man thought it was cute but I am not so sure the man was happy about it :)

Did you know that my little two year old likes sushi? Yeah crazy. I was eating it the other night and William just grabbed a spicy tuna roll from my plate and shoved it in his mouth.

Here is a picture of William yesterday just walking around the house coming up with things to do. He also likes to talk in third person all of the time so as he was walking around he was saying, "Will's funny." He has his socks on his hands and a drum on his head.



Harrison is finally eating regular food now! I thought he would never move pass the stage two baby food. And he eats a lot! He eats more than William does. He is a growing boy. This morning he got a little stuck on his face :) William kept saying, "Harry (sounds like Hawe) has a snack nose."





Every morning when we drive to the gym, they both ask to dance. Kid Rock has been in the cd player for a while now but the boys don't get sick of it. It is actually really entertaining to watch them dance in their car seats. I will have to take a video next time I take them somewhere.

That is about it for now.

Daddy/William Day

Scott scored some tickets to the NASCAR race today along with pit passes. He took William and they had a great time. William was sporting his Bass Pro Shop gear to support Martin Truex Jr. In the pit, one of Truex's crew gave William a lug nut. He also had his hat signed by one of the members of Little Big Town.





Doesn't he look great?


A long day at the track! Have you ever been to a race? It is VERY loud. Can one really sleep through this? I guess so.

I think he had a great time spending the day with Daddy.

Mommy/Harrison Day

Today Scott took William to his very first NASCAR race along with having pit passes. Since he was taking William out, Harrison and I had our own special day too. First we went to church- doesn't he look so handsome? Then we stopped by the fish store to let Harrison pick out his own fish. William has pretty much declared all the fish in the tank his (especially the froggy and starfish). Harrison had his eye on an ugly green eel but I persuaded him to pick the pretty yellow tang instead.

Afterwards we went home for a nice lunch and nap. It is so much quieter with only one child in the house. And Harrison loves having his pick of the toys. After his nap, we took a walk to the park and then played with bubbles in the front yard.

We had a nice pizza dinner at a family fun center where Harrison played games. The woman at the counter thought he was so cute that she gave him a bag full of toys regardless of how many tickets he had.


Harrison played with Miss Belle before bed and now he is tuckered out. I think he had a pretty good day and it was so nice to have that special one on one time with him.


I am sure I will post a new post of Daddy/William day once they get home and I see some pictures.

It's Raining! Inside too?

It is so wet outside. There has been a downpour all day. We headed to the gym this morning and my "low tire pressure" light came on. I didn't want to risk getting a flat while the boys were with me in this rainstorm so we turned back and headed home.

It rained and rained and rained. And somehow that meant I would be cleaning up water in our house all day. First William knocked over the vase of flowers that Scott bought me for Valentine's Day. Then he decided he would play with Harrison's new humidifier. I will admit that it does look like a toy. But in the midst of it all, he spilled the entire container on the floor. And to top it off, he learned how to use our water cooler/dispenser. I wouldn't let him have a cup since he kept spilling the water so he improvised with anything that would hold water. Despite all of the wet towels around here, we did have a lot of fun inside. Here are two videos.

Happy Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day to you and yours. We hope you feel as loved and blessed as we do.

Oh just one of those days.

Well it was really hard for me to get going today. I am still pretty sick and Scott called me this morning to tell me he is sick too. After lounging around the house for a while I decided the kids and I could go out to buy another humidifier. We got to BabiesRUs and I put William in the cart first. I was getting Harrison out of his seat and turned around to put him in the cart and the cart was GONE. I immediately started to freak out a little until I looked down the parking lot and the cart had headed downhill (with Will in it)! I'm pretty sure I looked funny running through the parking lot with one kid on my hip and the other laughing as he enjoyed his little roller coaster ride through the parking lot.

When we got home I took Harrison out of his car seat and he was soaking wet. I couldn't figure it out as I just changed him an hour earlier. His diaper must have exploded? I don't know. So I go change him and his diaper is as dry as can be BUT, oh yes there is a BUT, his penis is tucked outside the diaper!!!!!! How in the world does that happen? Then my other little guy William decides he wants to be a streaker again and stripped off all of his clothes. This shot is the PG13 one as his diaper is still on. It came off later as he ran through the house jumping on the furniture. I guess he likes that free feeling.

And this little guy is sick too and I shouldn't dare take a picture of him, right? If looks could kill.

Oh and by the way, he is getting 5 new teeth! So besides catching a nasty cold from me, he also can't sleep because of his little gums hurting him. Which means nobody else gets to sleep either.

"What did you do?"

Sorry for the lack of posts lately. I have been sick and it has been a pretty uneventful week in the Archer household. Just a couple little updates though. I guess we say, "what did you do?" to William all too often because now he will say that every time he does something he is not supposed to be doing. So yesterday during "nap time" (actually quiet time since William gave up his naps a month ago) Scott heard William saying, "Will, what did you do? What did you do Will?" So Scott opened his door to find every single baby wipe out of the container and all over Will's floor. I guess he was disciplining himself or was in shock that he had done that that he had to ask himself "what did you do?"

And onto Sir Harrison. Who gave this kid an OREO cookie?

And why was his diaper taken off prematurely before his bath? The outcome???
Whomever took the diaper off gets to clean up the mess :)

2:39:32

One Year and 5 days ago I gave birth to Harrison. Back then, I never thought that today I would run my first half-marathon. I am glad I made a goal for myself and I did it! I have been working out 3-4 days a week. But I had a setback recently. I have to admit that I almost didn't go this morning. I hadn't been training for the last month and I didn't run once in the last 2 weeks at all up until yesterday. So honestly I was not in shape to do this run since I became a slacker. With Harrison getting sick and myself as well, I didn't have time to go to the gym. 13.1 miles is far!!! Actually 13.26 miles (according to my Garmin watch) but I think that is because we made a detour to go to the bathroom. Next time you are in your car, clock 13.1 miles. You will see how far it actually is. Scott found me at the 10 mile marker and took a picture (I'm in the pink shirt and black shorts). Some of you may recognize my running partner.

It's Julie (Hathaway) Franklin. Going into today without training, I wasn't expecting much from myself. My goal was to finish under 3 hours and 15 minutes. And I have to say if Julie weren't there, that is probably the time I would have had. She was an excellent motivator and I owe so much to her. Every time I wanted to walk, she would say something to keep me going. Don't get me wrong. We did have a couple walking breaks but not long. And that is why I finished with a time of 2:39:32! She was amazing! Thanks Julie for helping me during my first half-marathon.

And of-course my handsome husband and number 1 supporter was waiting at the finish line to give me a hug!

My next run....I will train for that one :) But I am very proud of myself and happy I did this for myself. I feel great! Oh and the cause for the race was for Mobility. It was called the Surf City Half-Marathon as it was on Huntington Beach and most of it was ran next to the ocean. With over 18,000 participants, they were able to reach their goal. Tomorrow I may need one of those wheelchairs-ha!