Baby Taylor's first photos.

The girls from work!

Yummy treats!

The wonderful baby shower at work! Thank you guys.

Our last little outing in Hot Springs as a family of 3!

The hutch to her furniture that is now decorated! Her precious little take me home out fit hanging up there too!

Taylor Alexis' Room!

Addison and Travis!

Blowing bubbles in his milk!

He loves his P & J!

P and J sandwich pics. What a cute face!

Swinging!

Dad and Trav sliding. Please make note the first time Trav was by himself on the slide and he loved it.

Fearless at his first time playing on the park equipment alone. It was so much fun to watch him.

The finished product. He's a big boy now. I almost cried taking this pic.

Mrs. Deena cutting his hair.

Travis beginning his hair cut. He did really well.

Daddy and Trav before his 1st hair cut!

Rhea lana's this year! He loved this bed but he didn't get it.

Smiling big with the pacifier.

Isn't he cute in his lion house shoes.

Pop and Travis in Flordia.

His cake that Ms. Pat and Tina made. It was yummy!

Lots of pics to update! Here's Travis' first B-day!

So close but so far away......

Well, we have made it through 33weeks so far. Yes, it is so very true that you are more tired with the more children you have, and you do get bigger with each kid you have. Unfortunately, I have those Harvey genes. I am ready to be able to exercise again, vigorously. Taylor is doing wonderful measuring right on time. I feel like she could come tomorrow and be just as big as Travis though. We have her room almost done. I have a couple of things left to hang in there and a couple of more ideas that I am pondering on what to do in her room. So far, we love it though. I'll post pics when we finish it.
Travis is doing great. He is now saying around 10 words, all in his timing though. He is so funny and a great baby. I'm getting very nervous about him adjusting to Taylor and having to share time. It will work out though.
Ryan and I are both trying to keep up with the flow of things right now. Ryan is working like crazy. I'm still working full time at work and at home too. So, life is busy. Well, I better go and get some sleep. Have a great week and weekend!

Today we went for Taylor's 4D ultrasound. Everything looked great so far. All of her organs were developing well. She loved to put her feet in her mouth along with her hands. She is almost or a little ahead in size compared to Travis. She is weighing in at 3 lbs and 6oz. Travis was 4 lbs and 4 oz at 30 weeks. We had a lot of fun taking a look at her. God is good. We can't wait for her to get here. Hope everyone is doing well.

Hard to say good bye....
I want to dedicate this post to my grandma, Ivalene Hamlin. She was such a strong and dedicated woman to her family and to her friends. I admired her so deeply, partially b/c we have such similar personalities. She had been fighting ovarian cancer for 4 years. Unfortunately and very quickly Monday night, God called her home. She was such a beautiful person and one of my best friends. Saying good bye was the hardest thing that I have ever done. There were so many things that I wish I could have said before she passed away. However, most importantly, I know she is in heaven and I will see her again. I picture her to be Travis' and Taylor's guardian angel b/c I know that she'll keep them in line growing up. Grandmom, I am so proud of you; I will miss you so much; and I love you.
Please pray for my grandpa and my family as we grieve for her loss. I promise, Grandmom, that Travis and Taylor will remember you. I will miss our nightly chats!

Ivalene Hamlin
1932-2008
A true hero, a loving wife, a loving grandma, and best friend.

Well,
Officially, I am a horrible blogger. Things have been crazy over the last few months. We have moved into our new house and started working on things for the new baby. Her room is a little to pink for me, so, we are soon going to be repainting it to a very pale pink. I might do a chocolate brown accent wall too. I am now 26 weeks along. Things are going great! She is an active little girl. We get to take one last peek at her next Tuesday for my 4D ultrasound!!! I'm anxious to see who she looks like b/c it was a very accurate picture of Travis. So, stay tuned till next week and I will post some pics of her.
Travis is doing well. He is now running around chasing the cats, into all my "prettys," and talking like crazy. His favorite words are: no way, no, dada, aww, ahh wee, and anything else you can manage to interpret from his little baby language. He is so funny and such a joy to sit around and watch. I absolutely love my time with him.
Ryan is doing well. Staying busy working. He is on call this month, which could mean more traveling than normal. So, we are crossing our fingers that he doesn't get called out too much. Well, here are some pictures of little man. I will take some pics of the house and post when we get our flower beds done. They need some serious attention.

A quick post. I got my parvo tests and cmv test back today. The results were negative. So, I'm going to a dermatologist tomorrow to figure out what the deal is with this mysterious rash I have going on my arms and legs. I promise to post pics soon. Love ya!

Wow!
I can't believe that it is the end of March. Time is flying by now that Travis is really mobile and exploring EVERYTHING! Travis is growing to quickly. He is taking steps on his own and learning to stand up by himself without pulling up on things. He is also working on eating big boy table foods. His favorite being anything that ends in potato. Also, he never stops jabbering. He is going to be such the little motor mouth. I love every minute that I have with him!
Ryan is doing well. He is getting good and into his new job. It is really keeping him extremely busy. He is home for a while now, and we are so excited.
I am doing ok. Its been a little tougher 1st trimester primarily b/c I can't get as much sleep as I did with Travis. Its ok though. One more week and I am officially in my second trimester. The baby is doing well though so far. I have some way contacted fifths disease. Something that everyone usually experiences in childhood. It can affect the baby but the chances are rare. I am waiting on my parvo titers and CMV titers to come back. If they are positive we will just have to watch the baby really closely. The most rare cases that it has caused complications in mom and baby are related to severe anemia for me and the baby resulting in blood transfusions for either one of us, possibly while the baby is still in utero. The worst affect being placental abruption. God is in control and I know that he is going to keep us both safe. The sex of the baby will be made know in either May or June so keeping watching for the baby's ultrasound pic and the exciting news.
Please keep our family in your prayers: we are working to sell our current house to get a little bigger one to make room for the new baby, Ryan is working hard to adjust to his new job, and pray for our health that everyone will remain happy and healthy.

Up to NO GOOD!!!
What are you doing to me mom!?
Look at his handsome eyes and lips! Gorgeous little man!

Just a quick post! We had pictures taken by this weekend by Travis' Auntie Crystal. She is so talented and amazing with her career as a photographer. We had so much fun taking these pictures. Travis was so busy and we were all exhausted at the end. She managed to catch some awesome moments though. Feel free to view them on her blog. Go to www.crystalgoss.com, scroll down the page, and click on "enter blog." Amazing job, Crystal, we love them all!!!

Who do I look like with this smile????!!!

I'm not doing well these days keeping this site updated. Things are crazy busy. Travis is doing well. He amazes me everyday with how much he is learning and how quickly he is developing. He is officially crawling now and chasing after the cats. He is babbling like crazy and saying "MAMA." I give Ryan all kinds of heck about him saying mama first. He is also pulling up now too. So, you can see why I haven't updated the site lately. We are learning to say "no no" every two seconds to him as he gets into things. We still aren't doing well in sleeping. He is now officially in his own room and out of our room. We also let him cry it out a lot now at night too. He's found my weakness though b/c I walked in last night and found him with his hands stuck through the crib rails, his head pressed against the crib rails, and he was screaming. I couldn't take it and picked him up. He won b/c we slept in the recliner.
Christmas was great. It started with as an unfortunate time with my great grandmother passing away. But we ended up really enjoying the holidays with family. Travis had his first Santa time on the road. His favorite thing was the paper. We were constantly digging it out of his mouth. We are glad to be at home and to have a lazy Saturday today. Hope everyone is well. Unit next time!!!

Hello to all! I finally have time to make a quick post. Little man is down for a nap. Wow! These last 6 mo. have flown by. Travis is doing so well. He is crawling around, and his favorite thing to do is make noise!! He's going to be a talker! We are currently working to teach him to sleep through the night. It is the hardest thing yet! I hate to hear him scream, but it's time for all of us to sleep through the night! I'm beyond exhausted!
We are excited about our first Christmas with Travis. Santa is stopping by our house early since we will be traveling to the grandparents for the holiday. I think Travis will be fun b/c he loves to tear up paper. He is such a little boy! We will have lots of pictures to post after Christmas!
Also, for an update on Ryan and I. Ryan has started a new job and loves it. He will be doing claims with Farmer's Insurance. I'm still working at Children's 3 days a week. Gotta go. Merry Christmas to all. We love you guys!