Little Miss or Little Mister?

This past Sunday we threw a gender reveal party for Harris baby II.  It was also paired with my 30th birthday celebration. Lets be honest though, the gender reveal was much more exciting.

Rewind a bit to Thursday.  Tuff was out of town in Kansas City for a doctor assessment for the NFL Line of Duty Disability Benefit.  His mom Melody met me in Crow Agency for my anatomical ultrasound.  All is on the up and up for Harris baby II.  The ultrasound tech kept the gender a secret, wrote it on a paper and sealed it in an envelope.

From Thursday to Sunday we managed not to look in the envelope!  Sunday morning I brought a large empty box to Party America.  The workers took the sealed envelope, filled the box with the appropriate color balloon and sealed the box.  I left for 15 minutes and returned to Party America, giddy as ever knowing that the box contained either blue or pink balloons.

Ok now for the party time!  It started with fun at a photo booth I constructed out of paper streamers.  It only took me two rolls, one teal and one red.

Uncle Roger and Auntie Darlene.

Cousin Donnie and Nate.

Donnie and Kassia.

Friends Katie and Ben.

Tuff's mom and dad.  Adorable. No fake mustache necessary for Jerry.

Tuff's sister Toni and fiance Ty.

Tuff's sister Jeri Lyn and brother-in-law Philip.

Niece Amara.

Melody, Tuff's niece Shawnee and Tuff.

Friend Amanda, Goodie and Mary.

Friend Jessica.

Friends Keehn famiy.

Friends Nicole and Owen.

Small group girls.

Cuzzies.

Harris family of three, soon to be four.

Next we celebrated with some Cold Stone ice cream cake for my 30th.

The kids had a great time and the weather was nice enough for outdoors and indoors.

A big thanks to my YMCA coworker Jason and his neighbor Annaleigh for taking the photos.

Then Kassia lead us in an old wives tale game.  Mustaches for Little Mr. answers and lips for Little Miss answers.

Wedding ring on a string tale.  If it circles girl, back and forth boy.

The results of ten old wives tales questions favored boy six to four!

Next each of the guests placed their votes by either holding a mustache on a stick or lips on a stick.

Lastly on to the reveal.

Its a girl!



Another angle.

Video of the reveal moment:

On the Harris side this is granddaughter number nine.  Pretty impressive girl streak.

Grace is clueless as to what this all means.  Just happy to have a balloon.

Lady Luna Bugg

Bugg as in the breed name for the dog we just added to the family last Monday, a Boston Terrier/Pug mix.  Her name is Luna, formally Lady Luna Bugg and she's so sweet.

A face only a mother could love.

Pug face, Boston Terrier body.

The first few days we got her we tried to get her to potty outside but the weather was less than desirable for that.  Luckily she is fully paper trained and very smart.

Day one of snow accumulation on the playhouse door.  Over the 23rd and 24th Billings accumulated 15 plus inches of snow.  We can't blame her for not wanting to pee in snow over her head.

However she will frolic through the snow.

Video of the frolicking here:



Just days before the record breaking snow amount, it was nearly melted and Grace and I went on a bike ride at the park!

It was getting colder leading up to the big snow dump but Grace loves the outdoors so we took advantage of the swing set in our back yard.

Lately Grace has been big on going on walks.

We walked a one mile loop around our neighborhood.  When we arrived back at our home, she threw a tantrum because she wanted to keep going!  Maybe she is ready for Disney World.  Just kidding!

Tuff has been working out in the basement and Grace loves to join in sometimes.  Planks and push-ups.

Bar squats.

Sit ups.

Our college friend Richie's three younger brothers all made it to state wrestling two weekends ago here in Billings.  They all wrestle for Belgrade and were very impressive.  We took the opportunity to watch the final matches.

I found this gem of a picture online from the Bozeman Daily Chronicle of the brothers before the state tournaments.  Lyle, Sawyer and Jarrett.



Here is a picture of us with Jarrett, 132 pound sophomore, after winning state in his weight class!

Freshman Sawyer also brought home a championship, 98 pound weight class.

Lyle, 138 pound senior, took fourth place.  They were all incredible and it was very fun to watch.

Shortly after it was Valentine's Day.  Tuff was gone at meetings all day but Grace and I partook in some fun.  Heart-shaped pancakes.

Also on Valentine's Day I had the chance to babysit this little beauty for my friend.  Her name is Bri and she is an adorable 10 month old!  It brought me back to when Grace was at this age.

Well February snuck up on us and is leaving just that quick.  Happy Birthday to my sister Dana and Toni coming up on the 28th!  Now Dana is 22 weeks pregnant and I am 19.5 weeks!

Oh did I mention we are expecting another 12 inches of snow this weekend?  This is a picture from this morning of our back yard.  Tuff shoveled a play path for us.