Marching into April

March was in and out like a lion for us here and Billings.  No more than a few days in between snow and snow melting then snow again.

I got the chance to go skiing at Red Lodge Mountain with my friend and ski instructor Jon.  He was very patient with me as I'm a novice and only ski once a year.

Our last two runs were fog filled as you can see in the picture below, the pine trees are barely visible.  Good thing Jon knew where he was going or I'd be up there still.

We upgraded Grace to a twin size bed.  She's too little to crawl up so needs a step stool.

Transition was flawless.  Grace is pretty proud of her "big bed."

Luna has been a wonderful addition to the family.  She's very obedient and learning quickly.  In a few weeks she'll be 6 months old.  Still not sure if she'll get much bigger but at this point she's about 14 pounds.

Tuff is going to hit the public speaking a little more this year.  We hired an agent to set up the engagements and speaking fees, etc.  We are currently working with someone on upgrading his website as we set it up a year ago and personally hit a wall with website design.

We also hired someone to fill out the IRS forms for the nonprofit.  Things are starting to roll.

I will be 6 month pregnant this Sunday.  Wow its going so fast!  Speaking of pregnant, we are looking forward to traveling back to Minnesota this June for my sister Dana's baby shower and Father's Day.

I leave you with Grace responding to me asking her to pose for the camera*:

*scrape on nose; first cement dive

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.