Out With the Old....

After sleeping all summer in the pack-n-play, Courtney finally got her new crib. For those of you wondering why we bought a new crib it comes down to one word: recall. The beautiful crib we bought for her was recalled back in June. We had to register are old crib, wait for a kit to come in the mail to send back the hardware and then wait AGAIN for the credit voucher. Yes, it took all summer, but we finally got the one we ordered in, up and she's sleeping in as I type this. Yesterday after we (and by we I mean Clay) got it up, we let her play around in it. We thought it would give her a chance to get used to it. But really we put her in so we could clean up all the packing junk that comes with a crib! Here she is enjoying her new crib.

Here she is stretched out. She's into crossing her legs at her ankles lately. Such a little lady! A little ladybug as we like to call her!
In other news, football season is here and Clay is as happy as a kid on Christmas day! We have an OSU cheerleader outfit that I found at a local consignment store, but it's for when she's bigger. So for now we had to get creative.

One day she grabbed Clay Tech hat to play with it. Is this a sign?
Courtney has also made the rounds at some birthday parties too. Her boyfriend (and future husband) Trey turned one on August 12th and we went to his birthday party to help celebrate. Unfortunately, in a mad dash out the door, I forgot my camera. I'm waiting on some pictures from Ms. Vicki and Grandma Vaughn. We did snap a few pics of the two kiddos in Trey's crib. They really could have cared less, but the 6 adults standing over them squealing with delight sure loved it!

Courtney also went to the Cobb girls, Jamie and Jacey's, first birthday too. I did remember my camera this time. The girls had a great time eating yummy cake that their mom, Jill, made for them. And boy did they rake in the loot! The girls were adorable trying to open gifts and clapping when then loved something. We got a pic of all the future Tri delta legacy's and their mom's. I can't wait to show this too all of them when they pledge the house!

On the front row are the birthday girls, Jamie and Jacey, on the back row from left is Sarah holding Claire, Me holding Courtney, Jill (the twins mom) and Kelly holding Morgan.

We also got a new car (well, new to us). My camry was looking more like a pack mule with a stroller filling the entire trunk, Courtney in the back seat and trying to find room for her diaper bag and all the stuff for school. Clay's dad found us a great deal that was hard to pass up. So now I'm driving the new family car, Clay's taking over my Camry and we're selling the town car. Yes, it's true. The Harstad's will be sans town car/business tool. You can all shed a tear now.

Other than that, we're watching Courtney trying to crawl everyday. It's going to happen soon. Too soon. She's starting Mother's Day Out this week and will be in the same room as her cousin, Kelsi, and all the other new crawlers. So it's just a matter of time. We'll keep you posted!

We hope all of you had a great Labor Day weekend. I just told Clay it's been a glorious three days of not hearing "Mrs Harstad! Mrs. Harstad!" all day long. :)