Noah's Blessing

Noah Shane McFarland was blessed on July 24, 2011.

His arms are in there somewhere. His outfit is a double extra small, but I barely got it to button around his neck. I guess he has a big neck. Most of the time I had it unbuttoned because I was afraid he'd stop breathing! He's such a quiet sleeper (during the day!).


Harley loves being a big sister!

I wanted to get some cute pictures while he was still in his blessing outfit, but he wasn't cooperating very well. He was hungry and let's face it, his outfit doesn't look that comfortable.

I did get a pretty good "serious" pose.

We had a little Barbeque at my parents house after.

This is our friend Raechel. She happened to be visiting from California that day, so she stopped by.

Here is Morgie, she's been so much help. I'm gonna miss her when she moves away to college!

If you couldn't tell, this is Shane's dad. We'll see if Noah carries as much resemblance! Harley sure does.

Lagoon Trip

We took Harley to Lagoon in July while my sister was in town. She didn't know what to think at first, but it didn't take long before she was having a blast.

The park wasn't busy at all, it was great. The first ride we went on we were the only ones on it, it was the kiddie version of the tidal wave. It was funny because it broke at the end of our ride, so we had to wait a little while before we could get off. A little while later, Harley and I got on this little ride while Shane went to get our cooler for lunch. We waited in line for a little while then when we finally got on the ride it broke too. We sat there forever it seemed like before they finally let us off. I guess we're bad luck!

It was great to go with my sister because her kids could ride the kiddie rides with Harley. They had so much fun together!


This is my sister's new baby, Taylie. She is adorable. Apparently she loves apples, but doesn't have any teeth yet. So it was just really slobbery!

Here she is in the boats with her cousin Moroni. They loved ringing that bell!

Watch out! They are both crazy drivers!

This is her cousin Miriah

After our lagoon trip, we decided it was time for Harley to lose the mullet look, so she had her first official haircut!

Now she's got a cute little bob!

Still Framing...

The house is all dried in and we are framing inside now! It hasn't rained since!

We finally have stairs so I don't have to climb the ladder to get in!

This is a view of the front door and the bedrooms, the hole is where the stairs to the basement will be.



This is the entry from the garage. I have a pantry, a laundry room, and a little bathroom!



Here is how far we've come...

Noah Shane McFarland

Noah joined our family on June 8th. 6 lbs. 3 oz. 19 1/2 inches, beautiful, healthy baby!

Harley is actually adjusting really well. She loves to help with her baby brother.

This is where Shane lived and slept for 3 days with me at the hospital.

I am recovering really well, the second time around was much easier!

Harley's 2nd Birthday!

We had a little Barbeque at my parents house that evening.

Harley got a pink and purple radio flyer tricyle. She loves it. We didn't get a lot of pictures of her other gifts because she wouldn't hold still long enough to get any that weren't blurry. She hasn't quite got the pedaling down, so grandpa is pushing her around. She still likes to be pushed around on it, but our backs can only do it for so long! She got bored with the bike when dad got the basketball out, so they switched toys for a minute! Dad is a little big for it.



We went to the park for a picnic that afternoon with my mom and Moroni my nephew. He is visiting for the week, so he got to celebrate Harley's birthday with her.

Sometimes they play together well!

Update on the House

Well, I'd say we're cruising on the house, but Shane would probably say different. They got all the walls done on the basement and the main floor sheeting in!

Here is our basement. Shane has to sweep water out everytime he goes over to the house. Luckily it's all from the rain and we haven't had any issues with potential flooding from water elsewhere.

More of the basement...

Here is a view of the main floor. The hole is where the stairs will go, and just left of that is our entryway and living room. It looks tiny from here, but I've got to fit a grand piano in that living room, we'll see how it all works out!

Here is the first main floor wall!

It's starting to look like a house now! It's so exciting!

This is going to be our deck in the back yard. Luckily there is one tree in the back that shades it perfectly in the evening.

Harley didn't know what to think of the lift. She wouldn't stay on very long. She enjoys helping at the house picking up empty bottles and playing in the sawdust. We like to put her to work!