Let's Give Eating a Try

A week away from her half-birthday, Saturday was the day: Eating! Well, we gave it our best effort. The majority of it ended up on her face and bib, but I think she actually got quite a bit down. It was pretty funny to be a part of. Jon played photographer taking pictures and filming the entire thing -- captivating footage that will be 20 years from now, I'm sure! Here's the highlights:

Umm, Mom? You sure about this?

Hmmmm.. Not much flavor, really.

I think the bib tastes better than that stuff.

Dad, do I really have to eat this stuff?

Oh, you'll give me chocolate later? Okay!

Saturday Afternoon at the Park

My Blue Eyed Girl

This is pretty much all we see these days: fingers in the mouth.

Strollin'

The weather has turned beautiful. It's almost "California Weather", though a bit too humid still. Harper sat up in her stroller for the first time on a walk tonight. She was so cute, interested in all that she was seeing, and I thoroughly enjoyed watching her enjoy herself. Squealing at a little girl bouncing a ball across the street, flinching at the warm breeze blowing by. I even took her socks off so I could watch her toes bend and flex, since I couldn't see her face.



I have to admit that this picture wasn't taken on the walk tonight. But I took it this past weekend when I put Harper in this onesie for the first time. It was one of the things handed down from her cousins by Auntie Wendy and it was just too perfect not to capture.





While she was willing to pose, I went ahead and snapped these as well. Is it possible to raise a Trohorn? A Longjan?? We dunno, but we're gonna do our best to try!

Here she is practicing her Heisman pose.

Pictures of the Day 9/17

Notice the line of drool.

Pictures of the Day

Out With the Old...

Along with the yucky carpet that got tossed, today was also a purging day for Harper's closet. I've found myself not really wanting to clear out all her things that are too small because of sentimental reasons. Or because the things are just too cute, I'm not ready to box them up. But, it was way beyond time to get the stuff out of the way in order to make room for things that actually fit her.

Believe it or not, she was actually in need of a few things for this winter. Namely long sleeved onesies and comfy pants. We went shopping at Carters (love this place!) and stocked up big time with all their sale items. We also made a quick stop by Old Navy and picked up a few items there as well. Side note: Harper probably won't be wearing an actual "costume" for Halloween this year. Maybe next, but no promises there either. We did pick up something cute for her to wear and take pictures in, but no Princess Leia or Yoda this year.

By the time we got home, Harper was tiiiiired and ended up taking a 3 hour nap which was great for allowing me to spend some time in her room getting things organized. In the midst of boxing stuff up, I was doing several loads of laundry, washing all her new things and all the things that had been given to us that I've been waiting for Harper to be big enough to wear.

It sounds silly, but it feels so good to have all this stuff washed and ready to go. When she was born, I washed everything up to size 6 months and put the rest of the stuff in boxes in her closet thinking it would be forever until I'd see those things again. Well, now it's "forever" and I can't believe I was washing all those things. She'll be 6 months old in 3 weeks, which is amazing to me.

Jon lowered her mattress down 1 level today and which meant the crib bumpers finally fit. She's getting so big and is really amzing us with the new things she does every day. Today while we were driving, she discovered a new sound she could make with her mouth and did it the whole way to the mall, cracking us up.

Yesterday she must have known how excited I was for the new floors, and figured she had to really do something great to make sure I remembered that it was all about her -- forget those stinkin' floors. Here's how she topped my excitement:

A Year Ago...

This is what we saw:

Today this is our little girl:

A few weeks ago we passed our "anniversary" of the day on or around Harper was conceived, which I only know because my pregnancy calendar told me so. I marveled at how amazing God is, to allow Jon and I to create something so beautiful. It's pretty amazing that she was formed inside of me. I was telling her on that day what a miracle she is -- and I'm reminded of it every time I look at her. Today a year ago was a pretty big deal. My mom was in town and I waited the whole morning to tell her that I had a positive test. And I waited the whole day to tell Jon!!! Such a whirlwind since then and I wouldn't trade it for the world.

Here's a sweet video to leave you with of Harper playing with her "friend" the ladybug. I think it needs a name. (And I think I need another one!!! I can't remember who gave us this, but it's very much Harper's favorite toy-- so THANK YOU! And where did you buy it????) She talks to this thing aaalll the time, it's so funny. Even much more than the video shows.

Look alikes

Here's my post to prove that Harper actually does look like me when I was a baby. She may look like Jon now, but at least I can claim look-alike status too! Well, if nothing else, at least we both have the same "huh?" look on our faces. My mission continues....