Harper is doing amazing. Probably the biggest news for her right now is she is completely potty trained with the exception of bedtime. It happened very naturally for her, once we let her go on her own time. Her friends at school were instrumental in making it happen for her. Mommy and Daddy trying to convince her had nothing on wanting to be using the potty like all her friends. She started going pee pee on the potty all the time, but was still wasn't going poop on the potty consistently. Her teachers were adamant to not go back to pullups and were incredibly patient with changing icky panties all the time. And it was on a Tuesday morning when she decided that she would start going poop in the potty and has only had maybe one minor accident since then! It's been such a fascinating experience as a Mommy, and I am so so so proud of her! We're not going to force the nighttime thing on her, and lately she's been waking up dry more often so I don't think it will be too much longer.
She absolutely loves being a big sister as demonstrated by this picture:
She plays so well with Jasper and she is by far his favorite person.
Speaking of Jasper. He's fabulous. He is honestly one of the most easy going, happy babies. He wants to be fed and he wants to get sleep, and as long as you do those two things, he couldn't be happier. He laughs all the time and is very content to play with his toys by himself in his room. He isn't actually crawling yet, though tries very hard. He army crawls himself all over the place and has gone from his tummy to a sitting position a few times. He is extremely interested in whatever Harper is doing, and just like she used to do with me, if she is being tickled or is laughing really hard, he gets very upset because he thinks she is being hurt. We always kind of laugh, then make sure Harper goes and tells him she's okay.
He now takes baths in the tub all the time, and not the sink. We moved him to the bathtub with the help of the same duckie Harper used. He really loved it, but the duckie had some miniscule hole somewhere and I would have to blow it up every couple days. Since I found it easier to just bathe him in a small amount of water, the ducky went bye bye.
Nana and Papa celebrated 40 years of marriage! We were fortunate enough to be able to celebrate with them at lunch at Mimi's C@fe. It was a great lunch and we were so glad to be able to share in their celebration.
Harper's school had a Thanksgiving lunch at school and the parents were all welcomed to come. She was beyond thrilled to have both Mommy AND Daddy come have lunch with her. We had so much fun seeing her in her environment.
Despite the look below, she was actually really good to let us leave after lunch. We have really learned to curb some of her tantrums and outbursts by explaining how things might go and what she can expect. For example, we've had some terrible doctor's visits because she didn't want to stand on the scale, wouldn't let the doctor touch her, and she would scream the entire time. The last couple times we went were for flu shots and to get her skin checked out, I went through all the steps of what they would be doing to her, and she was great! With the lunch, I made sure she knew we would be coming for lunch, but we would leave for her to take a nap and I'd be back to pick her up. And she was wonderful! No tears, no fits. Daddy and I had to high five on the way out, especially because other kids were having a meltdown preventing their parents from leaving and our little girl was totally fine. Because that is us usually!
We had Thanksgiving at our house, and it was great! Nana and Papa came over for an "early" lunch since Daddy had to go to work that day. The meal was fantastic. I made the mashed potatoes and Daddy made the rest! Nana and Papa brought the dessert, and everything turned out really well. Here I was being artistic getting three generations of Hanes men in the picture.
Nana played blocks with Harper and Harper was loving it!
Here she is modeling her sweet smile and her indian headress she made at school. Apparently hers was extra special because she got a pink feather, or so one of her friends told me.
I saw this onesie at Walmart but not in Jasper's size. Thankfully Nana found it. It says "Baby's 1st Thanksgiving" and has jars of baby food that say Turkey, Carrots, Sweet Potatoes and Peas. I loved it!
Here is Harper modeling the Brobee hat and scarf that Mimi made her! They turned out sooooo cute and Harper absolutely loves it.
We've moved most of Harper's toys into Jasper's room since she is too big for most of it, and he is so active, he loves exploring all of it. She has accepted the change with little to no fanfare. There are a few toys that she is particularly attachced to, and has talked about taking them back into her room. But when we tell her that she is a big girl and those are baby toys for Jasper to play with, that seems to help. And we tell her she can play with them in Jasper's room, which she does -- often, she is fine with them staying there.
Another catch up post coming next!
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I can't believe how big Jasper is. Where has the time gone??
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