Friday, July 30, 2010

"UH EEEE"!!!

Harper LOVES to be up on the furniture, but she hasn't quite mastered getting up on her own. So all day long I hear "uh eee" (up please) and she will say it until she is eventually up on the furniture. She has recently discovered though that she can get up in the wicker chair. It is a little lower than our other chair and couch. Finally! She doesn't need help! She could sit in that chair all day long... it cracks me up!

A few other Harper-related updates...

No more paci! I decided that since she only had it in her bed anyway, she probably didn't need it that badly. So we went cold turkey a few weeks ago, and it went so well! I don't even think she noticed that it was gone. However, I will be packing it in the diaper bag for our upcoming flight... just for the sanity of those around us!

She has a new laugh, and it is hilarious. It's a weird, deep giggle, and I have no idea where it came from!

She just had her second haircut on Tuesday. It was starting to look like a mullet, so we quickly took care of it!

Some of her favorite words and phrases: "WOOAAHH" (she sometimes follows this word with another word, and I have no idea what she's saying), "Ree eee" (read please), "no"



Such a proud little girl!

Pure Joy!

Thursday, July 22, 2010

The trip we took 3 weeks ago!

Harper and I went to Nashville for Eliana's 3rd birthday! But since we flew, I didn't take my camera, and I just now got pictures from my mom. It was a pony theme, and Chris and Lindsey did such a great job! Chris even dressed up for the party...wearing a WOOL vest!!! I started sweating just looking at him! Chris and Mike worked in the backyard all day setting up for the party. They also had a pony there, and all of the kids had so much fun riding it! Harper wasn't too sure about it the first time, but she seemed to enjoy her second ride. Along with the party, we also spent July 4th together. That might be Harper's favorite holiday since she seemed to be quite interested in the fried chicken and fireworks! She said "Woah!" after every single one went off... it was precious! We had a great time with the family!!! I sure wish we all lived in the same town!

Eliana riding her pony!

My hair looks flat and Harper looks cross-eyed...
So much for a great picture of us!

Chris did this on the fence wall! AMAZING!

Harper riding the pony!

Eliana with her pony cake

The aftermath of the cupcake... she LOVED it!

She also enjoyed eating the icecream... by herself, of course!

Cute Cousins!

We quickly found out how much she LOVES KFC!

They both loved the fireworks!

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Our Week with Annalise!!!

Annalise was here visiting us all last week, along with my mom, Leah, and Mike. We had such a fun week together! As usual, it was really hard telling Annalise goodbye... I just love that little girl so much! Annalise left on Saturday, and my family left today. Harper is on hour 3 of her nap, so I'd say she is extremely worn out! She loved having everyone here! We stayed very busy doing all of the things Annalise loves here in Dallas!

Our first stop was the Children's Museum!

She has always loved milking this cow!

Harper enjoyed her first milking experience, as well!

I don't remember saying "Wave to the camera"...
But that's what it looks like I said!

Harper loved the water play area!

Kay-Kay and Annalise ended their time
at the museum being construction workers!

Chuck E. Cheese was our activity the next day!
Harper would've stayed on the carousel all day if I had let her!

She also LOVED riding this horse!

Against our better judgment, we went to the zoo another day!
It was so hot, but we enjoyed it!
Here is Leah in front of the "Golden Girls"...
It's the nickname for the 6 elephants, and it is Leah's favorite TV show!

Harper feeding the giraffe

Annalise was very serious while feeding the giraffe his leaf!

Hanging out with the lioness

I LOVE this picture! Harper loves her Uncle Mike!!!

Annalise ended her trip to the zoo with a pony ride!

We miss you, Annalise, and we can't wait to see you again soon!!!

Saturday, July 10, 2010

Vote For Harper!

I thought it would be fun to enter Harper into the cutest cow competition at Chick-Fil-A. Now obviously I am a little biased, but I certainly think she is the cutest cow in America!!! Just click HERE and vote for Harper, the happiest cow on the block!

Friday, July 9, 2010

It's that time of year again...


It's Cow Appreciation Day!!!

This makes 2 years in a row that Harper and I have dressed up like cows for free Chick-Fil-A! I plan on doing this as many years as she'll let me! The table next to us had a mom, dad, and older children... so I have hope that we'll be able to do this for a long time! Today was also a first for her pigtails. I can't get over how precious they are!!!

Thursday, July 8, 2010

Staying busy and staying cool...

It is so hot outside, and there's only so much of the pool I can handle (especially since it feels like the bathtub!)! So we have done a few fun things that I wanted to have in Harper's scrapbook. A church nearby had a music class, and although Harper was the youngest one, she really enjoyed it! We did it with Erica and Saylor, so they had a lot of fun together.

Shaking her shakers!
She could've done this all day!

She looks so innocent here!

The bubbles were a huge hit every day!

We have also been going to swim lessons each week. Yesterday, Mare came and took a lot of pictures for us. She is such a great friend to sit in the extremely humid room just to take some pictures! Harper is doing so well with her class. She got up to being under water for 4 seconds this week. She doesn't cry when I hand her over to the teacher anymore... which is a huge blessing! I am so proud of her!!!

The girls are ready for their class to start!

We're probably singing a song here... we do that a lot!

Hanging on the wall by herself!

Riding on Mr. Duck

Harper is under the water...
it's a game of peek-a-boo gone bad!

Trying to convince her to come into the water...
She did it all weekend at the pool!
Such a stinker!

Despite the fact that I look hideous...
I think this is a pretty cute picture!