Inspired

We certainly aren't watching the wedding live, but Harper and I are loving it this morning! In fact, when Kate started walking down the aisle, Harper said, "beautiful dress, momma." Then she immediately ran to her dress-up box and pulled out her Snowwhite dress! I guess she felt a little under dressed in her pajamas!





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The Traveling Toddler: Houston

We went to Houston for Easter to visit Corby's parents. We had a packed few days and were able to see several of our friends! Saturday morning was spent at a restaurant called The Aquarium to eat breakfast with the Easter bunny. Harper loved being able to look at the fish while eating, and she fell in love with the Easter bunny! At first, she was terrified, but then she decided that the bunny wasn't too bad after all! We went to church on Saturday evening and then took dinner to our friends, the Allens. They recently had a baby, so we loved getting to finally see Owen! On Sunday, Harper had a personal Easter egg hunt, thanks to Gama and Pop-Pop, and she had a great time! Thanks, Gama and Pop-Pop, for such a fun weekend!

Hanging out with the Easter bunny

Giving the bunny a hug

She thought this was Bruce, from Finding Nemo!

Striking a pose!

Checking out the shark tank from the train ride!

Riding the sea horse on the carousel

Heading back to the car with Pop-Pop

Sitting with baby Owen

Then they got comfy in their pajamas

Harper's Easter basket...filled with her favorite goodies!

She's always thankful to receive bubbles!

Finding some eggs

Proud of all of her eggs

Driving around Corby, Gama, and Pop-Pop

Swinging like a big girl!

"Dress On"

Harper now requests to wear her towel like a dress...just like momma.


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The Traveling Toddler: Little Rock

After our time in Fayetteville, we drove to Little Rock for the weekend. It was such a great time with my family! My sisters, mom, grandma, one of my best friends from college, and I went to hear Beth Moore speak on Friday night and Saturday morning. It was absolutely amazing, and just what I needed! She talked about fulfilling our ministry, and I'm still thinking about a lot that she said. It's always great being at Kay-Kay's house because Harper and I rest easy! She has a crib, so Harper sleeps like she's at home... and my mom wakes up with Harper in the morning, so I get to sleep in! Such a treat for me!!!! We had a busy weekend together as a family, but I loved every second of it. Harper and Eliana had such a fun time together. I feel like this was the first time that they truly played together, instead of just in the same room! We went to see a movie together, and it was Harper's first time! She did pretty well until she hit in her mouth on the chair in front of her (who knows how that happened?!?), so my mom quickly took her out! But she's still talking about the movie, so she obviously loved it! My friend, Chelsea, took some pictures of Harper and Eliana, and I can't wait to see how they turned out! As soon as she posts them on her blog, I will be sharing them!!! And lastly, another best friend had a baby at the end of March, so I got to hold sweet Ann Elizabeth! Ann Marie and Alex are such fun friends... I loved getting to hang out with them! I can't wait to hold that precious little girl again! I did a pretty horrible job with taking pictures, so here are the few that I did take!

Gearing up for an evening with Uncle Mike!

Seriously... such a great uncle for keeping the girls all night!

We worked hard for these seats on Friday night...

As in, Leah, Chelsea, and I were the runners to get them!

I am blessed with the world's greatest sisters!

I don't think they could be any cuter!

Enjoying the movie!

Kay-Kay makes the best Easter baskets!!!

Let's focus on precious baby Ann Elizabeth...

rather than my hair!

I'm not sure what was going on in the front!

The Traveling Toddler: Fayetteville

We are finally home... and I think we'll be here for a while. I love getting to travel around with Harper, but rarely is it a restful experience! Fayetteville was our first stop a few weeks ago to visit some friends. My best friend had a baby a few weeks ago, so I had to get my hands on him! We got to stay with some of our great friends, who have a daughter 2 days older than Harper! It was such a blast! Of course, she didn't sleep well, so I was a little sleep deprived, but I loved getting to see so many of my friends from school!!! I absolutely love Fayetteville, and any time I am there, it makes me miss living there! We stayed busy going to the park, having dinner with friends, and of course loving on baby Shepherd. Here are a few pictures from our time in Fayetteville!

Can you even handle her cuteness?!?!?

Harper LOVED playing with Lyla!

And what about her??? Too cute for words!

Harper misses Cilla so much!!!

She had a blast playing in the sand at Wilson Park!

And so did this cute little guy, Sawyer!

The 2 year olds were wild while

this little guy just snoozed on his momma!

I love you baby Shepherd!

Whenever we were at Aubrey's, Harper stayed busy

buckling his car seat and swing...over and over again!

She loved Shepherd too!

This was a scary sight for us!

They will be a crazy duo when they're 16!

And despite how this looks, they were acting

like wild monkeys about 1 minute later!

Girls of Grace

Today, we went up to Allen for the Girls of Grace conference, which is put on by the Christian singing group, Point of Grace. My brother-in-law Chris is the host and one of the speakers, so we loved getting to be there to hear him. Harper had a blast hanging out with him backstage. And I had fun stalking Jason Castro, who was one of the performers. Harper isn't the only American Idol fan around here!!! Chris did such a great job! I wish I could've heard his message as a teenager! I took a few pictures during our time...so here they are!



His talk was called "Wait for steak", and during it, he grilled a steak! Pretty great example comparing beef jerky to boys and steak to men!



Harper did a pretty good job sitting still and listening. We did have to leave the room when she started yelling, "you see uncle chris? I see uncle chris?" It was precious but obviously distracting!



I have no shame when it comes to people that I consider celebrities!



Playing "get you" with Chris!



Mr. Popular signing autographs!



Sweet girl fell asleep the moment we got in the car! She was worn out from her big day!!! Being the only child at a pretty large event must've been exhausting! She's not used to that much attention!


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Precious Patriotism

Harper thoroughly enjoyed participating in the National Anthem at the high school baseball game tonight! It was so cute!!!


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Harper's New Clothes

Harper got some precious clothes for her birthday... the brand is Blessed Be the Name, and they are my favorite!!! As much as I love them, I haven't let her wear them yet because I didn't want her getting them dirty. Clearly I need to get over that... so she got to wear one of the outfits today. She was SO proud when I put them on her this morning! Obviously, the bracelet doesn't match (which bothers me, I know...get over it!), but she wears it all day, every day! I can't wait to see the rest of the outfits on her! And I know she can't wait too!

Harper and her "pellow"

Harper got a pillow pet for her birthday from Corby's parents, and she loves it! Occasionally she asks to sleep with it, and every time, she does the same thing with it. She starts with her head on it and then always puts the pillow on top of herself. It doesn't last long because once she's asleep, I take it out of her bed. So tonight I took a picture because it cracks us up every time she does it!


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The things she says...

When she got to the top, I was so proud because she's always been afraid to climb up this ladder. So I said, "Yay! You did it!" And Harper responded, "Cool! I did it!"...like it was no big deal!

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2 year stats...almost a month late!

Harper had her 2 year check-up a few weeks after turning 2, so I'm a little late in writing about our sweet girl! There are many fears that come with this age, but I'm honestly loving it right now! The fact that she's able to communicate clearly to me definitely outweighs the occasional tantrum. This most definitely might be my favorite age so far!

Here are some things she's doing now:

-Speaking in 5 or so word sentences... sure makes communicating a whole lot easier!

-She's quite the picky eater!

-It doesn't matter where we are, she points to anyone she sees and says "What's their name?" Unfortunately, I rarely have an answer!

-She enjoys watching Sesame Street and American Idol... I love it!

-She's able to recognize most of her letters, thanks to a great puzzle!

-She loves to read and would do it all day long!

-She has quite the sweet tooth... takes after Kay-Kay!

-She loves going to school and asks every day if she can go!

-She loves going to the park and swinging, or swinging at our neighbor's house... they might be getting tired of us!

-Potty training is coming once school is out! I can't wait!!! And I really think she'll enjoy it too! She's very interested in the potty!

I'm sure there's plenty more, but my mind just doesn't function like it used to!

2 year stats:

Height: 34 1/2 inches (75th percentile)

Weight: 28 lb 2 oz (75th percentile)

Head: 47 cm (45th percentile)

Recent pictures from my phone:

She really enjoys playing dress-up!

A little reluctant about feeding the giraffe at the zoo

Doing her part to help around the house!

Enjoying a milk shake with Mare!

This girl LOVES ice cream!

Reading one of her favorite books, "Who wears glasses?"

It's so cute!!!

She was thrilled with the way

her newly cut nails looked last night,

so today I painted them! She loved that too!