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!

A lover of all things American!

Thanks to my fabulous friend, LC, Harper has been introduced to the presidents of the US. She has 4 finger puppets and one large doll. She takes Abe with her in the car, along with "Lysses" (Ulysses Grant)...and plays with George, Thomas, and little Abe at home. Yes, it's very patriotic of her! I know Auntee LC is extremely proud!

Being patriotic is in my genes (shout out KK!), but music is too! And I don't think it gets much better than American Idol...and Harper wholeheartedly agrees! She asks to watch it every day. We can't watch it live because she goes nuts during commercials! She claps after every performance and always yells "yay!" Thanks to DVR, she can watch AI any time she wants (within reason!). When we returned a gift we had gotten her for her birthday yesterday, I let her choose something in it's place. I showed her so many princess dresses, games, purses...but none of it would do...she had to have the microphone! So she now sings in her microphone any chance she gets!


Hanging out with Thomas!


Talking to Abe in the car


Getting ready to sing along!
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Cheering up Momma!

Today is the 3rd day in our house where someone is sick! This is not the way I wanted to spend our Spring Break! I've had a terrible stomach bug today, and Harper has been such a trooper (even with a horrible double ear infection!)! She has thankfully kept herself very entertained, and you can tell the moment you look in the den. It looks like a bomb went off! After her nap, she was really cranky, and there wasn't a lot I could do about it! Thankfully, she took it into her own hands to cheer herself up, along with me! She danced like this for at least 30 minutes! I'm so thankful she handled me being on the couch all day so well!

A girl and her chalk

Now that it's warmer, we've been spending a lot of time outside. Her love for sidewalk chalk is in full force! She pours out the chalk, fills the container again, pours it out, and then "writes" her name. She spells it out correctly, but all she makes are straight lines!








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