Something besides an "h"...

Ever since Harper learned to write the letter h, it is her go-to when it comes to coloring. If there is a piece of paper in front of her, she's drawing an h. Her teachers at church even noticed and comment every time they hand us her craft.

Well, today she wanted to draw a picture for her friend, Moses. She had his birthday party this afternoon, and she wanted to add a picture to his present. I was absolutely shocked when I saw her drawing. There wasn't an h anywhere on the page! When I asked her what it was, she said, "it's a picture of Moses, his brother, his sister, and momma." This is definite progress when it comes to coloring and drawing!



4 different faces...eyes, nose, and mouth



Then she wanted to write him a story...I thought this was clever too!


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Harper the Ballerina

Ballet at Dancing Angels started up this week, and Harper was thrilled! There are a few girls from her class last year in there, so it helped to have those familiar faces. She's doing a tap and ballet class this year...so that will be hysterical! She's obsessed with her tap shoes, so I know she's going to love it!


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Harper's not-so-imaginary friends

Corby borrowed some coolers from the Smiths for my party, and I clearly am not on top of things...so we still have them. Earlier last week Harper claimed that ZZ (my sister Lindsey) and Eliana were here for a visit. I asked what she meant, and she was talking about the coolers. While pointing to the cup holders on top, she said, "see? Here are their eyes." Throughout her day, she occasionally heads to the living room to play with them. Tonight at dinner, she kept looking at them, saying "hang on...I'll play with you after dinner." She was having a hard time finishing her chicken, but when I mentioned that if she didn't eat, she wouldn't get to play with them, she gobbled her dinner immediately! I think it's hysterical and obviously a little weird too. The coolers will be returned soon, so hopefully she won't be too upset!



Meet ZZ and Eliana...notice their eyes and mouth



The handles are their hands and she told Corby to come hold ZZ's hand while she holds Eliana's hand



Taking her friends into the den


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Harper is a Preschooler!

After a fun and busy weekend with Gama and Pop-pop, Harper woke up extremely excited about school starting today! It is going to be a great year for her... Mrs. Barb and Mrs. Christy are such wonderful teachers! Most of her friends from last year have returned, so that will make for a great year as well. I can't wait to watch her grow and learn even more as the year goes by. She was extra sassy when we took pictures this morning. No, I don't pose with my hand on my hip, so I have no idea where she learned that. But along with a super cheesy smile, she threw in a sassy pose to go with it!

 My failed attempt at a "cute" sign... you can't read it! 

 Sassy girl!!!

 I couldn't stop laughing at her! 

 She looks so old! I can hardly handle it!

The next Mia Hamm?!?

Harper and her school friends did a soccer clinic during the month of August. She might not be a professional soccer player some day, but she did have a great time. Her specialty was going "fast as a rabbit" with her dribbling. It was kind of shocking to watch her go that fast! Their soccer coach is a friend of one of the moms in her class and volunteered to do the clinic. Harper loved Coach Binkie, and I am very thankful that she gave up her Tuesday mornings to play soccer with 3 year olds!





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7 years...

Yesterday Corby and I celebrated our 7 year anniversary. Since there are 4 birthdays within 5 days at the end of August, this day kind of gets lost. Thankfully Corby and I always remember, and that's all that really matters, right? We enjoyed a nice, Harper-free dinner (thanks to LC!) at one of those Brazilian steakhouses. Corby decided to take advantage of my extreme hunger lately! And it was delicious!!!

Instead of going the separate gift route, we are giving each other a remodeled bathroom. Unfortunately it's not ours, but it is the one that needs to be done first. The demo started Monday and my entire house is covered in dust! My throat is perpetually itchy, and Harper's cough won't be getting better any time soon! But she's going to have a beautiful bathroom...so she wins in the end!


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My 30th Birthday!

I turned 30 on Thursday, and I had such a great day. I pretty much just ate my way through the day... which was pretty awesome for my 30 week pregnant self. Last night, I had a few friends take me out to dinner, and that was so wonderful. LC, Erica, and Mare are some of my closest friends here in Dallas, so it was such a treat to just sit at a table with them. I'll be honest though, I felt like something was up. Corby was awfully weird before LC and I left for dinner... so I just had a sneaky suspicion something was going to happen. I figured more girls from our small group would be at dinner, but I was wrong! On our way home, LC encouraged me to go a different way home... a way that meant I wouldn't pass our street. I still wasn't positive something was happening, but my brain was working overtime! I walked it to our house to find some of our best friends here in Dallas...to celebrate me! It was such a fun night! LC and Corby completely outdid themselves. I realize I shouldn't have said this right when I walked in... but it was one of the first things to pop in my mind... "Corby, did you clean up the house?!?!" It was an absolute disaster when I left for dinner, so I would've been mortified to have a house full of people with it being dirty. Thankfully, he did what he could during the hour and a half I was gone, and the house looked great! He told me to stay out of our room, but it really wasn't that bad either. 

LC made signs, stickers, and water bottle labels that were really fun. Corby got me a delicious cookie cake with a pony on it. I guess animals are my cookie cake theme...I've had a bear, a dinosaur, and now a pony. And without discussing the pony cake, LC got some boot pinatas. So I guess I had a cowboy themed party! Pinata time was pretty hilarious! The kids did their best, but it was quite difficult to break. Chris, LC, and Ashley took a swing at it... and I must say, Ashley was quite impressive! It took her several swings, but she broke one of them right open! 

I really wasn't dreading the age 30, so it's not like I needed some big celebration to make the day better. But this was so much fun, and I'm so thankful to everyone that came!!! 

 This sign cracked me up! 

 Another sign hanging up in the house

 A very blurry picture of my delicious cake

 The boot pinatas

 Harper taking a swing at it

 LC going to work on the pinata

 And Ashley dominating the pinata! 

I love Ben in the background...so proud of his wife!

Wearing the pinata boot and loving her sucker!

It took her quite a while to fall asleep last night!