Harper's End-of-the-year program

Harper had her end-of-the-year program a few weeks ago, and it's should come as no surprise, but she performed extremely well! We were so proud of her! She knew every single dance move, and some were hysterical! Our favorites were when they did the "walk like an Egyptian" and the disco dance moves. Mrs. Tracie did such a great job with 4 and 5 year olds! She's clearly the most patient person on the planet to be a preschool music teacher! We are so thankful for Jubilee Junction and can't wait for Harper's last year there! (HOW IN THE WORLD IS THAT POSSIBLE????) 

 Rocking the disco move

 Preparing for her xylephone trio with Wyatt and Raylee

 So serious about the bear hunt song

 They did such a great job!!!

Mrs. Barb and Mrs. Christy were such fabulous teachers!!! 

Dancing Queen

Harper had her dance recital a few weeks ago. She did such a great job and loved every second of it! She had 2 dances- tap and ballet. She has decided to not do dance in the Fall, which I'm great with...but I will miss this sweet recital. They dance to worship songs, and it is just too much watching them in their precious outfits, dancing for Jesus. Both sets of our parents came in for the big event! It was such a fun weekend!

























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Half a year old!

Henley, you are 6 months old (almost 7...oops!)! You are just the sweetest baby on the planet. Here are some things you're up to:

Weight: 15lb 2oz (40th percentile)
Height: 24in (3rd percentile)
Head: 42.5cm (50th percentile)

I sort of feel like that height measurement is wrong. If you saw how she did it, you'd agree!

-Henley is eating every 4 hours during the day. Pretty much still hating solids. Yesterday, she did swallow several spoonfuls of sweet potatoes. I guess fifth time is the charm!
-She sleeps from about 8pm-7am. Sometimes that varies and there's usually one night during a week that she decides she'd like to see me at 3am. But she's just so sweet the whole time, that I really don't mind!
-She can roll from back to tummy, but that's about it. She's getting closer to sitting up, but she still has a while before she's doing that on her own. She still hates being on her tummy, and there's just not a lot I can do about that one!
-She will laugh when you tickle her. She'll smile at anyone that will give her an ounce of attention. She's obsessed with Harper!
-I'm not sure if she's teething but she does love to chew on anything and everything she can get her hands on!

I'm sure I missed some things but she'll be 7 months next week, so I can add it then!
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Life via the iPhone

From a trip to Little Rock to birthday parties to fun uncle visits, here's our life from the view of my phone.


















































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Not a fan...

Even though we don't plan on going full force with food until 6 months, I decided to try rice cereal with Henley last week. It's safe to say, she is NOT a fan of it! She actually started crying towards the end of the feeding...which shows how much she actually hated it! She shoves it all towards the front of her mouth with her tongue and then pushes it out. She did the same thing with her tamiflu, which tasted terrible according to her doctor. We'll keep trying randomly with the cereal until her 6 month check-up, and hopefully by then, she'll enjoy it a little more. 

Easter Weekend 2013

Easter weekend was a great time for our family to be together. We enjoyed an egg hunt on Saturday that was put on by a local church. They dropped the eggs from a helicopter. And while that was a neat idea, it seems the scotch tape didn't quite keep the eggs together. So when Harper went to search for eggs, she wanted whole eggs....she got 1 single egg. She had tears in her eyes, but we acted like that 1 egg was the best thing that's ever happened to her, so she was happy in the end. At least it was pink, right? Plus, they had so many other activities, we quickly distracted her. She decorated a cookie (and quickly ate it), got her face painted, and jumped in several bounce houses. That afternoon we dyed eggs, and she had a blast. It isn't a messy activity with her, so we all enjoyed it! Sunday was wonderful. We had brunch with our small group, who is our Dallas family. Then we enjoyed church together that evening. It was such a great weekend together, celebrating our risen Savior.  

Quite the look of determination!

 Little sister looking cute

 No surprise here...she chose a pink butterfly

Posing with our favorite cow!

The finished product

The girls' Easter baskets

Pretty excited about those band-aids and bubble bath-

I know the way to her heart! 

I can't get over the cuteness!!! 

5 months old!

Sweet Henley is 5 months old! She is such a happy girl, and for that, we are very thankful! Here are some things she is up to these days:

Weight: not sure... I'd guess maybe 13 lbs??? But to find out what she weighs, I'd have to weigh myself first, and that's just not happening right now.

She eats 5 times a day and has between 5 and 6 ounces of formula at each feeding. We'll be starting rice cereal soon.... if she's anything like her sister, I know how that will go!

She's sleeping from around 8pm-7am. Some days she will wake up before that, but the paci will put her right back to sleep. She naps randomly...poor second child! If we are home, her afternoon nap is definitely the longest.

She still isn't rolling over. She couldn't be any closer, so we've been practicing on the bed. I push down to allow momentum to roll her over, so she can get the hang of how it feels. It might not work, but since she's later than her sister on this, I feel like we need to work on it a bit. But I know she'll do it when she wants to. She still HATES tummy time. Like...it's miserable (for everyone involved!). I'm wondering if it's her reflux that makes it uncomfortable, but I feel like it shouldn't be a screaming fit still.

She loves to bat at all the objects on her playmat. She loves to chew on anything. She'll grab my finger and stick it in her mouth as quickly as she can. I'm hesitant to say it's because she's teething since Harper didn't get teeth until 13 months. So we'll see where all this chewing leads.

She loves people! If you talk to her, she's going to smile like crazy.

She still has blue eyes and very blonde hair. It is so weird. Everyone comments on it.

She'll be going on her first flight next week. I'm taking the girls to visit my mom because her school is doing Beauty and the Beast for their spring musical, and I figured 2 hours of being at the airport and the flight sure beats 6-7 hours in the car. Let's hope I'm right!