"I'm bringing home a baby bumble bee..."

Hands down... Harper is the cutest little bee I have ever seen. I'm sure you'll agree! We have had such a fun day as a family. The Smith's had a fun little party this afternoon, and then we went to our church for Trunk-or-Treat. Harper was pretty happy most of the day, considering she's still recovering from her ear infection. Oh yes... why not continue our sick trend?!?! I knew something was wrong on Thursday, and I'm so thankful I took her in. Thanks to some meds, she is much happier and is obviously feeling better! Back to the day... she did great until it was group picture time. I'll let that picture speak for itself. I took a ton of pictures today, 96 to be exact... so be thankful that I sorted through them! Enjoy!

Studying her tutu

From the back... so cute!

Checking out her daddy!

Harper the bee and Gavin the monkey

Harper the bee, Gavin the monkey, and Saylor the lobster

Group picture... fail

Berkley the Giraffe and Saylor the lobster weren't enjoying it either

Check out the precious Dunlap brothers!

They were ducks and their dad was a goose.

Duck, Duck, Goose... get it? Ha!

Trying to figure out her costume

Another try... not successful!

Erica's food set-up... DELICIOUS!

Happy Birthday, Daddy!

Hi Dad. It's me, Harper. I just wanted to let the world know that you're the best dad in the whole world! Mom said that today is your birthday, and I hope it is your best one yet! I can't wait for you to get home so we can celebrate. Although I am hoping you and mom wait to eat that yummy cake once I'm in bed. It is just so hard watching you eat such delicious things... and that cake is no exception!!! I love you more and more each day, and I'm so thankful to have such a wonderful dad. I love our time together when you get home from work. Yes, water gets everywhere, but I love that you give me my bath each night! And then I love laying in your arms while I eat my nighttime snack! You love me so well, and I can't wait for our relationship to get even stronger. I do have one request... I know that football games are important, but do you think you could not yell so loud when you're excited? It scares me every time. I'd say that I'd work on my sensitivity to noise, but we both know I'm not getting over that any time soon. I love you, Daddy. Happy birthday! Here are some of my favorite pictures of us...

Don't forget to see the post about the photo shoot mommy and I had at the Arboretum yesterday! I had so much fun!

Picture Day at the Arboretum

Yesterday, Harper and I headed out to the Arboretum (botanical gardens) to take some pictures. I've been meaning to do this for a while, but the weather has not been cooperating. It was pretty muddy at the actual pumpkin patch area, so I didn't get any of her there... but there were plenty more pumpkins along the way! I think Harper looks pretty cute in these pictures! Enjoy!

Showing her serious side

She loved touching all of the pumpkins!

Someone offered to take our picture...

it was Harper's only real smile of the day!

I love this one!

These pumpkins were HUGE!

Learning new things

Since Harper started solid food, I've been putting a sippy cup on her tray. I knew it would take a while, I just wanted her to get used to something different. I decided to switch to a different cup, and she thoroughly enjoyed her time with it this morning! She still can't hold it all the way up, but she was sucking some water out and was very pleased with herself. It shocked her every time she did it. And in turn, I laughed every time!

Look, Mom... I'm a big girl!

I really posted this so you could see the hair growing over her ears.

It's kind of been out of control today!

Giving me her "I'm sneaky" look

On an unrelated note... Harper threw up again tonight. Corby was already gone to our small group, but thankfully my friend, Erica left the group to quickly come help me. I am SO thankful they live just a few streets away! I realize things could be so much worse. I just feel like I'm going stir crazy being stuck at home all day, so the tears have been flowing all night long. And I just feel sorry for her. I know she has to be sick of all this! I do think I've finally gotten a hold of myself.

"This is what sorority life is all about"...

Yes, the weather here is beautiful. Harper is finally feeling better. So things should be great today, right? Yes, but I can't help but get kind of sad when I think about what I'm missing out on this weekend! This weekend is the Pi Phi Centennial Celebration in Fayetteville, and I just can't believe I'm not going to be there. The friends I made through my sorority have been life-long, and I can't imagine what college would've been like without my experience as a Pi Phi. It just ended up that I couldn't make the trip up there. I didn't know what I would do with Harper, and honestly, $80 could be used in many other places in our family. So there you have it. All of my friends (well...most of them, at least) are all going to be together, laughing and reminiscing about the good ol' college years, and I'm not going to be there to join in on the fun! It just makes me sad. I do hope that they have a great weekend together, celebrating the amazing Arkansas Alpha Chapter of Pi Beta Phi!

Here are a few pictures I could find from my Pi Phi days. I found more, but I was not about to put up some of them. What was I thinking with some of my outfit choices freshman year?!?! I don't know why some are big and some are small. Who knows? They will just have to stay that way because I have no idea how to fix them. Enjoy!

My amazing pledge class at our reunion 2 years ago

Not sure about the pose... maybe we were just practicing for Rush?

Katie, Lauren, and Ashley...

Hands down, 3 of the most amazing girls in the world!

Also at our reunion... enjoying our cookie shine

Chelsea, Katie, and me... these 2 girls are FUNNY!

At Senior Farewell... don't look too hard for me.

I was stuck in the Atlanta airport... probably crying.

The 30-minute napper

I love this picture! She's sporting her Uggs for the first time, and she sort of likes them. She curls her toes as I'm trying to put them on. I'm just hoping they will keep her feet warm. She isn't a fan of having anything on her feet, and usually her toes turn purple they get so cold! It's pretty ridiculous! Anyway, she does look sweet in the picture, but also very tired. Thanks to an early wake-up this morning, our first nap was also early... and only 30 minutes. She has certainly made a habit of the 30 minute nap, and I wish she could add a few more minutes to them. It isn't even 3:30, and she has had her 3 naps. Someone is going to be VERY cranky by the time dad gets home! Lucky him!

On another note, I am losing my mind. I don't know what got into me today, but at Target I got all of our groceries, went through the check out, and oops... my wallet is in my car. My wallet is always in my diaper bag. I don't even know how it got out of my bag! It was shocking. Also, my house is an absolute wreck, and I don't see an end in sight. This virus sure did a number on us! At least I have something to blame it on, right? Or does this have anything to do with the virus? There's no need to actually answer that question!

Still on the mend...

It seems that this is one nasty virus! Corby and I have been great today (besides being rather tired), but little Harper just isn't well yet. She has thrown up every other day... twice so far today! We are REALLY ready for this to be gone. And she's probably ready for psycho-anti-dehydration mom to leave the building! She hates pedialyte, and is SO dramatic about it too! It is a fight to get her to drink it. But don't worry... I win every time! We're hoping that today was the last day of vomit. My lysol can and washing machine could sure use a break!