Breakfast of Champions

With Harper's picky eating, I am always excited when I find something she likes. I was on wholesometoddlerfood.com a few weeks ago and found a pancake recipe that sounded easy and tasty. I now make them every Sunday evening, so she can have them for the following week. She absolutely loves them, and since I use the no-sugar applesauce, they are good for her too! I just thought I would pass along the recipe in case you are wanting something new for breakfast for your kiddo. Enjoy!

Applesauce Pancakes
1 cup flour –
1/4 teaspoon salt –
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 tablespoon melted butter –
1/2 cup milk –
1 beaten egg
1/2 teaspoon vanilla –
1 1/4 cups applesauce

Sift flour, salt and baking powder into a medium mixing bowl. Combine butter, milk and egg. Stir into dry ingredients. Add vanilla and applesauce; beat well. Spoon batter into a hot, well greased griddle.

Sittin' on the potty...

Don't worry... we're not doing some sort of early crazy potty training here at our house! However, she did poop in the bathtub the other day, and that was just gross. So tonight, as Corby was bathing her, he noticed the familiar grunting sound. He quickly picked her up and sat her over the toilet. So yes, she did poop in the potty! It really was hilarious... so I had to grab the camera!

1 pair of glasses coming right up!

Teeny, tiny, pink, baby glasses, that is.

Sweet Harper has extreme farsightedness, so these glasses should fix the problem. We noticed her eye crossing whenever she was eating in her highchair and drinking from her cup. At first, I didn't think it was a big problem, but then she started doing it every time she was eating. After talking with her pediatrician, we were sent to a wonderful ophthalmologist. Obviously, she didn't cooperate very well at the doctor, but I took my video camera with me to show him a video I took of her eating... because let's be honest, I knew how she was going to be at the doctor! So he was able to see what she does, and once he did the eye exam (what a patient man!), he confirmed her poor eyesight. Her glasses have been ordered, and they should be here in about a week. At first I was sad about this, but it didn't take long to realize that things could be much worse. Therefore, I am thankful that it is simply poor eyesight that we have to deal with. And I must say, I have always loved babies with glasses... so I think she's going to be pretty cute!

Somebody got a haircut...

And HATED every minute of it!!!

The crying instantly began!

Ms. Neda was SO patient with her!

I really was so impressed!!!

Dadda trying to keep her entertained while I checked the hair cut!

Her hair looks so much better in the back. It was uneven and mulletish, so it had to be done. She definitely looks more like a little girl now, but I am okay with that. Not only does her hair make her look older, her new car seat does too! Yes, she's been in her infant carrier until today. We still hadn't changed the straps to the largest position in the carrier, but we figured it was time to move to the bigger seat. She is still rear facing, and she will remain that way for a while longer. It doesn't bother her, so it works for us!

After her haircut, we walked around Snider Plaza for a while. We enjoyed a delicious lunch at Bubba's, and then we were going to get a cookie at JD's... but we didn't have any cash! Such a bummer! I was looking forward to that cookie all morning! We really had such a fun day together! The weather has been wonderful, so of course we spent our afternoon at the park! I love weekends!!!

Here are a few pictures I took yesterday at the park...

Giving me her best smirk

She prefers the regular baby swing...

but this worked for a while!

Hope that you're having a great weekend!!!

Best Friends

We went to "Tot Tuesday" at the Arboretum with Erica and Saylor yesterday. Harper will love this even more once she is older! They have a petting zoo, face painting (like...painting your entire face to look like a lion), a music class, and crafts. They do this whole line-up every Monday and Tuesday in the Spring and Fall. It is wonderful!!! Today, we went to the petting zoo and ate a picnic lunch. Harper loved seeing the "do-do" (dog-dog)- but really they were goats, and she thought their fur was HILARIOUS! She was very intrigued by the pony too. I think she would've stood there all day! After they ate, Saylor enjoyed running everywhere, and Harper followed as quickly as she could by crawling. They are so cute together!

Touching the goats

Harper was so interested in the pony!

Reading books, as usual.

Harper reaching her hand out to Saylor...

Saylor thought it was hilarious!

Completely unprovoked, they held hands on our way out.

PRECIOUS!

The 1 year stats...

Harper had her 1 year appointment today, and it was fairly uneventful. Because she was still running a fever today, we postponed the shots, so I know she was thankful for that! Her doctor wasn't convinced that it was an ear infection she had, since she was still running a fever. It appears she has some throat virus, and that explains her lack of desire for food! Poor thing... I just hope she feels better soon. She literally cried almost all day long, and the walls of our house felt as though they were slowly closing in on me. Hopefully tomorrow will be better! Other than that, everything else with her is right on track. We're having one thing checked out next week at the ophthalmologist, but it hopefully isn't a big deal.

Here are some things Harper is doing at 1:

- says dadda, momma, do-do (dog dog), dap (clap), ba (bath), and she says something for her baby but it doesn't sound like "baby" at all

-Cruises along everything with one hand, stands unassisted a little

-Eats 3 meals a day, with an afternoon snack

-Drinks whole milk in her sippy cup with every meal (I have had a few people ask what I did for that transition... We pretty much went cold turkey with the bottle- we did her night time bottle a few days but then stopped all together. I knew that she would eventually drink from the cup, and it wouldn't cause her harm if she didn't get very much milk one day. I did half formula and half milk in her cup for a few days, but then I just did milk. She has actually done well with this. At first the coldness of the milk bothered her, but she quickly got used to it. Obviously this may not work with every child, but it's definitely worth a try!)

-Still LOVES to read! She turns the pages of her books and laughs throughout "Head to Toe" and "Brown Bear"

-Sleeps from about 7:45pm-7:30am (Thank you time change!!!), takes 2 naps, about 1 hour each

-She gives open mouth kisses regularly, especially to her baby doll (so precious!)

-Loves to give high fives!

-Still has her paci, but only when she's in her bed... we'll probably get rid of it soon (she just doesn't know it yet)

-Still NO teeth... but I think that one is about to pop through! Her doctor said we'll get an ex-ray if she still doesn't have any at 18 months, but I doubt that will be the case.

Her stats:

Height: 29 inches (50th percentile)

Weight: 20 lb 10 oz (40th percentile)

Head: 44.2 (25th percentile)

And finally, here are a few of my favorite pictures that LC took of Harper. I forgot to post them when I got them, so here they are!

The many faces of Harper!

I love this one because it has her name in the background!

This girl loves to clap!!!

First Day of Spring?

It was 73 degrees on Friday. We spent the entire day outside, playing in our front yard and then playing at the park. It was rather chilly on Saturday and on our way home from the Pediatric after hours clinic (fever of 104.3 resulted in the diagnosis of another ear infection! No wonder she cried/screamed for 3 hours straight on Friday afternoon) it started snowing. We went to bed and woke up to this...

So much snow... Everywhere!

And tomorrow the high is 65. I'm just thankful that we've actually had some spring-like temperatures lately. I feel like usually we have mild winter temps and then it reaches 100 by March. Yes, I am exaggerating, but Spring is rare around here. So we have been spending as much time outside as we can.

And now a note from Harper: Happy birthday, Papa G! I hope that you have a great day! I'll see you soon! Love you!