Halloween 2011

We had a fabulous Halloween this year. Harper was the cutest Oompa Loompa there ever was! She was so much fun and I can't wait until next year... I hope it is one of her favorite holidays because its mine!

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 Someday I think she will actually smile for me :) For now... this is what we get.

14 months old.... how time flies.

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Yikes..

I need to put video up of Harper crawling.... yes, she is crawling. The other new adventure we are embarking upon is her pulling herself up on things. I walked in her room today only to find her on her feet standing up next to her chair. I couldn't even believe it. Time seems to be moving faster than I could have dreamed. Often I just sit and hope that I can remember every little detail about every stage she goes through... but things are just moving too fast... including her!
We just did the majority of the house cleaning this week and I got most of the baby proofing done. At Harper's last Dr appointment they told me I should start baby proofing  because she would be on the move soon and I kind of just rolled my eyes. She'll probably be walking before she is one.. just because I don't want her to!
Anyway, things have been busy around here. I am working full time and am trying to keep up with everything else going on these days. Thankfully I love coming home every day to my sweet little family. I can't wait until we can expand on it even more!

Here are a few pictures of what she's been up to lately.

She loves her baths!

 This was a photo I took for a Valentines gift for her daddy! We got her all dolled up.

 Again in the bath.. you can't really see them, but she now has two little bottom teeth. They are super cute.... but holy cow they are sharp!

This is what I often find her doing.... chewing on anything she can find. Butt cream anyone?!

8 Months

Harper just had her pictures done. They turned out better than I could have imagined! My good friend Natalie is the photographer for NHS Photography (she did Harper's baby photos as well). She has a new studio and we were lucky enough to get the pictures done there. Seriously Nat was so patient, even through all the costume changes :) 

Enjoy....

Harper's Bedding

This has been a long time coming. Harper will be 9 months this week and I am barely getting this up! How time flies. 

I spent months while I was pregnant going through just about every website that sells baby bedding and I just could not find anything that I really loved and when I did... it was super expensive. So I decided I better go to the fabric store and find what I liked. I found a bunch of material that I loved and I bought it! 

One of my friends is an extremely talented person and I asked her if she could make Harper's bedding. She amazingly did it for me as a gift and I couldn't be more thankful. 

It is seriously darling. I didn't even have a plan or know exactly how I wanted it to look so she just ran with it and it turned out perfect! 

She even made a fitted sheet.... FABULOUS!

Here are a few pictures (not great, but they work).

You can see the inside of the bumper pads, but the outside has different material all across the outside. I need to get a photo of the front side because its so great!

 She even made a little 'h' pillow with all the leftover material.

If you are interested in having her make bedding for you... let me know and I can get you in touch with her. She is really great and I highly recommend her!

Just so I don't forget..

Harper is now 6 months old! She is growing like a weed. She is now 16lbs and 11oz and about 26 inches long. I counted the rolls on the back of her legs and she has four... they are amazing :) She is the cutest most kissable baby ever!

She has been rolling over for about a month or so and she is starting to really get the hang of sitting up. Our doctor told us to baby proof the house now because it comes faster than you think. I really can't believe I already have to start baby proofing. This has me a little freaked out. She will be one before I know it!

She talks all the time... she started snorting yesterday (hilarious) and she loves to eat. She eats everything and loves it (she doesn't LOVE prunes but she'll eat them).
She laughs and its adorable... but its not always the easiest thing to get her to laugh. She still holds back. Although, when it comes to her smile.. she is constantly smiling!!
One of the funniest things she does is when she is unsure about someone or a little scared she sticks her bottom lip out so far and just has the saddest little cry. I need to catch it on camera one of these days because it is pretty priceless.

She is keeping me on my toes... I feel like her teeth are just going to pop up one of these days but I'm sure she will really let me know when they actually start to come in.
She loves to sit and stare at her daddy... its so funny to watch her. She also loves to watch Reggie's every move. Reggie can make her smile even when she is upset. I am really happy that they get along so well. Reggie is always checking to make sure she is okay. I hope he still loves her when she is tugging on him and chasing him around the house.

Anyway, here are a few pictures I have taken with my phone recently. I will probably be doing another post with pictures from my actual camera, but these will have to do for now.