And look what else - she designs cute stationery. She did these precious ones for Harper!! You have to go and check them out!!!
I hate to type out the words I'm about to type for fearing of jinxing myself but we are 4 days from turning 6 months and many people have told me that is the "Magic Age" and I'm very prone to think they are correct!
I feel like a switch has been suddenly flipped. For the last few days - Harper has just been a new child. She rarely fusses, she slept 12 hours and only woke up once Friday night and slept well last night also. She smiles constantly and has just been so easy.
I mean - just look at this face! ha!
Here she is hanging out in her new stroller - HOT PINK! I stayed with neutrals for all other big things for her but I couldn't resist this lipstink pink stroller. Scott asked me what we were going to do if we had a boy? But I think surely we can get a blue stroller for him. ha! (There are a lot of big "ifs" in that statement).
Last night our Sunday School class had a going away party for our friends who are moving to NC. (They are moving to Charlotte for all of you who have asked). It was a lot of fun but a party OUTSIDE in July when it is 95 at 6:00 is not exactly the best recipe. We were all sweating a TON!
Ginger and her baby Kade with Isabel. It was really miserable outside but we enjoyed visiting.
I didn't get a lot of pictures. I was too busy fanning myself and carrying Harper but I did sneak one of Wells and his momma.
My friend Rachel's husband and two cute red headed boys. They are so precious. She is expecting a third in Feb and I'm hoping for a cute little girl! (But 3 boys would be the BEST!)
Well - look what they got her to do? When I went to pick her up - she had been sucking on a paci!!!!! And she continued to suck on it all through Sunday School and lunch!!! I had given up trying but apparently 6 months is when she finally decided to give in. I can't get over it!
We actually went out to eat lunch with our friends after church which is something we haven't done in 6 months but we thought we could make it and Harper was absolutely PERFECT. Just sat and sucked on her paci and didn't make a peep.
We took a few pictures of her when we got home in her sweet little blue smocked dress. I want her to stay this way forever. I was looking at pictures of her last night of when we first got home from the hospital and how little she was and I can't believe how much she has grown and changed. She is the best thing that EVER happened to me. I can't stop thanking God for loving me enough to allow me to be her mother.
She went down for a nap and when she gets up - we are headed to Target to get some more of those paci's and a few more supplies for our trip to the Big D tomorrow. I can't wait to share her with my family in Texas. (I would LOVE to meet so many of you who are in DFW area but we are going to be on a whirlwind trip and I don't think there is time but maybe next time!!! )
This morning Harper and I set out on our first walk with Harper facing out in her stroller. This made me really sad because I know she enjoyed it but I loved it more when she was in her car seat facing me so I could see her little face and talk to her. She looks so big in this picture to me. I need to stop and grab a kleenex.
We had a purpose in our walk this morning. Two friends from church who are sisters-in-law were having a garage sale and they have 3 girls between them who are always dressed SOOOOO cute every Sunday (and any other day) so I knew I could get some good finds. I got all of these outfits for Harper - they are all 24 months and up. I also got a cute little dress she wore later today but I didn't get her picture in it.
We got cleaned up and went and met these two pretty ladies for lunch.
And these two other pretty ladies, Elizabeth and Laurie. We ate Taste of Thai and it was good food and good company. We were so glad to catch up with Elizabeth.
This afternoon - while Harper lay in her bed NOT napping .....I was feeling kind of crafty. I got this cute dress from Cotton Candy Tutus and I think it's so cute.
But I decided to add my own little "Laverne and Shirley" touch to it. This guy at church teases me that Harper is a baby version of Laverne. If you are my age - you know what we are talking about.
I also made her this bib with some fun iron on rhinestones. It's not perfect - but I think it's so cute! Perfect for a princess!
This was what was going on in the meantime..............
Somebody had NO interest in napping today. She did so good at lunch that it made up for it! She is getting so big and so fun! She will look at me and smile and I literally feel my heart swell in pride. I could just eat her up with a spoon!
I just got back from spending a few days at my parent's house. Harper enjoyed getting loved on!
Thankfully - she is a great traveller! She slept pretty much the whole trip both ways! I hope she keeps this up! We are headed to Dallas next week with my parents and my Aunt Linda to visit my brother and SIL and my grandmother and Aunt and Uncle. I'm excited for Harper to meet her only living great grandparent! I wish DEARLY that she could have met them all - she has a wonderful legacy but we will make sure knows about each one of her great grandparents and how much they would have loved her.
I need lipstick ........but I love this picture. I know what else you are thinking ..."Is that the only shirt you own?" ha! I have a bad habit of wearing the same things over and over. I have a closet of clothes and I somehow rotate about 3 outfits at a time now that I'm home. Need to work on that. A lot of that is driven by my desire to avoid ironing at all costs. ha!
My aunt and uncle took my mom, Harper and I out to dinner for my mom's birthday. There is this GREAT restaurant on the White River about 40 minutes from my parent's house. It is in a beautiful setting and seriously............it was the best meal I have maybe every had. EVER. (That is saying a lot because I like food).
I had to get mine to go because Harper didn't nap yesterday and it was past her bedtime and she was NOT happy. I fed her a whole jar of applesauce and she screamed everytime I moved the spoon away from her mouth. I couldn't get it to her fast enough. I ended up taking her out and nursing her while everyone ate. But this steak and amazing fried twice stuffed potatos........still just as good at 9:30 when we got home. Did I mention it was the best meal I have ever had? (if you are in AR - the restaurant is PJ's and it's near Norfork).
What is the best meal you have ever had??????
Harper and I left after lunch today to come to my parent's house to visit for a few days. Harper was so good and slept for the entire 3 hour trip. But when I when to get her out of the car - I noticed she had dried blood covering her lips. Of course I started freaking out. So I brought her inside and mom and I had a flashlight looking in her mouth and all over her body. We could not figure it out. Probably 30 minutes later after I fed her - I noticed her mouth was bleeding. I think I've been reading WAY too many blogs lately and hearing so many bad things that immediately I thought "she is spitting up blood or having internal bleeding and she probably has a tumor". So mom and I took her to the hospital to the ER. Of course it was packed and it was going to be HOURS before they could see her and it was already 6 p.m. A really nice nurse looked her over and he works at Children's Hospital and he reassured me and told me if it was his baby - he would take her home. Most likely she has a small cut in her mouth. She also is teething a top tooth now. THREE TEETH ALREADY? That girl really wants to get into some real food. So we are watching her closely but I have to admit I started tearing up after the nurse made me feel better.
Tomorrow is my mom's birthday so Harper and I hope to enjoy celebrating with her! My parents live in the country and we were just looking out the window watching six deer hang out by my car in front of their house. So fun!
Five years ago - right after we got married and joined our new church - the first couple we became friends with were Brian and Isabel. They were newly married also and on 4th of July weekend 2004- we hung out for the first time and became fast friends. We have enjoyed many a night hanging out with them. They are the kind of friends that would do anything for you and will be there for you during anything. I remember going out to eat with them when they told us they were expecting their first child and then eating with them again the night before they went in to be induced with her. Five years later and 3 daughters between us - they are still great friends.
Tonight we ate with them at Doe's because they are moving to North Carolina in 2 weeks. It's a great move for them but we will miss them dearly. There are friends who will be your friends for life and friends you might only have for a season. And they have been our friends through a very sweet season of our life.
They have two beautiful girls - Dominique and Katarina. This is Katarina. I think she ate at least 12 packages of butter tonight. ha!
This was the first time we have ever dared to take Harper out at night. I have been so worried all day because she turns into a pumpkin at 5:45 sharp every single night. She normally starts screaming and doesn't stop until she is in bed. But she was SOOOOO good. She just looked around and ate some applesauce and was so great. She was just enamored with those girls. I feel like life is getting a little bit easier every day with her.
The Mr. Linky thing I normally use every Friday - I think you all know has a lot of issues. Well Brent Riggs and MckMama have come up with a new "linky" thing and I plan to start using it. They are also sponsoring a "BLOG HOP" tomorrow that is for your favorite pictures. The fun things is each blog that plays along with have the whole blog list on their blog - so as you look at one - just go down and click the next link. You don't have to keep going back to the same blog. And what a fun way to visit a lot of blogs. I thought I would play along.
I took this picture a few weeks ago of Harper and a sweet blogger, Stacy, sent me this image she edited for me. Isn't it the cutest thing ever? I printed it and framed it and put it in my living room. I'm slightly biased - but I think this is the cutest picture of the cutest baby ever! :-) (I'm sure you all feel the same way about your kids!)
(I took the link list off because I think it was messing up my blog for now).
