8 months

Oh dear, I'm already emotional so this post may be hard to write! You are 8 months. You are so big!! I feel like this last month you have grown so much and it makes me so so sad but so happy!

You are such a mamas girl, it's the best but also a bit of a pain at times. If I even leave the room for a second you freak out! Even if daddy is there, I have to be in site. Sometimes you do ok with just dad, but you prefer me :)You don't like any one else, except grandma sometimes when you are in a good mood. If you aren't then only mom can hold you. Some people call you a stinker because you cry when they hold you, but I tell them I am with you 24/7. I am your everything at this point so it makes sense! I don't mind it at all, it just makes it hard to get a babysitter and to take a shower sometimes :) we are best buds! I love that I am your comfort. I love that you immediately stop crying when I pick you up and you start giggling because you got your way! It brings joy to me to know that I literally am your everything!

You are sleeping soooooo much better. I think something just clicked. You take your naps in mom and dads bed and sleep for 2+ hours each time. Then you go to bed around 7:30-8 in your crib and usually only wake up around midnight just for a cuddle, not even to nurse. I think you learned how to put yourself back to sleep because you will wake up and move around and then fall back asleep. I think it helps we finally have a good schedule going. If you don't take a nap at a certain time you will be a huge grump and the whole day will be messed up! I do appreciate the extra sleep we are all getting though, but I do love the late night cuddles.

You love your baby food now. You are doing so well with that, and also drinking from a straw sippy cup. You love veggies so much, and are slowly starting to like fruit. You loooove puffs! If you are being a stink I will give you one and that will entertain you for a second.

Still no teeth....one day you will get one! I'm fine with it because you are still nursing every second of the day :) and you are soooo close to crawling. I honestly think within the next couple days you will start. I think its taken longer because you are a little chunkier, but I love your little legs :) you can definitely get around though. Somehow you always find our phones or something you are not supposed to play with!

You love any toy really. Anything we give you, you will play with. You still love your Sophie though. And keys. I also have a monkey I sleep with that I let you play with everyday and you LOVE him. You talk to him every morning when you nurse, I guess I can give him up if you want him when you are older. I love you that much :)

You are such a good girl. A little crazy, but very well tempered girl. You are happy doing anything as long as mom is around. We love to go to the grocery store, walks, swimming, anything and you are just fine with all of it.  You hardly cry except like I said when someone else holds you, or you are tired and you can't take a nap yet, or if I don't get to you fast enough in the middle of the night.

You love your crazy brothers. Whenever you see them you laugh and squeal and have to talk to them! They don't have a problem with you except when you pull their fur, which is a lot. But they never hurt you, they just run away. Dad says if they hurt you then they are going to die, so if they are still around when you read this, then they never hurt you! Inigo actually likes to play with you!

You love to kiss. Your favorite thing to do is latch on to my bottom lip and suck, which is hilarious. People probably think it's gross but I don't care, you are my daughter and a little baby!

I feel like your hair has grown so much within the lays few weeks, you wake up from your naps with the worst bed head, it's hilarious and so cute!

You are in size 3 diapers and 6-9 clothes mostly. Except your rompers and pajamas have to be 9 months now because you are so tall and your legs are a little chunky!

You like to take off your headbands and whip them in your face and eyes, so I take them off for nap times and always forget to put them back on. That's why you aren't wearing any in the pictures I am posting, you are such a stinker with those headbands! But now your hair is longer, I am starting to put it in pony tails.

You can say mama now, and also do the sign for milk! We have been trying to get you to do those things for months. Now we need to try to get you to sign the other things and say dada.

 You are getting so big! Seriously this month you have accomplished a lot and grown a ton. The time is going by so fast, but I am so so grateful I get to stay home with you and watch you grow everyday. I love you to the moon and back and thankful you are my baby girl!!!

I like to take pictures of you sleeping :)

You did not want to be in that chair!

We took some pictures for Fathers day, I will post more in a different post!

(For some reason I don't have that many pictures of you this month! So here is an old one I never posted)

7 months!

I can't believe I have a 7 month old! You are such a cute little stinker right now, we have a new nickname for you, Stinkerbell! But you are actually a really good baby, you have settled down a little bit and are such a good girl!
(This won't be too long because I updated your last one late)

We started you on baby food, you didn't like it at first, you still don't love it but you can tolerate it now. And you drink from a sippy cup! Yay! Mom can actually leave you for a few hours, but I don't really want to :)

Dad started working, so you and I have been having some fun adventures. We went swimming yesterday and had a lot of fun! There was a bouncer there and you thought that was the coolest thing ever. But some stupid kids ran into you and splashed you so I yelled at them :)

You have thrush, I have no idea how you got it but that's okay. It's going away pretty easily.

You are going to crawl pretty soon, you just need to learn to move your legs, and you are starting to lift yourself up on things very slowly, and you sometimes fall when doing that, but you will learn! You seem to hit your head a lot when your dad is watches you, but it's just on accident!

Everyone says you look like Dad. Even random strangers who just met him. I think that's okay, but I wish you looked like me a little more :( After all I did carry you in my belly for 10 months and breastfeed you! But that's okay, you are still the stinkin cutest baby ever.

I've said this before, but you are SUCH A FLIRT. You love to just giggle and talk to random strangers. One older man even took a picture of you to show his wife, I hope he wasn't a creep! He said "Some babies are ugly but this baby is sooo cute!" And you really are, you are getting SO cute. I love spending my whole day with you. And I think you like me a little bit. You had started doing this last month, but you do it more now. When you want me to pick you up and I leave the room you will fuss and throw your head back and throw a fit, and then I will pick you up and you will raise your arms, and then be happy as a clam! I just love that I can make you happy.

I have been putting you in my bed to take naps instead of holding you, and although I love either napping or getting the house work done, I miss holding and cuddling you during those times. You are just growing up and it's making me sad! You are my best friend. I say that every month, but you are. We are good pals and have the funnest times together! Here are some pictures!

Your cousin Dash ADORES YOU. And you guys are about the same size...

Happy Half Birthday!

Hi my little stinker Harper. Sorry this is late, we were in Texas and we were super busy! I will write about Texas in another blog!

You are 6 months old though! 6 MONTHS OLD!? I can't believe I had you half a year ago, it has flown by. It makes me so sad because I remember when you were this little!!

Now you look like this!

But I absolutely love this time. You have gained the cutest personality and you are so much fun. Every day with you is the best day! You weigh 18 lbs 8 oz!! And are 27 1/2 inches tall! You are a tall chunky girl! The doctor said you will be tall, which we already knew since you were tall when you were born! You did so good at your shots also, you were very mad for a second, but stopped crying after getting some of mamas milk!

We got you a new car seat that you seem to like MUCH better. You had a fit every single time we put you in it when we were in Texas, and we drove a lot, so you had a lot of fits! I think you like sitting up and looking at the world instead of reclining and looking at nothing.

Right after your shots!  (I think you look like me when I was a baby in this)

You have the biggest personality, and you know what you want. If we don't pay attention to you for a second, or you are doing something you don't want to do anymore, you scream at the top of your lungs and let us know "PAY ATTENTION TO ME" I always say "Harper Capri!" after you do that because to be honest, it's a little bratty ;) 

You are CRAZY CRAZY CRAZY. You can't sit still for one second. You have to constantly be looking at everything and moving around. And you are such a flirt. When we take you out places you will look at everyone and talk to them, making them smile and coo at you. Seriously, you have to do it to everyone. You constantly have a smile on your face, you are such a happy baby! It's so funny because I've noticed little kids love you, and you love little kids. At Sea World, 2 or 3 little girls came up to you and said "Mom, look at that cute baby!" Then the mom would say yes she is so cute! It's just so funny. You are very popular. 

You like toys a lot now. Your favorite is Sophie the Giraffe, and a teether toy that came with her that we call Sophies friend. You also like some play keys and your stuffed animals, you have about 5000 of them so we never will run out of those! You got a big sea lion at Sea World that we named Wally that you LOVE. He makes you laugh a lot. You pretty much like anything we put in front of you, especially our phones. We will be sitting there hearing you talk, then all the sudden you are quiet and we realize you grabbed our phones and started chewing on them! I downloaded a little app that you like too, but you mainly like it because I let you hold the phone, which then goes straight to your mouth!

We have tried mainly avocados on solids. You aren't a huge fan though. You just sit there and spit it back out at me. I don't think you really know what to do. But I am in no rush, I am fine with you nursing you as long as both you and I want. 

You are not sleeping great......but you are only young once so I will deal with it :) for about a week you were waking up every hour......I think it may have been that we were on vacation though. So we are still adjusting, and trying different strategies to help you out. You seem to be getting better though.

You are still in size 2 diapers, and 3-6 month clothes. You have tons of cute summer clothes. I am excited to have a summer with you!

Your favorite noise to make is "Bababababa" and you chomp your little mouth together while doing it. You just love to talk and tell us all about your day. And scream very loudly too :)

You definitely know who I am. And to be honest, you love me :) While we were in Texas and you were grumpy (you were a very good girl most of the time) someone would be holding you and you would fuss until I held you. Or if I walked away and you couldn't see me, you would scream, then I walk in and you are fine. It makes me so happy you do that, I love that I am your mom, and I love that you know that! But you do love your dad too, you just know I have special milk for you!

I love cuddling with you, (even though you don't!) I love kissing you and making you giggle, I love dressing you up and taking care of you, I love seeing you with your dad and him kissing you, I love comforting you, I love nursing you back to sleep 48303202 times a night, I just love you. I hope you know that, my sweet princess...I love you to the moon and back! 

Being a diva in your sunglasses. You don't even try to take them off when you wear them!

Having fun at the aquarium

Little chunky butt

5 months

Posted on 4/12/2014

Hi my little Harper Capri. Yesterday you turned 5 months! That is almost a half a year! I know I say this all the time, but I honestly feel like I just had you. You are HILARIOUS at this age. You have gained such a cute little personality and we have so much fun with you! You have learned to fake cry and whine until you get your way, it's like a little cough, and then as soon as either feed you or pick you up you stop immediately. We call you a little diva! You have mom and dad wrapped around your little finger.

You LOVE to talk, that is all you do. It's more of a high pitch scream and coo than talking but it's still the cutest thing ever. If you aren't eating, sleeping or tired, you will talk to us. I call Grandma Julie all the time just so you can talk to her. Yesterday when Dad was changing your bum you told him such a cool story I could hear you in the other room. He brought you to me and I said "Gee, I'm so glad I have such a calm, quiet, peaceful baby who doesn't make much noise!" Because you sure like to talk! I am nervous to take you to church since you developed this because you are quite loud! But it makes me laugh so much! And you love to laugh too, anything makes you laugh these days. You are honestly such a happy baby.

You are a miss rollie pants, we lay you down and you roll from front to back to back to front about 10 times before you get mad. And you love to just hang out your belly (and talk) I'm sure you will be crawling in no time. You are also pretty good at sitting up, but still need a little assistance.

You are very into kissing, you grab our faces and kiss our cheeks or mouth, with your mouth wide open, you are so sweet! It's very slobbery but so cute!


You are arill in 3 month clothes, mainly 3-6 but are kind of growing into 6 month ones. They are still pretty big though!


Sleeping....ugh, sleeping. There is something called a 4 month sleep regression and I think that hit you with vengeance. One night we put you in the crib and you woke at 1! Which is very odd for you because you usually would wake up at 4, 5 or 6. Then that continued, and is still happening, but that's okay. I quickly nurse you, you fall back asleep and sleep a couple more hours in your crib. You used to not go back to sleep in your crib so I am thankful you are doing that now. We had a really really bad week last week when you started that but we have gotten the hang of it now and everything is okay!

You don't really like your car seat if you wide awake, but if you are tired you will fall right asleep and sleep for a couple hours in there. You love to go on walks, so we walk around Target and the neighborhood a lot. Here's a picture of you saying "get me out of here!"

You still aren't taking a bottle...I don't know what we are going to do about that when you stop breastfeeding, but we will cross that bridge when we come to it!

You are starting to play with your toys a lot more, it's fun to see you grab for things when we put them in front of you. You also seem to like books, whenever we read you cute little stories you seem so mesmerized and giggle. You also have gone to daycare at our fitness center, and the workers say you do so good and don't make a peep the whole time! They also say you are adorable :)

You never cry, unless you are in your carseat or get hurt which is never! Plus I know your cues so that helps. We are just best buddies! You are such a good girl and we have so much fun every single day. Each day you get cuter and more fun. I know there is more stuff you do, I just can't think of anything else at the moment! I just love your little personality and I am so glad you are my daughter! You are growing up so fast!

Cute little bum

Rockin the jean jacket!

My perfect little angel!

4 months!

Posted on 3/12/14

Dear Harper, didn't I just write your 3 month blog? You are growing WAY too fast! But i'm enjoying every second of it. You are so funny at this age and make my cheeks hurt from laughing at you. Your Granny is here from Texas visiting you and you are loving her. You are cuddling in her arms right now taking a long nap! We went swimming with her today and you kicked your little legs like a little mermaid! I guess that really wore you out! We also went swimming with Grandma Julie and all your cousins except Gabe, it was very busy and you were tired, but you still were a very good girl!

You are very talented with your bubble blowing and playing the trumpet. That is your favorite thing to do. We have to wipe your face every 5 seconds because you spit so much but that is okay! You also like to grunt. Sometimes you will take a deep breath, and then grunt until you can't hold your breath anymore, it makes us laugh a lot! You are rolling over so great! You mainly roll over from your back to your stomach, but you don't really care to roll back over. You have a play mat you LOVE and could lay there for an hour if we let you.

You also like to play with your dollies now, we will hold it up to you and you grab it and mainly try to suck on it. I think your Ariel doll is your favorite ;) You also love your hands, they are constantly in your mouth. But you really like your 2 fingers, which is so cute because I sucked on my 2 fingers when I was little. You like your thumb too.

We found out you will not take a bottle...Ooops! Grandma was babysitting you when she called us and said you were very upset and wouldn't take the bottle. But eventually you did because you were probably starving. But I am fine with it, just means you love mamas milk!

You love other babies, and looking at yourself in the mirror. You laugh at the babies at church and talk to them. And your friend Austyn came over and you liked her too! And every time we put in front of the mirror you giggle and kick your feet. It's so very cute!

I love you so much little girl. You are my best friend! I love spending every day with you and watching you grow.

You love those 2 fingers

Mommy doesn't have any make up but you love the mirror and this wrap!

You love your baths!

Your perfect little family!

3 months!

Posted on 2/16/2014

Harper Capri! You are 3 months old! I swear I just had you a week ago right? I can't believe you are getting so old, it makes me so sad, but also very excited for the future.

You are so cute at this age! I can't even stand it. I have to kiss your chubby cheeks about 50,000 times a day which makes you giggle a ton. Everything makes you giggle, everyone is so silly trying to make you laugh. You have a green bouncy chair you LOVE. You sit there and talk to it for a long time, and try to grab the little toys on it. You are slowly trying to grab things, I hold up my phone and you bring up your hand and try to touch it, and you like your little toesies too! I love your feet SO much, they have to be the cutest things in the world! You are a good little talker too, we tell you stories and you tell us some right back.

Your daddy left to Texas for a couple days, and the day he left, you got sick and we had a very hard couple days and nights. Luckily we went to Grandma Julie's house and she helped make you feel better. I think it was your back teeth moving up and down that was hurting you, I hated seeing you in pain :( I just cuddled you all day!

You are still sleeping good at night, you will usually wake up around 4 or 5 and then sleep for a couple hours after that. You slept in your crib once, but you mostly like mommys arms, which is OK with me!

You are becoming a little diva and having an attitude, if we don't do what you want you will arch your back and screech! It's not very lady like Harper :) You are spoiled and we always do what you want because we don't like to hear you cry. Usually when you do that it just means you are tired. When you are tired you rub your eyes which is the cutest thing ever besides your feet:)

You are slowly growing out of 0-3 clothes, there are a few we have had to put away in storage, which makes me sad :( but you have 345465756753 3-6 clothes so we are ready for when you outgrow them!

We love you SO much baby, I'm so glad you are mine!

Sometimes ya just gotta lay the baby do

wn in a cart!

In your Rapunzel dress, cuddling with Ariel!