#2

This summer has also been busy because of some other news.....baby #2 is on their way!  Our due date is February 4.  I can't believe that Harper will already be a big brother, but we are excited to add on to our crazy family!  This time has gone by so much faster.  It's hard to concentrate on your self when you are chasing around a 1 year old.  I'm about 14weeks now and we will find out what we're having on September 20.  I'd love to be patient enough to wait for the surprise, but I already can't wait until the 20th to see if Harper will have a little brother or little sister. 

Had to get the big brother shirt already...can't wait to get the little ____ to go with it!

 

New baby at 12 weeks

We have a neice and nephew!

It's been so long since I have posted anything.  This summer has gone by in a blur.  We did have some wonderful people bless our lives on July 12.  Little Miss Ashlynn Ann and Mr. Collin Micheal! Our new niece and nephew!  We couldn't be happier to have them in the family and Harper is thrilled to have cousins.  We were lucky enough to be able to go down and be there when they were born too! Can't wait to see the babies again!

Ashlynn Ann

Collin Micheal

Happy New Family

 

 

 

 

 

 

Harper's Birthday Party

Harper had a wonderful birthday party to celebrate too. Since he has a summer birthday, we did a beach theme with baby pools and a sandbox. So many wonderful family and friends came!  He is a very loved little boy:)

Harper's Birthday

It's been a busy month to say the least!  I am a little behind on blogging.  Harper had a wonderful time on his birthday.  Still hard to believe that my baby is 1!  I wanted to share some pictures.

 Presents from Mommy and Daddy

 Cupcake Time

 Trying to start with a fork

 Nah, just shove it all in my face

Messy Boy

Having fun opening presents

Loves his new ball pit

My Baby is 1 today!

I can't believe that a whole year has gone by since Harper blessed us by entering our lives. 

From the beginning he has been a wonderful baby.  He has always been happy.  Not overly fussy or too much crying.  Usually when he cries it is to be picked up which I love to do.  He only cries when he really needs something even now.   

His smile lights up my life.  His laugh is the sweetest sound in the world.  It's a belly laugh that is contagious.  He thinks so many things are funny and wonderful.  Harper makes friends where ever he goes.  He smiles at strangers.  Everywhere we go people say "what a happy baby".  Already you can see his kind personality emerging. Such a blessing! 

He is also my snuggle bug.  We still take naps together some afternoons.  Even when he plays he often stops for what I call "drive by hugs".  He stops just long enough to hug me and then goes back to playing.  In the morning when you go to get him out of his crib he just hugs you for the longest time.  He loves to give kisses.  Harper will grab both sides of your face and go in for the kiss.  It's so funny. 

Harper is also super active and curious.  He loves to see new things and tries to figure out how things work.  He is always getting into things he's not supposed to because of this, but does it with a smile.  He has started to understand what we say and we are almost having conversations now.  He can say ma-ma, da-da and dog.  He talks all the time, but we are not always sure what he is saying.  He is all boy.  He loves rough games like dropping and wrestling.  His favorite game right now is to crawl on top of our dog Buddy and tumble to the other side.  He will repeat this for a long time.

He can crawl faster than any baby I have ever seen.  Sometimes his legs move faster than his arms and he falls.  But gets up without a tear and keeps going.  He can cruise around all the furniture and stand independently.  Harper has taken his first steps, but crawling is so much faster that he's not too interested in walking just yet. 

I thank god every day that I have Harper in my life.  Happy Birthday baby boy!  May you have many, many more wonderful, amazing years! I love you!

1 year photos

I cannot believe my precious baby will be 1 next week!  I am a little obsessed with photos so of course we had to have a special 1 year photo session.  They were taken on Sunday by a friend I work with.  I just have the preview so far, but I think they turned out well:)  I'll post more when she is done.

Diaper Derby

This week I was looking into things to do this weekend and I found a Strawberry Festival in our area.  One of the events was a Diaper Derby.  The diaper derby was a crawling race between babies 3months and 12 months.  After I read this I really wanted to go.  Harper is the fastest crawler.  He can go to one side of the house to the other in no time at all.

So this morning we went to the Diaper Derby.  Harper won the first race hands down.  He speed down the track and won easily.  So the got to the championship.  He took the lead early on, but every time he'd go really fast, people would cheer and Harper would get distracted and sit and look at all the people.  So in the end another baby passed him while he took a break to watch his fans  It was so cute!  And so funny to see babies race!  It's amazing how competitive and proud you can be with an 11month old.

 Harper in the 1st race

 Harper in the championship

 Harper racing around in the grass after the race

Passed out in the car after the festival.  Poor little guy even fell asleep mid bite with his hand in the puffs.