Harper is loving her new swing that she got from her Granny last week!
Ravioli and steamed broccoli, yum!
The dogs love when Harper eats...one for you, one for me...
Happy girl playing with her new blocks in her room!
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Harper's Butterfly Birthday Brunch!
Last Saturday morning we celebrated Harper's first birthday with a fabulous birthday brunch! We had our families in town and close friends over at our house to help Harper turn 1! Wouldn't you know it, come the Thursday night before, I began to come down with something. On Friday, I was out for the count, running a fever and feeling terrible. I had visions of watching Harper's birthday from our bedroom window. It was very sad... Friday evening, Clark's mom and my mom both teamed up and fully executed my party vision. I went to bed and cannot take credit for anything that happened. I was totally blown away by the end result and so thankful that they allowed me the time to rest up so that I could be somewhat present on Saturday morning. Harper loved her party; she cried during the cake, but I think she just didn't like all of the attention towards her...not sure where she gets that.
On the menu for the party we had: a bloody mary bar, mimosas, mini ham and parmesan frittatas, sausage cheese bites, almond rolls, croissants, donut holes, fruit salad and breakfast tacos!
Anyway, below are some pictures. The first set of collages highlight some of the decor. The second collage is the evolution of the birthday cake. The rest are just other pictures :) Enjoy and thanks to those that celebrated with us!
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Monday, March 14, 2011
Extreme Lawn Makeover
Clark and I have been talking about getting our house properly landscaped for a while now...like over 2 years...and finally, today was the day! See before and after pictures below.
Front Porch Before
Front Porch After
Front Before
Front After
Backyard Before
Backyard After
Sunday, March 13, 2011
11 Months and 2 Days...
Here we go, the countdown to one year begins. I refuse to believe that Harper will be one year old. Maybe I will just treat it like people do when they turn 30 and just say she is 11 months and 7 days...8 days...9 days and so on. I can't believe it.
Her first word was ball, she said that on 2/24. There was a basketball outside and she walked over to it, picked it up and proclaimed "ball, ball." So there it is. She mimics everything these days. Her teacher told me last week and she fully expects to see Harper accepting some sort of acting award some day down the road. In class, apparently she mocks some of the other babies when they cry or make any other noise. She says uh oh, bye bye, dadda, momma etc. She loves blowing kisses. That was a trick we picked up at 2am in the ER a few weeks ago (she hit her head and was vomiting. One CT and an insurance deductible later, we have a clean bill of health).
Times are moving so quickly. There are many exciting things in our life and Clark and I have never worked harder as a team, coordinating our daily lives and schedules. We are far from perfect. Our house is consistently a series of piles. Piles of laundry, piles of mail, piles of whatever else you can think of. It's chaos but finally, a year later, we are getting the hang of it.
Yesterday, Harper and I met Larkin and Sarah Mitchell at the park for some girl talk. Enjoy the pictures below.
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