Saturday, December 12, 2009

A peak into the future

Choke holds...

and lots of "she did it"s
On a more serious note...
Our sweet Harper turned 6 months old on Wednesday. Where does the time go? It seems like we just brought her home last week. She still is the happy, smiley baby that she has always been. She's rolling over, sitting up unassisted (but not unsupervised) for short periods of time, and spends lots of time on her tummy. She's eating 4-5 times a day plus has tried rice cereal and peas (which she is not too fond of!). Harper is typically a good sleeper at night, waking up occasionally in search of the paci. She's usually down around 8pm and will sleep or be content for a good 12 hours. Daytime naps are unpredictable, which I'll take the blame for. We are usually out and about in the mornings so the morning nap tends to occur briefly in the car. My goal is always to get Harper and Hadleigh napping at the same time in the afternoon. It happens more times than not, but again, is unpredictable. Harper loves to be held and can be a little demanding of it sometimes. She thinks Hadleigh is the funniest person ever. She will crack herself up whenever Hadleigh pays any attention to her.
A little over 6 months ago I was petrified of how I was going to manage with two kids. All I can say is God never gives you more than you can handle and we are so blessed to have our girls. The joy they bring into our lives each day is immeasurable.

Sunday, December 6, 2009

Talkin' a big game


Hadleigh loves to talk a big game! All week we'd been talking about riding a pony and sitting on Santa's lap and Hadleigh was rearing to go...no qualms about it. That is, until it was go time. Friday we braved the frigid weather to see the lights downtown and give Hadleigh the pony ride she had been so excited for. She was fantastic until she realized she was going to have to actually get on. Once she finally did though, everything was perfect and she enjoyed her first pony ride.
Saturday we had Breakfast with Santa and then an event at church. The girls got to sit on Santa's lap, make reindeer food, decorate cookies, make a Nativity scene, and other fun activities. One of our girls enjoyed her Santa experience, one not so much...I'll let the pictures tell the story.
Enjoying her first candy cane and the lights
Before she made it on the pony. She's got me by a death grip!

She quickly became a pro-pony riderHarper enjoying all the activity from the warmth and comfort of her stroller.

"Bring on this Santa guy, I'm ready!"

Reunited with our long-lost blogger friend Payton. What a fun surprise!"I'm ready for Santa, too. No big deal...bring on the lap."
"Just kidding. How about we wait til next year.""Are we done yet?"


Her "cheese" face as she's showing off her reindeer food and picture frame. I can't get her to keep her eyes open when she's getting her picture taken.Another squinty-eyed shot with her Nativity scene.

Eyes open, wrong camera!