Better late than never!! I started my busiest rotation of residency and that combined with a broken screen means I thought Harper might never see the blog again. But her Grammy begged and Mom has a lot of downtime at the hospital so Harper will finally get her update this month :)
Harper is just as wild as usual and all over the place. We thought she was such a fast crawler a couple months ago but now she is running everywhere and is super quick to disappear! She is becoming more and more independent and really has no fear of anyone or anything. We were watching Olivia practice soccer one night and let her run across the field not thinking she'd get too far away from Mom and Dad.. nope, little girl was halfway across the field before she even thought about turning around to see what we thought of it.
We think we have a little athlete in the making and Granddad Hamilton is convinced she's going to be a little tomboy. She loooves being outside and likes to sit on our front walk and just play in the mulch. She is no longer scared of grass and loves to run downhill until she falls... which of course she thinks is hilarious. Her dad got her a basketball goal which she enjoys dunking in :) She also loves to bring her little mini louisville slugger bat and ball to you and will wait for you to hit the ball and then fetch it... kind of like a dog but obviously much cuter ;) Of course we got her a soccer ball too which she finally figured out to use her feet on and not her hands! Another perk of living with Uncle David is that he brings Harper a new ball home about every other day! ha
One of the less pleasant things Harper has now started doing is saying 'eh eh eh eh eh eh' to get whatever she wants... more food, a drink of what you're drinking, you to read a book to her, etc. etc. So nonstop we are reminding her to 'say please harper.' Which she will do... but it's going to be a sad day in her life when she realizes please doesn't always get you what you're asking for ;)
I guess since it's been over a month since I've written I forgot to mention that Baby Claire is here and getting so big, so quick!! And we've been lucky to have them living with us for the past few weeks!!! Their house is almost finished so we will still have them across the street but it's been so nice getting to see all of them so much. At first Harper didn't really care much about Claire but she has gotten pretty fond of her! She loves to pat the baby and give her kisses. And whenever Claire cries Harper always loves to investigate what's bothering her. Additionally, Harper and David are finally friends ;) Maybe because of the squishy balls he brings her from the hospital?? who knows..
Harper has been doing great at school. With my awful schedule the past couple months I haven't been able to drop her off but Andy reports that the last 2-3 weeks she has been excited to get there, begs to get down, blows him a kiss and then is off playing! She is always soo sleepy when she gets picked up as we really have been able to get down to only 1 nap/day yet. They sent home some artwork which was awfully sweet although I'm not sure if Harper or her teacher did more of it... ;)
She's still eating pretty well for the most part though she definitely loves fruit the most. If she gets fruit early during a meal then it's game over and that's all she will want to eat. Her real favorite food is probably pizza... our tiny little girl ate two pieces of papa johns faster than me the other day before I had to cut her off and start giving her green beans. I'm not sure where all the food goes!
We've been to a few UK games which are very, very different this season. She has done well for the most part. The first game was seriously hot and I was about to die from baby wrangling. The other games have been night games and bedtime is around 8 these days so we've been able to make it until halftime and then had to go home to get sleeping beauty her sleep. She loves running around the parking lot, begging people for food ;) Of course you can't be offended if Harper won't let you hold her... it's not that she doesn't like you she just has a big world that needs exploring!! :)
One of her funniest new things is what we call the celebration dance. It involves her spinning around on the floor super fast, kind of like a breakdancer. We were trying to get her to spike the football, give her touchdown sign and then the dance... we're yet to combine the three but working on it. She will also turn in circles if you ask her to dance for you.. until she falls over from being dizzy ;)
She has gotten much better and minding what she's told to do. She knows she can't touch this table of decorations in our foyer but I often watch her walk in there and just stare at them longingly while wringing her hands lol. She's also better about not climbing the stairs nonstop. Usually when she takes off towards the stairs we don't even follow because she just likes to sit on the first step for a while and swing her feet then comes back and finds us.
She loves, loves to stand at our back window and yell at birds, groundhogs, dogs, etc. It will entertain for approx 5 minutes which is an eternity in baby world.
Still only 6 teeth but I think she may be working on another. Not sure how much she weighs though we finally go to the MD next week for her 15 month check up. Wearing mostly 12-18 month clothes and looking seriously cute in them and all her shoes now that she finally leaves them on! :)
Here's a few pics :)
