March was a fun month and we spent every moment outside that the weather allowed us. It has been a crazy spring with the never ending snow/rain but the glimpses of good weather keeps us hoping for more. Literally everyday after we get home from work we go outside for walks, to play with chalk, fly kites, pick up rocks, dandelions, play in dirt, swing, etc. Harper loves loves being outside and I don't blame her a bit!
We spent some time in Etown and went to watch Olivia's soccer team play. Harper did not understand why she was not allowed to run on the field like the big girls and was not a happy camper about it. At one point she was staring at me while taking tiny baby steps towards the field like I wasn't noticing the direction she was moving and as soon as her foot hit the grass she was off! She most definitely has a little ornery streak to her!
I finished up my last full week of nights before EK arrives and that is a relief. I do get to spend more time with Harper those weeks but I am just so exhausted that I feel like it's not necessarily the best quality time spent together. She definitely gets a few extra episodes of Little Einsteins those weeks :(.
Andy's parents came down to visit and of course miss Harper loved the extra attention. After going out for lunch we got her all hyped up to go to Monkey Joe's (a big indoor inflatable play area) and boy was she excited! Until we got to the door and saw the sign said it was closing early for a private party... omg, cue the alligator tears! Poor girl was broken hearted. Fortunately our sweet babysitter was able to take her later that week. Monkey Joe's is a blast for kiddos for any of you that may live in Lexington. It's definitely geared toward older kids but there's a great little area for those 3yo and younger kids.
We've spent a lot of time trying to get things ready for miss Emma Kate and Harper loves to go hang out in her room. She also loves laying in her crib/trying to climb in and out of it. One of Harper's current favorite activities is covering up her bunny or other people with tea towels. She will literally drag all of them out of the kitchen drawer one by one and cover up whatever victim she can find. I'm guessing how many days it will be before I find poor baby emma kate getting smothered by tea towels.
With all the March Madness success we fortunately were able to have people over a bunch to watch the games. Oh my goodness... there is nothing that energizes Harper more than an audience. Normally she does get another little surge of energy after dinner but multiply that times 10 when there's extra people here. She will scream 'I run I run I run' endlessly while running laps around the living room. She also loooves 'scaring' people like a dinosaur which entails her doing the funniest thing with her hands and screaming at the top of her lungs. I know Emma Kate is going to come out and know exactly who has been screaming so much for the past 9 months. Fortunately her screams are usually happy ones of excitement... although we have been threatened that one of my cousins may try to sit behind us in church and get harper into a 'scaring competition'.
Harper continues to love coloring, reading books, play doh, puzzles, little einsteins, soccer and running. haha. She also loves, loves her swing and being outside. She still asks for the 'poo' (pool) and 'schlide' (slide) all the time so I think she too is getting excited for some warm summer weather! She of course has no idea how her world is about to change but does like kissing and pointing to mama's baby. Although half the time when you ask her who mama's baby is she says 'hoppy'. Two more teeth just broke through on the bottom.
We've been able to hang out with baby claire a lot this month which has been so fun especially as she is getting so much more interactive. That also means Harper has to share with her which has been interesting to say the least. Harper was playing with these shape/color cards one afternoon and Andy gave one to Claire. And then of course Harper began begging for the 'yellyow' card that Claire had as it was cleeearly the best card. rotten! It is adorable to see how much Claire likes Harper though. Her face seriously lights up when Harper is around and Harper is pretty fond of her too. Claire was sitting in the bouncer a few days ago while all the adults were in the kitchen and when I peeked my head in Harper was giving her a big hug... awfullllly sweet :) Harper also loves torturing her with butterfly and eskimo kisses ;)
At the end of the month we were able to go out and cheer on Andy while he ran the Keeneland half marathon. It was a nasty, rainy day but still fun nonetheless. We were able to see him around the 6 mile mark and while we were waiting Harper had fun giving high fives to all the runners! She did get pretty upset when she decided she was ready to 'run run run' with all the other people. We also waited in a downpour for him at the end and Harper got to cross the finish line with him :) Pretty sweet!!
Who knows?! Maybe this will be the last months post where Harper is an only child. I'm so excited for Harper to meet her new baby sister but am hoping for a reaction better than this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VHJ7C6jarc
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