2012 366: Day 27
January 28, 2012
I think he wanted to ingest the entire sandbox, and he just may have succeeded if I hadn’t given up on snapping pictures to rescue the sand so the other kids at the park would have enough to play with.
2012 366: Day 26
January 26, 2012
She’s a dancer at heart and looks forward to her ballet class every week. Her classes are quite possibly the funniest, dearest, cutest 45-minute sessions I’ve ever witnessed. There’s just a sliver of a window into the room and all of the parents used to crowd around and do our best to snap pictures with our phones. Now, we all sit in the lobby and chat so we don’t disturb the girls, but I miss peeking in. Maybe next time I’ll try to steal a few pictures. If not, I’ll do my best to get my camera front and center during her recital in May.
She’s fairly independent lately when it comes to getting ready, so either we start the process earlier than we normally would, or we’re just late wherever we go. Today was an anomaly and we were early, so I snapped some pictures of her getting ready for class.
2012 366: Day 25
January 26, 2012
She’s really excited about Valentine’s Day so most of our crafts these days involve hearts. Today, I made her a heart-shaped potato stamp. It was big fun for a few minutes, but the lure of the opportunity to paint her hand won. It always does. A funny thing for my sweet girl who really dislikes to have her hands messy. We usually wash them at least five times during any crafting or painting session.
2012 366: Day 24
January 24, 2012
We took advantage of the calm before the storm… his sister was at school, and it was a beautiful grey day before two days of rain.
2012 366: Day 23
January 23, 2012
2012 366: Day 22 Happy Birthday Micah!
January 23, 2012
Happy second birthday, Micah! We love you bunches and are so glad you and your family are back in Texas!
I love that the cousins in our family are so close in age. Harper is 12 months older than her cousin, and he’s just under 16 months older than Kai. I’m so excited for them to grow up together and hope they’ll always have a close bond.
2012 366: Day 21
January 21, 2012
She’s so proud to be three. And, she loves birds. A few of her friends came over today for a bird-themed birthday party. They strung cheerios on pipe cleaners, painted toilet paper rolls with peanut butter and rolled them in birdseed and crafted bird feeders from plates and eye bolts. It was crazy, happy and fun. It was cold outside, so my floor was covered in birdseed and crushed cheerios, but it didn’t matter… I felt so blessed to have her closest friends and family come together to help celebrate her — my Harper Love.
She felt a little shy when everybody turned their attention to her to sing “Happy Birthday”…
She hasn’t quite figured out how to blow out the candles (we should have practiced!) so, Daddy helped a little (shhhh…. don’t tell her.)
Three-week-old little Hunter was her youngest party guest. So cute and cuddly. This picture really makes me miss the newborn stage.
After our guests left, we needed some fresh air and to expend some of the sugar energy, so we took a walk with my parents to a little playground in our neighborhood. They sat on the swing set to watch Harper play, and there was just something so playful about the moment that I absolutely adored.
2012 366: Day 20
January 20, 2012
Ouch! She bumped her leg as she was climbing into her reading nook and insisted she needed a bandage. Not a pretend one, a real one. I talked her into a kiss, but the sting of the bump was a little stronger than the healing powers of my kiss.
Waiting for daddy…
She sits in her reading nook in the evenings and waits for her daddy to come home. She lights up as she sees the brightness of his scooter light hit the garage door. He always notices her in the window and they play a little game of peek-a-bo. It’s a sweet little ritual that I love sitting back and watching. It’s the little things.
2012 366: Day 19. Happy 3rd Birthday to my Harper Love.
January 20, 2012
And today, she’s a very proud three. Her daddy and I woke her up this morning by singing Happy Birthday by the light of three candles on her birthday pancake that was shaped as a three, of course. She eagerly made a wish and blew them out and was delighted by the balloons and streamers that were hanging in her doorway and the entrance to the living area. A happy, happy day for a little girl who told everybody and anybody who would listen that today was her birthday, and she’s now a big THREE!
She was so eager to open her gifts, that we let her open them during breakfast. Watching her joy and excitement as she tore the paper while eagerly anticipating what was behind the wrapping filled my heart with love for my little girl’s innocence. She doesn’t want or ask for toys, and bursts with honest joy when she receives a gift… no matter what it is. Everything she receives from anybody is cherished… be it a leaf from a bush or a train set. I wish this phase would last forever. Her favorite gift this morning was a beautiful little Waldorf doll that she named “Birthday girl Noelle”, but we’ll call her Noelle for short. And, I’m sure you’ll meet her soon.
2012 366: Day 18
January 19, 2012
Our friend Matt was in town and joined us for dinner. When Matt lived here, they lunched together often and I know my husband really misses their chats. It was really nice just sitting back and watching them as the kids played at my feet. I wish we could do it more often. And I think Harper does, also. It took her about 20 minutes to warm up, and then she performed for him non-stop and cried when he left.
She’s going to bed two and waking up three. My sweet Harper Love. My heart bursts with pride and love for this one. She’s a special little girl, and I feel incredibly blessed to have been chosen to be her mommy.
