Birthday!

So, a few Fridays ago {4/20} I celebrated my LAST year in my twenties! Ahh! So hard to believe!

We celebrated all weekend long, aren't I lucky?!

On Friday night, my school had our annual Spring Carnival. Brian, Harper, and I strolled around for the entire time. My sister and her boys, and my Mom and Dad also came out to play, so it was a good time! My past and current students were excited to meet Harper!  Then we finished off the night with some yummy Chik-Fil-A and a milkshake all before 7:30 so that we could get Harper in the bath and off to bed. Ooh, the life of a Mom! :)

Saturday I got to see my friend Jennifer for her bridal shower and hubby took me shopping on some birthday money for new clothes!

On Saturday night, my sweet hubby planned a fun night! He asked my parents to babysit Harper so we could go out! They graciously offered to come to our house so they would be able to put Harper down for bed and we could stay out longer, YAY!!
He invited our life group to go and we went to a Hibachi Grill - Asuka. LOVE that place and haven't been able to go since they babe came!  It was SO much fun not being on too much of a time limit and just hanging out. I had an absolute blast!!





On Sunday, our family celebrated with a yummy lunch Mom made and homemade Raspberry Chocolate Cheesecake. YUM!

he loves this chair!

colby helping

??these are out of order...but this was later that night - she loves to climb on you if you're on the floor!

me and my baby!

29, here I come!

The Elephant in the Room

Have ya'll seen this? I'm sure you have...



You all know that I was unfortunately unable to BF for a long period of time.  But that doesn't mean I do or don't wish I could have or I don't wish something different.  Mothers do what they need to do to be BEST for their child.

So, with that said, I never experienced the whole "attachment" that BF supposedly makes you and your newborn. I feel very close to my child and I DO NOT think our relationship will hurt because I wasn't able to nurse. Period.

And I've mentioned before, since becoming a mother I am very much so LESS judgemental than I was before. To each is own; do what is best for your child in your own eyes.

What BOTHERS me is the title. REALLY? It's as if this woman, and women who are ABLE to nurse, can have this superiority over others. That's what bothers me. Because, I think in every day world, some people do act like that.

Here's the online article - take a look.  I LOVE the last paragraph.  And I love the comment about the child walking up to Mom and saying, "Hey Mom, I'm hungry".

Anyways, I'd love your comments - what do you think about the article?!?! {nothing personal towards me, please!}

Fun with the Cuzzies

The other day, I decided to bring my camera over to Mom's. My sister and I dressed the kids up nice to head out to lunch at my parent's country club.  Here are the pics that entailed....completely out of order?!?! {oh, and the Ice Cream Truck made an appearance, too...}

GG and GDaddy

angel. baby.

love this little profile

Derby!!

Woo Hoo! I feel so lost in bloggy land! My baby is growing fast, the end of school is killin' me, and getting a nasty stomach bug {and sharing it with Harper} has worn me out!

I'm super behind on posting - but my new rule is no computer until 8:00pm after H goes to bed, and well, I'm ready for bed now! ha!

Anyways, we celebrated the Derby at Keeneland this past weekend! It was super great! Our girl was amazing. We were there for about 4 1/2 hours and she was perfect! She took 2 naps, ate her meals out there, and hung with the crowd!  We went with some of our friends, but, I was bad and basically only took pictures of my girl. SORRY!

It was fabulous even if our Derby pick didn't win!

you can't see, but my hat is monogrammed :)

I finally found a horse clip-on...just in time!

sis's family

{7 Lovin'}

How in the world do I have a seven month old?  This month is hitting me more than the 6th month did.  I think because I'm realizing she's closer to a year than to her birthing day.  WOW.  It's true. Time does fly.

This month has just been so great! I am seeing why lots of people have said to me that 5-9 months is their favorite stage.

Harper is so curious and adventurous! She just loves to look around and be in on the action!

April 29, 2012

Weight: we don't go to the doc this month, but according to our scale she is about 16 lbs

Diapers: size 2, size 3 at night

Clothes: 6 months, 6-9 months

Eating: she's eating baby food 3 times a day now, cereal twice a day
{Fav. foods: squash, bananas, carrots, peaches, everything really!}
Bottle: she's eating 6 ounces every 4 hours until the last night bottle, which she waits 5 hours to get

Sleep: YAYAYAY! Our baby girl is sleeping wonderfully through the night! She is in her crib and does not use a swaddle.  She goes to sleep with her 'Raffi (sound machine) and we put her down awake. Naps, well, we are working on those, but she takes 2-4 a day in her crib or in the car

Movement: She is not crawling yet, but it will be soon! She scoots around everywhere. Once she's on her knees, she uses her head to move instead of her hands! Doesn't get it quite yet! She can crawl backwards! HAHA  She also rolls and does an 'inchworm' move to get to something she really wants or puts her butt in the air and gets around like that.  Harper can get to a sitting position from on her belly or on her side.  She can also lean over and grab something and sit back up. Harper also LOVES to stand and can pull herself up onto a coffee table, music table, or ottoman. She is seriously a crazy climber.  Yes, scary! She will also crawl up your leg if you are standing and pull herself up. She loves to 'walk' and moves her feet perfectly if you are holding on to her hands. She'd much rather be standing or pulling herself up than sitting. Harper is also able to very easily pick up things with her hands and put them into her mouth. HA! No, but she has really good hand-eye coordination. We thought she was definitely right handed, but she picks up stuff equally with both hands as of right now.She's also figured out the Jumperoo and loves that thing!

Paci: At first, the girl loved her paci, but now she will only take it at night and at naps. We don't mind at all! She usually just chews on it and plays with it - putting it in and out of her mouth or tossing it and picking it up.

Fun Stuff: She is giggling so much at pretty much anything! Sometimes, we can't figure out why she is giggling! She also loves to squeal SUPER loud during bathtime and it's hilarious. Harper also goes everywhere in the front of a cart now! Hello, life made easier! She loves to shop at places where she can get inside her floppy seat cover and look around. She thinks it's so fun!  She also 'talks' non-stop. We have no idea what she's saying, of course, but she just babbles and dada's all over the place! Sometimes, it's pretty loud, but she's not screaming, just laughing and talking loudly! I see no more 'quiet' dinners in our future for a while! But that's ok! I'd rather her be happy and keep on talking!
*she also laughs with her ENTIRE face now! it's so different and hilarious!*

Bath: Harper is now in her own bathroom in her bathtub. She sits in the little 'seat'. She loves this so much more. She plays with lots of her bath toys and doesn't really like when it is time to get out!

{pictures are getting very hard! she'd rather climb over that chair than sit there!}