** 8 Months Old **

 

According to our scales at home, she is now 18 lbs.

 

New things:

Crawling

Pulling up in her crib

Gets into a sitting position from her stomach

Says mama

(All of the above started in the same WEEK!)

Two teeth

 

Words:

Dada

Mama

Baba

 

Nicknames:

HG

Baby H

Whistle britches (She whistles while she is playing)

Boo Boo

 

Her favorite things

Wubbanub

Sophie the Giraffe

Activity Table

And a rubber ducky she is always playing with.

 

It is getting A LOT harder to take pictures of her!!

Hi Ho Hi Ho Off the AQUARIUM We Go!

This past weekend HG and I, and a couple friends (Heather, Felicia, and Hunter) went to the Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga. We had a great time! It was HG's first time and I think she really enjoyed it! Towards the end, I think she had a bit of scensory overload, but all in all I think she enjoyed herself. I just wish I knew what she was thinking when she was nose, to nose, with a fish that was bigger then her!

 

Hunter and HG on the way to the Aquarium. They weren't one bit concerned about the snow flurries outside! HG was so smittened with Hunter! I think she has her first crush! And he's a great one to have a crush on. He's SO polite! He would make sure she had her wubbanub, and made sure her toys were within reach at all times.

 

 

So, So sleepy!

 

Big H, And baby H checking out the fish. At this point HG was beyond tired. But she was still in such a great mood!

 

 



I was trying to take a picture of HG in the buttefly exhibit and didn't realize that my camera was set to video. This is a cute little video though (I hope you can see it). She was trying to be bashful with me!

 

We ended our day out to eat and then headed back home. It was a really good day. I can't wait to take her back when she knows what fish are and can remember the trip!

7 Months! LATE

HG turned 7 months on February 5. It is now exactly a month past due for her update. I'm getting there! Updating the blog is becoming part of my habit again.

 

 

HG has her first tooth! She hasn't bitten me on purpose yet, which is a great thing since I am still nursing! She has accidentally bitten my arm a time or two. She is growing so fast!

She can officially sit up on her own, and now doesn't want to be laid down. Kind of crazy to think that before long she will be walking!! Time is flying by and I know that it is just a matter of time before she is off to school. I am so greatful that I work at a job that allows me to keep her with me. I can't imagine how hard it would be to leave her with someone else everyday.  She is, if I must say so myself, a beautiful little girl and we love her so so much!

The View From My iPhone

I seriously cannot take enough pictures of HG. I feel like I have to have the camera, or camera phone, out all the time. Sometimes I just get shots of her just sitting doing nothing, and other times I capture funny faces. I love all of the pictures I have of HG. I'm sure if I printed them all it would not only cost me thousands of dollars, but I'd have to invest in a seperate home just for pictures. Here are a couple shots from my phone this week...

 

The girl LOVES chewing on her toes. She has even figured out how to do it while in her carseat. It amazes me how flexible she is. Then we have her VERY FIRST ponytail. I can't wait to be able to put cure bows in her hair, and braid it, and curl it, and just do all those fun girly things... if she lets me. This was taken after her bath and massage. Chewing on the lotion bottle while I dress her is one of her favorite things to do. In the bottom right picture she is having her afternoon snack, cheerios. I think she would eat an entire box if I'd let her. She is feeding herself like a champ and loving every minute of it.

 

Also, this week was interesting because, out of no where, without any warning, in the pitch black darkness of the night, my cat decided to attack me. She hasn't done this since before I got pregnant with HG. She has always been kind of aggressive, and some would say she sees me as her toy, but usually it only happened when provoked. This time, I was just minding my own business and she did it. . .

 

 

The top two pictures are from her claws, and the bottom two are from her teeth. Before I could even process what had happened, she ran out of the bedroom. I immediately got up and started washing out my new battle wounds. Josh decided to punish the cat, which is almost impossible because she is so fast. The punishment consisted of Josh chasing her around the house sayin "NO! NO! NO! NO! NO!" and me in the bathroom giggling at how funny he was, and then telling him to be quiet because I didn't want him to wake HG. Eventually I think the cat didn't know why in the world Josh was following her around talking crazy, so she hid behind the toilet. HA!

 

The conversation while laying in bed immediately went to whether or not to keep the cat, for fear that she could do the same thing to HG. We decided not to jump to getting rid of her just from this one incident, but if she attacks me again then we are definitely going to consider it.

 

 



 

 

 



Virginia bound!

After Christmas, since we were in Tennessee, we headed to Virgnia to check on our house. It was so bittersweet going up there. I miss Virginia, and I miss my home so much. Not to mention ALL of our stuff is still up there. We literally packed a few bags and headed south after HG was born.

HG did so good in the truck. This girl HATED to ride. Even it was just right down the street. So I was dreading a 6 hour trip. She slept, and played, and was just SO GOOD! She was even good during her very first traffic jam...

 

The traffic was due to snow. People were off the road EVERYWHERE. We just couldn't figure out what the problem was. I mean there was hardly ANY snow...

 

I guess people were panicking. Increase traffic due to the holidays and then the fear of the roads being icy. Didn't look like there were any injuries, just people sliding into ditches.

 

The rest of the trip was easy peasy. 



Baby's First Christmas!

I have been waiting on this day since I found out I was pregnant. It wasn't what I has imagined though. We are currently renting a home, while our house is for sale in VA and so I didn't have ANY of my Christmas decorations. It just didn't feel like Christmas. No tree, no wreaths, nothing. But that doesn't mean that we didn't go crazy buying our sweet girl tons of gifts!! She really enjoyed tearing apart all the paper. The gifts were just a nice gesture!

 

I couldn't resist putting her in her santa suit to open her gifts at home. For Christmas eve and Christmas day we were in Tennessee with Josh's moms side of the family. It was a lot of fun. Games, presents, good food and family.

 

 

Next year, we are staying home. Santa will come visit, the house will be decked out, and we will wake up, just the three of us on Christmas morning. I love being with family, but I want to start traditions of our own.

 





We hadChristmas with my family on New Year's day. HG probably thinks Christmas is a week of opening gifts!

Thanksgiving

You don't have to be a math whiz to know that this past November was Harper Graces' first Thanksgiving!

We spent Thanksgiving with my husbands family at his aunts house. Harper Grace was a hit in her personalized turkey onesie with her name across the bottom and her tutu. I can't help but dress her up in the most decked out attire. And tutu's are up there on the 'mommys favorite outfits' list. If I could get away with putting her in one EVERYDAY then I would. But  I know that they probably aren't so comfy for her.

HG has just started eating outmeal no long before Thanksgiving so she didn't get to indulge in all of that good food! I'm sure next year, she will giving us a run for our money.

That weekend we went to my mom and dads for Thanksgiving. I am so glad that we decided to do Thanksgiving with my parents on another day. I just keep thinking about all those years when we would do them both on the same day. Talk about eating until you are sick! My goodness.

HG got to meet family that she had never met before and that included her cousin Oliver! I think that as soon as she is mobile, they will become fast friends. As long as his momma Miranda doesn't hold HG. Mr. Oliver didn't appreciate that AT ALL! Can't wait to see HG to get to play with her cousins!