Harper is 17 weeks old today!

How cute is our sweet princess? Yes, I know, CUTE! Harper is so close to rolling over, and while it is wrong of me, I am not excited. I am not encouraging it and am anti-tummy time this go around. No rolling, eating foods, crawling, walking or any other milestones. I want you to stay my pretty baby lump for as long as possible. Do you hear me? I am guessing not...I am sure this this will be just one of many times she just won't listen....I have also told her that I am not ready for her to be four months old on Sunday either, her response is a big fat grin. Yes, we know, she is already winning...

Please join us in the longest baby ever contest!

Here is Harper tipping the scales at 14.65lbs. I guessed she was close to 15, so I was not too far off. What I did not guess though is that she was 26.25 inches long. HOLY COW SISTAH, where do you get that from? She is 75-90% in weight and 95-100% in height. Her head is 16". I guess that is normal...but then again, I don't really understand what that is for..

At her one week check up she was 7lbs 3.5oz, 20.25 inches long and 14" head.
At two months she was 11lbs 7oz, 23.25 inches long and 15" head.
And yesterday (7/29) she was 14lbs 6.5oz, 26.25 inches long and 16" head.

Now at least I know why all of her tops look like crop tops, and no that is not a good look on a baby.

And here is goofy Keith making fun of me for taking pictures at a well child visit. They all make fun of me...apparently I am the only person they have ever seen bring a camera to these things. I think it is not me, it is everyone else that is odd. So Ha!

Also important to note that Harper got two shots yesterday and guess who "conveniently" had to duck out before the shots happened....something about having a patient to care for...whatever you gotta tell yourself, weenie. I say you owe me for making me be the one that stayed!

Baby Love

My friend Nikki gave Harper this cute onesie when she was born, had to share the sassy and sleepy red head in it with you!

Things have changed a bit in 13 years....

13 years ago today Keith and I were married. I fought with the scanner for a little over an hour this morning but can't get it to work for me, I was going to load one of us way back when I was thinner and Keith had more hair, but instead here is our most recent family photo. Four years of Med school, three years of residency, finishing undergrad for me and getting a master's degree, one apartment, one seriously ghetto rental, two houses, three kids, me changing careers and then quitting work, and the cat that brought us together lives on....

Millions of Peaches....

Bopa and Harper in the Blackberry Patch

Monga and Carson in the Blackberry Patch

Davis, eating what he picks.

Harper, enjoying her day!

Monga and Jeni pulling Harper around the orchard. Harper lives a very posh life.

Carson eating a peach. This is noteworthy because my little Carson does not eat what I consider to be much "real" food...unless you consider a hot dog with "red stuff" real food that is.

Davis eating what I think is peach #2 or 3.

Carson showing off his bucket.

Chuck holding Davis up for a high one.

Where is Keith?

We went here http://gieringersorchard.farming.officelive.com/default.aspx this past weekend to pick peaches and blackberries. As you can see the boys enjoyed eating everything about as fast as we were picking them!

Harper in the High Chair

We put this together this weekend and thought Harper might want to give it a try....the boys thought it was great to have her at their height, and they also did all they could to steal her toys. Who knew a 3 and 5 year old would like baby toys so much?! As for Harper she was not wild about the chair, I was hoping she would like it so she could sit and visit me when I make dinner, but so far that is not the case.

Omaha Children's Museum

Here is what Harper did the whole time we were at the museum.

Here is Davis outside the museum. He really wanted to play in the outdoor sprayground...we were not aware of this feature so we were not prepared for more water activities!

Here is Davis playing in the ball area. There was so much to do it was an entire room and both boys loved it.

Mom and Dad in the Sesame Street Exhibit.

And Keith and Harper. This bench got a workout.

Carson in Elmo's World.

Dad learning how the digestive system works.

Mom and Dad checking out the poo.

Mom is not as tall as she thought. Big Bird wins.

The bird wins again. Maybe someday Carson will grow tall...but he will have to decide to expand his food pyramid beyond cheese pizza and hot dogs with "the red stuff".

Now this is the right size, Elmo and Carson are about the same in foot size.

This was a really fun children's museum, both of the boys had a great time and the Sesame Street Body Exhibit was very well done!

Davis woke up next to Harper this morning...

...it was pretty sweet.

CoCo Key

Ah, Co Co Key, a kids paradise. Nothing like an indoor water park to scream summer fun, huh!? But the kids LOVED it and if they had their way they would do this every day I think. We tried to take them to a "real" pool, but they would have no part of it. I guess if you don't have cool slides and a swim in movie theater it just isn't "fun".

Henry Doorly Zoo

We took the kids to the zoo in Omaha and while the zoo was nice the kids were not super interested in being there...sure they had fun, but not as much fun as they did at the hotel or the children's museum! The Skyfari was a highlight though.

Harper was 16 weeks old on Thursday!

Sorry for the delay - Harper has not been well and we have been out of town. After almost a week of her not being herself she got a head to toe rash yesterday and then today was back to being her smiley self. So nice to have my happy girl back!

Harper at 3 Months

This is my first shot at taking video with my camera and loading it...so if it does not look so great my bad!! And, if you do watch it, yes I know she is a pretty girl :-)

Harper is Blessed Forever

Sunday evening our sweet princess was blessed forever. She was surrounded by friends and family as she was baptised. My parents, Keith's parents, Keith's sister, her husband and their daugther, our Aunt Jeni and Uncle Chuck as well as good friends the Clements and Hurlbutt's were there. It was a very special day, she even smiled during the baptism. It was pretty cute!

Goin' Fishin'

Bopa got to go fishing with the boys for the first time. They didn't catch any this time, but I think the trip to Bass Pro to get thier first poles was definately a hit! That and the candy Carson got there!!