11 Months!!

HOLY MOLY I''m 11 months old!!!


Age: 11 Months (whoa, she might as well be one already...where did the year go?)

Weight & Length: No clue.  I know she's getting bigger/taller because she's growing out of clothes faster than I can buy them. (which reminds me mom, she needs a new Texas tshirt as her current one is now a belly shirt....)

Favorite Activity: Well miss Harper is a very busy girl so we have ALOT of favorite activities, at least 10 an hour....crawling, bouncing, talking, building towers, knocking down towers, chewing on anything in reach, reading, opening cabinets, closing cabinets, bouncing balls, crawling, talking talking talking.... you get the idea.  We're working on our "jack of all trades skills", we're into eeeeverything!

a rare quiet moment.  So glad I bought this little doohicky to hang my iphone on her stroller, protects it nicely from her sticky little paws.  

Favorite Toy: She's been showing a preferences for beach balls lately but the clear favorite is still Bubba, her bear.  We've had a few close calls forgetting Bubba either at home or daycare soooo we'll be making a pit stop into build a bear this weekend to whip up a spare.  Worth every penny of the $10 it takes to make him.

Favorite Book: The new favorite this month is the Fisher Price lift a flap Zoo book.  Fun for at least a good 10 min haha, so many flaps to lift (and tear and try to put in our mouths).  It kills me that I have boxes and boxes of amazing books for her....but they're all in storage...hopefully we'll be able to dig into them soon.

This month Harper learned:  

* To roar like a lion (seriously cutest thing ever)

*To give kisses when asked.  They're open mouth and sloppy but my favorite of anyone's kisses (sorry honey)

* That wading pools that look like giant crabs are pretty awesome when it's 8 million degrees out (and that you have to share because mommy wants to stick her feet in too!)

* TO WALK! Ok ok maybe not walk, maybe more like stumble around like a drunken sailor. Soon enough she'll be running all over the place and the real trouble begins!

This month mommy learned:

* spending a small fortune on pacifiers is worth it to have a spare handy at 3 in the morning when she's up and the crib seems to have eaten her other one

* Patience is not my strongest virtue but thanks to house building process I'm learning

* I've missed distance running...alot.  Glad to be back in it.

Races: Survived my first half marathon post baby! The sky opened up 20 minutes before the gun went off which was GREAT for me, not so much for the spectators!  I finished 13 min faster than expected so all in all it was a great race. Looking forward to the next one in Sept!

Father's Day 2013 in pictures

 HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!

Father's Day started a little early for the hubs

Tailgating at DMB

First overnight away from Harper, up WAAAAY past our bedtime!

Don't mind Grizzly Adams...it's his "playoff beard"

Father's Day BBQ 

Harper had a little something for Shaun to open that she had made at daycare.  A poem that said something to the effect of "Your Father's Day gift is to spend the whole day with ME!!! Don't worry mommy packed the diaper bag and she said she'd keep herself busy...something about a PED-I-CURE..."  gotta love a daycare with a sense of humor!

 hanging out with Uncle Joe and Madison

Grandpa and his littles 

(side note: this was the best of the 500 pics that my sister in law and I took, trying to get 3 kids under the age of 5 to look at the camera...and not cry...pick their nose or crawl away....OY!)

Ending the day like we always do...

10 Months

Loving her first trip to the ocean

Age:  10 Months

Weight: Another trip to the dr....(dear god is cold season over yet) 20.5 lbs

Length: Her 9 month pants are all now capris so I'm guessing she's growing 

Favorite activity:  ----------->
My friend got a bouncy house for her step daughters birthday.  I'm nto sure who had more fun but we both laughed until we cried.

Favorite toy: Her new buddy bubba.  He's soft, stuffed just right, and is most commonly found firmly in a headlock while she sleeps...

Favorite Book:  My first 100 words has beaten out the little blue truck this month, but it was a close one.  Scholastic had another warehouse sale last month which means there are alot of new books in the rotation :)

This month Harper discovered:
*Living with Grammy and Grandpa is awesome, there's always someone to play with.  
* Walking is way better than crawling (not walking unassisted yet...we have bets on how much longer it will be...I guessed a month, Shaun guessed a week and a half...stay tuned)
* Green beans are delicious, pancakes are pretty good too.  If given the choice she'd pick green beans... ???
* Saying Dada will actually make Daddy respond....some version of Mmmmamamama makes mommy respond....hmmmmmm

Memorial day parade

parade watching is exhausting

Yes redheads run in my family ;)

This month mommy learned: **I shouldn't have been so anxious for the little one to be crawling...HO-LY BUSY!!

**Babies will always have blow outs when least convenient 

**Always pack double the diapers and clothing you think you'll need, otherwise you arrive home with a baby in a onesie wrapped in a blanket  (learned due to above lesson...) 

**Living with Grammy and Grandpa IS awesome because there is always someone for Harper to play with!!

Races: I believe I said I had no races planned until June 23? Famous last words ;)  The Pine Grove montessori school was having a little 5k (directed by fellow trackie Alice) so Harper and I couldn't resist.  With Auntie Lyss as our wingman we finished in a respectable 28 min and 3rd place in the stroller division.  Next up is the Rail Trail 1/2 marathon (sans stroller!)

My how our races have changed 

Trackie ladies...and Jim :)

My Favorite running buddy :)

See you next month ;)

9 mo

AGE:  9 1/2 months (who cares about weeks anymore?)

Weight: Thanks to (yet another) cold she went from 19.2 to 18 lbs at her 9 mo appt

Length: honestly cannot remember at the moment.  I have it written down in my planner (which is in my car) so…yeah that sums up my motivation at the moment.

Favorite toy:  Zany zoo activity cube, great for practicing pulling herself up and standing over and over 50 million times!

Favorite activity: We officially have a crawler! So this months favorite activity is moving, crawling, pulling herself up, standing…really anything as long as it's go go go! 

It's fun to watch her get stuck (that's not the fun part, we're not that mean) start to cry and then it's as though all of a sudden it dawns on her that she can crawl and then ZOOOM off she goes!

Favorite book:  Easy--> Little Blue Truck.  We have read it every night for about a month now..she laughs every time without fail, I barely have to look at the pages anymore to read it.

This month Harper discovered: grass is fun to play on...

Sunglasses are kind of cool…

                         

and how to use a sippy cup!

#babeinamug on Instagram

Races:  No races planned unil June 23, it will be my first half since Harper…should be interesting:)

Looking forward to: Friday…it's the end of an era...

and baby showers are kind of fun! Our friends are going through a baby boom so we had a few to attend this month.  Looking forward to meeting all these future friends!!!!

8 mo

I dole out kisses to Jacques my penguin like nobody's business
but will I kiss mommy? Nooooooo

AGE:  35 Weeks

Weight: No idea...she's no feather weight! I'd guess 18lbs?

Length: Shaun and I just measured her last night 27"

Favorite toy:  Anything in the bathtub, and my phone if she can get her sticky paws on it

Favorite activity: SWIMMING! Seriously this girl is a fish!  Every Saturday morning I pull out her adorable bathing suit and she starts talking (read screaming) because she knows  where we're headed.  She kicks, flails, allows me to dunk her without protest and squeals when we do the "motorboat" song.  Worth every penny of the $64 class fee and early mornings at the Y :)

She and our neighbor's son are in the same swim class and to date they are the only two who haven't spent an entire class screaming (I probably just jinxed the last two classes... awesome).  

Favorite book:  Gram and Gramp bought her a book that quacks when you hit a button.  She thinks it's hilarious...I'm thinking about hiding it

This month Harper discovered: that being mobile just might be more fun than staying put.  I'd say she's days if not hours away from crawling, she just needs to figure out those legs of hers.  Once she does we're in trouble.

Races:  I have to be pretty choosey about races this year.  Shaun works every Saturday, and since most races are NOT stroller friendly that eliminates about half of the races I love to do (buh-bye Beach2Beacon and Clam Festival) Luckily all my favorite half marathons are on Sundays :)

Looking forward to:   Warmer weather please and thank you :)  

Lucky number 7

Heeeeey I'm 7 months old and feeling SO MUCH BETTER!!

AGE:  31 Weeks

Weight: Lost a little weight while she was sick, last check was 17lbs

Length: No clue, but I do know that we were in size 6mo clothes for a hot second before needing to bust out the 9 mo clothes.  This is why I'm always nervous to "buy ahead" when there are good sales, it is impossible to predict her size and my luck I would guess wrong!

Favorite toy:  She still likes to get a good jump in but is favoring anything with a satin "taggie" on it

Favorite activity: "THHHHHHBBBBT"  I've come to really enjoy this new found talent when paired with dinner time and she has a mouth full of food....not so much

Favorite book:  Her new love bug cloth book set.  **Unrelated** taking her down the toy aisle at Babies R Us is so much fun but dangerous  on the wallet.  Her eyes light up and she gives a gleeful "ooh! ooh! ooh!" to every toy you show her, you just want to buy her everything!

This month Harper discovered: that teething really rots, I have to say I agree.  We have one bottom tooth poking through already and luckily she's still very happy and good natured.  But you can tell by the way she rubs anything and everything on her gums that it hurts her.  And the drool? Good lord...

Races: Irish Road Rover 5K this weekend.  Harper will be staying with daddy while I run this race, no way am I pushing her up the Eastern Prom hill.  I am desperate for weather that I am able to take her running with me again...come on SPRING!!!!

Looking forward to:   Harper's first St. Patrick's Day!!!! She may be Italian and French but she's half Irish!!!  

Momma learned this month: Harper can sleep anywhere...including in a shopping cart at Walmart.

How do I love thee...

too many ways to count!
Happy Valentine's Day little lady

<3 mommy