I'm Not a Little Squirt Anymore!

When I was pregnant with Harper, we called her "Little Squirt" because we didn't know if she was a boy or a girl until our 5 month ultrasound.  The name kind of stuck throughout the pregnancy.  My mom sent a little turtle from Finding Nemo, named Squirt, which started the ocean theme for her bedroom.  We took a picture of her at 2 months next to Squirt the Turtle so we can compare month to month (we forgot at 1 month, but did have a picture with Squirt when Harper was 2 weeks old).  This was taken 11/3/08.  We'll be sure to post at her 3 month birthday next week!  We're gearing up for a pretty big Thanksgiving here at our house, 11 adults and 3 little kiddos!  Tom's sister is coming with her husband and two boys, Forrest (3) and Spencer (1).  Harper is very excited to meet her auntie, uncle and cousins!  Tom's mom and Crow will also be here, along with Karen, Sal, Max & Sal's friend Wyatt and Sal's Mom Marilyn (Grandma).  It's going to be a great, chaotic time!  We're so glad we're in the new, bigger house.  There's no way we could do this in the old house (as much as we loved it... it was tiny!).  Stay tuned for pictures and a blurb about the day!  

While Daddy's away, the girls will... play?

Harper had her 2 month appointment last week and she was a whopping 10lbs. 9oz.! She sure is growing! She also got her first round of vaccinations and it was absolute torture. I'm still not sure she needed all of them, but they group them together so there are fewer shots. We'll need some for travel, so we just had to go with it. It was very hard to see her scream when the gave them to her. She was also 'not right' for a week following the shots. I'm not sure if she was just tired and off in her routine (we stayed with Karen & Sal for a few days), or if her tummy was upset from the Rotovirus and Pertussis vaccines (that was my guess). Poor thing! Thankfully, she's back to her mostly happy self now.

She has been sleeping great through the nights with only one feeding around 3-4am. This has been pretty consistent for almost a month now and we're all thrilled! Such a good little sleeper... we hope it continues FOREVER!

No pictures this time, Daddy has the camera in China with him. It's been hard having him gone, but we're trying to keep busy. We spent 3 nights at Karen & Sal's house... it was so nice to have the company and support while we were there! Julie was here Sun-Thurs, which was amazing. Just to have some social outlet was key for me, and we even made it to the Med for dinner one night. We're very sad now that she is gone. We're on our own for a few more days until Tom is back. Cana kindly called & offered to watch Harper on Sunday for a couple of hours so I can go do something for ME! I'm going to go get my poor horse moving and spend some time at the barn. I am badly in need of some horsey time!!!
So, while Daddy's away, the girls aren't really playing... just surviving till he gets home! Come home soon Daddy, we miss you!!!

Halloween Fun!

The Halloween gang

Harper is now two months old! Time has flown by! We dressed her up as a pumpkin for the neighborhood Halloween parade... her friends Tucker & Haley joined in the fun. Tucker's mom, Christie, got some great shots of the two little punkins! Harper dressed up again on Halloween night to hand out candy to trick or treaters. She got rave reviews from all of the kiddos who visited!

Today, we have her 2 month check up and the first round of immunizations. I have been so torn on what to do about them, but we decided to go ahead and give them to her. We'll need them for travel, and, they give them for a reason. We'll take our chances, I guess.

Harper continues to sleep through the night, with one feeding, usually around 3-4am. This time change is terrible, she's sleeping by 8pm, and I'm not ready to go to bed yet. Then she's up at 6am and I'm definitely not ready to get up yet! At least she's consistent, and still sleeping for hours at a time. I really shouldn't complan (but I will anyway!). Hopefully she'll get on the new time change soon (why do we still do this anyway?!).

We'll be staying up late to check the election results tonight. Tom leaves early Thursday for China... so our last couple of evenings together before he leaves. I'll pack up and head to Karen & Sal's until Sunday, then Auntie Julie gets here for a few days! We're so excited, but I have already told her Harper is NOT going to the Bobbi Brown counter at Nordstrom's until she is AT LEAST 17 years old (or even better, never)! Ha! Still hoping she'll be a bit of a Tom Boy... I dress her in cutsie things, and all that is pink, in the hopes that she will grow up to hate pink and anything too girly. Ha!