I love my boyfriend!

Harper and her little boyfriend, Levi haven't seen each other in a while. He came over today to play and Harper instantly fell back in LOVE!

Bear Fun

Harper is feeling SO much better this weekend! She is back to her normal, mostly happy self. She's playing on her own a bit more and really enjoying the company of Memere, Karen, Max, Dixie & Domino. Today, she chose Big Bear as her favorite toy. Here is a video for Daddy, who is still in India:

I love you Daddy!

For Daddy:

We Miss Daddy!!!

It's been a pretty eventful month in the world of Harper. She's growing like a weed and talking up a storm! She's starting to put 2 & 3 words together, which blows us away every time! She had her 18 month check up when we got back from San Diego and all was well. She is a peanut, weighing in at 20lbs 6 oz, but is 100% healthy. She's been going to daycare on Tuesdays & Thursdays which is great for all of us! I can get a lot done around the house and Harper has made a lot of new friends. She seems to really like it, but is much more clingy with me when she gets home. She's also having trouble getting herself to sleep these days. We started helping her by rocking her to sleep, but that really isn't doing anyone any favors, so we're trying to break her of that.

Tom left for India last Wednesday, and Memere arrived on Saturday. She's supposed to be here for 2 weeks, but may need to go home later this week to help take care of Granny. We'll see--but fingers crossed she stays! She is such a big help! Harper was really sick Fri & Sat, so she's been clingy with her Mommy, not letting Memere do much with her, but Memere has been helping in other ways--gardening, weeding, clearing leaves, cleaning up and a much needed extra set of hands (aka--pack mule). Yesterday we went to Pearl St Mall to shop and play and had a great dinner out with Sal & Max. Today, we met up with Pam, Lily & Lily's Grammy, and Tenica & Gracyn at the Denver Zoo. Harper still isn't 100% back to herself, but her fever is gone and compared to Friday, she's doing great!

Here is a video of Harper smelling a flower and putting on a show to send to Daddy! Hoping to post more videos soon, as Tom has the picture camera...

SAN DIEGO!!!

We had a great week long vacation in San Diego Feb 20-27. Harper was in HEAVEN, and so were we. It was warm enough to play outside, on the beach, in the sand, at the park, zoo & Sea World. We spent almost every waking moment outdoors. Aahhhh... now we all have 

spring fever!

Harper is growing like

 a weed. We have her 18 month check up later this week, but we guess she's about 22lbs? She's a little peanut, but she's healthy and strong. She is saying well over 100 words (we lost count) and knows what she wants, WHEN she wants it. We are definitely into the "terrible twos". She gets very frustrated when we don't understand what she wants, or worse, when we DO understand but the answer is NO. We're also into the picky eater phase, but I'm hopeful we're on our way out of it. We were down to only a few things she'd eat for meals: mac & cheese (I'd load it with tofu & veggies though), grilled cheese (with turkey hidden in it) and cheesy eggs. She'd eat anything bready--pancakes, waffles, toast, etc. Now we're back onto pasta & quesadilla with beans. Fingers crossed she starts expl

oring with food again! We're trying not to make a big deal of it, but it's hard to see her eat the same meals over and over again. We ju

st keep introducing new food and hope for the best!

Harper is

 RUNNING everywhere. She's got the girly squeal down and is generally pretty happy. If she's outdoors, she's always happy. I'm glad she is an outdoor girl! 

I am getting things set up so I can find a part-time job

. I would, of course, love to go back to CTRC, but we'll have to wait and see if something opens up. As of now, there isn't anything. Fingers crossed! Harper starts at Miss Jackie's Daycare this Thursday for a trial run. I like the idea of her being around other kids. I've been using the gym daycare more and she seems to actually like it now. She still cries when I leave, but I peek back in after 2 minutes and she's having a blast. I'm thinking a part time job will 

make our time together much more special. 

Tom is still plugging away at ATJ. Things are slow, but have picked up the past couple of months. Only time will tell, but we're hoping the travel industry is on the up and up again. 

Lakota is enjoying his semi-retired life... he's fat and lazy. But spring is just around the corner, so he'd better be ready to get back in shape! Rudy & Jake are ready to get back to daily walks too. They are both getting older, and get stiff at night, but they are good. Jake steals Harper's food a lot and she now calls him "sneaky". All it takes is him coming up t

o her and she looks him in the eye and says "sneaky!!!". 

I'm still battling getting back in shape. I found a great Boo

t Camp class Tues & Fri mornings, which has been great! I actually love getting up at 5:30 for it (and I am NOT a morning person!). I also run with two other ladies on Mon & Thurs, and try to do Yoga & get on the bike trainer other days. It's bound to work... soon. (:  Still hoping to do some running races this summer and maybe a tri or two... TBD. 

Here are some pics of Harper in San Diego. BEACH BABY!!!:

FETCH!

We took this video a few weeks ago and were asked to post it on the blog.  Harper finally figured out how to make Rudy happy! (:  I want to post more picture soon as well... we've been in between computers, transferring from the PC to the Mac, so things have been in limbo for a while. I think we're fully up and running now, so once I figure out how to download all the pictures I'll start posting again. Until then... 

Halloween!

Harper is full of new surprises every day! She is now full on walking here, there, everywhere. She can turn corners and just last week she figured out how to go from sitting to standing without using anything to pull herself up. It all happens so fast! She was walking around everywhere in her cute Halloween lizard costume... Auntie Karen had made it for her son, Max (who is now 14!) when he was a baby & was kind enough to lend it to us. We stuck some pink flowers on it to make it "girly". Harper does "lizard tongue" on cue, so we thought this was a perfect costume this year. She had a BLAST at the neighborhood pot luck & parade. She greeted the few early trick or treaters that we had and waved good bye when they left.

Here are a few pictures from Halloween: