We celebrated Harper's 6 month birthday this week. The sun came out just so we could take pictures. Wasn't that nice of the sun?! We went to the Seattle center to take pictures with the Space Needle and cool fountain (although in retrospect, the fountain isn't very visible behind our sweet Harper). We are happy to report that Harper survived her 6 month vaccines although these were clearly more painful than the others. She is still in the 95th percentile for height and weight, but her growth seems to be slowing (which we're told is normal).
As you might be able to see, Harper has her daddy's blue eyes and god help her, my ears. She is sitting, and rolling, and reaching, and almost crawling...but not quite (thank goodness). She is fascinated with anything we do, especially when we eat. You can tell she just wants to grab whatever we have and gobble it up. She is very skilled at eating her own food and has even used the spoon on her own a few times. She still loves the outdoors but is becoming more sensitive to loud noises (another trait from her daddy). She has taken a liking to dancing with mommy, especially when I bounce up and down, consistently. :) She is communicating (babbling and giggling) more and more...stealing our hearts with each utterance. She has 2 teeth (yay for breast feeding) and has been sleeping through the night (7:30 p.m.-5:30 a.m.) for 2 months, now. Back to eating, Harper really likes bananas and mangos. Avocado, not so much and the jury is still out on sweet potatoes (she's only had them once). Her favorite toys are paper, a wooden spoon, a metal bowl, plastic rings, a wooden triangle, these plastic texture balls, and of course, mommy or daddy's keys. She is not the best napper, but I hope to work on that this summer. She is perfectly content playing by herself for 30 minutes at a time while we buzz around cooking or cleaning talking to her.
We are preparing to take Harper to Arkansas for a week with Patrick's parents and his sister's family. Then we will head to Houston to see my dad and stepmom (Nanno and Nanna). Then to Dallas to see all our friends and family there. We are so excited for Harper to meet and play with her cousins in Arkansas and then meet everyone in Texas. We'll see how much this Pacific Northwestern likes the southern heat.? I'm sure we will have a barrage of pictures and funny stories to share upon our return. Stay tuned.
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