Paxton James at 11 months, chewing on the pack-n-play while watching his big brother play

Harper Grace at almost 11 months chewing on the same pack-n-play while watching her two big brothers play.

Pearly Whites

Baby girl has a tooth! One tiny tooth finally made an appearance without any warning from our baby girl. She did not fuss or droll or anything. Let's just hope all her teeth come to surface so quietly.

How precious is this picture of my adorable Granny and Harpoo.

Just a Swinging

I really enjoy capturing images of our kiddos doing the same things around the same age and observing their similarities and differences. It is fun to look back at the boys and see how much their personalities are the same even from when they were babies. This weekend we tried Harper Grace in the outdoor swing for the first time. She loved it. She would squeal with delight with every push. She loved it so much that she got very relaxed and fell asleep for about 30 minutes. Ha. That would have NEVER happened with the boys. Maddox loved swinging and would squeal with delight and say "weeeee" with every single push. In fact, Maddox called a swing a "wee" until he was about 2 years old. Paxton loved swinging as well; however, in true Paxton form, it took him a while to warm up to swinging and would hold on to the rope handles for dear life.

Here is Maddox at 15 months old

Here is Mr. Paxton at 11 months old

Here is Harper Grace at 10.5 months old

I never realized how much smaller she was from Paxton. She looks tiny here compared to him at nearly the same age

Look at those chubby thighs. I could just eat them up!!!

Buy Her a Pony

Harper Grace likes the computer cord. She likes to chew on said computer cord. Harper Grace gets told "No, No.. do not put that computer cord in your mouth" and this is the reaction I receive in return:

It is the saddest, most heart breaking, crocodile tear and lip stuck out so far a bird could land on it cry that at first just makes me giggle at the over dramatic take from our precious little girl and then my emotions quickly change to "oh my mercy, please help this poor innocent soul. Make it better. Let's hug her tight and buy her a pony or something" (yes, I am aware that we are in big trouble with this one..ha)


Well, it looks as though her big brothers have come to her rescue and they found her a pony. Whew, thank goodness, that pouty lip was really starting to get to me.

It looks like the boys are having a wonderful time at the farm with Grandmom and Grand dad. They took them to see some baby colts at Grandmom's Aunt's house. And here we thought Harper Grace was the one being spoiled rotten. Ha. I am so thankful that the boys get this time with their grandparents. I only wish we could make it happen more often!

Getting Big

Geeze, my baby girl is getting so big. I snapped the first picture below, days after she came home from the hospital. I believe she was only 4 days hold here. She was so tiny.  Then I snapped this bottom picture today after a diaper change, as I remembered her wearing this same outfit as a newborn. It's a funny story, I texted the top picture to my friend Sarah to show her how tiny Harper looked on the changing table. Sarah laughed and sent me back a text of her Mallory wearing the exact same outfit that day. Hahah, she and I are so alike it's scary. And now, Harper Grace is as big as Mallory Grace was when Harper was born. So, when I put Harper in Mallory's outfit this afternoon, I had to capture another picture to compare how big she has gotten over the past 10.5 months.

My, oh my, slow down Harper Grace. You are getting too big too fast for this mama. I need more time with you as my itty bitty baby!!

Girls Day

My sweet boys are in Oklahoma spending some much needed time with Grandmom and Grand dad. So, while the boys are away, the girls will play!! Harper, Aunt Kim and I had a girls day and had went for a relaxing pedicure and lunch. Harper was the hit of the party (as usual) and was just as sweet as can be!
She looked so pretty in her dress, I had to capture a few pictures!!

Friendships

My lovely friend Anna was in town this week, visiting from L.A. It was such a blessing to get to see her and hang out for a little while. We meet in the 8th grade and immediately became great friends. We drifted apart our Senior year in high school and reconnected after we graduated when we finally realized how much our friendship meant to each other. She has lived in California for the last 10 years, but thankfully we have been able to keep up with each other and meet up from time to time. I am so thankful for her friendship and the love she has towards my kiddos.

She came over and hung out with the kids and I until Brad got home from work and then we enjoyed a nice grown up dinner with lots of girl talk. Then today, Harper and I picked Anna up for lunch and went for a manicure while the boys were at school. Such a fun girls day and I'm so glad Harper went with us!!!!!
Love you Anna Banana. Can't wait to see you again soon!!!