Harper's Weekly: February 2010

beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful girl

Sunday, February 28, 2010

perfection.

first and goal.

Sunday, February 21, 2010

I made my goal!

Before Harper was born, my goal was to breastfeed her for 6 months. Of course I could pump and feed with a bottle and give her rice, but I wanted to make it to 6 months with no formula.

At times it seemed like 6 months would never get here. Especially in the beginning when I despised it. But now I have grown to love it and will keep going till it hurts too much [see previous blog] or I don't make anymore.

This is quite an accomplishment for me. My whole life [seriously] breastfeeding freaked me out more than giving birth. I still cant believe I made it through the first three weeks. Here I am and 6 months.

Pretty proud of me, if I do say so myself. :)

toofers.

On February 3, Harper's first toofers emerged!

She had been teething for over a month before they popped out and the night before they emerged was a rough one to say the least. Her drool got very thick and she screamed for 2 hours. Thank God for orajel, Hyland's teething tablets and baby Motrin.

But now we have a new battle on our hands. Well, two actually.

1. She is teething again. No break for this little one. She is working on her top ones as we speak. It may be another month before they emerge, but they are on their way.

2. She bites. I'll spare you the gorey details, but it involved a lot of blood and a lot of swearing. I think you get my point.

[great] grandparents

Friday, February 19, 2010

John's Granparents came to meet Harper.

It was an overwhelming and very exciting experience for them to meet their 1st granddaughter.

Harper warmed right up to them.

They have 5 grandsons so they were very happy we were having a girl. :) Change it up a bit, you know?

We asked them what it was like to have their daughter, grandson and great granddaughter all in the same room.

Amazing. Unbelievable. So blessed. Those were some of the words they used to describe it. But mostly it was indescribable. But it's an extension of them and their lives and that overflowed their hearts.

And since Harper looks exactly like this side of the family I think that can add to the depth of it. They physically see them in her.