Just a typical day...

Don't you play on dirt mounds dressed as Minnie Mouse?

A special gift

I may have left out a few pictures from Christmas... 

Payton and Harper got to open a special present Christmas Eve night at Nana and Pop's house. 

A simple balloon can make these two girls light up like you wouldn't believe.

Only, these balloons had something written on them.

BABY!

That's right! Payton and Harper are going to be BIG SISTERS! We are thrilled to welcome baby #3 into our family sometime around August (ish). We still don't have a definite due date, but we are guessing that I'm somewhere around 12 weeks, which would make me due the beginning of August. We are praying for a healthy baby to complete our family. Payton was originally convinced it was a boy, only because she said we already had two sisters. Now she has decided she thinks it's a girl. Either way, we are absolutely thrilled to welcome our new addition!

Harper at 18 months

Little bit turned 18 months this week! Crazy! I haven't updated on her development in a while so here goes...

Size: When we went to the doctor this week she weighed 21 lbs. 14 oz. (40%) and was 31.5 in. (50%). Dr. Williams said that she has definitely evened out some since our last appointment. Her head was 19 in. (90%), no surprise there! She is wearing size 4 diapers and mostly 18 month clothes. Her tiny little waste still barely holds up pants.

Eating: She has definitely become more picky with her eating lately. She is really bad about wanting something, taking one bite, and then wanting something else to eat. Santa brought her mum mums in her stocking and that was a huge hit. Around Thanksgiving she did cut about 6 teeth at one time. I"m not certainly how many she has now, but she definitely has a mouth full. She cut all 6 molars at the same time...that was fun!

Communication: When she was about 17 months it's like she all of a sudden starting talking within a weeks time. She went from saying maybe 3 words: cup, dada, and ba (bath) to all of a sudden talking. Some of her most frequent words that I can think of right now are: dada, mama, sis (sissy), dog, Mol (Mollie), ba (bath), cup, Ba-ma, Nana, Pop, she attempts Grandaddy, eat, bar, chee (cheese), pease (please), thank (thank you), more, baby, truck, car, hey, hi, bye-bye, lu you (love you). You get the point, it's so nice to be able to communicate now without her throwing a complete fit because she can't say what she wants. However she does sometimes pull her hair and get frustrated, the communication is definitely better. She has been introduced to the world of time out, and definitely understands when she is not behaving and you ask her if she wants to go to time out.

Sleep: She still loves to sleep...taking good naps and goes down easily at night. Lately she has been wanting an extra hug and kiss after you put her in her crib. If you forget she will scream just to remind you as you shut the door. After that extra hug she lays down with no problem!

Tricks: She is a climber. Like climbs on anything and everything. Of course this really isn't anything new to us since Payton was the same way. She wants to climb up chairs and furniture and sit in them. As I sit here typing this, she came to me and said "poop", proceeded to go into the cabinet and get a diaper and wipes, and bring them to me. Ready for potty training? Maybe so, I'm just no sure this mama wants to endure it quite as long as we did with Payton. At times I think we started too early with her, which is what prolonged it. Who knows! Mom swears she's ready and I've told her that she is welcome to get a jump start, I'm just not so sure we are ready. :)

This girl has the silliest faces. Happy 18 months sweet girl!