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Sunday, November 6, 2011
Ashleigh and Kory get hitched
The following weekend, we headed to Atlanta for Kory and Ashleigh's wedding. It was a beautiful day, beautiful wedding, and beautiful bride. We all had a great time, and Payton thought the dance floor was there just for her. Harper pretty much slept through it all (with the exception of the prayer during the ceremony of course). We're all so happy for Ashleigh, Kory, and Preston!
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Pumpkin Patch
October has been a fun-filled busy month for us. I am over a month behind on the blog, to the point where I can't remember what happened in what order. We went to the Pumpkin Patch towards the beginning of October. Just like the two previous years, I think we chose one of the hottest days in October to attend. We decided to go to Jack-O-Lantern Lane this year instead of Dreamfield Farms since it is closer. To be honest, I still like Dreamfield better but it sure did make it easier not having to drive over an hour each way.
Payton wanted to start out on the inflatables. She had a blast. As a matter of fact, I'm not even sure if she aware that we went to the pumpkin patch still or not, or if we just went to play on the big slide.
Next we headed down to the pumpkin patch to pick out our pumpkin. As we were going to get in line, Harper decided that he had enough of the sun and the heat. Sweet mom stayed back on the porch with her so that both Jonathan and I could go with Payton to pick out a pumpkin.
We went in the barn to let Payton see the horses, rabbits, and goats. She wasn't so sure about the horses at first, but she warmed up pretty quickly.
It was HOT by this point. Of course Payton wanted to find the perfect pumpkin. She kept telling us that she wanted a "little bitty tiny one." FINALLY we picked one out and we were on our way back to the building. Unfortunately, I somehow don't have any pictures of Bamama and Grandaddy, but I promise they were there!
Until next year... I can't imagine that we will have two little ones running around at that point. Hopefully we can try for a cooler day!
Payton wanted to start out on the inflatables. She had a blast. As a matter of fact, I'm not even sure if she aware that we went to the pumpkin patch still or not, or if we just went to play on the big slide.
Next we headed down to the pumpkin patch to pick out our pumpkin. As we were going to get in line, Harper decided that he had enough of the sun and the heat. Sweet mom stayed back on the porch with her so that both Jonathan and I could go with Payton to pick out a pumpkin.
We went in the barn to let Payton see the horses, rabbits, and goats. She wasn't so sure about the horses at first, but she warmed up pretty quickly.
It was HOT by this point. Of course Payton wanted to find the perfect pumpkin. She kept telling us that she wanted a "little bitty tiny one." FINALLY we picked one out and we were on our way back to the building. Unfortunately, I somehow don't have any pictures of Bamama and Grandaddy, but I promise they were there!
Until next year... I can't imagine that we will have two little ones running around at that point. Hopefully we can try for a cooler day!
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Picture Dump Continued
When I dumped all of my random pictures a few weeks ago, I failed to upload my pictures on my phone. They are very random, but some of my favorites.
Our Friday nights around here get a little crazy! This girl is a MESS!
She really wasn't posing as it appears, but I think it turned out hilarious.
Precious baby playing with her feet.
First tailgate as a family of four. I promise Payton had more fun than what appears in this picture.
LOVE these two!
Our Friday nights around here get a little crazy! This girl is a MESS!
She really wasn't posing as it appears, but I think it turned out hilarious.
Precious baby playing with her feet.
First tailgate as a family of four. I promise Payton had more fun than what appears in this picture.
LOVE these two!
Monday, October 10, 2011
3 Months
A quarter of a year...really? Harper's tricks and personality reveal themselves more and more each day. Smiles seem to come easier, she follows our voices in a room, and she loves watching her sister play. I don't really know where to begin with updates on what's going on at 3 months.
We put her on 5 ounces right when she turned 2 months. That is still what we are fixing in her bottle, but depending on her mood, she may take only 2! She went through this stage on and off over the past month. That is a major difference between Payton and Harper. I never remember Payton not finishing a bottle. If you gave it to her, it was gone. She never spit up, so it was always hard to tell if she was getting too much. Harper on the other hand, if she's not interested, she's not having it. She goes in phases where she doesn't want to eat, then at other times we can't seem to feed her enough. I guess the most important thing is that she is letting us know when she wants it, and she seems to make up for any lost feedings with the growth spurt (or whatever is sparking her interests) may come. Right around her 3 month birthday, she rolled over from her back to stomach. Since I'm late posting this, she is now actually rolling both ways. She has just really started that in the past week and is now such a rolly polly. If you put her in the floor to play, she is over within seconds. She has never been a fan of tummy time, so I think it just took some frustration to get her to roll back over. It is much easier for her to go from back to stomach, but she can make it the other way if she's very determined. She also found her feet in the past few weeks.
I still can't say she's on a set napping schedule, but she definitely loves to nap in the swing. I guess at some point we will try to transition that to the crib, but we will get there. When I went back to work she was 10 weeks and she was sleeping around 7 hours straight each night. The second week I was back at work she came down with what we are guessing was just a nasty virus. Poor thing couldn't keep an ounce of milk in her for 10 minutes without...well, ya know. A week of hardly eating anything and a terrible diaper rash kind of set her back in the sleeping department. She was waking up throughout the night with dirty diapers and simply didn't feel well. It was pitiful to see her so helpless. We have been very blessed that Payton has been a very healthy child, and it just breaks our hearts to see them like that (especially with her being so young). It took about a week to recover from that, and then she was ready to make up for all of the lost feedings she missed the previous week. She was waking every four hours or so to eat. Hopefully we are swinging back and will get back into good sleeping and eating habits. While it has been exhausting with all of this going on and working, I truly cherish the special moments in the middle of the night when I get to see her sweet smiles and cuddle for a little while. She is still being swaddled at night, but has been breaking out most nights so we will see how that goes the next few weeks. Overall, we are just loving having this sweet girl as a part of our family and can't remember what life was like without her.
Look at her new trick!
We put her on 5 ounces right when she turned 2 months. That is still what we are fixing in her bottle, but depending on her mood, she may take only 2! She went through this stage on and off over the past month. That is a major difference between Payton and Harper. I never remember Payton not finishing a bottle. If you gave it to her, it was gone. She never spit up, so it was always hard to tell if she was getting too much. Harper on the other hand, if she's not interested, she's not having it. She goes in phases where she doesn't want to eat, then at other times we can't seem to feed her enough. I guess the most important thing is that she is letting us know when she wants it, and she seems to make up for any lost feedings with the growth spurt (or whatever is sparking her interests) may come. Right around her 3 month birthday, she rolled over from her back to stomach. Since I'm late posting this, she is now actually rolling both ways. She has just really started that in the past week and is now such a rolly polly. If you put her in the floor to play, she is over within seconds. She has never been a fan of tummy time, so I think it just took some frustration to get her to roll back over. It is much easier for her to go from back to stomach, but she can make it the other way if she's very determined. She also found her feet in the past few weeks.
I still can't say she's on a set napping schedule, but she definitely loves to nap in the swing. I guess at some point we will try to transition that to the crib, but we will get there. When I went back to work she was 10 weeks and she was sleeping around 7 hours straight each night. The second week I was back at work she came down with what we are guessing was just a nasty virus. Poor thing couldn't keep an ounce of milk in her for 10 minutes without...well, ya know. A week of hardly eating anything and a terrible diaper rash kind of set her back in the sleeping department. She was waking up throughout the night with dirty diapers and simply didn't feel well. It was pitiful to see her so helpless. We have been very blessed that Payton has been a very healthy child, and it just breaks our hearts to see them like that (especially with her being so young). It took about a week to recover from that, and then she was ready to make up for all of the lost feedings she missed the previous week. She was waking every four hours or so to eat. Hopefully we are swinging back and will get back into good sleeping and eating habits. While it has been exhausting with all of this going on and working, I truly cherish the special moments in the middle of the night when I get to see her sweet smiles and cuddle for a little while. She is still being swaddled at night, but has been breaking out most nights so we will see how that goes the next few weeks. Overall, we are just loving having this sweet girl as a part of our family and can't remember what life was like without her.
Look at her new trick!
Picture Recap
In an effort to catch up on the blog, I am doing a picture dump of everything that has been going on the past month. You'll notice that we haven't done too much other than our normal daily routine and enjoy every minute we have a chance to be at home.
We had dinner with Pawpaw before he left to go out of town.
Cheering for Auburn!
Harper at 11.5 weeks.
Enjoying a lazy Sunday at home. Payton is so kind to share all of her lovies and babies with Harper.
A long day is not complete without a nice long bubble bath.
I ordered the girls matching Auburn outfits and this was the attempt to get a picture of them together. You get the idea...
I only hope and pray they continue to build a strong relationship. I want to remember that all of these pictures of the girls together Payton is never prompted to love on Harper the way she does. This is truly how she interacts with her ALL the time. We have to do better at videoing them together because I know these memories will quickly fade. I'm still waiting on a pause button.
We had dinner with Pawpaw before he left to go out of town.
Cheering for Auburn!
Harper at 11.5 weeks.
Enjoying a lazy Sunday at home. Payton is so kind to share all of her lovies and babies with Harper.
A long day is not complete without a nice long bubble bath.
I ordered the girls matching Auburn outfits and this was the attempt to get a picture of them together. You get the idea...
I only hope and pray they continue to build a strong relationship. I want to remember that all of these pictures of the girls together Payton is never prompted to love on Harper the way she does. This is truly how she interacts with her ALL the time. We have to do better at videoing them together because I know these memories will quickly fade. I'm still waiting on a pause button.
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