J & H

Jonah adores his sister. Goes straight to her in the AM and makes sure to come and kiss on her all the time. And Harper lights up when she hears his voice and sees him! Too cool to see!

Hangin' with the cousins

GROSS!

Found out Jonah doesn't like to get "dirty"-- he cleans off his hands if he gets paint on them, will wash off his hands immediately if he gets them dirty from helping me in the kitchen, hated shaving cream on the table, likes for me to do chalk and not him b/c well his hands will get dirty! But will sweat like a pig and sit in this nasty colored water and be totally happy! What gives? (the water is just color tablets, but still).

More park time

We had a day date with Emma. It's nice to get together with our friends since Emma and Jonah go play with one another (actually they head straight to the closet to get the monster)-- ok whatever. But we actually get a break since they are entertaining each other. And Harper & Abby just hang with the parents- chillin'

The Dads told the kids to kiss and they did. Emma went in first....just for the record!

Not sure why King Jonah thinks Emma should pull him

yep, Emma is beating Jonah at a running race- she is 2 or 3 inches taller than him!

Daddy's girl

Daddy and Harper spend lots of time together since he takes her to Grammy's house everyday and picks her up. I got Jonah duty. We have told Jonah that Harper is going to "baby school" this way he isn't upset that Harper is going to Grammy & Popo's house and he isn't. It's just a little lie ~ isn't that what all parents do???

Harper's Centers

To keep Harper happy and entertained and limit her getting bored with a particular spot, we rotate her like kids gets rotated in a classroom for their centers. Her centers are bumbo, jumper and floor mat with mirror. This allows me to cook dinner while keeping her close. Her favorite is the jumper playing with the frog or chewing on the rings and the floor mat because she moves her arms and hands so much the mat makes all kinds of noises.

Harper sees a new face~ herself

We put the mirror down for Harper and wow-- did she love it! She instantly looks at herself and has a big grin on her face. She just smiles and makes all kinds of noises.

Nice day = park

We are taking advantage of the nice and windy days and heading to area parks. Of course, we must stop and get bread to feed the ducks. And bring food for ourselves. Jonah liked the picnic and thought the seagull taking the bread from the ducks was pretty funny. Harper didn't like it much, so we had to make it a quick picnic at the park!

From THIS to THAT

I'm always amazed at how babies (and heck toddlers) can go from crying their eyes out to being totally content. Just like that- as if no drama happened!

Harper eating cereal the first time

So we tried cereal for our little round pumpkin and she liked it. She did the usual stick out your tongue and push the cereal out, but didn't gag or spit it out. She caught on quickly once we kept the spoon in her mouth. Weeks later, she sits there with her mouth wide open and ready to eat her lunch and dinner cereal. PS-- found out Daddy doesn't have patience to feed /train Harper on eating- but now that she has it down, Daddy likes it!

Random pics

This is our newest game we created for bath time- cause it can get boring playing with the same toys. Jonah stacks his animals on the soap holder and throws balls at them- trying to knock off more than one at a time - I know it's genius! t'hee

Jonah helped take this pic- not too bad!

A BIG thanks to Mason for giving Jonah his old motorcycle! This is Jonah's favorite toy at Mason's house and now it's Jonah's-- he's hot stuff now!

Sibling Time

Wherever Harper is, Jonah is close by. Right now, Harper likes it, but in a few years, I'm sure the picture might be a little different. He's constantly offering her toys up to her face which makes her eyes cross-eyed. He's hugging on her, talking to her, and giving her hugs. And Harper just smiles with her eyes all looking at her big brother.

What NOT to Wear

Harper ~ 4 months old

• likes to look at herself in the mirror and smile
• will smile back at you when you smile at her
• enjoys her jumper
• sleeping on her back, side and stomach
• eating 4-6 oz
• teething big time - lots of slobbers
• rolls over from back to stomach
• when she smiles her mouth open real big with an Elvis lip
• sitting in her big highchair & bumbo
• likes to lay on stomach and up with her elbows
• smiles at herself in the bathroom and floor mirror
• grabbing toys, blue suction bulb, mommy's hair, our fingers
• has been admitted to 2 different Children's hospitals
• has had flu and RSV and one ear infection
• was at Miss Julie's daycare and now staying at home with Grammy
• loves when Jonah talks to her
• if a TV is on, will turn her head anyway to see it
• likes to watch nursery rhymes on our iphones
• loves bath time

Harper's 2nd trip to ER and Hospital stay

Rough week -- Harper got diagosned with RSV on Thursday. Jonah had been sick with a cold since Monday and it finally hit Harper and her little, weak body later in the week. So late Friday night we took her to the Children's ER and she had a temp of 102.5, ear infection and a serious case of RSV, but no flu or punemnia. So we were admitted and they immediately hooked her up to oxygen to help her breathing, had a hard time finding a vein for the IV and started the suctioning of her nose to get all that mucus out! Harper didn't like that suction bit at all- but it helped to clear her chest so she could eat and not throw it up. The oxygen came off by Tuesday night, the IV was stopped Thursday and we finally went home Friday afternoon.

The nurses were awesome, the McGee Zoo stepped up to take Jonah all week for us, Andrea took Jonah a few hours over the first weekend, friends stopped by to help and bring food, Mom helped by sitting with Harper so Rick & I could get out and rest and everyone prayed for her to get stronger and well ~ and it took an entire village of friends, family and doctors / nurses to battle that RSV and help Harper recover.

Snow Days - all 4 of them

How we spent our 4 days off from school

We have NEVER had 4 straight days off from school due to bad weather. But this week we had the such. Tues - Fri off from school- yipee and major cabin fever all at the same time. We got creative in entertaining 2, well actually 1 child. It was icy outside so we couldn't go out there, when it did snow- Jonah was good for about 15 minutes. And all this the week the Super Bowl is here in Big D! Everyone is saying how God must really dislike Jerry Jones to do this on his week to host the Packers & Steelers! The days were long with only reaching up to the teens and the nights were bitterly cold! The heater was running non-stop. Both teams only practiced inside since it was just too cold. We tried to go to a movie, but the electricity was not being turned on to save it. And we had "rolling blackouts" on Wed and Thurs- which means they rotate turing off the electricity around the area to conserve since everyone was running it so much. Never heard of that before. Had it not been for the ice, I think me might have gone to school- but the sidewalks and parking lots were like skating rinks. And the most important thing was the Super Bowl- we needed to conserve energy for that big game coming up- all in the name of money and representing!

the bumbo & Harper~ a really good pair b/c she is high enough to be a part of all the action

Jonah playing in the water

not sure about this frog thing!

watching TV with Daddy

Big Brother showing Little Sister how much he loves her

Bounce Bounce Harper ~

Jonah loved this jumper when he was little and I think Harper will be the same. At first, she didn't know what to think about hangin' out- her feet dangling and then she started smiling! Of course, we had to fend off Jonah who liked to push on it really hard~ brotherly love!