Harper Belle!

I feel like I need to brag on my sweet baby for just a moment! A lot of the posts are about Emercyn, but please know Baby H has been up to lots of wonderful things herself! Emercyn is at the age where she can actually participate in activities, so I have lots of things to say and lots of pictures.....but our sweet Baby H has been very busy too! :)

She is SUCH a good baby. She made going from one child to two so incredibly easy for us. She is so laid back, so content, and so happy. She's a fantastic eater and sleeper, and just really seems to go-with-the-flow on most everything. Jason and I are constantly finding ourselves amazed at how well she adapts to new things. LOVE her!!! And she and Emercyn just adore each other. It's so sweet and so precious to watch. Emercyn just hugs and kisses on her, and Harper follows her everywhere. She's always wanting to do whatever her Big Sister is doing. Cute, cute!

She's not walking yet, but she's EVERYWHERE. She crawls at super fast speeds, and cruises and "walks" around anything and everything she can. She also has learned a few new words recently. She has been saying "mama" and "dada" for a few months now, but over the last couple of weeks she has started saying more. She now says "all done", "uh oh", "ball", and "up". And just this morning she said the word "book" when she saw some books in my hand! Emercyn's been working with her on saying "sissy", but so far she hasn't picked that one up yet! I love this stage!

She also does a few baby signs. We taught these to Emercyn when she was this age, and it really helped with our communication. In fact, Emercyn still remembers these signs. She does them with Harper too! :) Harper knows "more", "milk", and "all done".

Harper loves to play games....pat-a-cake and peek-a-boo are her favs! Just say "where's Harper?" and she covers her eyes, all ready to play!

She's a very curious baby.....much more so than Emercyn was at this age. We learned that fast! We have a rather large coffee table, and underneath we kept all of our magazines. Not once did I have to move those magazines when E was a baby. Same goes with all of the photo albums and picture frames we had sitting on a bookshelf. Emercyn never touched them. We have had to completely clear out the bookshelf and coffee table this time around. Harper is just so curious! It drives us crazy, but at the same time we love it! It's wonderful to see her explore everything! :)