Coming Soon....

I promise I will have tons of pictures from Christmas morning soon! Harper had such a fun time, she was overwhelmed and definitely slept good that night! She got a swing set and lots and lots of toys to fill up the living room. I promise, pictures within a day or two!

Wrap and Unwrap

So I've been trying to wrap Christmas presents while Harper is either gone or asleep...but seriously, what's the point??? She crawls right over to the Christmas tree and unwraps them. Is there really a need to wrap them? I think not, but for the joys of Christmas...I will do so and I will smile and laugh every time my child tears open wrapping paper or unpacks a neatly done Christmas gift bag!

cleaning day..or days..

So my main goal for Monday was to clean house...however, I finished on WEDNESDAY! Since when did cleaning house become a 3-day job?!?!?! I will tell you when...when my child learned to get around......EVERYWHERE! As much as I love the fact that she can crawl and pull up, it sure does make getting things done a big headache! I had to entertain my child in every way possible. It was like the moment I thought, "Okay she's happy, I can really get to work..here would come the water works." Then I'd get her down for a nap and I'd think okay I have an hour to an hour and a half, but NOOOOO she only wanted to sleep for 40 minutes that day..grrr.. So needless to say our house is clean, but instead of feeling happy and soaking in the cleanness, I was more stressed out than when I began! Oh well, I know I'll get the hang of this soon...its only been 9 months (next Saturday). HA!

Enjoy the pics of me entertaining her during my cleaning days....As you can tell, she has different outfits on...proof it took a few days!

Day One In the high chair with spatula and spoon. Entertainment!

Day One-Drinking a bottle while laying on her favorite lady bug pillow from Cousins Brad, Shelly and Karen

Day 2-Playing with Mommy's Plastic or not easily breakable necklaces...

Day 3-Back in the high chair with her spoon spatula and some snacks!!

First time sick

Well Harper is FINALLY sick. It only took 8 1/2 months, but the time is here. However, my child does not react to sickness like normal kids. Nope, she is still rolling around, smiling, laughing and dragging her snot with her everywhere she goes! She's on her first prescription drug and is handling everything like a champ! Although its not something I want her to go through, I'm glad she can handle it!

Swim, Swim!

So Harper has always done what we call "swimming" when she's on her tummy. It doesn't matter if she's laying in her bed waiting for us to come get her or on the living room floor watching Dora the Explorer or the Wonder Pets. No matter what she does the funniest thing. "THE SWIM!" Although we'd love for her to start crawling soon, we'll take the laughs now! Enjoy!!

Hanging out at the ranch.

Harper loves going to the ranch with the boys. Although she can't hunt yet, she enjoys hanging in her jumper in the swing. This day we forgot our jumper, so thank you to cousin Brayden for letting us borrow his! She has so much fun. This video does a good job of showing some of the stuff she does. She claps on the video, does a little talking (nothing near her usual) and shakes her head no. Enjoy! (Sorry for my voice on the whole video!)

Thanksgiving Day Festivities

Thanksgiving was so much more eventful this year!! What a joy it is to have a child to share the day with. We spent Thanksgiving at my parents and at the ranch. My in-laws were able to join us, which made everything that much more fun!! Justin's parents, Grandma and Jason were all in on the Truesdale festivities! Christy, Joe and the kids also came! Nothing like a full house! We also watched the Texas A&M/Texas game.....fun times!! Here are some photos of the holiday!


Harper and Pa at the ranch


Harper and her great-Grandma Taylor


Harper and Grammie Dredla


Harper and Grammy Truesdale


Christy (my sister), Isabella, Joe and Jonathan


Trevor, Jamie and new baby Brayden!


Mommy, Harper and Daddy trying to take a pic for the Christmas card!

Accomplishments!

Our little pumpkin will be 8 months in a week!! HOLY COW. She is getting so big. She has so many accomplishments! Here are just a few!

*Clapping-any time she hears people laughing or we say "Yay!", she claps!

*Waving-She waves hi and bye, and she even does in in the right direction..waving at others, not herself!

*Mimicking-She is mimicking noises like crazy!!! When we grunt, she grunts. When we squeal, she squeals. When we cough, she coughs!

*Sitting in the big girl bathtub all by herself to take her baths!

*Pulling up-She has pulled up in the bath tub, crib, coffe table and on her mommy, daddy and grammy!

She is getting more and more fun by the day. Next up, crawling and walking!

Getting warmer...

Well we are almost back to sleeping all night. Harper is waking up 2 out of 3 nights for only about 30 min. I change her, feed her a full bottle and she's back down within that time. So its not too bad. I know eventually she'll get back to sleeping all night..i just hope it's soon! :)

Here's some pics of our cutie!

1 step forward, 5 steps back?!?!

So my perfectly sweet angel of a child has slept all night (at least 8 hours) since she was about 8 or 9 weeks old. However, in the past month or so she has not done so. She wakes once or twice a night to eat. What?!? I thougth that it was supposed to be that way in the beginning and then get gradually better over time. Not my kid. Tonight she has officially been crying non-stop for an hour. Mom and I have been switching back and forth trying to calm her down. Its funny, she stops crying for Mom. Guess she's not as frustrated. I am thinking it is severe gas...she's been fluffing (Actually, its full out FARTS) while she's screaming and burped a smelly burp. Guess all that crazy solid food has caught up to her! If its not gas, its teething. However, my child has been "teething" for over 3 months, so who knows. Hopefully we can get her down soon. I'll keep you updated. Here's 2 pics to satisfy you. :)

Happy Halloween!

Here are some cute Halloween Pics of our little Strawberry!! We had a good time for our first Halloween. Although Harper couldn't trick or treat, she was quite the hit at the Church Festival.


Courtney, Taylor, Brayden, Skylar and Harper at the hospital on Halloween!


The cutest strawberry in the world.



Many people thought she was a lady bug until they really looked.



Harper and Mommy on Halloween.

Cousin Brayden is here!

Harper's double cousin has made his way into the world! Brayden Hays Truesdale was born on Oct. 30. He was 5 lbs. 12 oz and 18 in. long! Harper loves him already and is obsessed with him as long as a toy or dog doesn't make its way in front of him. Enjoy the pics!

Meeting Tristin Ulrich for the first time!

Since we were within an hour of Buda, we decided to make a day trip to meet Tristin! Cari and Kevin's little boy is absolutely precious!!! Although we enjoyed holding such a tiny little bundle, it was hard to say we miss Harper being that age. Cari is doing great as a Mommy! Tristin is SOOOO lucky!

Tristin slept the ENTIRE time we were there!

Cari, Harper, Mommy and Tristin (Harper looked so big compared to him!)

Aunt Cari and Harper

Chad and Heather are married...and Harper was at this wedding, too!!

Well we made it through the wedding weekend and 2-night stay in a hotel. All in all it went pretty well. She had a little trouble sleeping the first night, but did great the second night. She did a great job of entertaining herself. She was a hit at the wedding of course!

Here are some great pics from the weekend!

Watching Dora the Explorer in the car on the way to Boerne. The kid used to sleep all the time in the car...not anymore!

Harper, Daddy and Mommy at the Rehearsal Dinner.

Daddy and Harper hanging out after the first night in the hotel.

It is a lot harder to feed her in the Bumbo versus her high chair! We ended up getting applesauce all over ourself.

Harper getting ready for a day out on the town.


Harper and Daddy at the wedding.


Harper and Mommy at the wedding (Harper is starting to blink in pictures!!)

Harper, Mommy and Heather. Harper thought that Heather looked like a "princess." She couldn't stop looking at her!!

Mommy, Harper and Daddy at the wedding

That Boerne/San Antonio water does something to this child's hair!

EXHAUSTED!! Sleeping with her bunny, Daisy on the way home. She slept for about an hour and 45 minutes on the ride home...she was pooped!

Wish Us Luck

So this weekend will be the 2nd hotel stay for Harper. Though we are excited to see Chad and Heather get married, we're not necessarily jumping for joy at the idea of staying two nights in a hotel with a 6 month old. Wish us luck...we'll update you soon.

In the mean time, here some cute pictures of our little ladybug! :)