Thursday, October 18, 2007

One year ago?!

How is it possible that this picture was taken only and at the same time an entire year ago? It just doesn't seem possible. It doesn't seem possible that she couldn't say anything in this picture and now she says my name (Mommy) no less than 45 times a day. How is it possible that today she told me she wanted more milk and equally emphatically that she didn't want ANY carrots? NO! NO, Mommy! No!


In this picture I can still make out the soft spot on her head and today when I asked her if she was ready to go to school she said, "READDDYYY!!!!" with as much enthusiasm as if I had asked her if she was ready for Elmo to live with us forever. (She's really fond of Elmo.) She now runs and jumps (kind of) and dances on her Daddy's shoes and hugs. Well, she thinks hugging is placing your head against someone else's head but it's very similar in sentiment.

She talks close to incessantly and if you listen closely you can very clearly make out every tenth or eleventh word. She sings and mocks and gives high fives and sometimes I even find her pretending to read on her own. I mean, really...it just doesn't seem possible. She tells me to put on my shoes and she knows that her cat's name is "Sash" (Sass) and that two comes before three, but still isn't quite sure that it comes after one...or if one exists at all for that matter. She knows that ducks quack and cows moo and that anyone who isn't taller than she is a "baby."

She's tremendous and she's almost 18 months old, and I cannot for the life of me remember what we did without her.

Sunday, October 07, 2007

Try as I might

Try as I might I cannot come up with anything interesting or punny to say about tunnels or slides.


Oh and here's one from a brief period recently when Harper would put on as many bibs as possible and prance around like she was a model in some sort of bib show.

Hope all's well everywhere.
-Us

Tuesday, October 02, 2007

I Think We're Done Traveling for Awhile

So from Pennsylvania we went home and, judging by this blog, nothing much happened for a few weeks (except we went to a birthday party and Harper wore a dress and was relentlessly cute).

Then we went to New York to watch some people get married and see some old friends and do all the things that go along with all of those things. Here are some pictures of us doing those things. Featured here: Harper playing with her friend Sasha, riding on an airplane, looking up and yelling "airplane!" while playing with her friend Sasha, wearing a furry hat and playing in the bath. And just to class the place up a bit, here's a shot of Amanda looking lovely at the wedding, cuz who doesn't love a pretty lady in a cocktail dress?

Keep those cards and letters coming,
Harper's Folks.