Harper's 2nd Birthday Party!

Hi everyone!

My fabulous photographer, Elaine, has posted the pictures of Harper's "Piggy" birthday party online! Yay! And they turned out soooo cute!! :)

Be on the lookout for a full post on the decor details on my other blog soon!

View them here: http://www.elainewestphotography.com/harpersbirthday.html or here on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=6684832&id=262619028853&comments=&alert=#!/album.php?aid=256467&id=262619028853

I'm 13 Months Old!

And mommy decided to take a million more pictures of me today! Plus she got my hair in it's first ponytail! Enjoy!

From Labor Day

Happy Labor Day! (Almost 13 months old!)

Harper and I are hanging out at the ranch this weekend, all by our lonesome selves - so we had a little photo shoot! Glenn is on the Big Meadow fire down at Yosemite, but hopefully he'll be home soon!

Harper looked so cute today, crawling all around in the grass (always crawling to me, though). So I thought I'd share it with you all!

She's crawling super fast now, and she can walk all over the house as long as mommy is right there just in case! She can do it, she's just making SURE she's ready. :)

Enjoy!! xoxo, Lindsay & Harper

Happy Birthday, Harper!!!

Wow. Fastest, and most amazing year of my life. What a blessing! This post is going to be quick -- I have to get some sleep before Harper's party tomorrow, but I had to post a Happy Birthday post really quick! Wow. My girl is 1. A crawling, almost walking on her own, babbling, comprehending, tantrum-throwing toddler. :) Be on the lookout for the party pics coming soon!!




And look -- we're famous!!! Click here: http://www.waybasics.com/blog/?p=659

I can crawl! And walk!!

We thought Harper was going to skip crawling altogether, but she figured it out!! She has been able to stand for a long time, and is slowly able to take more and more steps every day (which is why we thought she'd walk first, but she's still working on officially walking)! She doesn't really like to crawl on her own (she'd rather have mommy and daddy cart her around all the time), but she really loves to do laps around the living room holding onto the furniture. :) Check out these videos that I took today!!! And see you in a couple weeks at her 1st birthday party (8/8/09 at 1:00 at Mahogany Ridge)!!

I'm 11 Months Old!! And I have a new cousin!!

Wow -- 11 months already! Harper is just a sweetie, growing more and more every day and I can't believe how fast time has gone by! She's still THIS CLOSE to walking AND crawling, but not doing either consistently yet. She can take a few steps here and there but she's developed a fear after a few little falls. She has her own style of crawling, so she can get around by pulling herself with her arms, but she hasn't figured out how to use those knees yet! She did crawl correctly the other day, but only a few feet then she flopped back down on her belly. And no, it doesn't matter how many times I try to show her, she still drops to her belly and pulls herself by her arms!

Lately I've created a little play ring on our living room floor, which keeps her busy. All of the furniture is placed in a U-shape and she just walks herself back and forth all along the ring, and sometimes she plays on the rug in the middle, pushing and pulling herself along the floor. She also walks in her walker, and can walk by pushing her walker, if it doesn't go too fast!

I am busy planning her 1st birthday party -- yippee! And here is the "e-vite" I've put together...I do have some paper ones, but I thought I'd post it here, too!! Let me know if you're coming!!


And we found out some wonderful news today -- Harper has a new baby girl cousin today! Madeline Lauren was born early this morning to Dan and Kirsten, so that makes 10 grandchildren on Glenn's side! And I love that the youngest 3 are all girls. :) There is Christian (12), Romeo (9), Kendra (9), Titus (7), Zane (6), Bing (6), Zeik (4), Blessin (1), Harper (11 months) and Madeline (1 day!!).

10 Months (and 1 Day Old!) and my 100th Post!

Harper is just a joy, I can't believe we've only had her 10 months! She is very vocal...yelling at the cabinet as I type. :) She is getting closer and closer to crawling and walking every day, but isn't there yet! She is finally on a nap schedule, and sleeping in her own crib all night! She still thinks she needs to wake up once or twice, but she's getting better and better at sleeping every day. Night time isn't so stressful anymore and that's a plus!

She now has 8 teeth, more and more hair, and is eating lots of solid foods all by herself! She loves bananas and will eat a half of one all by herself! She also scoots everywhere in her walker, but she'll usually cry when we first put her in it. After she's in, she's off and running!!

Now for more fun stuff - her 1ST BIRTHDAY PARTY! Be on the lookout for the official invitation, but here are the details:
Saturday, August 8th, 2:00 PM at Mahogany Ridge Guest Ranch!

If you didn't know, that is Glenn's parents' guest ranch out in Jess Valley. The house is booked and ready for the par-tay!! Feel free to contact me with any questions! Our home phone number is 530-233-4678 and my e-mail is lmlchristensen@gmail.com. Yay!

Uh oh! :)

Startin' early...we're in trouble!!! :)

Playdate!

We recently went down to Chico for a weekend visit, and I caught up with a couple friends! Here are some pictures of Harper (7 months) with her new friend Oliver (9 months) on a playdate at Bidwell park! Aren't they cute??

7 Months Old!

Hi everyone!  Our baby is 7 months old today!!  Wow!!  So to capture it, I took a few cute pictures of her this morning in her "Tea Party" Exersaucer.  :)

 

Here she is checking herself out in the mirror!

 

Saying hello to mommy!

 

Now checking out daddy!

 

Now she's looking at her buddy - the ceiling fan!

 

Looking at her reflection again!

 

Now she's spitting.  She does that a lot!

 

Now she's talking to us!  With a nice puddle of milk coming out of her mouth.  :)

 

And now a sweet little smile for us!

 

Story Time!

Harper LOVES her books!! And listening to the iPod with mommy and daddy. :) These were taken in her room while winding down tonight - she's been sleeping in her own room for naps and sometimes at night lately. What a big girl!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

She's also good buddies with Molly and is getting the hang of her Jenny Jump Up!!