Four Months Already!

Harper turned four months old on Tuesday. Time sure does go by quickly. Harper is a whopping 12 pounds 11 ounces and 23.5 inches long. By comparison Avery was 14 pounds 3 ounces and 25 inches long at four months. Harper is happily hanging out in the 25th percentile. Last Saturday she rolled from her back to her tummy twice, but has not cared to repeat the performance yet. She continues to be a happy little girl like her big sister, and enjoys hanging out in the Bumbo now. We are so lucky to have such cute, happy girls!

Plan D

So Daryl had applied to Pacific Lutheran, Washington State, University of Utah, and Arizona State for the fall semester this year. He was accepted to all of the schools. (Isn't Daryl amazing and super smart.) Well, he isn't going to any of those schools. Instead we are moving up to West Seattle in the Alki area. We are about four or so blocks up from the beach. The house is unfinished; it's down to studs. If we move in before summer is done we will be pleasantly surprised. We are moving up there because Daryl is working at his friend's company that develops apps for the iPad. It's called Monster Costume, and they make really cool games especially for kids. If you have an iPad you should totally check them out. Avery loves to play Bartelby's Book of Buttons. Daryl hasn't completely given up on school. He'll be checking out Seattle University because they have a computer science degree that you can pair up with a minor in entrepreneurship. That wouldn't start until next year though since he has missed the Fall deadlines. I've included pictures of the view from the new house since at this moment these are the only pictures worth looking at from the house.

Goodbye Leela

Remember this picture? You know what Leela was really doing? She was peeing in the baby blankets, and in the days to follow she started peeing on Avery's bed. Apparently Leela didn't like it when I decided to shut her out of our bedroom. I didn't want to deal with her and a new baby, so the cat lost. Leela is the first cat that wasn't allowed to sleep with me. She was just too needy and kept waking me up at night, so we sent her off to live with her aunt and uncle. Leela is enjoying life at my sister Nellie's house, and now can spend all the time she wants to with my niece Ashlyn in her bedroom. I'm happy to say that she uses her litterbox like a good cat, and is happy there. It's a win win situation.

Easter

This Easter Avery really was into the little egg hunt that my niece Ashlyn and I set up for her. We hid a whole bunch of eggs around my parents house, and Avery was super excited. She kept saying, "I see eggs!" It was pretty cute.

Catching Up

In April (last month, I know) we traveled down to Phoenix for four reasons:

1)the plane tickets were on sale

2)to see my sisters

3)so I could go to my Great Aunt Mega's 90th birthday party

4)Daryl and I left the girls with my sister DeAnna while we went to Disneyworld.

We had a great time. The girls did really well on the airplane. Mega's birthday party was a nice chance for me to see family I don't normally see. I drove over from Phoenix with my parents, DeAnna, Harper, and Aunt Liz while Daryl stayed back with Avery at Alex and Tim's where Addison and Avery had a great time making big messes. Mega lives in Farmington, New Mexico, and all I can say is Farmington is a hole. The trip to New Mexico was just a quick weekend thing. When I got back we stayed a couple days with my sisters before leaving the girls and flying to Orlando. We enjoyed Disneyworld, especially the water parks, a lot. As always it's great to have child free time. It was a great trip, but we were happy to be home as it was a longer trip at two weeks.

Great Aunt Mega(pronounced meega), my cousin Kim, DeAnna, and me.
Addison getting super messy. She is adorable.
The magic kingdom at night. It was super magical.
Harper contemplating life's many mysteries.

3 Months Old

Harper turned three months old on Easter actually, I just have a lot to catch up on here. Harper continues to be a delightful baby. She loves to wiggle and smile still, and she only gets up once during the night. Everything is going pretty well.

Compare and Contrast

I've gathered all the baby pictures in the family so we could all get a good look at everyone as babies. Daryl and I don't think Harper and Avery look that much alike, but we don't think she looks too much like either of us. Although we definitely think Harper takes after my side of the family. Enjoy Daryl's baby leisure suit.

Daryl Rachel

Harper Avery