A Year of Harper

  It's already been a year with Harper.  We can hardly believe it.  Her birthday was actually on Tuesday, and we saw the doctor yesterday.  We are saving a more formal celebration of her birth until we move though, so we were very low key for her birthday.  My Dad couldn't resist buying her an ice cream cake, so we had that for Harper over at their house in the afternoon, and then later at our home we gave Harper a slice of the excellent carrot cake that Aimee made.  She was actually very dainty with it for a long while.  Maybe she wasn't very hungry.

  The doctor confirmed that Harper is an awesome baby, but we really need to stuff her full of fatty foods since she isn't even eighteen pounds yet and only in between the fifth and tenth percentile for weight.  She is 29 inches tall though, which puts her smack dab in the middle for height percentile.  Her head though is a little big.  She has three teeth in, but two other teeth are making their way out on the top. Harper is almost walking. She isn't quite confident enough to  let go of our fingers yet.  Harper loves to talk. She babbles on and on, and can get quite animated with much gesticulating.  Avery and Harper are mostly the best of friends.  One of their favorite things to do together is take baths, and Avery finds it hilarious when Harper pulls on her hair. 

She got into the chair all by herself.

Avery is helping Harper open her birthday present from Alex and Addison.

Avery threw Harper's birthday present of clothes on top of her.

I couldn't get Harper to stop playing with the monkey, so this what you get.

Eating Aunt Aimee's carrot cake.

It took her a long time to pick it up.

I'm done!