Our Week (or so) In Pictures

:: Thanksgiving ::

:: Hanging ornaments ::

:: Going to the Children's Museum ::

:: Digging for dinosaur bones - her favorite part because it's "just like George!"  Curious George, that is ::

:: Beauty rest ::

:: Modeling for Momma ::

:: Craftiness by Momma - turning an old sweater into a jumper ::

Independence Day.

HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY

Memorial Day Weekend (through iPhone pictures)

our weekend included: 

breakfast at Starbucks (yum!):: going to the park with momma and daddy :: momma in her hat :: harper in momma's hat :: spending time with papa :: swimming for the first time this year :: strawberry shortcakes for dessert :: more poolside time

Easter.

Easter Sunday was a really lovely day.  The weather was perfect, the food was delicious, and Harper had a great time looking for (lots of) eggs.  I would have posted a video but I get distracted easily and forget to watch what I'm filming instead of watching Harper.  So the videos are bumpy and a bit nauseating.  But got all dressed up to take pictures, hunt eggs, and eat.  I hope your Easter was just a blissful.

On Mother's Day

I was surrounded by beautiful weather, delicious food, and everyone I love on Mother's Day.  I was able to finish some knitting and cuddle with my baby girl.  I got a very special gift from my mom that gave me some happy tears (thanks, Mom!) and the best darn handmade green birdhouse from Harper and Wade.  I don't think I could have asked for a better day!

 Yes, it was most definitely a perfect kind of day.  I hope your Mother's Day was just as wonderful!

To Harper

My Little Love,
   On Sunday I will  get to celebrate my second Mother's Day with you.  This time last year you were just a tiny colic-ridden wee one, but oh what a wonderful day it was.  An extraordinary year has passed and I'm writing now to say "Thank you, my darling."

   Thank you for making me a mother.  This is the most precious and the most fulfilling role I have ever, in my 26 years on this earth, had bestowed upon me.  Obviously, my other roles in life as daughter-sister-niece and wife have all been ones that I have taken great pride in.  Yet they were ones that I was either born into or signed a piece of paper to get.  Not that that diminishes their value to me.  

But cradling you in my womb for nine months and then giving birth to you was such an active thing that I feel I earned the title of "Momma."   But more than that, even, is how much of a woman I have become in this last year.  

I know I have told you before that I feel stronger now that I'm a mother.  I can't help but reiterate that fact.  I have never felt so completely woman until I had you.  I feel as though I could take on anything; as though no challenge were too big.  If you needed the moon for whatever reason, I'm pretty darn sure I could get it for you.  That's how strong I feel.  

I have grown so much in this last year.  When I look back even six months ago I know I'm a different person now.  But my oh my, the woman I was last year or even the year before is most definitely not the woman I am now.  This woman is confident.  This woman will take on things she never thought possible and believe in herself enough to know she can do it.  This woman has self-confidence and self-worth that she never thought possible.  Most of all, this woman is lucky enough to have a love she never thought possible.  Some days it's a wonder that I don't split down the middle from all the love and happiness I hold within me.

So to you, my little love, thank you.  Without you I would probably never know what it is to be truly happy.  I would probably never know what it is like to be so at peace with myself.  Without you, well, I wouldn't be a mother.

 To all the lovely, wonderful women who read this blog, I wish you all a fabulous Mother's Day!

Easter Then and Now

On Easter Day last year, Harper was just 5 days old and was still in the NICU.  I don't even think we realized it was Easter then!  The March of Dimes came around and gave all the babies baskets, though I do remember that.  This was little, tiny baby Harper last year:

 And this is my not-so-baby-anymore 

Such a big difference a year makes!  Yesterday was a wonderful day filled with baskets, candies, delicious food, and family time.  Somehow we didn't manage to color the eggs we boiled, but I don't think Harper minded.  It was a rainy, gloomy day anyway so we're shooting for next year.

Hope you all had a lovely Easter weekend!













 

Happy Earth Day!

Happy Earth Day to everyone!  We're celebrating with cloudy skies and strong storms on their way today!  Originally I had grand plans of being outside all day, prior to seeing the forecast, so we're going to be inside pretty much all day.  But that's okay because we know that rain means that things will make everything grow!  And pretty soon we'll be getting produce from our CSA!  Can't wait!

And now for some pictures!  These are pictures of Harper opening her Easter basket early from Grandpa and Grandma Lockerby and Aunt Sarah.  Harper, Wade, and I send a big thank you to all of you!

 Hope you all have a wonderful Easter weekend!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Every 3 months or so we take Harper to get her pictures taken.  And everytime we go she's in a not-so-happy mood, which means we get less than stellar pictures.  Mostly they turn out like this:

 Or this:

 We took her on Saturday to get her (late) 9 month pictures taken.  She was perfectly fine all morning, but got woken up early from her nap.  It was all downhill from there. I think we might have gotten two smiles out of her.  But there are a few good pictures that the photographer (and I use that term loosely) got:

 I think we might skip her one-year pictures and just do family ones.  The whole time she wanted to be held and I would be able to do this during a family photo shoot.  It was a tiring experience, to say the least!

Wishing you all a Happy Valentine's Day!