Cruizin around like a Big Girl

This is a video of you walking with the walking toy at Grandma & Grandpa D's house. The video was captured on grandpa's phone:

on the road again...

This past weekend you and your daddy headed to Nebraska to visit family and watch daddy play in his alumini college soccer game at Nebraska Wesleyan University. Momma had to stay in Kansas to work all weekend:( I really missed you guys while you were gone! I know you had a blast though playing with grandmas and grandpas and your aunties Shannon and Kate. They skyped (video call on the computer) me on Saturday morning before I headed to work, so I did get to see you while you were gone. Grandma & Grandpa took you to the park to swing and they had you walking all around with a walking toy. Your grandma & grandpa Wimmer bought you all kinds of new toys including your first bike. All your grandparents, they spoil you rotten and love you so very much!

The clapper

In the past week or so you have learned how to clap. Since you have discovered this trick you have been doing it quite a bit. This video is from a few mornings ago. Even since this was shot, you have improved on getting you hands together and making the clap sound. You amaze me kiddo.

turning heads

You are quite the head turner. Pretty much everywhere you go, you draw attention to yourself. You don't do anything fancy, most of the time you don't even smile. People are drawn to your beauty. I am not saying this to gloat or be better than, it's just stikes me as crazy the amount of attention you recieve. Yesterday we were at the grocery store and our checker lady got on her phone and called another checker lady a few aisles down and told her that she had to come see you. The lady came over and they all ooeed and aahhed over you. You didn't even crack a smile, rather you were looking at them like they were crazy. The hair is where they start gawking and then you look at them with your big blue eyes and it's all over. As I was driving away I kept thinking, does every baby and family experience this attention. I am just not used to being noticed in public so much. Not that it's me being noticed but I am tied to the situation:) It's like your the celebrity and I'm your body guard. Of course I think your the cutest around but I'm your mother so it's my job to adore you and dote on you all the time. I must say I love my job as your momma:)

Growing like a weed

You are getting so big!! I can hardly believe you are 9 months old and that you are crawling, talking, waving, and giving kisses. You are so much fun!

more wedding pics:

I just keep looking at these pictures over and over again reminiscing in my head about what an awesome day and night this was. If this is any indication of how well their marriage will be then I can definately say it will be near perfection:)
I can't wait to see the thousands the photographer,MATT SPILKER PORTRAITS, took. Here are just a few I got my hands on:





When being introduced we came in wearing Blue's Brother looking shades...wow was it difficult to walk through the tables to get to our chairs. I felt and now looked like I was truly blind:)

Your dad, Scotty, and Terry karaoking- "it's the eye of the tiger, it's the thrill of the fight"

Your dad and I bustin a move

Yes, I caught the bouquet:) She literally threw it right to me. Guess we're next;)


Sister Moon a.k.a Aunt Shannon


The best looking flower girl I've ever seen:)

Jake & Amy's wedding weekend

This past weekend your Aunt Amy and Uncle Jake were wed in Nebraska. We were honored to be apart of the big day with you being the flower girl and I the maid of honor. It was such an amazing weekend! This is the kind of weekend you want to happen over and over again because it was just so perfect. The only glitch in my opinion was the fact that I was running fevers and had a touch of the flu. There were moments (when getting hair and make-up done) that I didn't think I was going to make it. After I got my make-up done my fever started to break so I was sweating profusely and started to break down in tears. I had to talk myself out of a complete melt down by reminding myself this would do my freshly applied make up NO GOOD. How was it happening that on one of the biggest days of my life, (my best friends wedding) I was sick as a dog. I ran home to rest for about thirty minutes while my mom and dad typed my maid of honor speech. Talk about last minute, I had wrote and re-wrote it in my head the past few weeks but never got the chance to get it down on paper. There was no way I was going to do it on the fly without some sort of script. Thank GOD for the rents, they were such a big help! After we arrived at the church, the Thermaflu started to kick in and I felt much better:) The ceremony was beautiful and you did such a great job being the flower girl. The ring bearer Ben pulled you down the aisle in the little red wagon. Right as you came down the aisle the entire congregation was oooing and ahhing over you. Some say you stole the show:) Of couse Amy was stunning and once she stepped out, your show was over! The reception couldn't have been better! We danced, sang, and shared the special day with family and friends. What a great weekend! I just keep smiling everytime I think about different parts of the day/night. Thank you Amy and Jake for having us be apart of your celebration and we wish you a lifetime of life, love, and happiness!!!

We just can't shake the funk...

We have been some sick birds around our camp these past few weeks. We have managed to pass this cold business back and forth to one another. You recovered from Croup and now the past couple days you are running a high fever and have the running nose AGAIN. This time it's especially not fun because of the fever part. Even with the funk you are full of energy. You have now gotten faster at the bear crawl and can get where you need to go in a jiffy. We have started to Harper proof the house because you like to get into whatever you aren't suppose to. (especially cords and strings)

You started a Daycare a little over a month ago and it seems (from the video spy cameras) that you really enjoy it there. You are there for 12 hours a week. For those 4 hours a day you pretty much crawl and attempt to walk the ENTIRE time. The paper we get from the classroom teachers everyday says "she is so READY to walk" You are so funny... you will sit in a squatting position and play with toys and then manage to stand straight up for a couple seconds before falling back to your bum. Wow time flies, it just seems like yesterday we were forcing you to do the dreaded tummy time. (Attending daycare could very well explain the sicky funk)

Just the other day we decided to put piggy tails in your hair to see if it would work and sure enough your hair is long enough. I LOVE your hair in pig tails, it really accentuates your face and skin. I must tell ya, your really not a fan of the process of putting them in. Hopefully you'll get used to it. Once we take them out your hair is standing straight up and fro like. Too darn cute!

We have been working on your wave. The other day when watching Baby Einstein your little hand was waving as you saw the baby waving. Also in the past month you have been super interactive when skyping our family. The only problem is you slamming your hands on the keyboards, sometimes shuts it down. and...STILL NO TEETH! This does not bother me at all but it's funny because I could of sworn you were teething at 3 monhts with all the symptoms, but STILL NO TEETH. Yyur grandpa D always jokes and says to me "so where are those teeth at?"

When you are fussy there are few songs that can be sung in which you will stop right then and smile. One of which your Aunt Kate made up. It's to the theme song of weeds but goes a little something like this... "Peanut, peanut butter, butter jelly, she's my peanut, peanut, peanut butter, butter jelly, butter girl, harper, harper peanut, peanut butter, butter jelly ball...(you get the idea)..another one is by Jack Johnson and your favorite verse is simple..."can't you see that it's just raining".. on the word raining you get the biggest grin on your face. Also with these songs you have started to sing along in your babble. Hopefully you will get your dad's voice because I am tone deaf and HORRIBLE at carrying a tune. But I will say I'm not afraid to belt out a song regardless:)

Well kiddo it is so amazing to be your mother and watch you grow. You amaze me everyday! Until next time we love you to the moon and back infinity.

:)


The look after your piggies came out!




Hanging with Uncle Pete during a visit to mommy's work on my dinner break


(notice who is on the onesie..if you can't tell it's Joshua Radin:) I got that for you when I attended his concert while 9 months prego)