11 Months

Woah! In one more month, Harper is a YEAR old? Crazy! She's dancing her way out of infancy and into toddler town, that's for sure. She continues to make us two of the happiest people on earth and we are infatuated with her. Watching her learn and grow is so much fun. This past month, she got another tooth. She now has 7 and there's another on it's way. She's still not walking, but we're not rushing her. She does love to stand at a steering wheel and pretend to drive. If she sees the golf cart at GooGoo's house or gets a glimpse of our front seat when we get in and out of the car, she's like a crazy person trying to get to it as fast as she can. When she stands at the wheel, her smile and excitement are tremendous! She's a tad dramatic...

As mentioned earlier, she can dance. Harper loves to shake it! When music comes on, she either bobs up and down or shakes her booty side to side. She gets a big smile on her face when we say "dance" or if we say, "shake your booty" and then she really gets down. She's so full of life and happy all the time! She's funny too. H laughs at so much now and gets really excited when we play peek a boo or show her something new. She especially gets excited when food is presented to her. When we ask if she's hungry or if she wants to eat, she open and closes her mouth and makes a sound like a little chipmunk eating.

This month was a productive one and that she learned a bunch of new things, like the understanding of what we are saying and asking her. It's truly amazing to know that she can still communicate and understand when she can't even talk yet! She will offer up her food and loves to feed you, if you ask for a bite. We started brushing her teeth with a regular toothbush and she always has to brush our teeth with her toothbrush before she's done. When we go for walks, we get to the front door and say "Home" and she's now started saying it too when she gets there. Ok, it's not the word "home" in perfect English, but she uses the same tone as us and is definitely trying to say it!

Harper loves to give hugs. She'll wrap her little arms around your neck and snuggle right in there. I highly suggest everyone get a Harper hug soon. She's working on kisses. Right now she kid of just leans in a pushes her face on yours. It's a work in progress. She also learned to go hide in the past month and gets very excited when she's found.



We took another trip to Florida because it'd been too long since Harper had seen Nonnie. We had an amazing week! H just loved the sand and water at the beach. The gulf is so warm and calm. She had fun yelling as the ripples of waves would rush up on her legs. She really loved floating around in Nonnie's pool everyday too.

We've started planning her birthday party. Stay tuned next month for a recap and a "year in review". :)