Happy Birthday Harper!

It doesn't seem possible, but Harper is 3 years old! She certainly changed out lives when she entered the world and she continue to brighten our days (mostly ;) with her beautiful smile, her silliness, her innocence, her love for her little sister, her sassiness and her all around love of life.

Below are some pictures of her several birthday celebrations and a little update about our spunky little girl.

Pre-Birthday Party in Oil City:

Happy Birthday, Harper!

Big girl zoo trip with mommy and daddy:

Birthfay party with her best buddies:

• She remains a performer. She is constantly singing, twirling, dancing, rhyming, pretending, etc.

• She still "naps" every afternoon, but only sleeps about 50% of the time- the rest of the time she is reading or putting on shows for her stuffed animals

• Her favorite food is macaroni and cheese- but she also loved watermelon and broccoli

• When she wants to know if she can do something she asks "is it fine? Is it fine mommy?!"

• She calls a knife an "ife" (say "a knife" in conversation- you can understand her confusion), and when she hears me cutting something on the cutting board from another room she will ask "I heard some ifes going, what are you cutting?"

• She is an amazing big sister- she is always looking out for and loving on her sister. She somehow manages not react or retaliate when Finley expresses her obsession for Harper's hair! (She has recently seemed to forget the meaning of gentle- but her sister will probably remind her of it soon).

• She thinks our 18 year old neighbor is her boyfriend

• Our outgrowing girl seems to be discovering a bit of a shy side when in new situations 

• She climbs, jumps and slides on things that were for the "big kids" last summer!

• She is growing up before our eyes and is already giving daddy heartache by telling him about how she will be living without us when she get bigger (and then assures him that she will take care of Finley and Hesburgh and not to worry, he will have me).