Disney 2014

We met my parents at Disney World in January 2014 for a few races and a fun vacation.




Early morning traveler
Medical emergency on board caused our flight to land temporarily in Indianapolis. Lots of time to kill, the girls did better with it than mommy!








Finally arrived. Off to Magic Kingdom to meet Mickey and have dinner with Pooh and Friends.




Harper ran the 100 meter kids race. She had a blast and was so proud! (Yes, she ran in a Cinderella dress).
































Adam, DziaDziu and I ran the half marathon the next day. (Bams was in charge of the girls at the hotel- and we were back to her by 10).




More Disney fun:










Yep, Finley was there too!
















Dumbo (and a similar ride at Animal Kingdom) was a favorite.












Headed to a special breakfast with daddy (and princesses) in Cinderella's castle.








Harper loved meeting characters. She was timid at first, but getting autographs warmed her up.




































































A few family shots to commemorate the trip.












The girls loved their ears (well, at least Harper did!)




















It was a great trip and we are already thinking about when we can go back!

Christmas 2013

I just realized we never posted pictures from Christmas! We visited Santa a few times and by the end of the season Harper started to warm up to him.This year we stayed home for Christmas morning and then flew to Indianapolis on Christmas afternoon. A little recap of the holiday season:
Santa Visits:




















Preschool Christmas concert (pictures don't do this justice- Harper was certainly a star with her front row dancing).












"All mommy wants is a silent night":








Christmas Eve:
















Christmas morning:




















Sleeping on the plane:








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Watch me grow

I am a little behind, but I did write this at 5 months (but the pictures didn't happen till 5.5 months). I had hoped to get our Disney post up already, but I am waiting on some pictures (hint, hint, Adam!).







Finley turned 5 months on February 11. It is really hard to believe (both because it has gone so fast and because she is so small). Here is a quick update:

• At 5 months 6 days she weighed 12lbs 3.5oz (4th percentile) and was 24 inches long (12th percentile).
• She is eating about 50% breastmilk and 50% formula (to try and bulk her up)
• She still hates tummy time and now puts and end to it quickly by rolling to her back
• She can roll from back to tummy but does it infrequently
• She got her first tooth (lower right) at about 4.5 months and is working on her lower left
• She has an infectious laugh and smile
• She loves to look at "the baby" in the mirror
• She is cooing and "talking" up a storm
• She is still a good sleeper at night (going down around 6:45) but wakes too early (sometime between 4:30 and 5:30)... We are working on that by going down earlier.
• She (just like her sister at this age) doesn't nap (other than cat naps in the carseat, swing or arms.
• She started physical therapy to strengthen the left side of her neck because she favors looking to the right (a condition called torticollis) and therefore has an asymmetrical head shape (a condition called plageocephaly). We are meeting with a doctor to see if the PT (and more time upright) might fix it or if she will need a helmet. (This is pretty common, especially now that babies are supposed to sleep on their backs).
• She loves her sister. She is always looking around for her and giggling at her.



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Big Girl!!

January 31 marked a big night in our house! We had a "big girl party" that afternoon and that night Harper slept without her binkies for the first time.
The first week was a bit rocky, on and off, but she made it! She still doesn't fall asleep as easily (often reading for an hour before falling asleep or not sleeping at all while in bed for nap), but she is doing great.
It was time, but we will miss this cute binky face!








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