Harlo Tidbits

One of the cutest things about Harlo are her facial expressions:{all of these taken within seconds of eachother}

Harlo is so dang funny!

She is such goof ball,

and such a copy cat!

She LOVES to copy Auntie with anything she does,

she laughs like auntie,

talks like auntie,

holds her hands like auntie does...

She definitely loves her auntie!

She also loves "NEEEENA!"

I think she loves the name "Nina" because she says it non-stop.

She gets us laughing until we're crying on a daily basis.

We all know she's the best big sister ever,

seriously.

She is SO sweet and so tender with Stella.

Absolutely melts my heart.

She's starting to pick up on things I say to Stella as well,

The other day I was rocking&reading to Harlo and Stel was getting fussy,

Harlo was saying "Stel, shh-shh-shh"

Stella was just getting more worked up and Harlo says "Stel! HODE ON!!"

Stella also hates(?) the car sometimes and when she cries Harlo tells her,

"Yerr-okay, yerr-okay" (you're okay, you're okay)

Speaking of "Yerr-okay"

Last week Harlo was havin' a rough night,

I was saying "Harlo, we don't act this way"

to which she replied, "mom! say 'yerr-okay, yerr-okay' to me!"

So I did, and she just changed her tune.

All she needed, I guess.

ha.

She's loves her cousins, "Kessee" and "Muh-Cee"

My sister-in-law hasn't been watching her anymore, but we still have to get our girls together a couple times a week. (Per their request.. that's all they talk about is eachother)
Kelsee is such a crack up!

The other day we were at Nana's house and Harlo was buggin' Kels so I said "Harlo, are you obnoxious?" and Kelsee goes, "yeah! her is!" totally smiling and giggling about it.

I said "But do you like her?" She says "haha-yeah" (cheesiest smile you ever did see)

I said "even when she's so obnoxious?" and Kelsee says "yeah.. her my best friend."

They are so funny together. Just little pals.

Our cute little friend Megan has been watching her in the mornings for me.

Harlo loves her, and Megan and her whole family loves Harlo!

We have been so lucky finding people to watch Harlo who love her and take such good care of her.

makes having to leave her for work just a smidge easier.

Yesterday Megan taught Harlo how to play the Wii and now Harlo wont stop talking about it.

Guess there's an idea for christmas...

Papa Charlie got Harlo a cd called "Harlo's 50 silly songs"

Her FAVORITE song is "app-banana song!"

Her favorite part is the "ite, ite, ite, Ipples and BanInIs"
She wants to listen to it ever second we're in the car.

You're not a parent until you've listened to "Apeles and Banaenaes" in the car on repeat for 2 weeks...

Just sayin'.

Thanks, Papa ;)

Last night at dinner at Pancho's, when her food got there she suddenly folded her arms, closed her eyes and started mumbling a little prayer to herself.

How cute is that?? I was so proud.

Somedays she eats enough for a small army,

other days she eats hardly anything.

She ALWAYS eats good for breakfast, though.

Typical toddler diet, I guess.

She's hooked on Vitamin C.

She goes to the cupboard all the time to ask for a "vi-a-min"

She can only have 1 a day, but it's the highlight!

Love that my big girl doesn't know to ask for Candy, but thinks Vitamin C is a treat ;)

She loves french fries,

if she sees them around, she wont eat much else.

Needless to say, we limit how often we order fries...

I've mentioned before that she can NOT for the life of her get 1,2,3 in the right order..
Well last night she suddenly said "1,2,3,4,5" over and over.
She'll either say 1,2,3,4,5 OR 6,7,8,9,10 so I don't think it quite counts as counting to 10.

If you ask her how old she is, she holds up "two"

although, it's her pointer and thumb :)

She is just such a big girl and we're so blessed to have her.

I still just can't believe she's mine.

.three months.

{November 3rd}

Three months and lovin' life!

Delicious!

She actually gets cuter by the day.. how is that even possible?

I absolutely cannot believe that 3 months has gone by.
It's not fair, I tell you!
I promised myself:
This time, I am going to eat every moment up,
I'll take advantage of every feeding,
Every snuggle,
Every opportunity to soothe a cry...
This time it's not going to slide past me without me even knowing it.
And guess what?
It has!
What happened to my newborn?
I'm serious, you guys.
Well, I haven't figured out how to slow down the clock,
but I sure have learned to sit back and enjoy it all.
I love having a new baby... I swear I would have ten, (ELEVEN! TWELVE!) babies if they were all this nice.
Stella is an absolute delight.
She is the happiest baby I've ever layed my eyes upon.
She loves her hands (because they're so delicious)
Harlo thinks this is so funny and now she pretends to eat her hands; or feed them to stella ;)
She's starting to reach for things just a bit.
She also may be getting just a smidge spoiled..
MAYBE, I said.
She doesn't sit in the sling QUITE as well as she used to,
I got a bouncey seat for work and she'll sit in that for quite a while without a fuss.
She is still such a good little nurser.
She would eat 24 hours a day if she could, I bet.
She's still in size 2 diapers, probalby will be for quite a while since we switched so early.
I love Luv's brand this time.
I HATE huggies, did with Harlo too. (they leak as soon as my girls pee)
Pampers I loved with Harlo, but they're not my favorite with Stella.
Luvs seem to have what I like about Pampers, but stay a little more dry.
She's wearing 3-6 months clothes and filling them out entirely.
It's been nice that she's a wee bit bigger than Harlo, because I've actually been able to use some of Harlo's old clothes even with the opposite seasons.
She still has not had a shot in her life, I opted out of the 2 month ones... thinking I'll get started at 4 months. {maybe}
The thought of piercing her ears makes me want to cry,
although everyone has been asking about it since I did Harlo's this early.
She likes to be swaddled with her arms out.
She likes a blanky up by her face while she sleeps.
She's starting to like nursing to sleep a little too much,
the last few days I've made a conscience effort to let her fall asleep on her own.
She's done great, of course.
She still sleeps in our room in her bassinet.
I've been trying to put her down for a nap in her room at least once a day.
usually she does about 3-4 days a week.
She sometimes gets an upset tummy,
Nothing a little Digestzen wont fix. She loves it!
She giggles a lot these days,
more and more everyday.
She constantly has a smile on her face.
She's even better in the car...
As long as we set "Peter Rabbit" at her feet
{Peter Rabbit is an easter decoration I had that somehow we found out she loves in the car}
She thinks Harlo is really funny, now.
She's always looking for her.
When she spots her, her eyes light up.
She doesn't even mind when Harlo gets just a wee bit too wild...
I couldn't be happier with my two little babes.
Stella is absolute perfection.