Easter 2012

 We spent Easter in Searcy again this year.  Morgan, Jamie, J. David, and Myles were in Searcy to see Jamie's sister, Natalie, perform in Spring Sing at Harding University.  Lindsay came into town too.  My parents hosted us all.  We had a wonderful time together and doing several Easter activities throughout the weekend.  Eden and J. David were glued at the hips and had a blast together.  They never stop playing and Myles wants to be right in the middle of them.  He is getting so big and loves being able to play with them when they allow it.  Friday we just hung out and the Crumbaugh's came over for dinner. On Saturday, the runners (my dad, Morgan, Lindsay, Michael, and I) woke up early and went on a ten mile run at 6:30 am.  We finished that up and then raced to get ready and eat lunch before heading out to Harding's Easter Egg Hunt on the front lawn.  The kids love this and it is so pretty there.  That afternoon before dinner and Spring Sing we dyed Easter eggs.  Eden and J. David loved this and could have dyed eggs forever.  Then we went to Spring Sing.  Eden LOVES Spring Sing.  All the music, singing, and dancing is right up her alley=)  She watched the entire thing and they even had loud pyrotechnics and they didn't phase her or J. David at all.  Sunday was all about Easter and we did another egg hunt that afternoon.  Tons of pictures to follow:

Love these two.  They love each other SO MUCH!

 What a handsome, handsome little boy!!!  Don't you LOVE his curls?  They could not be more perfect.

 Morgan with Myles and Harper.

 Mom and Dad with their grand kids.  Even Harley made the picture=)

 ROARRRR!!!!!  Myles was scaring everyone with his dinosaur.  It was the funniest thing and he did it for thirty minutes straight.  He would go up to everyone and roar and we would all pretend to be scared. He thought it was the funniest thing ever and of course it was!

 LOVE THIS PICTURE!!

 Eden's way of walking to the egg hunt.  Very silly.

 Waiting to be let loose.

 And their off.....

 Mom hanging out with Harper for the hunt.

 And we definitely had to get some front lawn pictures, right?

 The girls.

 J. Pops and Myles pushing Eden and J. David.

 Family pictures

 The Trotter family pictures

Grand Kid pictures with Mimi and J. Pops

 Dying Easter Eggs

 Easter Sunday.  Are they not the cutest?

 There's Aunt ZiZi.  Love this!

 Can you tell how tired Harper is?  She wouldn't sleep during church which was her nap time so she was extremely tired and her eyes kept watering.

 Harper getting into her first Easter basket.  I missed Eden getting into hers:(

 Trying to get all four together didn't quite work out for us.

 Love these of Harper.  She finally started hamming it up for the camera.  

 This is the sweetest thing.   J. David is so precious!

 Easter egg hunt.  We hid eggs and they would rush out the front door to find them.  FYI: the plastic bags are because the eggs started sweating and the dye running so we didn't want it all over their real baskets.  

 "Where are all the eggs?"

 "Got one."

 Harper woke up towards the end so she got to watch for a little bit.  Next year, Harper will be looking for eggs right along with them.

Harper and Aunt ZiZi

Harper 6 Months

 Harper was a 1/2 year old on April 3rd.  I can't believe it has been six months already!  She had her 6 mo. check up with the doctor last week and she is a very healthy little girl;)
Her stats are:
Height: 29 3/4 inches (off the charts)
Weight: 22 lb. 8.4 oz. (off the charts)
Head: 17 3/4 inches (96%)

Dr. Stanford said the University of Arkansas should be calling soon to recruit her for something.  She is one tall girl.  He said she is as tall as the average 14 month old.  Kind of crazy if you ask me.  She will soon have to move out of her current car seat into something else.  Her carrier has a 22 lb. limit.  It is SO HEAVY!!!!  She got three shots and has had a huge knot on her right thigh from one of them.  Poor girl.  She doesn't do shots well and seems to be super cranky and feverish after them all.  Not very fun.  

Harper,
At 6 months old you are such a delight.  You are one super smiley girl.  I love that!  You are pretty laid back which is wonderful.  Even if we are out at nap time you do really well watching everything around you until you nod off.  You love your bed to sleep in and want your pink lovey to sleep with.  You still put yourself to sleep which is so wonderful.  You sleep through the nights most nights unless you need help flipping back over sometimes.  You take two 2 hour naps and a third short evening nap before bedtime.

You are a great eater and so far have liked everything.  You had avocado the other night and it wasn't a favorite but you still tolerated most of it while making some super funny faces.  You take four bottles a day.  Dr. Stanford just switched you from Zantac to Prevacid for your reflux and so far it seems to be working really well.  You are wearing 6-12 month clothes and size 3 diapers.

You have realized you are terrified of Eden's hula hoop.  I'm not sure if its the noise it makes or that you were hit by it once but every time she starts doing it in front of you, you start screaming.  Poor thing.  It's pretty pitiful=(

You LOVE Eden!!!  She can still get you to laugh the hardest.  You can't wait for her to get in the car when we go pick her up from school.  You grin ear to ear, which is the sweetest thing.  I know you miss her during her school days.  Eden loves on you all the time which you tolerate for the most part unless she is too rough.  She keeps asking when you are going to get bigger so she can play with you more.

You are such a busy girl and get so distracted.  If you see or hear anything you want to know what it is and where its at, which is a problem when I'm trying to give you your bottle.  You are reaching for EVERYTHING in site these days, especially the remotes and mommy's phone.

You are sitting up on your own pretty well now.  When you get tired you just lean yourself over and start rolling around.  Your Jump-a-Roo is your best friend right now.  You LOVE that thing.  You can jump and jump in it.  You love mirrors right now too.  Every time you see yourself in the mirror in your room you give it the biggest grin.  You think you and mommy are too funny in it.  You love Peek-A-Poo.  We will cover your face with a burp cloth and we will say "Where's Harper?" and you will pull it off.  You think it is so funny.  You do it when we cover our faces too.  It is the sweetest thing.

You cut your first tooth when you were 5 mo and one week old (on March 10th at Eden's birthday party) and then two weeks later your second one popped through.  They are your bottom middle teeth.  You are so cute with your two bottom teeth sticking out when you grin.  And the way you are drooling now, I'm wondering if there are more on the way.  You kind of caught us off guard with them.  Eden got them so much later and NEVER drooled.

You started going to bible class last month and you love it.  It's right during nap time but everyone in there keeps you distracted so you do really well.  Of course, you love the singing and all your friends that are in there too.

You are LOUD, Girl!!!  You talk constantly and your volume is super loud.  I don't know if you think you have to compete with Eden or what but sometimes mommy's ears need a break;)  You crack everyone up who hears you.  You are just LOUD!!!!  Reminds me a little bit of your Mimi and GiGi.  They both like to talk too=)

You are such a wonderful blessing and I could not have asked for anything more. Your smiles and laughs are infectious and the absolute best.  We all can't stop laughing once you start.  You have made our family of four so wonderful.  I love you so much and can't wait to see what the next 1/2 of your first year looks like.

I Love You, Harper!

Love,

Mommy

 Harper reading to herself=)  She loves her books.

 This was actually on her 6 month birthday.  Isn't her smile beautiful?

 Harper sitting up all by herself.

 Eden reading to Harper.  Can you see the admiration in Harper's eyes for her sister?  I love it.  I hope they will be best friends always.

 I love these funny faces of Harper's.  The tongue sticking out below is great!

Eden Fishing with Daddy

 Several weekends ago, our church class had a Mother/Daughter and Father/Son outing planned.  The guys were going fishing and the girls were going to Mimi's Cafe for brunch.  Eden loves fishing and she decided she wanted to go fishing so I took Harper to brunch with me.  Eden had a blast and didn't even care if she was the only girl there=)  She loves fishing and I'm sure she loved the time with Michael.

 Eden waiting patiently for a fish to bite.

 Ron and Pam Collar have a pond on their land so they let the group come to their house to fish.  Mr. Ron took the kids out on his canoe.  Eden loved it.

 Eden finally caught two fish.  She was so excited!!!  She loved telling me all about her morning.  She had the best time.  I love that she loves the outdoors and isn't too girly for fishing and other things.

Harper and I had a good time at Mimi's too.  Harper did well and then fell asleep so I could visit.  Kelly Bittle and Carrie Miller did a great job hosting us there and had the cutest crafts for the little girls to do.  I got to do Harper's hand print and decorate a frame for her:)  We all had a terrific morning and I'm so thankful for our church group and all the friends we have there.

Harper-5 Months

Harper at five months is such a joy.  She is a great sleeper for the most part.  She has done great with baby food and eats everything so far.  She definitely eats the fruits a little faster though.  She grasps for everything in site and sticks it all in her mouth.  She is trying to sit up some but doesn't have it down yet. She found her feet and hasn't let go yet I don't think;)  She eats at 8, 12:30, 5, and 9 for the most part, give or take 30 minutes here or there.  After eating she plays for two to 2 1/2 hours and then naps for about two hours.  She puts herself to sleep which I love.  She still wakes up sometimes at 5am and needs to be flipped over, which is really annoying to me because I can never go back to sleep once I stand up.  I've been waking Michael up to flip you because he is back to sleep within seconds.  Harper can roll both ways very well now and can get to almost anything with a couple of rolls.  She is so happy almost all the time.  Teething has knocked her down some and made her fussy.  Harper still has to take Zantac for her reflux which I wish she would out grow already.  We go through so many bibs and burp clothes every day.  It is so gross!  Harper is getting heavy.  We are about to have to move her out of her car seat because she is about to be at the weight limit soon which means I need her to sit up so I can put her in a cart so I won't have to carry her in her car seat anymore.  She is still babbling like crazy and is SO LOUD!!!!  We may have a talker on our hands.  I think she competes with people already to be heard;) Harper loves to be sung too and really likes all kinds of music.  She is such a joy and fits so perfectly into our family.  WE LOVE YOU HARPER!!!!

 Eden dressing Harper up early=)

 Eden feeding Harper one time.  She thought she was so big getting to do that.

 I LOVE my FEET!!!

 These two crack me up.  Harper ADORES Eden!

Love this smile!