August 2013

Miss Harper Adele is officially ONE, and let me tell you does this little girl have quite the personality and a little fire in her belly to along with it. Owen's near future is in trouble if he thinks that his cute baby sis is going to allow him to run their show. She has already made it clear on who is the boss in this household. She voices her displeasure constantly with an extremely high pitched scream and will give you the stink eye to show you how serious she really is. I took her to the grocery store with me the other day and she has typically been that cute, adorable little smiley baby sitting in the cart, smiling and waving at all passerbys while her mom looks for that perfect apple in the produce section.

Well...these days, not the case. The cute baby giggles have been replaced with the ear piercing screams and the sweet smiles with the one and only stink face. Everyone still got a kick out of it but I think they were laughing at my expense.

Owen and I took Harper for her one year old photos and she was a holy hellion without a smile to be seen for miles. The only photo that was a possibility is the one posted above with her lifting her dress up. The photographer was able to snap at least one before the dress went over her head and before she started to do the squirming back bends to get down from the pedastle she was placed on. Even my sidekick Owen, who can ALWAYS make her laugh was unsuccessful. It was just not going to happen that fine morning. :)

She is still a two finger sucker and I have a bad feeling will be until she is 20. Her left hand is in her mouth while her right hand is twirling her hair (she takes after her mother with the twirling of the locks). She also has a sadistic side to her and yanks on her hair, we have noticed a bald spot on the right side of her head where she is pulling her hair out. We have nick-named her 4 tooth mullet - hahahaha! She has four teeth in her sweet, baby mouth and she is definitely sporting the party in the back, business in the front hair-do.

But with all joking aside, Harper is really a total sweetheart. She is full of belly laughs, smiles and is our sweet baby girl. We love her to pieces and it is amazing how she has completed our family.

Our big boy starts kindergarten on September 4th. He is really excited and can't wait to play with all his friends,learn science and taking the big boy school bus. I asked him what he wants to be when he grows up and he told me a Toronto Blue Jays baseball player. I caught him the other morning watching Sportsnet by himself, catching all the baseball highlights from the night before. Darren is rubbing off on him! Owen has had a super fun summer hanging out with his dad, Grammo and Gramps and Nana now that his momma had to go back to work. A HUGE thank you goes out to the grandparents for helping us out with the watching of the monsters while we are slaving away at our jobs. We seriously could not have done this without your help. Sometimes it is like Where's Waldo trying to figure out where Owen and Harper are!