Clean Plate Club

Harper has hit a not so fun stage in regards to her eating habits. She likes to pull her bib off every 30 seconds while eating. She thinks its a game. So last night I just stripped her down and let her eat without a bib. She was much happier. Another struggle I'm having is getting her to eat her vegetables. When she was younger I made all of her baby food and she ate veggies like a champ. But now that she is "feeding herself" by picking up what she wants - she is not liking the veggies so much. I've tried different tactics to get her to eat them. Instead of dumping the food on her high chair tray, I left it on a plastic plate. She loved picking the food off of the plate and then before I knew it she had cleaned her plate. She decided that she would lick it clean also.

"Ladies and Gentleman - We have our first induction into the clean plate club!"

* Don't mind the turkey dog pieces that she left on her tray. What I was most excited about was the eating of the squash!

Lately...

Harper is so fun these days - she is into everything and driving me crazy some times. She got these cool blocks from her cousin Austin for her birthday. She has started to figure out how they stick together. She still loves reading - morning and night.

"Mom - if you didn't want me to get these down, then you should have put them higher."
"If I stand on my tip toes, I can still reach them."

Harper and Jeff went to a baseball game on Saturday. I didn't even think to send sunscreen with them. We managed to go all summer without getting her sunburned - and then in October she gets it! You can't really tell in this picture - but her arms were both bright red. We felt horrible!

She enjoys going to the park with our new friend Addison that lives behind us. Addison is just a few weeks older than Harper.

Murphy's Law: A baby will always want something that the other person has."Your water bottle is cooler than my cup."

Harper has a fascination with climbing into things- boxes, cabinets, and now small metal objects.

Our attempt at one year photos

Yes I know - I'm a little behind. I just had Harper's one year old photos taken yesterday. This was our first attempt at professional photos of her. She really didn't want to cooperate. She wouldn't keep her hair bow in, she wanted to take off her shoes and socks, crawled around the room and wouldn't smile when we needed her to.

Already pulled out her bow and the socks and shoes.

Of course she had to pick up the letters and rearrange them and then throw them.

"Get me out of this thing - it itches!"

Refusing to smile

We tried feeding her animal crackers to make her happy - didn't really work.

Trying to escape...

After all of that effort I only ordered 1 photo. Maybe we will try again with our own little photo shoot at the park.

Stonebridge Ranch Triathlon

Today Jeff raced in the Stonebridge Ranch Triathlon. We have both done this race several times in the past. It's a great course and it's really close to where we live now. Jeff's alarm didn't go off this morning so he had a late start - but he made it in time to check in before transition closed. Harper and I had fun cheering him on this morning. He had a great swim, got a flat tire on the bike and had a great run. Overall it was a good day! Here's a little video that I put together.

Cooler Weather = Fun times at the Park

We were so thankful to finally have some cooler weather this week. We found a fun park in our neighborhood. Harper loves the swing.

Anna and Harper enjoyed the slide.

Where's Harper

I was doing the dishes in the kitchen and I turned around to find Harper.

"Look what I found mom"

Mama Bears at the Arboretum

This week Harper and I went down to the Arboretum in Dallas for a fun Mama Bears event. Mama Bears is a part of the Baylor Women's council here in Dallas. They planned this fun event around the annual Autumn Festival when the arboretum is decorated for Fall - complete with gigantic pumpkin patch, pumpkin house, hay bale maze, and more. I rode down with two of my fellow Mama Bears and their little bears. I didn't get any pics except the 75 that I took in the pumpkin patch. Here are a few of my favorite!

Not so sure what to think of the hay.Harper and her friend Brady.We had a great time.