Whistle Briches and Excitement

Miss Harper is the tootiest girl that I know (stinkin' adorable but still tooty)! I don't know what the deal is. My mom told me of the title whistle briches, she got it from some lady she met at a family reunion.

***Side note- briches has got to be one of my favorite words. I think because it reminds me of my grandparents. They always used the words briches growing up. (Everyone knows what briches are right? If not, they are pants, underpants, anything of that nature)***

Anyways, back to Miss Harper. She is quite the whistle briches. She just toots all day long. Especially in the morning. Every morning, she lays in her bed awake for a good half hour just tooting and laughing and tooting and playing with the frill on her blanket and then tooting some more and laughing some more! It is cute to watch/listen to! But don't worry... they are odorless, thank goodness!


Excitement
Today my mom and little sis Riley are coming to visit me (well lets be honest, I don't think I could have gotten them here without the help of cute, little Miss Harper... so thanks Harp). I am so excited to see them!

I love my mom so much... she is such a good example to me. I hope to be just like her someday. I think it would be fun to be that amazing! My sister too! She is fabulous. She is the cutest, spunkiest little girl... and way stinkin' smart. What would it be like to be that smart? I will have to ask her while she is here.

Anyways, I am excited for all the fun that is about to occur... They get here today! I should go and tidy up their bedroom, but I feel too excited to be messing with things like cleaning and tidying. Hmmm... cant wait, cant wait, cant wait.

Harper Video and 4th Month Stats!

So first here are Harper's 4 month stats... a little late, I know... but better late than never!

Weight-15lbs. 8oz. 90%

Height- 27 1/4 in. 100%

Head- 43.5 cm. 95%

Also, this is a video of snippets of the videos we recorded of Harper so far! Kenny put it together... go Kenny!

Get excited Mom... you get to hold her on Tuesday! We can't wait to see you!

A New Sport?

I grew up in a family of wrestlers. My brothers would just randomly have big wrestling matches... everyone would jump in and go crazy... headlocks and pins until someone got hurt (never serious injuries... just a pull or twist in the wrong way that caused some discomfort). But I remember watching (i would occasionally join in, but not every time... it was just fun to watch my brothers all get down on the floor together and go at it) and it being so fun to laugh and cheer for every body. Anyways, my daughter definately got that love to wrestle gene... Unfortunately she doesn't have any humans her sizeto do it with so.... She CAT WRESTLES! And let me just say.... SHE TOTALLY DOMINATES, it is funny to watch!

The Competitors.... Harper vs. Kitty Sometimes she tag teams it with the dragonfly....

Harper's strategy is to channel Mike Tyson and a cowboy... bite the ear, it sedates them. :)

Mom's Church Dress

Mom,

Here are the pictures of the cute church dress. I love it!!! Oh and a couple other random pictures.... We love you!

COMPLETELY obsessed

Hello! My name is Brittany and I am a "Fancy Nancy-holic"!

I absolutely love, love, love these books! All of them... they are so stinking good and cute!

My First
The first time that I read one was on the campus bookstore, waiting for Kenny to be done with class (his class got out thirty minutes earlier than mine, so twice a week when I was waiting, I would go to the bookstore and read the children's books.... maybe that sounds like a weird thing to do, but I love books, children's especially... I have been a book nerd my whole life). Anyways, it was before we were even pregnant, I have been obsessed with these books. When we would go to a store, I would always look for them and read them much to Kenny's chagrin. He would always say "how many times can you read that book?" The answer... Not enough! They are absolutely adorable. I love how stinking cute Nancy is about being fancy. And one of my most favorite things about them is the words the author uses. She will use relatively big words for a children's book and then follow it with... "that is fancy for...." and give the definition. What a way cool idea!

Fancy Nancy & Harper's Fate
Anyways, another cool story about Fancy Nancy books... they helped me pick out Harper's name. And everyone always asks... how did you come up with that name. Well here is the story...
When I was pregnant, I was looking in the bookstore through a book called "Literary Baby Names: name your child after a great." And I came across the name Harper (Harper Lee wrote the book To Kill a Mockingbird, which is an absolutely amazing novel... one of my all time faves... if you have not read it, I advise you to do so now). I thought it was way, way cute. Plus, I secretly love the idea of naming children literary names... for example, other names I love, Madeleine, Eloise, Hemingway (kind of just kidding about this one... but kind of not... my mom gave me a book and the little boys name is Hemingway.... I think it is adorable, but I don't think I would ever really do it... which probably makes Kenny happy).
Anyways, so I had the name Harper in my head... then as I was walking out of the bookstore I saw them... FANCY NANCY BOOKS 50% OFF!!! OH MY GOSH.... I had to have one, my first Fancy Nancy book... I was stoked! So I bought Fancy Nancy Explorer Extraordinaire (so cute). I was walking home reading it, when I saw it... the name of the publishing company... HARPER collins books. That sealed the deal! It was totally fate! I was then at that point absolutely, positively in LOVE with the name HARPER! It took a little while longer to convince Kenny, even after I explained the whole fate, destiny situation. But he eventually came around and loved it too and in March... we named our daughter Harper! :)

But, I guess what you should take from this is.... READ FANCY NANCY!!! You will not be disappointed.

P.S. I currently have three Fancy Nancy books! All of which I love and read to my daughter on a regular basis (at least one, once a day... Harper and I read a lot, I am excited to be instilling book nerdiness into my daughter). And I have planned out which Fancy Nancy books I will be acquiring next in order... I can't wait to get them all, but for Harper of course! ;)

Harper Lately

Harper just get more and more fun everyday! First, she is just stinkin' adorable (at least I think so). Second, she is totally interactive. She loves to ooh and ahh when Kenny and I are talking, just wanting to be part of the conversation. She loves to play with toys. Her favorite is the dragon fly that my brother in-law and sister in-law, Morgan and Sue gave us. If you pull it out she totally gets the biggest smile on her face. She also loves to watch us eat... she even tries to grab at plates and food. She is just so much fun! Here are some pictures and a video of her talking and trying to roll over... she hasn't gotten it yet but is so stinking close!

Oh and she puts anything and everything into her mouth... toys, her hands, blankets, our hands, burp rags, anything she can get up there.

I realize it is a long video and I honestly do not expect anyone but my mom to watch the whole thing (and to be honest, the first little part is the cutest anyways)... but here it is! :)

Good Things to Come

I love this new video. It jjust made me think about how God really does have a plan for us. He is watching over us and just waiting to send us blessings when we need them.