{un}interesting facts.

serena has taken a liking to dress-ups. she loves wearing her swimsuits around the house all day long. i have to hide them now.

we slept with a flat sheet on our bed last night for the first time in a very long time. i felt like i was in a hotel. i hate how they always get tangled and wadded up and make it complicated to make the bed. but last night it was kind of luxurious.

i am totally aware of the many incomplete and run-on sentences i use. but this is a blog. not an essay for class. {see. i just started two sentences with "but". does that rule about starting a sentence with a conjunction still apply? help me out here, jenny.}

i love the original chapstick. the one with the black label. the one that smells and tastes like medicine. it's my favorite.

serena has a cold sore. which means she will probably get them her whole life. poor girl.

we went to the store and bought tangled at 9 a.m. this morning.

sean told me we could buy the $90 bouncer if i promised to have more babies to use it. i told him i promised to sell it when harper grew out of it... ha!

serena said a full sentence when sean was assembling the bouncer. "harper sits right there." she's pretty much a genius.

i fell asleep reading the glass castle last night. that's a good thing. it wasn't boring. it was so interesting that i wouldn't put it down until my body finally gave in to sleep.

waiting.

house rented. tickets purchased. now the waiting begins.

dear hawaii,

see you in 9 months.

love, ariel

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lunch.

I have had this for lunch every day this week... and I plan to make it again today.

It's that good.

five months.

my baby is five months old! can you believe it? i can't!

harper at five months:
she learned how to roll from back to tummy yesterday!
she smiles like crazy.
she has stranger anxiety. {i kind of love it...}
she likes watching mickey mouse... takes after her sister, i guess.
she has absolutely no nap schedule.
she goes to bed at 9 pm, wakes up once, and is up for good around 8 am.
she reaches and grabs for things and loves holding onto her toys.
she still spits up a lot, but it's getting better.
she still HATES the bathtub. HATES.
she loves her sister.
she is terrified of her sister.
she gets sooooo excited when her daddy comes home from work.
she has a great big head.
she laughs. it kinda sounds like crying. this is the video that least showcases serena's crying in the background:

that's a toy monkey at the end... not serena. and yes, i know my baby talk voice is annoying.

too juicy to hide under pants.