girls lately.

seven months.

harper at seven months:

sits up so well all by herself!
eats breakfast, lunch & dinner with bottles in between.
{and looooooooooooves food!}
is a mama's girl :)
is wearing size 12 months clothes... she's a big girl!
loves to pat your back when you hold her, like you're her buddy.
likes to grab faces, hair, and earrings. {goodbye chandeliers}
thinks serena is hilarious.
loves to be tickled on her cheeks and neck.
has a hilarious laugh. {see video}

mary blair.

while i was shopping for serena's birthday, i came across this book. the illustrations were adorable and i thought serena would love it since she's all about babies and baby dolls lately. as it turns out, she's not much interested in the book, but i soooo am! i've been a little obsessed with it so i did a google search on the illustrator, mary blair. and then i took a long trip down memory lane...

my grandma had a collection of disney stories that my sisters and i would read before bed when we slept over at her house. my favorite was always cinderella, and the illustrations were all by mary blair. finding these images brought back so many happy memories. are they not gorgeous!?

peter pan was also in the book.

and alice in wonderland.

i think i need to own a copy of all of these {already on my amazon wishlist...}! and someday let my girls look at them, too :)

pink.

{pink cookies. pink watermelon. pink balloons. pink blossoms. pink bowl. pink cheeks x2.}

two years.

remember when we announced we were expecting our firstborn child?
remember the day this little nugget was born?
remember her first week?
remember her blessing day?
remember her first birthday?

well, i do. seems like yesterday. i can't believe i have a two year old. she is such a little girl now. this is what serena is up to lately:

saying all kinds of funny things:
favorites: i ruv you. i mees you. sit down ight dere {right there}. hold you.
least favorites: i no yike it. roun-an-roun. {meaning round and round. meaning put me by the computer and play every youtube version of "the wheels on the bus" you can find}
funniest: lissen me, harper! lissen me, ariel! seenie eat hogoggs {hot dogs} and ham! {this is what she wanted desperately when she was sick. random!}

she can count to 11. sometimes.
if you ask her what color something is, the answer is always "green".
she loves to sing and be sung to and listen to music and dance.
she loves taking care of her baby dolls.
she loves the park, especially the slide.
she remembers everything.
she loves to repeat what we say. {yikes!}
she often walks around with a play phone at her ear, jabbering away. and a lot of the time you can even understand the conversation. "hi-lo, russ! ear are you? oh. work. uh huh. ok. oh. buh bye!"
she tries to be really nice to her sister but is usually driving her crazy.
she loves to be around other kids her age.
she asks to go to grandma's house multiple times a day.
she loooooooves to be outside.

i'm so grateful for that day 2 years ago when we welcomed this sweet girl into our family.