Mother's Day

Happy Belated Mother's Day to all of the wonderful women in my life!

My first mama's day happened to be our 7th wedding anniversary as well, double whammy!

We had a wonderful weekend with our family celebrating our wedding, Kolton's 3rd birthday, & Mother's Day.

Birthday Boy!

Bria being the best big sister & cousin!

Lunch with Grandma Roxy, Aunt Manda & Kolton on Mother's Day.

Later in the afternoon after Harper's nap, we went to a garden & had a picnic. 

This is an old school house on the garden grounds.

Harper loved being in school & raising her hand.

Harper took a moment to stop & smell the flowers.

Last year, I didn't feel like a mother although, technically, I was.  We had a  photo of a little face that we knew we'd love dearly.  This year, I never imagined I could love someone so much.

I love being a mom. Some of the things I appreciate & love about motherhood are:

Hearing a little voice call for "mama" early in the morning.

Changing diapers...Yes, I do. I'm glad she's still in a baby phase.

Picking her up when she says "up, up".

Folding her teeny tiny clothes & putting them away.

Seeing her face light up when I pick her up at daycare...priceless.

Hugging & kissing me for no reason.

I could go on & on...

Happy Mother's Day!

Speech Therapy

Harper's language has taken off in the last month.  Every week she says more words clearly & says more 3-4 word sentences.  We can understand what she's saying about 75% of the time.  Others have  difficulty understanding her. 

She started speech therapy 3 weeks ago.

Her therapist comes to our home once a week for an hour long session. 

Harper has warmed up nicely with Lisa (therapist) & loves playing with her.

They've been working on B's, P's & D's. 

She'll continue with therapy at home until she turns 3.  At age 3, the therapist will go to her school for weekly sessions.

The long term goal is to have her speaking clearly by kindergarten.

This last session they played with bubbles.  Harper's never been able to blow bubbles until this week!

Yeah Harper....she's loves applauding for herself!

Egg Hunt

We had an egg hunt later in the afternoon after Harper's nap.

Nothing like Baxter sticking his nose in your candy.

The enthusiasm of a teenager!



Harper was worn out by the end of the day...

Happy Easter

Happy Easter (belated of course).

We had a quiet Easter with just the 4 of us.  We began the day early & went to church.

We didn't do an egg hunt until late afternoon.

The only time we've taken Harper to church was on Christmas, yes, we're Creasters!

Our church doesn't have a daycare or cry room, therefore, we haven't been brave enough to take her.

We mustered up the energy & courage to take her & she did great.

Bravery took over & we took her to a restaurant, a nice adult restaurant...

She did fine & only spilled her juice once, within minutes of being there. 

We were able to enjoy a wonderful Easter brunch, our first Easter as a family of four!

Easter Eggs

Harper coloring Easter eggs....

Harper & Mamma....lately she's been saying "Hey, Annie"...too funny

What girl doesn't like hard boiled eggs & baby dolls!
She liked coloring the eggs, but she enjoyed peeling & eating the eggs the most. 
She can easily knock out 3 hard boiled eggs if we let her.....

More Dancing....

I am terribly behind on blogging...I have alot of photos from the last month that I'll be posting.

Bria finished up her dance competition season in April. 

Girls, look here

Smile!

Aunt Manda & Kolton were able to join us for the last competition in Kansas City.