Spring is coming!!!

I LOVE snow. But I also love when the snow melts and find this underneath.

Dress Up

So I have this pretty hat box that lives under the chaise in our bedroom. The inside is filled with, let's call them, sleepwear novelties :) Now the top of this box is very dusty...in fact, I had completely forgotten that it was even under there, until today. Finn discovered the box and was wearing this when I found him -- a feathered nightie over his clothes (I think a bachelorette gift from Kris?!), a thigh-high stocking on his head and another over his hands.

"Mommy! I'm a bat!"

Literary Genius

As many of you know, Bill is an AVID reader. At any one time, he can have 5 books going and be able to recite specifics from any of them. I have always admired him for this. I like to read, but can't remember the last time I actually had the patience to let myself get into a book. And usually, when I do, I forget what I've read before my eyes leave the page (which is why it takes me so freakin' long to get through a book!)

But what's even more amazing about Bill is the breadth of this literary interests...he'll be reading a John Adams biography one minute, a John Grisham novel the next and open a GQ magazine with Borat on the cover in between. So knowing this about him, I just had to laugh (and take a picture) when I walked into his bathroom the other night...Facing "his throne" was a very well-organized "library" which included: Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged, Homer's Odessey, HOG magazine, Plato, and a Clio Awards book.

Bill, my dearest love -- you are never dull.

Happy Baby

Estelle is such a happy baby! She smiles all the time (unless she's hungry) and has the BEST laugh. I'll try to get it on video soon. While she's been rolling for a while - now she's a bulldozer. Yesterday she rolled herself into the little pedestal table in our living room and knocked it over! I came in and found her pinned under the pedestal, unscathed and...smiling. She's scooting herself forward (not just backwards) AND can confidently lay on one side with only one arm supporting her...it won't be too long and she'll be crawling all over the place...I'm not sure I'm ready for that!

Gifted from the start

She's not even 6 months yet and already doing puzzles - She's BRILLIANT!

My First...

Finn: "Mommy, I'm going poo poo..."
Me: "You are? RIGHT NOW?"
Finn: "Yes."
Me: Scoop him up, run as fast as I can up the stairs..."Wait Finn, don't go poo poo yet!" Unbutton the pants, rip off the diaper, put him on the potty...
Finn: "Me did it! Me did it!"
Me: "HIGH FIVE, FINN!"

The Blackmail Picture

Most of the time we parents play it pretty straight. But every once in a while, an opportunity comes along that just can't be passed up. Case in point, Finn riding the big blue ball. Now, I'm not typically evil, but as my son sat naked upon the toy du-jour, I just knew a picture like this shouldn't be absent from his wedding rehearsal dinner. As I walked (okay, sprinted) to get the camera, I couldn't help but laugh out loud at the thought of his face that day, years from now. There he sits, dressed and pressed, his bride-to-be at his side, with pictures of their lives passing by: first tooth, Disney, graduation, prom, when suddenly - BAM - "Finn riding the big blue ball".

To the future Mrs. Harper, I welcome you to the family and joy that is being a true Harper. - Bill