Another month down...I have a love/hate relationship with the 18th of each month. I'm so grateful that Harper is growing and getting stronger and learning and doing new fun things but I also hate that she is getting so big.
This last month has been a rough one. Harper had belly problems, wanted to sleep all day, then wanted to be held all day, then just wanted to fuss all day, went through a sleep regression, then I got sick. It was a blast.
Harper was sleeping great her whole little life and then all of sudden she was waking up every hour and a half at night...kill me. It's getting better slowly with some helpful tips from Google and other sleep deprived parents. I can honestly say I reached a new level of exhaustion this last month...even more so than when Harper was a brand new baby. I apologize to my friends and family who have been somewhat ignored as I've tried to merely function. I'm so grateful for Preston this last month especially. He has been amazing helping with cleaning, laundry, ignoring my crankiness, allowing me to take nap times that don't involve Harper sleeping next to me. He really has kept what little sanity I had left. It's interesting to me that even though this month has been very difficult and trying, my love for Harper has increased even more throughout this time. I have gotten extremely frustrated at times but I have found that once that passes I have a rush of love for her and I want to do all that I can to make her happy and help her through this growth period she is experiencing. After all it can't be easy to be a little babe in this brand new world and it's my sole purpose to help her through it. I love being her mom. It is so much more than I could have ever imagined it to be. The other night I was nursing her before bed and looking around her nursery and realizing, "I'm a mom!" This perfect little girl is mine and I grew her and she and her dad are everything to me. I've wanted this my whole life and I feel incredibly blessed to have gotten it so early on in my lifetime. I would have NEVER guessed this is where my life would be at this point. Preston and I can't get over how big Harper is and how fast it happened. Our little love has a ton of personality and we love it. She loves to smile and be the center of attention. She gets really annoyed if people stop paying attention to her, it's pretty cute (most of the time)
:Harper lately:
- is always pulling on my hair (as if it's not falling out enough on its own since I gave birth...lets pull it out!)
- Started laughing!!!
- Still talks ALL the time
- Loves to play with toys now...she actually plays with them now instead of just staring at them
- ROLLS over!!! (she started rolling to her sides before three months but she would get stuck on her arms and get really mad but she's mastering the full body roll now)
- Has a new found obsession with Preston
- Is always chewing on her hands and grabbing her feet
-Started eating solids
- Weighs 14 Pounds
- 25.5 inches long
Here's our four month photos! I really love them :)
- ROLLS over!!! (she started rolling to her sides before three months but she would get stuck on her arms and get really mad but she's mastering the full body roll now)
- Has a new found obsession with Preston
- Is always chewing on her hands and grabbing her feet
-Started eating solids
- Weighs 14 Pounds
- 25.5 inches long
Here's our four month photos! I really love them :)
