Another first...

Harli has her first ear infection. She had a cold that started twelve days ago and has not gotten better. On Friday, we finally went to the doctor because started touching her ear. I have heard the horror stories from my mom and mom-in-law about Kory and I's ear infections as babies. So the minute I saw her touch her ear, I was on the phone! Harli, of course, doesn't seem to notice that she is sick (and is terribly conjested) because is still as happy as ever and continues to never cry. She is fine during the day, its first thing in the morning and late at night that things get bad. She is so conjested that she can hardly breathe, which has lead to snoring. Between her and Kory's snoring (yes, she is still sleeping in our room...NOT in our bed, though), I haven't been getting the best sleep. Dr Fackrell said she had the beginnings of an ear infection and an upper respiratory tract infection. He was so impressed at how happy she was even though she was pretty sick. Honestly, this kid doesn't know how to cry...which we are pretty happy about! While we were at the doctor, Harli got weighed. She is 15lbs 8oz!! Granted this is with her clothes on (which Dr Fackrell said added at least a pound) but we will take it. I was hoping for 13.5lbs. Harli LOVES her oatmeal cereal. She is finally starting to fill out and get some "chunk" to her.

Today, Kory thought he would introduce Harli to his favorite store...Menards. Kory could live at Menards if I would let him! Since he's the one that works on the yard and house projects, he is a frequent visitor of Menards. I told him he needed to get a part-time job at Menards to score a discount. Kory took Harli on a little tour of the Garden Center and a brief tour of the store. We were in a hurry so she didn't get the full tour; we will save that for another day. She had lots of fun and was full of smiles the whole time. I'm sure that made her daddy very happy...until I showed him the massive playground I wanted him to build her. I showed her the playground and she had a big smile, her daddy just said "someday" and quickly walked to a different aisle.

Harli is still working on the whole scooting thing. She now pushes up on her knees while burrying her face in the pillow. This pushes her more backwards than forwards, but we'll take it since she is making an improvement. She is also doing a great job of rolling from her tummy to her back. She learned how to do this quickly because she isn't so much a fan of tummy time. Harli hasn't said her first word yet, but we think she is getting close. She started saying something that sounded similar to "mama" and has learned to make the "ba" sound. She pretty much talks all day long, so we're sure words will start coming out sooner or later. I'm not sure why she is so talkative...whoever would that come from?

5 months old!!

Yesterday, Harli turned 5 months. It doesn't seem like it has been five months since I told the doctor that if one more emergency C-Section came through the doors that I would become an emergency C-Section! Harli continues to amaze each day with how much she learns and grows. She has become quite chatty (no idea where that came from!!) and is working on scooting. She loves to see how hard she can bounce in her bouncy seat. I'm afraid one day she will bounce right out. She has also learned that one of her "friends" is velcroed on and she can take him off and bite him.

Harli has her second cold. She had one when we were in Florida and has a similar one now. She has trouble breathing because she is so conjested. The worst part is that she will choke and turn bright red. I get so scared each time. If Kory is home I just scream for him to come help. I hate that I can't do anything to make her feel better. She is such a happy baby, though. Her demeanor hasn't changed any. She will choke and then go back to playing with her toys like nothing happened.

This past weekend, Aunt Caddie bought Harli her first pair of sunglasses. They are ADORABLE!! Since the sunglasses were next to the swimsuit and surfer shirt, Aunt Caddie bought those too. She looks so cute! She tried her swimsuit on today and she loves it. We practiced her swimming skills in her bathtub. She is very excited for Waterbabies to start so she can show off her cute bikini body, movie star sunglasses, and wonderful swimming skills. Watch out Waterbabies, here comes Harli!!!

Happy St Patrick's Day

Harli had a WONDERFUL first St Patrick's Day. This is one of my favorite holidays...mainly because I'm Irish, but it was also my grandfather's favorite holiday. Harli and I started our day with breakfast at CJ's with Carly and Ellie. Ellie is one month older than Harli. Of course, CJ's was for Carly and I, but we thought we should introduce the girls to the wonderful world of CJ's at a young age. After breakfast, we headed downtown for the St Patrick's Day parade. We thought it was going to be an hour long parade (I couldn't quite remember the duration because the last time I went we had started celebrating at 7a!). We were wrong! An hour and forty-five minutes later, the parade finally ended. The girls took a nap towards the end of the parade. Ellie stayed asleep, but Harli was worried she would miss something so she only took a fifteen minute nap. The girls each caught a few beads and they were pretty happy about it. After waiting in line in the parking garage for forty-five minutes, we headed home for a nap. It was a great St Patrick's Day!

A big week

Harli has remembered how to sleep through the night. I thought it would be a couple of months before you started sleeping through the night again. Thankfully I was wrong. She is still in her pack-n-play in our room. I think this weekend she will make the big move to officially sleeping in her own bed. I wanted her to start sleeping through the night again before we moved her into her own bed. We have tried to put her in there before but she has not been so happy about it. We are hoping she likes it a little bit better this time. She is back on her schedule of going to bed at 8p, waking up at 7a, taking a thirty minute nap at 10a, and taking an hour and a half nap at 2p. I love schedules and it makes things so much easier having Harli on one.

Harli is still enjoying her rice cereal. You can't shovel it in her mouth quick enough!! She is working hard on rolling over. She has already mastered rolling from her tummy to her back. She is working hard on rolling from her back to her tummy. Her shoulder gets in the way and she gets frustrated. Harli crawled for the first time yesterday!!! It was only a couple of crawls but we'll take it. We were so proud of her!!! She has found her voice and likes to talk ALL day! I'm not quite sure who she got that from. :-) She found out today that she can shreak real loud so she spend the vast majority of today shreaking! Its only Wednesday and she has already had a big week of milestones. Our baby is growing up way too fast and its only been four and a half months!

Harli has become a big fan of Dora the Explorer and Clifford. She is not a real fan of Sesame Street. She giggles and smiles throughout both shows. I get the songs stuck in my head and can not get them out. At least I'm learning Spanish thanks to Dora!

Rice cereal

Last week Harli started rice cereal. She wasn't sure of it after the first bite but she LOVES it!! She now has rice cereal for lunch and dinner. She doesn't like when it runs out and she has to go back to formula. She has also learned to put the spoon in her mouth on her own. She also likes to stick her hands in her mouth while she's eating. By the time she's done, quite a bit of cereal ends up on her face than in her tummy. After this box of rice cereal, we are going to move up to oatmeal cereal and then to real food...that's when the real fun begins.

Now that we are working on Harli's schedule again, she goes to bed around 8p and wakes up between 4a and 5a. She eats and then goes back to bed until 7a or so. She takes a nap at 10a and then again at 2p. It is so nice to have her on a schedule so we don't have to guess when errands can be run and plans can be made. Were just waiting until she decides to go back to sleeping through the night.

Since today was beautiful outside, Harli and I went for a walk. She had so much fun!!!