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?