Bodhi - ONE Year

Height: 2 ft 7.25 inches (95%)
Weight: 25 lbs (85%)
Size 18 month clothes.

Eats: Everything. His favorites are probably crackers, corn, peas, pizza, noodles. Drinks whole milk and apple juice.

Sleeps: He shares a room with Alikah and usually goes to bed around 7 or 7:30 and sleeps for 12 hours. He naps twice a day.

Movement: Hes in LOVE with his walker and walks holding onto stuff. Crawls normally now (not an army crawl) and super fast!

Likes: Everything? His family, toys, his zoomer, Ellie or any animal, being outside, walks, laughing, chasing Alikah and Harper, eating, dancing, my laptop, glasses, kleenex and wipes, shoes, his noice lamby in his crib, his aden and anais blankets, keys, the remote...and on and on and on :)

Doesnt Like: Getting his diaper changed, getting dressed....??

Happy FIRST Birthday Bodhi

Boden - You were born too early and so fast it didnt feel real. Then I basically lived at the NICU with you. I had no idea how much I needed you but you have taught me so much. And anyone that looks at you smiles because YOUR smile just screams "LIFE IS AWESOME!" Now you are a year old and crawling and laughing at everything. Happy Happy Happy 1st Birthday baby! Somewhere over the rainbodhi - I love you so much!

"on the night you were born,

the moon smiled with such wonder

that the stars peeked in to see you

and the night wind whispered,

"Life will never be the same."

a first birthday party

Harper's party went great!
He was in Heaven. Swimming, smashing cake, eating, playing with the hose, tons of attention...
I wasnt sure how hed handle everyone because hes so shy, but he was lovin it!

He woke up before 7 this morning, waaay too early for him, especially after a day like that!
He honestly looked disappointed when I brought him downstairs and everyone was gone. Wait, where did everybody go!?

He got awesome presents and a BUNCH of clothes! I think we will be set for him AND Boden now.

Well be home later today for the night, un-pack and re-pack then head to the cabin!

As of right now I am just planning on doing a few photo posts when we get home. 

Have a fun 4th of July! 

Happy 1st Birthday Harper

At about this time, one year ago, Spencer was getting ready for work. I had been having weird cramps for 2 days (which we later found out was a partial placenta abruption), and before he left he woke me up and asked, "Are you okay?" 
I said yeah and he left. 15/20 minutes later I got up to go pee, and immediately though, "This is it. Todays the day."
A few hours later I called my doctor, who knew me very well, and she told me, "Please DONT wait until the last minute like I know you will, just go to the hospital!" (I didnt listen.)
About 12 hours after I told myself today was the day, at 7:40 PM on the first day of summer..during a thunderstorm...our Sonshine was born.

Harper was born a month early. He is now a giant. 

Size 18/24 month clothes.
Size 5 diapers. [Size 5 was the last size Alikah wore. When she was 2.5]
24/25 pounds. He has 7 teeth. 

Harper Is: 
    -shy and he doesnt like attention. He will hide his face by putting up his arms, or pancaking to the floor.
    -dramatic. Harper throws himself on the floor multiple times a day. Sometimes he adds a fake cry.  
     -a water baby, hilarious, a sweetheart, lazy, hungry, curious, independent, an explorer.


Likes: His crib, his family, his ba, eating, being outside, cords, un plugging the vacuum while Im using it, exploring the kitchen cabinets, grabbing peoples faces, eating chalk and crayons.


Doesnt Like: Pooping, being told no, off-limits rooms (he sprints to them when we open the doors, then screams when we close it before he gets there), hats & sunglasses (both are ripped off immediately)

Favorite Foods: Noodles, toast, green beans, pizza, nilla wafers, cheerios, any crackers (graham, ritz, goldfish), icee (if he sees someone else eating one he will scream until he gets his own)


Says: HAY!, Mama/Mum, Dada, dude, up down, hi, eat, ow, no, Al-kah


Moving: Crawls crazy fast, bear crawls on concrete so he doesnt scrap his knees, can walk all over as long as he has something to hold on to (furniture, toys.) He likes walking with the toy shopping cart and my desk chair. 


When Harper is outside he always looks very serious. Its hard to get a good picture of him outside because he always has his eyebrows furrowed. He is silent and still in the stroller. He likes to sit up on the trampoline. He can get down, but he prefers to just sit up there and watch everything (and eat the handlebar.) 

He also enjoyed trying to eat everything he can get his hands on outside. Grass, leaves, bugs, rocks, sticks, flowers, chalk, poop, sand. He just started realizing that all this stuff is really gross and usually digs it out of his mouth and throws it. But not always...

He loves his crib and sleeping. He usually sleeps on his stomach, across his crib the short way not the long way. He used to always put his blanket over his head to sleep, but he hasnt as much recently. He sleeps with a blanket, but he doesnt care which one. He prefers a nice soft one but hasnt complained at all about receiving blankets. (Its 86* in our house. He is not sleeping with a fleece blanket.)

Although Harper is normally very shy and has the sweetest voice in the world, he loves to scream and squeak. He cracks up if I yell "SQUEAK!" back to him. He enjoys screaming contests with Alikah, and he usually wins. He can be LOUD. 

Harper, you bring so much happiness to our lives. Its really amazing to watch you grow from a baby into a...baby. I wont call him you a "toddler" for awhile. You are still a baby :) 
You are such a happy, content little boy. But you werent always. I havent forgotten about your first few months....not yet...maybe eventually.....but not yet. Man you were a buttknocker. We are so happy that YOU are so happy! You are our sunshine, love you so so much.