i have been totally and utterly in love with this little lady even before i met her in the flesh. and since then she has continued to capture my heart and twist it in ways i never thought possible. over the last several (woah) months we have had small challenges to overcome; mainly her addiction to breasts and momma and learning how to coexist and function, at least semi-normally, together. and that whole sleep thing which, really, is over rated. isn’t pale skin and dark eye circles in? come on, blood could be the next cullen, right?

you may remember an earlier post where i was struggling with the co-sleeping (aka lack-of-sleeping) taking place; harper wanted to nurse all night, every night. which, i was all for until we both started waking constantly and not getting any sleep. a couple of months later, i threw in the towel (for both of our sakes) and got harper into her own crib next to our bed. it took a couple of nights, but both she and i started sleeping much better.

these days we’ve got a great little schedule. we’re still not sleeping more than 4-5 hours straight but most days that’s ok. harper’s found her thumb and can go down in her crib awake and smiling and put herself to sleep within a few minutes. her brother still wakes up almost as much (who knows) but knock wood, both haven’t been up simultaneously since those first few weeks. although, staggered wakings just means we’re up like every 2 hours. not sure which i’d rather…

speaking of her brother, i was just reading down memory lane in my archived blogs (well, back when they were journals on totsites) and found this. jackson was exactly the same age harper is now when i wrote that. um, holy deja vu.

here’s what my radiant little lady has been up to this month:

bumbo-ing

jumping

trying sweet potato

thumb-sucking

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

holding a bottle

smiling (lots and lots)

hanging with my brother