9 Months Old

Well I have been such a blog slacker lately, but the whole reason I blog is to record all the milestones in Harper's life. I'm not much into scrap booking, so this is my "memory" of Harper's first year. Here it goes......

A lot has been going on in the Heathcott Family with the biggest change being our move to Montgomery! We are so happy to be here and God has truly blessed us with a wonderful new home. Harper has made the transition quite well. He didn't skip a beat during the entire move. Since we've moved I've tried to spend a lot of time outside. Our neighborhood is full of kids so we try to get out and be social. So far Harper's favorite things to do outside are....swing on the deck, joyride in the golf cart, go to the April Sound Park, swim in Cooper's baby pool, and ride in his wagon. It has been really hot lately so we try to go later in the day. I can't even imagine what this summer is going to be like! Harper's schedule has pretty much stayed the same. He is still napping twice a day for about an hour and a half. I think he finally has the hang of napping. I give him his paci and turn on the heart beat machine and he talks himself to sleep. I find myself checking on him a lot because I love to see him be still. I thought I couldn't live without our video monitor, but it turns out I haven't even used it since we moved. Harper's room is right next to ours and with the entire downstairs being wood floors I haven't needed it. His voice travels VERY well in the new house!

Speaking of Harper's sweet voice.....He said his first word this month.......and we were not even there to hear it! Harper went to visit his Grammy and Poppy for a couple of days while we got unpacked and he got smarter! He started saying "hi dada!" Grammy called and let us hear him talk over the phone and I think our hearts melted. I can't believe we weren't there to witness this huge milestone! No worries, because he says it all the time! His first words were on Mother's Day and that made for the best present ever! Maybe he'll say "mama" on Father's Day. I guess he has his holidays mixed up :)
This month Harper began to get separation anxiety. He wants his MAMA! If I put him down and leave the room, he starts to cry. He is okay for me to leave him at the nursery at church or at the gym, but he does not want to play by himself! Which makes it pretty difficult to get dressed, eat, or unpack! He has also started to wave and give fives this month. It is so cool to see him respond to people. He loves to give fives and then watch how excited we get! He won't wave on command, but he'll wave his little fingers at himself! It's so precious to see him work his fingers.

Harper still loves to play! His new favorite toys are bouncy balls. He'll get so excited and squeal when you bounce a ball. I have a huge medicine ball and he loves to kick it and watch it bounce. This baby might play soccer rather than golf when he gets older. He also loves to play in the johnny jump up. He has discovered how to swing and jump. He is enamored with anything shiny or electronic. He likes remote controls, computers, cell phones, cameras, ipods, and alarm clocks! This is one techie baby!
Well Harper continues to be a healthy, happy, and heart warming little guy. I can't express what it is like to be his mommy! I'm living the good life!

Here are his 9 month stats:

weight 18 lbs 14 oz 25%

height 27 1/8 in 2o%

head 17 1/2 in 25%

Mother's Day

We've moved

finally! We still don't have internet or a phone, but I found a wireless signal this morning so I decided to write a post while Harper naps!We have moved all but one car load to our new house. We are not quite settled yet, but we're working on it. The movers came and moved the "big" stuff, but Cam made an executive decision that we would pack and move the little stuff........well...... never again especially with the price of gasoline and a baby! We have been back and forth for over a week and it is beginning to wear on us all.



Besides the actual move, we're doing great. We LOVE our new house and new neighborhood! It is so nice to be around people our age! Our neighbors have been so sweet to welcome us with sweet cards and flowers. Harper loves his new room, swing, and living close to G and Coopie. His room is pretty much the same minus the painting on the wall :( that was my favorite part! He has 3 windows in his room so we had to get creative with his furniture. We hung his swing on the back porch and he would just assume spend the entire day outside. He loves to watch the squirrels and dogs. I positioned it so he is in the shade and I am in the sun, so I might actually get a tan this summer!



Time to get back to unpacking boxes! Here are some recent pictures of the big guy!

8 Months Old

Where oh where do I begin? Let's see this past month once again has been a blur. Time truly flies with a baby. I mean the days are long, but the months FLY by! This month I feel like my baby has started to transition into a "pre-toddler." I think that is because he got his 2 bottom teeth last week. He'll have teeth for the rest of his life (not those teeth, but teeth in general) so I guess it just seems like he's "growing up."

This month has been a busy month in the life of Harper. I started back to work on Fridays at our church teaching a Kinder Enrichment class, so now Harper goes to "school" on Fridays..... We are also in the process of moving (Movers come on the 29th!) to Montgomery so Harper's new toys are boxes and bubble wrap! I've also had Project Prom most Saturday Mornings so he has had lots of special time with daddy (to make up for the week that daddy left us to go to the Masters) and two of his buddies were born: Charlie and AnnMarie. Whew! It's been a busy month!

Harper is pretty much a text book baby and so easy going. We're so blessed with such a sweet, mild mannered baby. He is a great napper when his mama keeps him on schedule! He still takes 2 naps a day for about an hour and a half to two hours. He wakes up happy and is pretty much happy all day long. He is a great nighttime sleeper. too....now that the teeth are in....he goes to bed around 8pm. We start our wind down routine with dinner at 5pm, followed by lots of play time with daddy, a long bath, a little milk, and then it's off to counting sheep. Harper use to fight going to sleep at night, but now he wants his paci, lamb (or rabbit not really sure what animal it resembles) and the heartbeat machine and he's out! He moves around a lot a night. I never know what position he'll be in when I get him in the morning. He sleeps on his side with his face covered up, it's really cute! I guess it's because when I rock him he snuggles and turns his cheek toward me.

As far as eating goes Harper eats 4 for times a day. He gets milk and oatmeal for breakfast, followed by milk, fruit, veggies, and meat for lunch and dinner, then a bottle before bedtime. He LOVES to eat. He devours everything except green beans....which is really funny because that is one of the only veggies that his daddy will eat. He screams really loud and makes a fist when you don't feed him fast enough. It was really cute at first, but I'm starting to think he's developing a red-headed temper! If he sees anyone else eating he gets really mad and will scream until he gets a bite! I guess that is why he has some serious thunder thighs! Some one even called him a "bruiser" the other day I guess maybe he really is chubby! I've given him pieces of bananas, apples, blueberries, grapes, and green beans. I usually feed it to him or it won't make it to his mouth. For a snack I've given him puffs, biter biscuits (I don't recommend.....totally messy!) and zwieback toast. I'm not really sure when we'll start eating table food, maybe after this move is over with.

Recently Harper has started to pull up on everything. He is not content just sitting in my lap, he'll grap whatever he can and pull up. Last week he was sitting in his bath tub and tried to use the ledge to pull up. I thought it was really cute so I sat back and watched. Well, it wasn't so cute when he toppled face first into the bathtub. My heart stopped. It was his first "accident" and my first horrible parenting moment. I think he was more scared than anything especially as the water splashed in his face. It was awful, I can't even describe it. After he calmed down we finished the bath. He was trying to pull up again so I had to say "No." I can't believe it's already that time. I think he's starting to figure out what that word means.

He still loves to play on the floor with his mound of toys. He loves his Fisher Price Stage and microphone rattle best. He is a master at the ring stacker. He squeals with excitement when he takes off the rings. He has recently gone crazy in the johnny jump up. He bounces vigorously, I mean today after about 20 continuous minutes of bouncing I took him out and he was sweating!! He's working out his legs for crawling. Speaking of crawling he's not too interested in things that involve him being on his tummy. He will scoot backwards, but not fowards. I'm sure he'll start to crawl right as we move! I guess that is good timing, I don't want to baby proof two houses!

I think Harper's laugh will always be one of my favorite sounds. He laughs out loud when he is being tickled. He has several ticklish spots....under his arms, tummy, and thighs. He giggles at Baxter and anytime I throw him in the air. I always try to video his laugh, but he gets serious as soon as the camera comes out.

I still can't believe he's 8 months old. We have already celebrated so many milestones. I am so thankful that he is healthy and happy. It is just a JOY to watch him grow and see him turn into the person that God created him to be.

Happy 8 months Harper! We love you :)

AnnMarie has arrived!

My dearest friend Rachel Spencer Golden gave birth to a precious baby girl on April 16th. AnnMarie Claire Golden was born at 6:54 in Little Rock, Arkansas. She was born exactly 10 months after her parents got married! She weighed 5 pounds 7 ounces and was 18 3/4 inches long.

The Golden Family

Today makes me feel so old...... As little girls Rach and I would talk about our wishes and dreams for our future family and kids, and today we are both moms! I just wish I could be there to meet the little miss and see what an amazing mom Rachel is!

Chompers!!

Well as of last night Harper has 2 teeth!! I have thought that he was teething for the past 5 months because of the enormous about of drool he has been producing! Everytime he would cry or drool I would say "he's teething." I think my friends think I'm crazy, because that has been my excuse for months! His teeth are not very visible yet, but you can definitely feel them. (The front two teeth on the bottom)

Harper's best buddy Cooper bought him The Tooth Book by Dr. Seuss to celebrate the arrival of his bottom chompers! Cooper has 8 teeth, so it's time that Harper gets a tooth:)

Boys and Bluebonnets

A post at last!!

Well a couple of weeks ago Angela, Ashley, and I went to Creekside Park in The Woodlands to take pictures of the boys. Clark graciously volunteered to take the boys pictures, little did he know they would EAT the bluebonnets, rocks, and dirt! Let's just say we could have been on America's Funniest Home Videos to get the boys to smile. At one point we were all yelling Baxter, Tallulah, and Madi to get the boys to smile. We had to tell Clark that those were our dogs names!! We got a couple of good pictures. Harper wasn't feeling so photogenic during this photo shoot, check out those lips!!

Luscious Lips!