Daddy Daycare

As usual, Morgan heads off to work Saturday morning leaving Harper with her awesome Daddy. I look forward to Saturday mornings all week! In my opinion, the mornings are Harper's best time. She always wants to snuggle and takes her best nap after Morgan feeds her that first ravenous meal after she wakes up from sleeping through the night. After that nap, I get to feed Harper and (now-a-days) listen to her "talk" and toot throughout the entire meal. It really is a special time... Then Harper gets some playtime and tummy time before it is sleep time again. Here are some photos of some of the mornings routines.
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What I thought was a very small old balding man sleeping in Harper's bed...

It turned out to be Harper, thankfully!

Then some above mentioned playtime.

As well as some tummy time.

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Too bad that she never smiles....
I love her and her mother more than I can try to describe in words. Without even knowing it, this child has made me the proudest Daddy in the world!

3 months old

This has been a busy month for little Miss Harper.  She has really started developing and hitting her milestones.  Her biggest accomplishment was rolling over as we mentioned previously in another post.  She has become a real pro at that and does it often.  She is very strong overall and is able to lift her head much higher which you may notice in the photos below. Harper's second big achievement has been perfecting her hand/eye coordination skills.  She has started interacting and playing with her toys on her own.  I know it may not sound like much, but she went from being a "blob" that just kind of laid there to this active little baby that is reaching for, grabbing, shaking, rattling, and chewing on all of her toys.  The first time she intentionally grabbed a toy was while we were driving. I heard her toy crinkle and I looked back to see her holding it and looking at it almost as if she was discovering how to grab the toy and cause the crinkle sound on her own at that moment.  The look of amazement on her face was priceless.  Since then she has been eagerly grabbing all of her toys and trying to figure out what all they do, then of course they go into her mouth for a healthy coating of baby slobber. Harper's third big milestone in our opinion has been how vocal she has become.  She will coo in many different ways now.  She even makes this certain sound when she is smiling that is almost like a pre-laugh.  We are hoping we get to hear her first precious giggle soon!  We had our first family beach trip when Harper was 11 weeks old and she did great. We were nervous about how this would go but she played and napped on and off for our entire 2 hour stay.  I see her becoming quite the beach bum. Another special moment was when Harper received a handmade quilt from her Grandmama that she absolutely loves. We have played on it a lot so far.  She even made sure she marked it as hers with a big pee all over it.  We also have learned that Harper absolutely loves her naked time.  She kicks and flails in excitement to be diaper free!

As always here are some photos I took for you to enjoy of Harper at 3 months old.  Here professional photo shoot with our photographer is on Tuesday so I will post those pics once I receive them.

Playing on her quilt

Tutu at 3 months

Naked time!

Look Mom, I have BOTH of them

 Such beautiful eyes