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June 14, 2012

4 months old

Harper is growing like crazy! I can barely think back to when she was a newborn and compare the difference in where she is today.  It is simply night and day.  Although I miss the tiny newborn stage because she was so delicate and helpless, I am also really enjoying Harper where she is at now developmentally.  Things are definitely a lot easier than they were just a few short months ago.  She is very interactive with us and her toys and she is constantly investigating new things in her surroundings.  She is of course still smiling at everyone she meets which is the sweetest thing.  She really loves meeting new people.  Her biggest milestone this month was the beginning of her giggles.  We have heard a few single laughs, but just recently I was able to get a short giggle out of her.  It made my day!  She can roll over in just about anyway, front to back, back to front, and side to side.  Slowly but surely she is discovering her feet by lots of kicking and stomping.  She loves to stand up with assistance, but is still not able to sit up very well without falling over. Harper has unfortunately learned how much fun hair pulling is and believe me, it is NOT easy to pry hair out of a sticky little baby hand.  I also think she is looking more like her Daddy everyday.  The 4 month pediatric appointment went well, she received 3 vaccines and once again took them like a champ.  Her stats were:
13 pounds 4 ounces
24 inches long
Head circumference 16 inches
    (Everything was in the 40-50 percentile)

On June 10th, Heather, Blair, and Carter got home from China.  We were all at the airport waiting on them including Harper.  It was great to see the two cousins finally meet!  Carter was so sweet to her when they met.  I will have more updates and video on that later.  Below are the 4 month photos I took.



 The tutu has become a favorite chew toy of Harper's as you can see...