Harper's Week

Last week was an interesting one for the Harpster.

I had Monday and Tuesday off for President's day and conference comp day. Monday she played at daycare while I shopped...(mommy needs a day off). Then Tuesday we spent the day playing. We started out putting on hats..."thee hats" to be exact.

Then we headed to Recreations Outlet for some indoor play fun. She spent about an hour jumping on the trampoline.

She also got in some, basketball, car driving, sliding and swinging.

I dropped her off for lunch and nap at daycare so I could hit the gym and the post office. Well, they called me after she woke up from her nap and said she had a fever. So I picked her up and brought her home. She seemed fine, and her fever went down after about an hour. With the no fever for 24 hours rule, however, I had to keep her home Wednesday. So we go to hang out and play again.

That afternoon her fever spiked back up really fast, topping out at one point at 104. Then she started breathing really fast like she was having trouble breathing. So off to urgent care we rushed where we received a diagnosis of RSV and Bronchiolitis. Lovely. Treatment consisted of frequent doses of ibuprofen and some albuterol breathing treatments.

She was such a trooper, and in fact I think she grew to like her breathing treatments because that meant we let her sit and watch T.V.

After a crazy week, but very relaxing weekend, we were all back to work and daycare today, feeling much better.

No more bad weeks please! Spring is almost here.

This and That

Ever since I got my phone, I do everything on there, so I'm never on the computer. This has caused me to slack on blogging because I don't really like to do it on my phone.

This winter weather has been so crazy. Yesterday there was an inch of snow that fell in like two hours. Today I went for a run outside.

Speaking of running outside...the serious working out I have been doing has made me such a better runner. Turns out it takes more than just running every day. Plus the number on my scale is 10 pounds lower than January 1st. Hooray!

MyFitnessPal ap is my new best friend. It's amazing how much better I eat when I log it all on my phone and see the total.

Ever since Harper has moved to the 2-3 year room she has been blossoming in both her vocabulary and her energy level. We have definitely entered full fledged toddler crazy land. It's a blast.

A bunch of students in my school have gotten involved in some pretty bad stuff involving drugs. None of them have good parents. It makes me so sad, and I feel a little guilty that Harper has so much, when so many of them have so little.

I am super excited to have joined Ashley's mommy mail swap. I can't wait to buy some fun gifts for my swap partner Kristance. She has three boys which makes her my new hero.

Joe took Harper shopping at Target last weekend and captured this gem. LOVE.

Pretty Ernie

Yes, this is a picture of Ernie wearing a pull up and a pearl necklace. Welcome to Saturday mornings with Harper.

Movin on up

Harper's daycare decided to move her up to the two-three year old room this week. They thought she was getting too bored in her current room. Joe and I had just been talking about that, so we were happy they came to us with the idea.

This week is transition week. She spends some time in each room. She's doing great. She even went on the potty, which is super exciting. Nothing like a little peer observation/pressure to encourage her.

There is a sad side. You see Harper has a boyfriend Henry in her old room. They did everything together. She talks about him all the time at home. Apparently he has had a terrible week without her. He's been in a grumpy mood at daycare and at home. When I picked her up today, we went back to get her coat and Henry saw her and just lit up. The two of them started chasing each other and giggling like crazy people. His dad said it was the best mood he was in all week.

Way to break hearts already pumpkin head.

Melt my heart

Last night Harper and I were hanging on the couch, eating graham crackers and singing songs when all the sudden she leans over, smooches me on the mouth, says "mwah" followed directly by "wuv you." I almost cried it was so sweet. I wuv you too pumpkin head.

Ah Ceam

If you haven't yet eaten at Jason's Deli I would highly reccomend it. They have delicious, nutricious food. Plus, you get free soft serve ice cream. You can see how happy this makes our little pumpkin head.

After she eats we get to hear "All Done. Ah Cream!"

Mommy Broke

This is one of our favorite bed time stories.

As soon as we got it home from the library, Harper wanted to dig right into the story causing the rip you can see in the poor blue dust bunny.

As a dutiful mom, I exclaimed "Oh No. It broke. That was an accident. Mommy will fix it."

Now every night when we read it we get this commentary from Harper...

"Oh No! Broke. Mommy Broke"

Great...way to place the blame on me pumpkin head.