I can't believe that Harper is already three months old. Everyone says it goes by so quickly, but I didn't think it would go this quickly. Knowing this, Aaron and I are enjoying every minute we get to spend with her.
This month has been full of changes. Harper is sitting up, with help from mom or dad, or a pillow to prop her up. She gets closer and closer every day to rolling over, and in the process is able to pivot herself 90 degrees. She is examining everything she does and everything we do. She sits on my lap while we eat dinner, and watches us all with intent. In fact, at lunch the other day, she grabbed the fork right out of my hand. I knew it was just a matter of time.
Earlier this month, we drove to Stockton to see the Libbey side of the family. As per our usual craziness, we rented a minivan, and put Harper, mom and dad, grandma, uncle and dog in the minivan and drove almost 11 hours to get there. It wouldn't have been so bad if we weren't driving through the Central Valley. Once we arrived, we had a wonderful time. Everyone loved seeing Harper. Harper's second cousins, Caroline and Jack, spent hours entertaining her. Since we were all in one place, we took some family photos, which turned out great, thanks to Aaron's fancy new camera.
During this trip, we introduced Harper to swimming. Thanks to Great-Grandma, she had an adorable swim suit to wear, so she didn't have to skinny dip. There is a heated pool in my grandparents community and when there was shade, Harper took a short dip. She seemed to like it (she didn't cry), so we will try it again in the future.
I was looking around the living room the other day and realized that Harper's toys could get out of control quickly. I searched my house high and low for a cute basket I could use to catch the toys, and realized in one of my fits of let's-get-rid-of-all-our-crap, I must have given them away. I remembered this post from RookieMoms and found my inspiration. We had an empty bin from new cat litter (and yes, I did bleach it first), so I covered it with contact paper and ribbon. When we were kids, my mom used to cover old dog bone boxes with contact paper for all our toys. The bonus here, is that with the lid on, they'll stack quite nicely.
