Shower and Shopping

This past weekend, my mom, Harper, and I went to Norwalk to attend my BFF Ashley's baby shower. Ashley got a lot of great stuff for Jack who will be arriving sometime in November! This was Harper's first 'outing' and she did a great job - slept a lot! Everyone at the shower loved her ;)

Ashley, Harper and I

Ashley opening up her gifts

While we were in the Des Moines area we decided to do some shopping - Grandma is already teaching Harper how to shop! We stopped at the CUTEST shop called the Pink Hippo, which sells bows, headbands, shoes, leggings, photo shoot clothing ,etc for little girls. ABSOLUTELY ADORABLE! So of course Grandma bought Harper some bows to wear!

Uh-Oh - I'm already figuring out how to pull the bow off my head!

Take this off of me mom!

Tummy Time

Over here Harper

Hi big girl!

Chillin in my boppy pillow

Getting ready to watch football with Daddy - I was good luck for the Hawks again!

2 Week Check-Up

Can you believe that Harper is two weeks old today?! It feels like just yesterday she was born! We had a check-up today just to make sure she is gaining weight and she did great!

Birth: 7 lbs 6.5 oz
1 week: 7 lbs 7 oz
2 weeks: 7 lbs 15 oz

That's right - she gained 8 oz this week!!!! What a big girl! Now we don't have to go back to the doctor until she is 2 months old - thats when the shots start :( I'll probably cry more than her...

Adam is going back to work tonight so it'll be the first night that I'm on my own - kinda nervous! I hope she sleeps well - we have a long day ahead of us tomorrow! We (me, my mom, and Harper) are driving to Norwalk to attend Ashley's baby shower and then stopping in Des Moines to do some shopping! I hope she does well on her first 'outing.'

What's in a name?

Everyone has been asking us how we came up with the name 'Harper' so I thought I'd make a little blog about it. The first time we heard the name was while we were watching the movie 'Things We Lost in The Fire.' The little girl in the movie is named Harper and it grew on us as the movie went on. I was about 2 months pregnant at the time and we pretty much decided that we would name our girl Harper. Harper means "player of the harp" so maybe that will be her calling when she gets older.

It is such a pretty, classic and unique name, but it's not too weird. I was reading an article in Parents magazine a few weeks ago and Harper is predicted to be on the top 10 list of girls name in 2019. So she's already a little trend-setter ;)