Valentine's and Vacation planning

This is how our our Valentine's Day looked (minus the wine, pizza, and Bachelor viewing).
We have never been huge V-Day people, so we had a low-key night hanging with the bebe and my older sister,  Crystal. Even though we never splurge on big gifts, I do love decorating for the (hallmark) holiday and getting all festive! When we were little both of our moms had little things waiting for us when we woke up in the morning and I wanted to continue that tradition for Harper. Fun times!
A few things on our March to-do list are as follows:

1. Buy a bigger car!
2. Continue house projects (like painting and putting in the bar area along with a few other updates)
and the most exciting...
3. Planning out our spring and summer vacations!

We aren't sure where we want to go yet, but we are planning two different trips: a short one over spring break (somewhere beachy) and then a longer one this summer. This summer we are thinking somewhere westcoast-ish like Portland, Seattle, or maybe visiting my best friend in LA. If you have any suggestions let us know! It has been well over 1.5 years since our last vacay so as you can imagine we are getting pretty excited to get the H E double hockey sticks outta here!

Four Months

The night she was born.

Four Months ago today our daughter, Harper Louise, was born. She weighed 6 lbs 12 oz and was 19 inches long with a head full of dark brown hair. It's no coincidence that it has been four months since I posted because motherhood is the most precious, yet time consuming job in the world!

I've had a hard time trying to describe how our lives have changed because it's more than this or that it's something in your soul that morphs and grows with each passing day. Yep in this post I'm going to be one of *those* people, but I'll try to get back to normal things soon.

Harper Lou is now about 12 pounds and about 23 inches. From the beginning everyone said she looks just like her daddy, but now people are saying she looks a little more like me - it's not like I did all the work or anything;).  Overall, she is a great baby and loves her sleep (praise God), but she is very picky about what she likes. She likes being bounced a certain way and held looking out when we are public and doesn't really care for her swing or bouncy seat. She in a nutshell is picky, but of course most babies are. She is smiling and giggling now, which is my favorite sound in the world.

Here are some of my favorite pics. of her over the last few months:

 Her first bath-she screamed throughout the entire thing!

 Love those lips.

 One of her first smiles - about 1.5 months.

Her and Daddy in the hospital.

And here are some more recent pics.:

 Getting up from my nap.

 Going for a walk.

 Trying to catch her smiling, but it's so hard!

I guess I should also mention that compounding the busyness of the last four months was the purchase of our FIRST HOUSE!!! It is 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, with a large unfinished basement. It is in Decatur (about 10 minutes from downtown Atlanta). We have a lot of work to still do and hopefully by springtime we can host a housewarming and post before/after pics. We love her:

This was back in the Fall before everything turned blah. 

I guess that gets you up to speed on our lives. Pray for more long naps out of Harper Lou so I can continue to update a little faster than every four months.