Happy Spring!

Time is flying by fast. Can you believe it’s April??

Little Harper Caroline is growing up so fast! She went in for her 4 month appointment last week and did very well. She is 15.7 pounds, 26 inches long and in the 85th percentile. Harper is a very strong-willed little girl. She already knows how to be sweet on her daddy, knows how to manipulate mom a little when it comes to going to bed on her own, and knows how to persuade Gigi to buy her fun toys all of the time (okay, not yet but that’s coming soon). We can tell that she is eager to sit up and explore. She is always bright-eyed and attentive to what’s going on around her. Harper is extremely alert and if she were able to get into everything, I guarantee she would. Occasionally I get a snap shot of this unmistakably mischievous look she gives us. My, we’re going to have our hands full! I’ve noticed that when sitting down for a meal I can no longer let her get close to my plate or else her hands would be all in my food. I wonder if the smacking of her lips means she’s ready for food?! Not yet, Dr. Lange says. We have to wait until she’s 6 months old for cereal and baby food.



An update on the Hemangioma…. Dr. Lange feels that it is continuing to grow pretty rapidly so we have been sent over to a specialist with Texas Children’s. Our appointment is April 29th at 9 am. There are several options for treatment but most have moderate to severe side effects. Something I am not looking forward to. I will continue to pray about this….. and I know God is in control.

Harper and Walker have gotten to spend a lot of time together and I can’t wait until they are able to interact a little better. For now, Walker steals her binkie or bow, swats at her and the dogs with wooden spoons or sometimes gives her this look like “what are you crying for, missy?” I’m sure they will be great friends – we are so blessed! Speaking of bows, I might have a small obsession with them. Harper has one in every color imaginable and I keep buying them. I’m sure you have noticed that she has one on in almost every stinkin picture. But they are so darn cute!



Work is going well for Grant and me. A 40-hour work week doesn’t exist for Grant but he’s trucking along and making the BEST of this new opportunity. There are lots of kinks to be ironed out but very soon, his hard work will all pay off. He is very good at what he does and I know he’ll be there for a long while.

Grant and I celebrated his 33rd birthday on Saturday. We had some excellent sushi and quality time together. Happy Birthday, my love.

The Nail Family is in the process of making some big decisions on where to raise our family. There are a lot of options in Houston but it doesn’t seem that we’ve found exactly what we want just yet. Who knows what the future will bring?!

She loves her new swing!



Sportin the baby legs from Mimi and Uggs from Aunt Meesh



My baby love

Auto Pilot

This morning while driving to work I realized that I haven’t had a full night’s sleep in 5 months! I’m a warrior – no really – no one needs their sleep more than I do! Hats off to all of the mothers out there….. we are absolutely amazing!

This weekend wefinally got meet sweet baby Audrey Potter. She was so tiny and beautiful. When I held her it brought me back to when Harper was only a month old. How tiny and uncontrolled their little bodies are. So needy yet so easy. Eat and sleep – a lot! Harper is 10 weeks older than Audrey and she towers over her. Amber mentioned that when they turn a year old you would never even know but my how those 10 weeks make such a difference right now. Harper is such a busy body. She loves to stand up in my lap and has very strong legs. I am thinking she will be sitting up before we know it. Gigi bought her a toy that goes across the handlebar of her carseat and she loves it. I didn’t think she would actually “play” with it but when she’s awake in the car she bats at the frogs and spins the mirror. She’s growing up so fast! We have her 4 month shots on Monday and I am not looking forward to that!

On Saturday night Gigi and Poppa watched Harper so Grant and I could go to the John Mayer concert. It was fabulous! He is such an amazing musician. Although it made for a late evening and crazy morning for church, it was so worth it! His music will melt your heart. On Sunday I prepared our garden for the planting of new platns for the Spring. We pretty much lost all of our flowers in the freeze and the yard was looking pretty puny. I'm really looking forward to planting!

Dr. Young is preaching a series about healing the family over the next couple of months. He has delivered such a strong message about marriage being a profound and marvelous relationship - a mystery, established by God for his glory. Grant and I are so eager to hear each message and what a fabulous way to start out our week.

The Itis

This past weekend mom and I picked up a stomach bug or food poisoning -- can't figure out which but it was brutal. We were both up all night and day and couldn't eat or drink anything. In fact, tonight was our first meal and it was soup and vermacelli noodles. We were both scared to eat after the whole ordeal but we're finally feeling back to normal. Weird thing is we never get sick, especially mom. Praying for all who come down with the nasty stomach bug that is going around.

Grant is super busy with his new job and traveled to Vegas for a big meeting and presentation. He is doing so great at the company and I am so very proud of him!