Cannon at 1 month

 The other day someone asked how old you were. I said 3 weeks even though the next day you would be 4 weeks. It's funny how when I was pregnant with you that I always rounded up how far along I was with you and now that you are here I keep rounding how old you are down. Please don't grow up so fast, okay? You are so very loved. Your sisters both just adore you and your dad and I do too of course. You sleep decent during the day, but night time the second we put you down you cry. You love to cuddle and spend the nights cuddled with mom. You like the swing and the bouncer. You also like the sound of the shower. I have never seen a baby eat as much as you. You are constantly hungry. Mom nurses you and you also take a bottle of formula because you want to eat every 2 hours around the clock. You are wearing size 1 diapers and newborn clothes. You have big eyes and your dad thinks they are going to be blue like his. I think you look just like your dad. A lot of people have said you look like Sage. You are losing the hair at the top of your head so you look like a little old man. You do not mind being swaddled and like the binkie. You really are a content baby. We are so grateful to have you in our family. You just belong. There are no shortages of hugs and kisses around here for you.

6 months

Harper Lee,

 You are such a joy! Everywhere we go people always comment on how easy going and peaceful you are. I have said this before and I am sure will say it many times over the years, but you are perfect for our family. You are the calm and content we need. This past month has been a big one for you with lots of new milestones. 

• 16.2 lbs (50%) 26 in (65%)
• content and happy
• rolling all around
• likes to eat paper
• trying so hard to crawl
• sleeps 12 hours through the night
• starting to take good naps
• went to California for the second time 
• trying new foods
• very ticklish
• likes playing peek-a-boo with her sister
• wearing 6-9 months clothes
• wears size 3 diapers
• beginning to sit on her own for longer periods of time
• can hold her own bottle
• drinks 5-6 oz every 3-4 hours

5 months

Harper, 

You are the happiest and most easy going baby! You bring so much peace into our crazy days. You sleep between 12-14 hours a night and always wake up with a huge smile on your face. Naps are hit or miss, but regardless you are always so happy. You are becoming quite talkative and lot to chat. You also have discovered a love for pulling hair. Sometimes your sister gets a little too close and you yank on her hair. She doesn't love that. You put just about everything in your mouth. There have been a few days we have thought you may be teething because you have had a little fever and were a little bit fussy, which is just not you. We have fed you oatmeal and sweet potato, which you are not a fan of either yet. You are very ticklish and even Sage can get you laughing as she rubs her nose on your belly.  You have the best laugh. You also seem to really enjoy tummy time. You always seem to be poopy and  have frequent blow outs. It has kind of become a joke. Every time we go anywhere and we go to get you out of the car we expect to change you. You are wearing size 3-6 months clothing and we just bumped you up to size 3 diapers. We figure you weigh about 15 lbs. You are so very loved. We love you and are so blessed to have you!

Latest on Sage (21 months)

• Every time I wear my jammie bottoms that have snowflakes on them she wants to change into her sleeper that has snowflakes too
• knows how to work out iphones and the ipad. She unlocks it and knows how to find the pictures and how to scroll through them. Also, knows how to find the Netflix app on the ipad and put Elmo on to watch. 
• If she can't sleep she always calls out "mama." When we go in to check on her she is always standing in her crib leaning up against the railing and folds her arms and wants to say another prayer.
• Always yells, "bye" when we put her to bed before the door closes behind us
• Says, "mon" (come on) a lot and wants you to sit and play with her
• Likes and asks to sit on her potty. She hasn't actually gone on it yet, but it's a start!
• If you tell her we are going to the library she starts dancing and assumes we are going to a class, which always has some dancing and singing. 
• Still loves her baby dolls
• knows how to throw a fit and tries to pinch and dig her nails into you when she is upset (we're working on this one...)
• sure is a sweetheart though. Gives the best kisses and hugs. Of course, only when she wants to though. If you ask her and she is not in the mood, she will give you a snooty "nooo"
• loves to be chased and run up and down the hall. She tries to say one, two, three and then comes charging down the hall with her arms open wide for you to catch her
• Hugs and kisses the phone when we are facetiming with grandparents
• Will pretend to take food out from a book (the picture) and eat it
• loves her routine and will let you know if you forget something. The other night we forgot to put her fan on and she kept calling for us and when we went in she pointed to her fan and said, "yeah. okay. bye" and laid back down.
• loves reading about Jesus. She knows where her scriptures are and when we tell her it's time to read about Jesus she goes and  get Book of Mormon and sits down where we read every night. 
• Still signs a lot, but is learning a lot more words. "mam", "dada", "more", "mon", "cheese", "apple", "poo poo", "pee pee", "tree", "baby", "okay", "no", "yeah", "ba ba", "juice", "ball" are among the ones we hear the most though out the day; although she knows quite a few more.
• Her newest word is: "please" and "boy"
• is very particular to what music she likes. If a song changes on the radio and she doesn't like it she is sure to let you know by yelling no over and over again until you put a song she likes. Who knew a not even 2 year old could have such a strong opinion. We have a CD with random songs on it and her favorite is Will Smith's Getting Jiggy With It. It's the only one she likes and she crys and throws a fit until that song is on... and then says "yayayayayaya" for the "nanananana" part.

11 months

Sage at 11 months...

• Weight- 17 lbs 15 oz (13%)
• Length- 27.6 inches (19%)
• crawling on all fours and fast!
• stands up like a champ and can stand on her own for short amounts of time
• walking along furniture (started this today! Happy 11 months!)
• Favorite toys- anything that is not really a toy!
• Likes to watch her Baby Sign show and Leap Frog's Letter Factory (loves the music)
• Signing- milk, dog, bath, more, done
• Holds phone or any small toy up to her ear (actually over her shoulder) as if it were a phone
• Loves-grabbing and scratching faces, throwing bottles over the side of her crib when she is finished, crawling under the table, standing and crying outside the shower because she wants to get in too, taking off socks
• Gives big, cheesy smiles
• Drinks abt 30 oz/day
• Not eating many solids, but likes graham crackers and gold fish
• Visited with the Pediatric Gastroentrologist at Primary Children's
• First ear infection
• Outgrowing 9 months and wearing some 12 months clothes
• Has pink painted toe nails 
• Gives "five"
• Likes playing peek-a-boo, crawling in and out of her tent, giving love to her baby doll and stuffed doggy
• is SO very loved!

10 months

Sage,

You got sick today on your 10 month mark. You have a cough, runny nose and watery eyes. You even threw up from coughing. I am typing this with one hand while you sleep in my arms. You will not let me put you down. I don’t mind cuddling you though.

• If you weren't curious enough your curiosity has peaked.
• You got your first dose of the flu shot.
• You get into everything.
• You love music.
• Wave hi and goodbye. Although sometimes you tease and pretend like you don’t know how. You like to wait until dad has walked out the door for work before you wave bye to him.
• You love crawling under tables.
• Sit up from a laying position all by yourself.
• Mom vacuums just about every day and you still managed to find the tiniest piece of nothing and put it in your mouth
• 1 new tooth on top. Giving you a total of 4 on top 2 on bottom.  6 teeth!
• Stood up on your own and even put teeth marks in your crib. We ordered you a crib guard, so you don’t destroy your it. We also lowered your crib down a level
• You celebrated your first Christmas. We spent Christmas Eve morning with Grandma Jeanne and Grandpa Tony at home and Christmas Eve and Christmas with Grandpa and Papa.
• You enjoyed looking all the Christmas lights. Every morning we would sit you in front of the tree, turn the lights on and clap.
• Celebrated your first New Years by going to bed at 6 p.m
• You love all your new toys you received from Christmas
• You began to outgrow your 9 month clothes
• You are wearing size 3 diapers.
• You can pick up and eat finger food like a champ. You love bread.
•  Started eating a lot better. You especially love turkey soup. For breakfast you usually eat cheerios, banana and yogurt. Lunch you eat sweet potato, pieces of bread and fruit, such as pieces of mandarin orange or peach. Dinner you usually eat some sort of chicken, rice or potato, carrot puree. You love food, but the past couple weeks every meal has ended (and lots of time with not much being eating- just a couple bites) with you gagging. We are calling Dr. Cannon tomorrow.
• You spent your first night away from mommy and daddy while they celebrated their anniversary. You stayed with your Grandma Jeanne & Grandpa Tony. You of course were spoiled. Grandma cuddled with and slept with you all night and Grandpa let you taste your first twinkie. 

We love you baby girl! We are always thanking Heavenly Father for sending you to our family and praying for you as well. 

Love, Mommy & Daddy

Our little bug is 9 months!

Sage,

It feels like just yesterday that you joined our family. We love you and are so happy to be your parents. You are such a joy in our lives. If we had to choose 9 words to describe you they would be : healthy, beautiful, curious, smart, charming, happy, smiler, lover and oh so funny! This month you:

• had your 9 month well check. You have a new doctor up in Salt Lake named Dr. Cannon. We will miss Dr. Simmons in Orem, but we really like Dr. Cannon yesterday. He says you are just perfect and healthy! The nurses just swarmed and adored you. 
• are 16 lbs 1 oz (9th%) and 27 3/4 inches (59%)
• became a rolling queen.
• began army crawling/ freestyle swimming on land crawl. You prefer to roll, but we sometimes bribe you with treats (yogurt melts) to get you to crawl.
• you began eating puffs, cheerios and yogurt melts. You are getting better at using your two fingers to pick them up, but tend to stick your whole fist in your mouth to get your treat.
• still give us a hard time eating solids besides your treats (cheerios, puffs, yogurt melts). You rather play and spit/spray it out.
• you will not let us feed you a bottle. You push it away. We have to put you down and let you hold it yourself. 
• got sick for the first time. It was so sad to watch you throw up. 
• had another couple teeth come in. You have 3 on top and 2 on the bottom. 5 teeth!
• when you get excited you clench your fists, scrunch up your nose, smile a big, cheesy smile and screech "eeeeeeeeee"
• enjoy your baths, especially baths in Paradise in Grandma's kitchen sink
• like playing peek-a-boo.
• waved a couple times (of course you won't do it when we try to get you to)
• still have good sleeping habits. You sleep about 12 hours each night. You go to bed around 6 and wake up around 6. You wake up once in the night to eat and usually go right back to sleep. You nap twice a day between 1-2 hours.
• still cry when we put you in the car seat. You are fine once you are buckled. You just do not like being buckled down.
• took family pictures taken by your friend Cole's mommy.
• went to Paradise, to see lights on Temple Square, and to the Hogle Zoo.
• celebrated your first Thanksgiving.
• enjoyed a visit from Grandpa Davey.
• have started to outgrow your 6 month clothes and are starting to where 9 months.
• are still in size 2 diapers. 
• love watching other kids. You love your book baby class at the library and you and mommy are joining a "moms club" so you can both meet some new friends.
• still loved being tickled by your daddy. Daddy usually wakes up with you in the morning and you two have your time together. 
• are still the center of attention almost every where we go. Everyone always comments on your big, pretty eyes.

We love you little bug. 

Love, mommy & daddy