Aunt Momo

Happy 13th Birthday to Aunt Momo!! Harper is very blessed to have 6 Aunts/Uncles... 3 aunts and 3 uncles. Since Will and I are both the oldest children (Will of 5, me of 3), H has lots of love coming her way all the time. H loves Momo; she is always so thrilled to see her on Skype and I just can't wait to see them together soon on our trip home. Molly is so gentle and caring with H... She is a wonderful Aunt. I am sure H will look up to her for many years to come.

I think I am getting more sentimental now that I am a mom but when I found this old picture from Will's first year at school, I couldn't believe how much older all of his siblings are! Especially Molly! Sometimes "Plebe" year doesn't seem so far ago and yet it was a good almost 6 years ago? Crazy. 

I love this picture! So sweet of H and Mo.

Happy Birthday Aunt Momo! We love you!! 

xoxo,

allie 

Girly Girl

I actually don't know if H will be a girly girl... of course I would adore to have that in common (cough, shopping) but more than anything I want her to embrace whoever she wants to become... Tom Boy? Animal Lover? Girly Girl? Nerd? Gosh the possibilities are endless but I am confident she will figure it out.

Today was a girly girl's day and perfect diversion from everyday life; my wonderful friends/neighbors went on a shopping trip down to the BEST mall in Hawaii. The Ala Moana. Seriously it has every store imaginable and is outdoors; perfect combination of wonderful weather and great shopping. If it was a bit closer, I would be there everyday. Good thing we live closer to the North Shore than Honolulu..(at least for our wallets).  H was so thrilled to spend the day with Jocelyn and Margaret; she loves them and they are beyond sweet with her.

I love this last picture. Both girls so happy! 

anddd I can't even believe it! H is 8 months old. Here is the sweetest girl in her big girl jammies!

xoxo,
allie

Happy Birthday Will!

Happy Birthday Daddy!!! Today is Will's birthday and we "celebrated" all day long by doing Daddy stuff. Although he is in Afghanistan, I thought it was important to remind H of this special day. So we sang "Happy Birthday" allllll day long and ate all of his favorite foods. Obviously not quite the same as having him here, but we are so happy he is safe and another year wiser. We sent him a care package with some cakes baked into mason jars (an army wife tip for fresh baked goods I learned!) but we can't wait tell next year to celebrate with him in person! Happy birthday to our sweet Will. We love you and are beyond proud of you!

Singing to Daddy (singing has never been my thing.. fyi!)

H munching on some Avocado... a favorite for both Daddy/H. 

and I just had to include one of my favorite photos. Sweetest newborn H and Will. 

Love love this photo. 

xoxo,

allie

Low Key Weekend

H was feeling a bit under the weather (small virus!) so we had a pretty low key weekend. I was debating whether or not to take her to the doctor... (new mom syndrome) and decided on a quick trip to the Acute Care Clinic on post Saturday morning. The doctor definitely smirked when I told him her symptoms, o well. Better safe than sorry! She was feeling better by Sunday.

Here is us at the clinic... Usually I don't take photos like this but it was for Will.

I decided to treat H to some brunch to celebrate a good doctor's visit! She loved the women next to us.... Thank goodness they loved her too! (yes we had a necessary outfit change with her virus.. yikes. in fact that was a four outfit type of day... life of a baby) 

Also, I have posted this before, but boy oh boy does H love to push shopping carts. It is definitely one of her favorites.. along with dogs, her poodle blanket, and sophie. Today she was " so helpful pushing" at the Commissary.  I am not sure if I should encourage this habit.. she adores it but phew, it is difficult to shop with all the "help".

and speaking of which... Sophie is still very much a part of our life. That silly little giraffe travels everywhere with us.

We hope everyone else had a wonderful weekend!!

xoxo,
allie