Here comes the Turkey.......

Brady is 9 months old

2012-02-16T11:41:00.000-08:00

What you are doing at 9 months:
1. You clap your hands all the time
2. You wave bye bye on occasion
3. You love to mimick Harper
4. You weigh 20 lbs and 11 oz - only 3 lbs less than Harper
5. You bear crawl whenever we are outside
6. You have recently started to climb on top of things- the other day you climbed on top of chair and then climbed up onto the kitchen table.
7. You have mastered climbing up the stairs, but have NO clue how to get down
8. You get hurt atleast two times a day - this morning you got a black eye and busted your nose up on the floor. I hope our insurance is GREAT when you get older
9. You have four teeth now - top two and bottom two
10. You will eat ANYTHING we put in front of you!
11. If we took away your bottle tomorrow- you could care less, you would prefer a sippy cup anyday of the week, especially if it was Harper's!
12. You are going down for naps and night time MUCH easier - less crying
13. You love the book - How Big is Baby Elmo - you get excited when Elmo pops out at the end
14. You walk everywhere, but not by yourself
15. Anything you can push and walk behind, you will - kitchen chairs, your highchair, toys, anything!
16. You stand without holding onto anything, but haven't taken any first steps yet
17. You feed yourself all the time!
18. Your laugh is the BEST and your are literally ticklish EVERYWHERE!
19. You dunk your head under the water during bath time, and it drives us NUTS
20. You are wearing 12 mos and 18 mos clothing - HOLY COW

We love you Brady - you make our family COMPLETE!!!

Harper is 27 months old!

2012-02-16T11:31:00.000-08:00

What you are doing at 27 months:
1. You can count to 10 by yourself
2. You love to color
3. When you color, you TRY so hard to stay in the lines - but you normally just draw straight lines
4. You love stickers. I actually caught you putting stickers all over our windows the other day, when I told you that's not where stickers go you started peeling them off the windows and putting them on yourself!
5. Your new favorite word is TREAT - you constantly want a treat! This started b/c of potty training and it didn't help that you had a Valentine's day party at school on Monday
6. Your favorite treat are M&Ms - and you refer to them as Num N Nums (I will never correct you b/c it is ADORABLE)
7.You are completely potty trained - I can probably count on one hand how many accidents you have had since we have gotten completely rid of the pull ups
8. You love your beauty and the beast underwear - but you refer to them as Belle.
9. Every morning when we pick out your clothes you request to wear Snow White underwear, we have never had any of these, but you still ask every morning
10. Your favorite song is by Luke Bryan - Country Girl Shake it For Me! You have a radio in your room, and this song is on repeat 24/7 - hopefully the song doesn't go bad!
11. You love dancing, and whenever a song comes on you will shake your booty
12. Along with counting to 10 you seem to enjoy counting everything - you are constantly walking around the house saying 1, 2, 3 - counting all the magnets on the fridge, counting your cereal, etc.
13. You are always singing some kind of song - right now your favorite is Happy Birthday to you - your version is Happy new new to you....and it's always Ava's birthday (your friend at school)!
14. You still LOVE school and you have started to talk about your friends when I pick you up after school. Every morning you wake up and say Miss Amy and Anna - meaning do I have school today?
15. You have a very strong will, and will try to beat me in a stare down at times - normally i give and start laughing though
16. You are wearing all 2T clothes, but I actually think you went through a growth spurt and you probably could fit into 3T pants.
17. Every night when we play in the bonus room, you completely take down all the pillows on the couch and make a fort. Mommy, daddy and Brady chase you around the center table - and you just laugh and laugh
18. You go to the bathroom all by yourself now - you require no help from mommy and daddy
19. The other day, I called for Danny from upstairs and you repeated after me....yelling DANNY! You still tend to call him Danny and we think it's hilarious!
20. You have become quite a picky eater, not really eating any meat for some reason
21. You still love fruit though
22. Your dad found you the other day after you had gone to the bathroom all by yourself - he thought it was taking a lot longer than it should so he went to check on you, he found you dipping toilet paper into the toilet water you had just peed in and you were sucking out the water - YUP you did that! GROSS
23. When it's time to go to bed, you normally grab Brady's head and hold his cheeks while you give him a kiss.
24. You are getting up in the middle of the night walking down the stairs and climbing into our bed - without us knowing. This has happened quite a few times over the last month
25. You and Brady have started to really play with eachother - you make a sound and he'll make it back and then you just giggle and giggle.
26. You love dragging brady around the floor - by his shirt of course
27. You are a water baby - you love showers the most though!

We can't wait to see the relationship that blooms between you and Brady - this month has been a true test of mother/daughter - you are becoming a little kid and starting to have a slight attitude! I'm not sure where you get this from (maybe your daddy)! Just kidding, you are really the greatest little girl anyone could ask for! You use your manners just the way we taught you!!
WE love you Harper!

Daddy Daughter Date Jan 28th, 2012

2012-01-28T12:27:00.000-08:00

Danny took Harper to their first ever daddy daughter date! Harper picked out her own outfit, including the bow in her hair and even her boots!! Turns out Daddy wore the same shoes on their date! Danny took Harper to lunch, ice cream and then a movie (Alvin and the Chipmunks)! She even wore her big girl underwear and no pull ups!!!

I hope they continue to do this throughout the years!! I think they both are having a BLAST!!!

Potty Training

2012-01-23T13:00:00.000-08:00

Day one of Potty Training!

Date we started to potty train Harper - Jan. 19, 2012
Day one: you thought it was fun at first and even went potty in your toilet 3x's before 10am. THEN a switch turned on and you fought EVERY waking moment from here on out. You absolutely let loose and screamed trying to find your diapers. I even caught you one time crawling in the cubby hole in the hallway throwing ALL the diapers onto the floor trying to find your cookie monster diapers (secretly I had hid all the cookie monster diapers a little earlier in the day) you even told me no mommy i'm not a big girl diaper on NOW- smart on my part b/c you finally gave in and had a GREAT first day of potty training overall. Right before you went to bed we put a pull up on you - with Tomater on the front, which you absolutely LOVED.

Day two: you woke up and said mommy no diaper, so we walked around the whole day with just a long sleeve shirt on. You had no accidents this day except for when you were napping (which we put a pull up on you).

Day three: Daddy's home and he was in charge of working on putting underwear on you for this day as mommy would be gone most of the morning. You had an accident in your underwear and got upset and then you pooped in your underwear and got really upset. Daddy grabbed you pulled your underwear off and took it to the toilet to flush. When he came back he was surprised to find you sitting on the couch with a dirty butt, b/c he had not wiped you yet! Overall you did not like your underwear

Day Four: You had a few accidents with your underwear on, and again got really upset, but after your accidents you were accident free the rest of the day! You were a little scared to go #2 on day 4, and I could tell you REALLY had to go around noon b/c you were grabbing yourself and saying mommy poopy....BUT you just would not give in and sit on the toilet. You kept grabbing diapers and telling me to put them on you. Once you actually laid on the ground in front of me and tried to put the diaper on yourself. I wasn't giving in. Around 7:30 after LOTS OF TEARS and SCREAMING, you went and sat on the big girl potty and were pushing and pushing and pushing. You had waited so long you made yourself constipated so it hurt when you were pushing it out. I was cheering for you like you were giving birth - you will appreciate this later in life! You finally got it out and then flushed the toilet and said Mommy's turn!! HA HA HA~

Day Five: Today was your first day at school "potty training" we decided to put you in pull ups on the way to school just in case we couldn't pull over to let you go potty. As soon as we walked in your classroom you said mommy potty and you went potty like a big girl! You didn't have any accidents at school and your teachers said you did a really good job telling them when you had to go potty.

We will be working on wearing your big girl underwear the rest of this week and weekend and hopefully by next Monday you will be FULLY potty trained!

We are so proud of you Harper!! You are quick to learn!

Brady is 8 months old

2012-01-17T19:18:00.000-08:00

Smiling before your first New Years Party

Daddy and Brady

What Brady is doing at 8 months old
1. You have had your first two ear infections this month
2. You had Rosiola this past month as well (this is apparently very common in infants and it's basically when you had a virus which has started to go away)
3. You did not mind Santa
4. You are "cruising" around on furniture - your preference is to push Harper's potty around the floor
5. You hate being tied down to a toy (i.e. jumperoo, exersaucer and highchair), you prefer to be crawling around the floor
6. Your favorite spot in our house is the fire place and pulling the rocks out
7. You climbed up three steps today by yourself
8. You throw temper tantrums when we pull you away from the fire place - you arch your back and scream at the top of your lungs and bend your legs like you are jumping up and down - it's actually pretty hysterical
9. You are wearing 12 month clothes
10. We got you your first pair of shoes and you actually don't mind them
11. You love watching your sister and laughing at her
12. You have the best laugh and are giggling ALL THE TIME!
13. You like to play by yourself, but not for very long
14. When you are holding your bottle during feedings you are constantly twisting it around and tend to hold your bottle with only one hand
15. You just learned how to click your tongue and you do it on cue
16. You LOVE saying the word, YEA

Thank you for bringing such JOY to our lives Brady! We Love you!

Harper is 26 months old

2012-01-17T19:15:00.000-08:00

Loving your new cowboy boots

Brady, Mommy and Harper New Years Eve

What Harper is doing at 26 months:
1. You are talking a TON more
2. You "try" to count to ten (we say one, you say two, three, four, five, six, seven, nine, ten YEA and clap your hands)
3. You "try" to sing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
4. You LOVE watching Disney movies - no white, reindeer, buzz, mumbo (dumbo) and many more
5. You have really started to throw temper tantrums lately, beating your head on the floor in the middle of stores is much too common these days
6. You have begun to stick your head under the water while you are taking a bath
7. You love singing "I'm wishing" - from Snow White
8. You would wear rain boots everyday all day if I would let you
9. We have begun the potty training process with you - and I don't think you are a big fan
10. You are going through a cookie monster phase with diapers - you throw a fit if we don't put a diaper that has cookie monster on it on you. This is extremely hard since there are only 12 cookie monster diapers in a complete pack.
11. You help us feed the dogs every morning
12. Your hair is getting longer by the day, and your dad for one IS SO GLAD
13. You are becoming a better eater
14. You sing your ABC's - with some holes in the middle
15. You love to clean and are constantly caught washing your hands
16. You hated Santa this year, but LOVED the presents
17. You try and tickle Brady all day long; he loves it and you make him laugh
18. You are constantly stealing toys from Brady - we are working on sharing
19. You love coloring, but would prefer to color your body instead of on paper - your teachers at school must paint on your hand and then have you press your hand on paper to make your hand print. This is what you do all day at home
20. You are becoming quite the "helper" around the house. We tell you to go get diapers and wipes for us and you gladly grab them. You also help me change Brady - by pulling the tabs away and then immediately you tell me whether it's a poopy or a just pee pee!
21. You have never given me a problem putting you to bed or nap - lately you've been telling us when you are ready to go nigh nigh, and you grab your blankie and head to your room, you tuck yourself in and you're out!
22. Your big word right now is "OH MY GOSH" you say this to everything!
23. You make sure you give EVERYONE a kiss before you go to bed!
24. Everything is a trampoline, even the stairs!
25. You LOVE brushing your teeth and washing your hands. You tell me ALL day long, momma I want to wash wash wash my hands! Or I am going to brush my teeth!
26. You love playing house with your baby dolls

You love saying "cheers" right before we eat and sometimes you don't stop cheersing our glasses until we say enough! You are delightful little girl and we LOVE YOU!

Christmas 2011

2012-01-04T20:05:00.000-08:00

Kunath and Roeth Christmas 2011

Memo and Papa Roeth

Uncle Andy, Brady and Harper

Daddy reading "The Night Before Christmas."

Christmas morning

Christmas Eve

Christmas morning

My two babies!

2011-12-20T19:43:00.000-08:00

Harper's first Gingerbread house! Made with daddy!

Christmas Card Picture!

Harper putting up her first ornament!

Staring at the puppies!

Brady - smiling....like he does everyday!

Santa Comes to Town!

2011-12-20T19:39:00.000-08:00

Harper wanted NOTHING to do with Santa and Brady could have cared less!

Brady turns 7 month old!

2011-12-20T19:38:00.000-08:00

What you are doing at 7 months old:
1. You wear a size 3 diaper, weigh 19 lbs and are wearing size 12 months clothes
2. You recently had an ear infection, we went to the dr. got some medicine and then had to go back about 5 days later to find out that you had a DOUBLE ear infection
3. You have your two bottom teeth (and about two more coming through on the top - but nothing showing)
4. You are crawling EVERYWHERE
5. You stand up on EVERYTHING
6. You had a bloody nose and multiple bruises on your face - all b/c you started crawling and standing up in the same day
7. We lowered your crib the day after you turned 6 months old
8. You love splashing around in the tub and especially love it when Harper splashes water at you - you just giggle and giggle
9. You said Dada......
10. You started waving at me when I say Hi (and wave back)
11. You are sleeping through the night - 7:30pm - 7am
12. You LOVE yogurt - which is your breakfast every morning
13. You have recently started to gag on your everyday food that I make so we started to give you scraps of food - you LOVE it
14. You sit in your highchair and try to grab all the food I put on your tray - puffs, yogurt melts and different types of food we have for dinner
15. We put different foods in a mesh thingy and you get SO MAD when we take it away from you (of course to re-fill)
16. First boner
17. You love standing at any window in our house and staring outside and banging on the window!
18. Your ticklish spot is between your inner thighs

You make us smile everyday with each new thing you accomplish! I can't believe you are 7 months old...time has completely gotten away from us! I'm assuming if you are anything like your sister (which so far you are a little ahead) you will be walking in the next two months or so! Are we ready for that.....we have everything kid proof AGAIN - but you especially love the fireplace!
We love you Brady Paul!

Harper is 25 months old (2 years and 1 month)!

2011-12-20T19:25:00.000-08:00

What you are doing at 25 months:
1. You love "helping" in the kitchen.
2. You "help" me unload the dishwasher and know exactly where everything goes (for the most part)
3. You love taking baths and always ask to shower right after you eat breakfast
4. You have recently started telling us you are tired and need to go night night - you walk yourself up to your room and tuck yourself in - such a sweet little girl
5. I braided your hair for the first time ( in a ponytail of course)
6. You visited Santa. Loved him from a far; waved and constantly said hi, but up close you wanted nothing to do with him
7. You have begun to dress yourself - you can put your shoes on and jacket
8. You love school and your teachers say you listen very well
9. You have started to like ketchup and honey roasted bbq sauce from Chic fil a - you actually eat your chicken nuggets now
10. You love making your brother laugh - and are constantly trying to tickle him
11. You talk about "tanta" everytime you see anything that has to do with Christmas
12. You peed and pooped on the potty twice this month even though we really haven't started potty training you.
13. You have woken up twice from a nap and said poo-poo mommy - so I run up to find that you have already gone poo poo SOMEDAY it will kick in
14. You are really good at playing by yourself - you walk up and down the stairs atleast 100x's per day and tuck in your baby to go to bed
15. You had SO MUCH fun at your birthday party and you especially loved your jump house
16. Everything is MINE and NO
17. Time out is a frequent place to find you during the day
18. You are OBSESSED with Beast (beauty and the beast), Memo (Finding Nemo), Lion (Lion King), HI-HO (Snow White) and Mama Mia (you sing and dance to all the songs)
19. You go to bed around 8pm and we read you 3 stories, we tuck you into bed and you normally wake up around 6:30am to which we get you a glass of orange juice and you jump in bed with us and sleep until around 7am when you begin to ask MICKEY - (mickey mouse).
20. Every morning you normally ask for Oatmeal to eat
21. In the last few days we have both noticed that you seem to have grown up into a little girl over the last few days and your daddy and I agree - YOU NEED TO STOP
22. You love taking baths with your baby brother - whom you refer to as Baby - but we think you are trying to say Brady (it sounds very similar)
23. You say Baby Jesus (which in your words means Merry Christmas)!
24. You tell us I love you before you go to bed
25. Your manners are amazing, you always say please and thank you!

You melt our hearts everyday! Even the days you are feisty!!! I love watching you grow up into a little girl and figuring everything out on your own - you get frustrated at times, but for the most part you figure it out! You play very well with your brother and we are currently working on SHARING!!! We can't wait to see how you and Brady begin to bond in the next few months! We love you Harper!

Harper is 2 years old!

2011-11-17T18:23:00.000-08:00

24 things at 24 months:

1. You wear size 24 mos or 2T (most of the 2T pants are too big)

2. You wear size 4 diapers

3. You weigh 23.5 lbs and are 34" tall

4. Your hair is finally growing and I can finally pull it up in piggy tails and a ponytail

5. You use alot more words to talk instead of "ADABI" - which we still have no clue what you are actually saying, but we think it means.....that

6. You are becoming a better eater, but you LOVE Daddy's lasagna

7. You have finally become comfortable at school and you are constantly signing songs, which I have no clue what you are saying

8. You love marching in place and then freezing! It's the cutest thing when you freeze, b/c you put your hands up in the air like you are catching a ball

9. You still go to bed around 8pm and are finally sleeping through the night AGAIN!!! You wake up between 6-7 (depending on the day). As soon as we bring you down the stairs you ask to watch TV

10. After you lay in our bed and watch Chuggington or Mickey's clubhouse for a few minutes, without fail you ask for Orange juice, mamma!

11. After a few minutes of TV, I ask you what you want for breakfast and you either say cereal, oatmeal or waffles - with a cute little accent

12. I always give you what you want for breakfast and you normally eat ALL OF IT!

13. We are still working on potty training, but not too hard. You did recently use your potty to go #1, I cheered SO LOUD!

14. You are obsessed with Tinkerbell - and all Disney Princesses (but they are all named Lilla according to you)

15. You hate wearing shoes and socks, and would be prefer to be barefoot all day long. As soon as we get you buckled in the car, you immediately take off your shoes and socks. This annoys me when it's raining outside :)

16. You dressed up as Nemo for Halloween, and you actually LOVED your costume. I was shocked considering the first time I put it on you, you screamed like I was beating you!

17. You could drink Apple Juice all day long if I let you

18. You love going to the park and riding in your Stroller - if I walk away from the park, you scream that way and point towards the park

19. You love your brother and are constantly trying to wake him up if he is sleeping

20. You are a pro at going up and down the stairs

21. You love coloring, playing with stickers and have recently enjoyed playing "dress up"

22. You pooped in the shower the other day and your dad almost stepped in it

23. You can count to three and know the colors blue and purple

24. You finally tell us I Love You before you go to bed!

We love you Harper!!

Brady is 6months old!

2011-11-17T18:22:00.000-08:00

I guess time flies when you are having fun! You are into so many new things this month.
1. You weigh 17 lbs 4 oz.
2. You are 26 1/4" long
3. You wear size 3 diapers, size 9-12 month shirts and size 6-9 month pants
4. You are army crawling everywhere and rolling everywhere, and up rocking on all 4's
5. You can sit up on your own and love playing with your elmo toy
6. You love jumping in your jumperoo
7. You pull anything and everything that is in front of you, including hair, earrings and the dogs
8. You had croup this last month, it was awful
9. You are sleeping through the night like a champ
10. You are eating alot of solid food - apples, plums, green beans (not a fan of), squash, sweet potatoes and pears
11. You love yogurt too. You eat ALOT - 7 oz bottles plus 3 meals a day
12. You laugh when we tickle your thighs and your back
13. You make it very hard to change your diaper b/c you roll around so much
14. You love taking baths with your sister
15. You were baptized this month

You are my chunky little meatball and we love you so much! You bring a smile to my face everyday and I can't wait to see what the future holds for you!

Harper Vs. Brady #2

2011-10-17T12:19:00.000-07:00

Gentry Farms - Pumpkin Pickin'

2011-10-17T12:13:00.000-07:00

We had a beautiful day at the Pumpkin Patch last week! Harper choose her own pumpkin this year and Brady was the best baby - just relaxing in the stroller! We saw a few chickens which (Harper) didn't really care for. We did get a birds and bees lesson - we saw a cow giving birth on the hayride!!

Harper and Daddy in search of the perfect Pumpkin

She heard an AIRPLANE

My perfect Pumpkin'

Destin 2011

2011-10-17T12:09:00.000-07:00

Trying to get a family beach picture!

Harper and Daddy taking a walk in the ocean water

Brady getting his first feel of sand

Family Picture 2011

Kunath and Pratt Family Vacation 2011

Brady at 5 months

2011-10-17T12:05:00.000-07:00

Brady, yesterday was your 5 month birthday! AHHHHH......where has my little baby boy gone? You are growing every second of everyday and I love being able to see it all!

Gentry's farm 2011

5 things at 5 months:
1. You roll front to back; back to front - ALL DAY LONG. I can't keep you in one place anymore!
2. You are finally sleeping through the night!
3. You love your jumperoo! And could jump all day long
4. You laugh and smile ALL DAY LONG! You are ticklish on your back and in between your thighs - your laugh is contagious
5. You get up on your knees and elbows and scoot back and forth - it looks like you are going to crawl soon - AHHH

You have become such a happy baby this last month! We started feeding you food at 4 1/2 months - you love sweet potatoes, apples, bananas, green beans, but I think pears might be your favorite right now!
You eat like a champ - 30 oz a day plus 2 big meals (breakfast and lunch). You are currently wearing size 6 months pants and 6-9 month shirts! You are my little meatball! You also caught up to your sister by wearing size 3 diapers. You recently have become very constipated from adding formula to some of your bottles - it took you 4 days to get out a very large poop yesterday! But you looked pretty relieved when you got it out! We now put 1 TBSP of prune juice in your morning bottle - which seems to help with your issues!!!
I love every minute I get to spend with you. and I especially love the fact that you recognize your daddy and I now!

Harper is 23 months old

2011-10-17T11:59:00.000-07:00

Swimming in Destin! You loved your floaties!

HOLY cow, we can't believe you are just one month away from being 2! Oh and how this past month has completely thrown us for a loop!!!
All the things you are doing at 23 months:
1. You are slowly starting to wear 24/2T clothes. The 18 mos jeans are high waters, but the 24 mos show you have no butt!
2. You are still wearing a size 3 diaper and your little brother has finally caught up to you!
3. You love playing outside with anything that has to do with water (including the doggy bowl....still)
4. You run so fast, sometimes I can't catch you!
5. You have started to show us a little resistance....time out has become more frequent lately
6. You are talking a ton more - lately you have been saying I want you momma (which means hold me) and 'mere' momma (come here).
7. You are still saying "up" when you mean "down"
8. You love climbing on anything and everything, including the jumperoo even while Brady is jumping in it
9. You LOVE school now, even though when we ask you if you like school you say NO!
10. We are working on potty training, but we aren't getting very far (you have yet to go #1 or #2 in the actual potty - it's mostly RIGHT BESIDE it
11. You take one nap now normally from 1:30-3:30 or 4
12. You have given us a run for our money at nighttime. We have a normal routine that has not changed one bit. Bath, PJ's, Milk, Brush Teeth, Read books and then "night night time". The past week or so you have been screaming at the top of your lungs, coughing, crying, gagging yourself until we come and get you. I would like to think it's a stage......but man it's rough hearing you cry so much. Daddy slept with you last night and then came downstairs around 1:30. We'll see how tomorrow night goes.
13. You love climbing on the monkey bars at the park, and you are terrified of nothing
14. Every morning when you wake up you ask for "orange juice momma/dadda" PLEASE! I want orange juice! and then you say TV - b/c we let you watch Mickey Mouse in bed with us in the mornings!
15. You ask for your blankie as soon as you get out of the tub at night!
16. You are a very good helper in the kitchen. You pull out your stool and follow me around everywhere in the kitchen and then you politely say "elp" momma!
17. You love pushing around your baby stroller with nothing in it. You could run laps all day around the island in the kitchen if you wanted to!
18. You are really into putting puzzles together now - and you can actually put ALL the shapes into the right spots! YEA!!
19. Mine and No are your favorite words currently. You don't like it when Brady has something in his hands and you want it. We are working on sharing!
20. You love swinging on your swing outside....yesterday you discovered that you can somehow get out of the swing and stand in it. UGH......
21. You love it when your daddy is rough with you - throwing you in the bed - you hysterically laugh and ask for more
22. Your current favorite movie is Toy Story but you call it BUZZ!! You ask to watch it atleast 20 times a day.
23. We took you to Disney on Ice a week ago and you absolutely LOVED it. You shouted MICKEY and DONALD when you saw them! The performance was 2 hours long and you did REALLY well!!
24. You have finally learned some manners, you say please and thanks! It melts my heart!

You are an absolute joy! You and your brother have really started to make a lot of eye contact and communicate more this past month....we feel so blessed!

Harper is 22 months

2011-09-20T10:35:00.000-07:00

Swimming at the pool in Destin! You loved the purple goggles and swimmies!

Being the "sweet" sister!

Another month has come and gone and our little girl is turning into a little lady! So many things have happened during this month I can't believe you are almost two years old!
What Harper is currently doing:
1. You wear a size 3 diaper and 18 month clothes but sometimes can fit into 2t
2. Your favorite thing to do is mommy shower! You love showers currently but scream when we wash your hair!
2.5 You can open ANYTHING now including lotion, Vaseline and nail polish. Not a good thing either!!!! We have found all 3 of the said items on your baby dolls and other crazy places around our house! Lucky or us the nail polish was only on your clothes!!
3. You are talking a ton more. For example your new favorite saying is,"Momma I want orange juice!" you tell us this at least 5x's a day! You love your orange juice and have recently discovered you love pulp too!
4. You said your first bad word.....I mean it sounds like a bad word. You try to say Big Fish but it sounds more like bi ish. (see if you can figure that one out)
5. You really have no interest in using the potty yet. You mainly use it to shove your baby doll in and close the lid! Hopefully this isn't a sign of what you will do to Brady!
6. Just recently you have been going poopy in your diaper and then immediately taking it off and saying mommy or daddy poppy!! We may be buying pull ups sooner than later
7. You love Brady so much that you are constantly asking where he is and won't ever let him sleep.
8. You have found a new love for your old baby toys especially when Brady tries to play with them!
9. You mimic everything mommy does with your baby doll- you ask for diapers for your baby, give it baths and try to rub lotion on him.
10. You love playing with mommy's makeup and really seem to know where everything goes on your face.
11. You started a program called PDO parents day out. It's from 9-1pm Monday's and wednesdays. First day was very rough you cried all day, 2nd day you did better and lasted til 12:30, 3rd day you lasted the whole day!!!
12. You still won't do art at school but we don't want to push you since we know you are still adjusting.
13. You had school on Wednesday's and you picked up your backpack and carried it into school like you were a big girl!
14. You have started to hit mommy and daddy. Need I say more
15. B/c of #14 you have been sitting in time out ALOT lately
16. Your new favorite word is MINE
17. You tell mommy and daddy NO a lot
18. You are still a picky eater but love edamame beans with soy sauce
19. You love your big girl bed and have a lot of stuffed animals that sleep with you!
20. Your hair is long enough that we can put it up in piggy tails or a pony tail
21. You have recently started calling your blanket blanky
22. Your favorite movies are toy story which you refer to as buzz and nemo which you call meemo!

Harper you bring so much joy to our life we can't thank you enough!!!!

Brady is 4 months old

2011-09-20T10:31:00.000-07:00

Sitting up like a big boy - you lasted atleast 30 seconds like this!

Geesh. It's already been 4 months is the only thing I can think to say. They say time flies when you are having fun and it sure is buzzing by! My little monkey is getting so big so fast!!!
What Brady is currently doing at 4 months
1. You wear a size 2 diaper but could probably wear a 3 if we wanted you too
2. You wear 3-6 month clothes. Mostly 6 months though
3. You wear 6 month pajamas
4. You weigh 15# and are getting some thick thighs!! I love all of your rolls!
5. You take your paci (ba ba) as harper calls it, but prefer your thumb if you can get it into your mouth
6. You are taking 5 oz bottles every 3-4 hrs consistently
7. You only cry if you are hungry or tired. You are a great baby!
8. You love your crib and sleep b/w 8-10 hrs a night!
9. You tried rice cereal the other day and weren't sure if you liked it or not. We will keep practicing though
9.5 You sat up for 3 seconds today!! Then you tipped over and bummed your head on a swing!
10. You are batting at your toys that hang above you on your playmat!!
11. You found your feet!
12. You roll from back to stomach constantly. I can't keep you on your back. You haven't quite mastered the stomach to back yet so you get very frustrated.
13. You smile all the time and belly laugh at Harper a lot
14. You love it when anyone talks to you. And normally give a big smile when youngetbtheir attention
15. We put you in the jumperoo e other day and you loved it!

Brady you put smiles on our face everyday! We could't have asked for a better little monkey!!

Harper VS. Brady

2011-09-15T12:01:00.000-07:00

Both of these pictures were taken at the same age of both kids....1 day shy of 4 months old!

Can you see the similarities????

Harper

Brady

Weekend in Atlanta

2011-09-07T11:11:00.000-07:00

First family photo since Brady was born! Harper is 21 1/2 months old and Brady is 16 weeks old!

We had a great time in Atlanta this weekend.....saw family and some of Danny's Highschool friends!!! Harper went swimming the entire weekend and Loved it! Brady even took a dip in the pool and didn't mind it too much himself! By the end of the weekend Harper was jumping off of a diving rock (with help) and putting her face in the water unassisted! I'm hoping she'll be ready for the beach next weekend!!!
From my last post, you know Harper started school last Wednesday. It didn't go so well, but definitely could have been worse on both Harper and us. Thursday morning Harper woke up and had red blotches all over her stomach. I waited for about an hour, not really knowing what they were but thought it might be hives. About an hour later, the red blotches were spreading to her arms and legs. I decided to take her into the Dr. to figure out what the red blotches might be. Sure enough it was hives. The Dr. said he wasn't sure what caused it, but it could be a virus (from her brother), allergic reaction or stress. The only thing he prescribed was benadryll for the itch and an oatmeal bath to soothe her. The hives were worse the 2nd day. I think they bothered me more than they did her. I took some pictures to show how awful they looked!!

Day 1 of hives (all over stomach and arms)

Day 2 of hives: all over face, legs and hands

Harper's First Day of School

2011-08-31T10:33:00.000-07:00

So the day started out great! You slept from 8-6:30am and then hopped in bed and watched the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse for about 30 minutes with mommy and daddy! You helped me make pancakes for your breakfast and you scarfed them all down! You even asked for extra maple syrup on yours! We dressed you for school and you took your first picture by yourself in front of the door - a tradition we have just started! You were excited when we asked you if you were ready to go to school today! Your mood slightly changed once we pulled in the parking lot. Your daddy held your hand and walked you into school, you were a little unsure once you saw all the kids. But once we walked into your classroom you knew exactly what was going on......and the tears started. Miss Amy and Miss Anna are your teachers and they picked you up immediately had you give us a kiss and say bye bye.....tears were still coming. I received a text message from Miss Amy around 10am saying you were outside playing and doing great! I felt relieved. I was SO excited to pick you up from school at 11am, thinking you would run to me with open arms. BUT that wasn't the case.....apparently once you came back from outside you were looking for us and realized we weren't there, so you began to cry for the next 45 minutes. Your teacher was holding and said it was a rough day. So we decided next week you would come from 9-11am until you were transitioning better! The end of the day was more rough on me than dropping you off! I hope you enjoy school Harper!

First good kid picture!!

2011-08-19T11:03:00.001-07:00

Cheese!

Brady is 3 months old

2011-08-19T11:02:00.000-07:00

Smiling.... what you do all day long!!!

Mommy sandwich

I cannot believe you are already 3 months old - where has time gone? It just seems like yesterday that we were at the hospital delivering you and staring into your bright blue eyes! So much has happened in the last month since I last wrote. You are officially rolling over (all the time) from back to stomach and occasionally stomach to back. You smile ALL the time and have recently started belly laughing! Of course it's always when I'm making a silly noise and Harper is laughing - so I'm thinking you are more or less laughing at your sister! You have really begun to notice everything around you; including the dogs. Katy LOVES to lick your feet and Derby is still a little unsure about you - sniffing you whenever you are on the ground! You love laying on your back and playing on your playmate - recently grabbing onto the rings above! You are a little unsure about the bumbo seat yet - just wait until we start feeding you rice cereal in it, then you will love it! You hate being put in your carseat, but calm down once we start driving. I have stopped nursing you (since 8 weeks) and you are getting breast milk from a bottle - 5 oz recently every 2 1/2 - 3 hrs - you are a BIG baby! Your daddy and I weighed you the other day and you weighed 14.5 lbs YIKES! You are wearing 6 month PJ's and 3-6 month clothes - I cannot believe how big you are! Next month you and I get to spend 2 days a week alone together. I am really looking forward to this time alone with you, but sad that your sister will be at school! Don't worry - we can still have fun! You are now sleeping in your crib - go down between 8-8:30 and waking up once during the night normally around 3-4:15am. You are a great sleeper, but still like to be swaddled!!
We love you Brady!!! Can't wait to see what month 4 will bring to us!

Harper is 21 months old

2011-08-19T10:41:00.000-07:00

Riding in Daddy's jeep - I love climbing in it all by myself

Harper at 21 months old:
1. You are wearing size 3 & 4 diapers, just depends on what is on hand
2. You are wearing size 18 month and 2T clothes - pants are definitely 18 mos but most shirts are 2T
3. You are really starting to talk alot.....my daddy, my mommy, bye bye baby (or Brady), my turn, lion (is your new favorite word along with RRRRRR)
4. You are still loving on Brady all the time, and insist he doesn't sleep when you are around!
5. You have become a little copycat - constantly copying what your daddy and I are doing - including trying to change the diaper on your baby dolls and feeding them
6. You are still a challenge to feed at times, but you really love Pancakes and Waffles
7. You love taking showers and will never say no to a bath
8. You moved into your big girl bed at the beginning of the month and absolutely love it. We have to close your door and put a doggy gate up b/c once you are up you are up. You do a butt bomb off your bed and open your door and yell Momma! It's adorable and I love hearing that word - but only if you have napped longer than 1 hour!
9. You insist on not wearing shoes, and manage to take off all of your shoes while we are sitting in the car - even if it's a one minute car ride
10. We play with flashcards everyday and you are pretty good at pointing to the pictures when I say the name of something
11. You love riding your bike outside, pushing your baby stroller or jumping on your trampoline
12. You have really started to enjoy coloring with chalk on the pavement and coloring with crayons - we have had to put away the markers b/c you know how to open the lids now
13. Every morning when I am getting ready and putting my makeup on, you insist on putting makeup on your face as well! You say My Turn - and play with my brushes and makeup - clear of course!
14. You love going swimming and scream - POOL whenever you see the pool. You have no fear of the water, which makes me a little nervous - so swimming lessons cannot start soon enough
15. You have a tender heart especially when you are caring for your babydolls
16. You give great big hugs to your daddy and I each night and precious kisses to Brady
17. I love watching you grow into a little girl and can't believe you will be starting school in less than two weeks
18. You are still taking two naps a day, unfortunately that will soon end once school starts
19. Each of Brady's toys have sprung a new interest in your mind - you love sitting on the bumbo and swinging in Brady's swing!
20. You were stacking blocks the other day and stacked them nine high :) WOW I was impressed. You also love to put the correct shapes into the holes of your toys
21. You have developed a true sense of being a sister, everytime you think we are going somewhere you say bye bye.....baby - which in translation means: if we go bye bye mom we need to bring the baby!

Harper you are such a wonderful little girl with a lot of spunk! Your energy, smile and laugh truly light up my days! I can't wait to see what this next month/year bring for all of us!

Good luck at school Miss Harper - I will miss all of our days together but I know this is the best thing for you!
We love you!

Brady at 2 months old

2011-07-20T18:44:00.000-07:00

Living it up at Camp

First try at the bumbo

I said this last post, but I cannot believe you are 2 months old already! Where has time gone and where has my little baby gone? We went to the pediatrician for your 2 month appointment a little early as we we were taking a plane ride when you were 7 weeks old - you did well with the shots, but it broke mommy's heart when you screamed in pain. You had no reactions, but slept pretty much the whole day. You were 23" long and weighed 11 lbs 10 oz. You love to eat, which is now starting to show - you have cute little rolls on your arms and legs - I could eat them up...honestly! You took your first plane ride when you were 7 weeks old - you did pretty well considering I fed you the entire time! You enjoyed camp as well, but not so much in the water (it was a little too cold for you)!

I thought you were collicky while we were at camp, but realized that you were not getting enough to eat from me. So no more nursing for you, I solely pump and you eat from a bottle. You have had no issues with the bottle which I'm grateful for. Now that we figured out what was wrong, you are a happy camper!

We made our first trip to the pediatrician for a non-health visit as your big sister Harper put a bobby pin in your ear and we weren't sure if there was any damage. Thankfully we got a clean bill of health report!

You rolled over for the first time the other day - I thought it was an accident, but today you rolled over 4x's in a row!!

Brady you are growing so fast, it makes me sad. We thought Harper could be the only joy of our life, but you completely proved us wrong! We love you so much and can't wait for you to enjoy our new family of four!

Harper is 20 months old

2011-07-20T18:34:00.000-07:00

Sliding down the BIG water slide at Great G-ma and G-pa's house in NY (you LOVED this) and kept saying, My Turn!

Getting ready to go fishing with Daddy!

Things you are doing at 20 months:
1. Putting two words together (your most frequently said: Hi Baby, Bye Bye Baby, Hi Puppy and Yes Please)
2. Saying Love you (only your dad and I would understand that
3. Finally saying Thanks
4. You love to "drive" daddy's car when you see him pull up to the driveway
5. You are a BIG daddy's girl right now
6. Since Brady has arrived, I think you have become a little jealous, especially when someone is feeding him
7. You love to kiss your brother - you call him Baby b/c you can't say Brady (yet)
8. You are still wearing size 4 diapers and between 18 - 24 month clothes
9. We successfully moved you into a big girl bed and you LOVE it. Daddy has put every stuffed animal that was in your crib in your big girl bed!
10. You currently love humus, cottage cheese, american cheese slices, apples which you dip in peanut butter/caramel sauce, any kind of fruit, smoothies, yogurt popsicles, chicken, green beans, asparagus, peas, ice cream and cookies (which are your two new favorite words), and always FISH!
11. We have told you multiple times when you are drinking juice, milk, or water but you insist on calling everything JUICE
12. You are a fish in the water and you have no fear!
13. We took you tubing at Buck Lake for the first time and you had the time of your life - you kept saying WEEEEE when we would go over waves
14. You listen when you want
15. The terrible 2's has started already.....what are we in for?
16. You received your first big wheels - and you love riding it, although your feet don't stretch all the way to the pedals
17. Your eyes are a very pretty hazel (green/grey/blue)
18. You are a tan little toe-head
19. You love being outside and helping mommy water the flowers
20. You can point to a family member in a picture and name them

Harper you are and have always been the light of our lives and it has only gotten to be more interesting and fun every month! We love with all of our hearts and are glad we were blessed with you as our child!

Brady at 1 month old

2011-06-14T11:05:00.000-07:00

I cannot believe it has already been an entire month that you have been in our lives! This past month has completely flown by. You are an absolute joy in our lives!! Over the last month, your sleeping has gotten much better. At first you were getting up every hour or hour and a half to eat and that just completely wore me out. Now during the day you are eating every 2-3 hours and at night waking up every 3-4 hours!!! YEA!!! You are staying awake for longer periods of time and have recently taken a liking to Harper! You stare at her while I'm changing your diaper. You can also follow daddy and I with your eyes! You love watching the fan when it's on. Just a few days ago you SMILED at me for the first time! You definitely weren't gassy, so I'm going to say it was your first real smile!!

Welcome to our family Brady Paul Kunath! Buckle your seatbelt as we are going to take you on some fun rides!!!!

Just chillin on the floor

"Watching" hockey with daddy

Welcome Brady Paul Kunath

2011-06-14T10:56:00.000-07:00

Brady Paul Kunath was born May 16, 2011 at 1:30pm.

Weighing 7'10 oz and Measuring 20 1/2" long

You are absolutely perfect and a dream come true

We love you!

Coming home from hospital

Family of 4 FINALLY

Harper is 19 months old

2011-06-14T10:48:00.000-07:00

First art project. I think you were a little confused on where to put the paint!

19 Things at 19 Months:

1. You have recently become a BIG sister, and are loving helping mommy and daddy out with your new baby brother Brady
2. You have FINALLY said two words (besides apple juice a few months ago) - you say bye bye juice (but you only say this when we go to bed and you don't have your juice (or milk which is what you call juice).
3. You have become quite the dancer, and love to spin in circles while we sing ring around the posey - and you keep spinning and spinning and spinning and then do a butt bomb. You will continue to spin until we finally say that's enough - you are so dizzy at this time that you fall all over the place
4. You are officially a daddy's girl. Dadda is the first word out of your mouth when you wake up in the morning - you love your daddy and he sure loves you too
5. You have a very cute relationship with your dad that has truly grown over the last few months. Daddy asks you, "Who's pretty?" And you enthusiastically say, "ME!" Every once in awhile you will say, "Mamma," when daddy asks you that question and it absolutely melts my heart!
6. You are still wearing size 4 diapers, clothes 18mos - 2T and size 5 shoes, weigh 20.8lbs and measure 31" long.
7. You recently went swimming in Alabama at a hotel pool and we realized you have no fear of the water. It's a good thing your dad was around you when you decided to jump into the pool! Swimming lessons are much needed at this time!
8. You are the sweetest mini momma with your baby dolls. You love to push your baby in the stroller, feed him, carry him in the car seat and also have recently started to burp him like mommy.
9. It doesn't matter what time of day it is you always grab your shoes and say, "bye bye!"
10. Up is still up and down to you!
11. When we get ready to leave, you say, "bye bye" and then point to Brady (as if we are going to leave him!)
12. If we are not careful you may be pulling your brother around by his feet when we aren't watching! You are very strong and have decided multiple times to try and lift Brady by yourself
13. You are still taking classes at My Gym. You love your hour a week of gym time and have become quite the gymnast. You can hang on the monkey bars for about 10-15 seconds without falling off and no one holding onto you. You can also get up on a ground level balance beam all by yourself and take a few steps without help and without falling off.
14. You love swinging in your swing outside and pulling your wagon in the front cul-de-sac
15. For some reason this month you don't like vegetables - not sure why either. Chicken has become something you like this month though. Yea for liking chicken and boo for not eating your veggies.
16. You love mommy and daddy to read books to you and have recently discovered the correct direction a book should go when you are reading.
17. You can point out: duck, boat, apple, stroller, robot, bus, cup, dog, cat, cow, flower, teddy bear, fish and many other items in your "look at me book."
18. You mimic everything that daddy and I do - this is when we need to watch what we say!!
19. Recently while we were taking a car trip to Alabama, Brady was crying as we first left and I looked back to where you were sitting and you put your finger over your mouth and said, "SSHH," and then put your fingers in your ears! It was the cutest thing and daddy and I could not quit laughing! You are so smart!

Harper you make your daddy and I the happiest people on the planet! We couldn't have asked for anything more! You put smiles on our faces everyday! We love you!

37 Weeks and counting

2011-04-21T08:05:00.000-07:00

So today I am finally FULL TERM!!! I am finally 37 weeks! This pregnancy has been completely different from when I was pregnant with Harper for a few reasons:

1. The time has flown by
2. I can barely bend over and pick up after Harper - hoping her cleaning up will kick in gear any day!
3. All I crave is fast food and cherry coke - ugh oh
4. I was 50% effaced and 1.5 centimeters dilated at my 36 week appt. - I was never dilated with Harper
5. I started having contractions around week 25 (which they say is normal).
6. I actually think I'm carrying baby boy the same as I was with Harper - if you look back at my 2009 posts
7. This baby MOVES alot more than Harper did
8. I think I need to sit down and relax and enjoy the movement of our baby inside my stomach, since this may be the last baby we have.

Things I'm wondering:
1. What color eyes he will have
2. Will he have hair or be bald like Harper
3. Will I remember what to do with a newborn
4. Will he sleep as well as Harper did when she was a newborn
5. Will feeding him come as easy as it did with Harper
6. Will Harper understand who this baby is and that he will permanently stay
7. How Harper will act once she doesn't have mommy and daddy's 100% attention
8. Since everyone says Harper looks so much like Danny, will the little guy look like me at all?

37 weeks

I didn't mean to dress us in the same colors!

Harper is 17 months old

2011-04-12T11:34:00.000-07:00

What is this white stuff mom? I'm used to dirt! (Destin, FL. March 2011)

17 things at 17 months

1. You are talking a lot more - you say please (peas), up, down, that (and points to what you want), hockey, Addie (your friend's name is Addison) and much much more

2. You are running everywhere and rarely fall

3. You still love to play in the dirt - and pretty much eat it if it's soft

4. You love to go outside - constantly saying outside (what we understand) and cry when we bring you inside no matter what time of day it is

5. You are becoming a better eater, but we do have battles at least once a day

6. You give kisses on the lips and say bye bye when we lay you in your bed

7. You give hugs by putting your head on our shoulders and sometimes wrap your arms around us

8. We started doing time outs - sometimes they are successful and other times it's a fight

9. You get frustrated when you can't figure out how to do something or your feet/hands get stuck somewhere you don't want them

10. You love jumping on your trampoline and your bed

11. You have recently started using chalk to color on the sidewalk, but you still love to eat it (not sure why it's tastes so good to you)

12. You are wearing 18 month clothes and some 2T

13. You love taking baths and showers. You know that after dinner we go directly to the tub and you can't wait. You lift your arms for me to take off your clothes, and then try to take your diaper off all by yourself - it hasn't worked so far so we are lucky

14. You are still taking two naps a day (sometimes 2 hours each).

15. You love your daddy, and whenever he walks in the door you laugh and run away from him to chase you

16. You think your belly is called baby (whoops - our fault)

17. You are an absolute joy to be around and I can't wait for you to be a big sister next month! You are the light of our lives and put smiles on our faces daily!

Harper at 16 months

2011-03-22T12:08:00.000-07:00

Harper on her first Spring Break trip to Destin, FL.

What Harper is doing at 16 months:
1. Beginning to show her stubbornness at home (if we are playing outside she screams when we come inside). Good thing in our mind b/c she likes the outdoors so much
2. Beginning to throw temper tantrums. Jumps up in the air lands on her butt and throws her head backwards. It's actually very humorous to Danny and I.
3. Saying alot of words (yes, nodding her head; no, shaking her head (favorite word right now), push (pushing her baby buggy around the house), go, uh-oh, trees, brrr (which means bird), dog, ball, hat, shoe and eyes (she points to everyone's eyes including the dogs).
4. We have been singing "itsy bitsy spider" for awhile now and she does the hand motions, but our biggest accomplishment this week has been the "heads, shoulders, knees and toes"; she finally now starts at her head, then goes to somewhat of her shoulders, and bends down to her knees and finally touches her toes! Practice makes perfect!
5. She loves giving kisses (open mouthed of course) to mommy and daddy each day.
6. She wakes up saying dada and fish every single morning!
7. She has started to run everywhere
8. She has just started to like deli meat, it's not an everyday occurence; but we are coming around the bend with protein items.
9. Danny still gets her to laugh the most, and everything he does to make her laugh only he can do. She loves it when he bounces her on the bed or drags her around on a blanket on the floor - she always says "more, more" in sign language.
10. Everything is a trampoline to her - and she loves bouncing....even if it's on the hardwood floors.
11. She is wearing 18 month clothes - some 2T dresses.
12. Harper loves pushing anything around the house and says push push - when we go outside she wants to push her wagon, stroller, or cozy coupe.....really anything that she can push.
13. Harper and I went to Destin for her first Spring Break last week - and we had an absolute blast.
14. She is a little fish and has absolutely no fear of the water. She would walk down the steps and basically jump in going under the water, as I would grab her she would smile and look at me like that was fun!
15. She loved the sand and wanted to crawl around in it the entire time.
16. The ocean was a tad chilly, but she loved it when I was holding her and waves came in she would say OHHHHH.....and laugh!
17. If I tried to put her down in the water she would say all done, and then motion to play in the sand again - then when she looked out at the ocean again she would say more more more...
18. Finally the last day she stuck her feet in the water and actually liked the waves. We are planning on taking a family vacation in September so she'll be a little more older to enjoy the ocean - hopefully the water is warmer this time around.
19. We bought Harper big girl furniture, but won't be moving her to her new room until July or August.
20. She loves books right now and wants to be read to all the time.
21. She has started to color, but still tries to eat the crayons.
22. She has been pointing out animals and items in the books we read to her everyday. Recently she pointed out monkey, duck, ball and baby.
23. She's using her utensils more and constantly wants to drink out of a big girl cup - which has proven very interesting for us. We have learned to fill her cup up very little so she doesn't spill everything all over the place.
24. She loves Katy and Derby. She crawls all over Katy and is constantly pointing at her eyes - we aren't really sure if Katy likes this or not :)

We can't believe that Harper is already 16 months old - where did the time go? She is truly becoming a little girl (still a baby) but a little girl. We love each month with Harper - she is the apple of our eye!!

Harper is 15 months

2011-02-11T12:00:00.000-08:00

WOW! I can't believe our little baby girl is already 15 months old - where has time gone?
Harper at 15 months:
Words: Baby, Bubble, Apple, Apple Juice, Ball, Hot, Cup, Boom, Dada, Mama, Dog, Fish cheese, shoes and Tree. I can't think of any other words she says right now
Animal noises: Dog, Cow, Sheep, Gorilla, Monkey and Horse (daddy is working on this one)
Clothes: still wearing 12 months; but slowly being able to fit into her 18 month clothes - although they are pretty much all summer clothes, we are working to still fit our little belly into the 12 month long sleeve shirts.
Pointing at things: Head, Ears, Eyes, Mouth, Nose, Toes, Belly and Baby (on mommy)
Sleeping: You sleep completely through the night, with the exception of a few nights a month - we think you have started having bad dreams as you are inconsolable for about 30 minutes when we think this is happening. Nothing calms you down and we aren't sure what else to do but cuddle with you
Eating: you are a pretty good eater if it's any kind of fruit or vegetables. You love pancakes, french toast, bacon, eggs with cheese, cheese in general, peanut butter, yogurt, snack pack, fish, animal crackers, chic fil-a nuggets, just started to eat pizza and sometimes we can get you to eat beef. You have become a little pickier than normal, but nothing we can't handle. You definitely don't like to sit in your booster seat, you are a roaming eater!
Other things you love: playing outside. If I tell you we are going outside you go to the coat closet and point at the door (to get your jacket), after we play outside and we come in, you pitch a royal fit. There could be worse things happening, I'm glad you like to be outside - your dad and I do too! You get a bath every night after dinner b/c you make such a mess, we say do you want to take a bath, and you go straight to the bathroom and somehow you have managed to turn on the water (the hot) which is not good, but we are right there. You have recently begun to try and take your shirt off on your own - you are becoming such a big girl! You love drinking smoothies with mommy and daddy before you go to bed too - again the fruit has come into play! I'm thinking you like fruit so much, b/c that's all I craved when I was pregnant with you! You love the itsy bitsy spider song and do some of the motions, if you're happy and you know it, and Head, shoulders, knees and toes - you really only point to your head but we think it's funny. You love being chased around the house and jumping on the bed. You prefer to be holding a spoon/fork when you eat and 99% of the time you try and use that utensil to eat with. You have become very successful with eating with a fork, but not so much with a spoon. You love watching the "fish" on youtube and ask for "ish" several times a day. We have limited your computer watching for fear you have become addicted at 14 months - HA HA!!
Things you don't like: When mommy or daddy is cooking in the kitchen and they are not paying attention to you. When we tell you no. If you don't want something you will shake your head "NO" and push the fork/spoon towards us . When we tell you no, you sit on the floor and throw your head between your legs and begin to pout. It's very cute, but you have managed to pull out some tears on certain occasions.
We love every moment with you Harper - we can't wait to see what you will be doing next month!

This was taken after playing in the snow with Daddy!

This is what you do when I say "Cheese."

27 Weeks

2011-02-11T11:36:00.000-08:00

27 Weeks

I'm 27 weeks!

Pregnancy Highlights:

How Far Along: 27 Weeks

Size of baby: Baby K is the size of a Head of Cauliflower (14 1/2")

Clothes: Wearing regular jeans, some maternity jeans and maternity shirts

Gender: It's a Boy! Still no name picked out - this is a tough one!

Movement: Baby K #2 has been kicking a lot more often this week

Sleep: Sleeping on my side is the most comfortable

What I miss: Being able to bend down to tie my shoes without feeling like I just ran 3 miles

Cravings: Nothing currently, but I did buy some Reese's heart shaped pieces for Harper's Valentine's day party - and they stare me in the eyes every morning. Of course I eat them :)

Symptoms: Walking up stairs is exhausting right now and sitting on the floor to play with Harper, especially getting back up has been a little difficult lately

Best Moment this week: Hearing Harper say "baby" and pointing to my belly

Danny's Best Moment this week: Getting to play in the snow with Harper (nothing to do with Baby K #2)

Harper has really started to notice my belly this last week or so, saying "baby" and lifting up my shirt. We aren't sure if she thinks my belly is a baby or not, but she does point to an actual "baby" in a book when we ask her where the baby is. Hopefully we aren't confusing her. She likes to lift up my shirt and give the baby kisses too - which in our terms is a zupert - see video below!

Can't believe we only have 3 more months until the next baby will be arriving!!

Enjoy your weekend!

26 Weeks

2011-02-06T13:48:00.000-08:00

I'm 26 weeks!

Pregnancy Highlights:

How Far Along: 26 Weeks

Size of baby: Baby K is the size of an English Hot Cucumber (14")

Clothes: I have recently been able to fit back in my regular jeans with the help of a rubber band - NO I did not lose weight; I'm just carrying Baby K #2 a little low

Gender: It's a Boy! Currently working on names - it's getting harder by the day

Movement: This little boy kicks ALL THE TIME; especially at night

Sleep: I'm sleeping fine just getting up a few times a night to use the restroom

What I miss: Sleeping on my stomach, beer and sushi. But I don't follow the rules as strictly as I did with Harper

Cravings: Food in general, but currently Root Beer

Symptoms:It's getting harder and harder each day to bend over and tie my shoes, picking up Harper is getting more difficult and unfortunately my stomach gets in the way when I wash my face

Best Moment this week: Finding out I passed my glucose test YEA

Danny's Best Moment this week: Finding out the little boy's balls are slowly descending (HAHA)

Harper has been very much a Mommy's girl this week as you can see in the picture!! We went out to lunch today and she was a little wild - like not wanting to sit and eat, but walk around the restaurant. We don't allow her to walk around the restaurant so we try and fight the little battles we have while eating. I decided after this lunch that I will not be able to go out to lunch alone with two kids. I can definitely hold Harper on my own, but TWO....probably not!!

26 weeks with Baby #2

27 weeks with Harper

Family picture at 26 weeks with Baby #2

Second Pregnancy

2011-01-23T20:22:00.000-08:00

Current thoughts:
1. The second pregnancy should be somewhat similar to the first (not sickness) but the way it feels
2. I should remember everything from the first pregnancy since it was not that long ago
3. I don't remember anything from the first pregnancy - feeling wise
   - Believe me I did write everything down (first time I felt Harper kick), etc. but I did not write how I felt
   at each week when Harper was still in my stomach
4. Currently I'm feeling nervous about the second pregnancy even though I should not.
5. I still read Google everyday just to make sure I'm feeling the right/same way every other pregnant woman felt during the current week
6. I don't want to be "that pregnant" lady who calls the doctor because she hasn't felt her baby kick in over two days and wants to schedule an ultra sound "just" to make sure the baby is still alive and moving
7. I drank a BIG glass of sweet tea today because of #6 (it had been two days since he kicked me in the gut) and I didn't want to be "that lady" on Monday morning
8. Good news: I got a few kicks tonight, I guess the caffeine jolt worked :)
9. I have my gestational diabetes test this Thursday and I'm nervous
   I failed the first round of tests with Harper and had to sit through the three hour test; which I fortunately
   passed, but I'm still nervous
10. I have been told that I need to eat protein only before the test on Thursday and not fruit and carbs - which I love right now
11. Had a very fun weekend with some of Danny's friends - went to dinner on Friday and headed to Arrington Vineyard on Saturday - drank a teenie bit of wine and MISSED IT
12. Got a little nervous on Sunday at lunch when I passed Harper off to Danny and then thought, what are we going to do with two - I can't pass the other baby off to anyone else......our hands will be FULL
13. There are no names for the baby boy yet - we have a long list but nothing we agree on
14. I hate it when Danny is gone for the night, and Harper hates it in the morning. When she gets up in the morning, I bring her into our bedroom so she can cuddle with Danny and I while we wake up - 6:30am comes early somedays. Her first word is "ish" (fish) when she gets up and then as we walk down the stairs and towards our bedroom she says DaDa and gets really excited. It's so sad to see her look under the covers for her daddy and find him not there
15. We miss Danny tonight
16. We bought Harper her first pet - Ish the fish and his/her new home is on our coffee table. Harper points to it every morning when we come down the stairs and throughout the day she'll walk over and scream or point at it - it's precious
17. I'm tired and ready to go to bed
18. I hope Baby boy K continues to kick me throughout the day so I don't have to worry again
19. I'm ready to hear his heartbeat again on Thursday just so I'm assured everything is ok
20. To end on a good note - a cute picture of Miss Harper's first ponytail :)

Harper-isms at 14 months

2011-01-20T11:32:00.000-08:00

Harper, you have recently become a sponge and I love it. All the new things that you are doing each day and week absolutely amaze me. Here are a few videos of the FUN things you are saying these days!!

A few of the new words you are saying (some included in the video, some not).
1. Ish (fish) everything you point at is a Fish, although you do know exactly what a fish looks like and when we walk in petsmart you get SUPER excited when you actually do see the fish. I think your daddy and I are going to buy you a fish bowl this weekend
2. Apple (this was pretty much your first word). You try SO hard to say it and it's ever so clear
3. Apple Juice - we give you milk pretty much throughout the day, but you insist on calling it apple juice
4. Bubbles - you pick up your bottle of bubbles and bring them over to us and say Bub-bles
5. Boom - when you kick a soccer ball; or any ball for that matter
6. Mamma and Dadda
7. Babish (baby)

Animal Noises you can make
1. Cow - MMMMMM
2. Dog - GA GA GA GA (in other words arf arf)
3. What does a gorilla do - you pat your belly and say AHHHH
4. What does a monkey do - you reach under your arm and say AH AH AH AH

You have lately become a very picky eater. Truly only eating a good meal at breakfast - hmm....maybe I should feed you chicken then!! You love waffles, pancakes, oatmeal, eggs with cheese, any kind of fruit and if mommy has a bagel with cream cheese you like to lick off the cream cheese. You also like to take bites from daddy's cereal bowl. We give you orange juice in the morning - but mostly diluted with water just to get your stomach up and running for the day!

You can kick a soccer ball, throw the soccer ball and daddy's most proudest moment is teaching you how to catch the ball! You LOVE bringing the ball to us so we can throw it to you and you really do catch it! I think your daddy has some future plans in store for you!!

Just the other day you started shaking your head YES instead of just NO. And I have also been asking you if you need your diaper changed and you shake your head yes (although we definitely know when you need a diaper change b/c of the wonderful smell you leave behind)! My favorite time is when I ask you if you are tired and you shake your head yes, then head to the stairs - you climb up them and walk straight into your bedroom, walk towards your crib, put your fingers in your mouth and try to reach your blankie through the crib! You obviously know what we are saying and understand what nap/bedtime is!

You melt my heart everyday and I feel very blessed that I get to spend every minute with you!

23 Weeks

2011-01-17T17:52:00.000-08:00

I'm 23 weeks!

Pregnancy Highlights:

How Far Along: 23 Weeks

Size of baby: Baby K is the size of a mango (which Harper is allergic to)

Maternity Clothes: I wear maternity jeans but everything else is regular.

Gender: It's a Boy! Currently working on names

Movement: This little boy kicks ALL THE TIME

Sleep: I'm sleeping ok

What I miss: Nothing really - maybe sleeping on my stomach and the occasional beer?

Cravings: Food in general. I told Danny that maybe this baby will be big as I'm hungry all the time!

Symptoms:Tired, Hungry and my sciatic nerve is KILLING me.

Best Moment this week: Hearing the babies heartbeat - 140 BPM (that never gets old)

I'm loving feeling little baby boy Kunath move all the time! We point to my belly for Harper and say, "Baby!" She normally points to my belly button and says babish.....it's very cute!!

Harper feeling baby K!

Harper wanted to join in on the picture!

This is what we do on a Snow day in Nashville

2011-01-10T18:41:00.000-08:00

Make half of a snowman!

Make snow cream

The only thing that was missing was da da and some nice hot chocolate. As Harper would say it's too HOP (hot)! We miss you daddy.....come home soon!
As for everyone else stay warm!

21 Weeks

2010-12-31T08:43:00.000-08:00

I'm 21 weeks!

Pregnancy Highlights:

How Far Along: 21 Weeks

Size of baby: Baby K is the size of a carrot

Maternity Clothes: I wear maternity jeans but everything else is regular.

Gender: It's a Boy!

Movement: I've been feeling the baby a lot more lately - Danny felt it a few weeks ago

Sleep: I'm sleeping ok

What I miss: Nothing really - maybe sleeping on my stomach?

Cravings: Food in general. I told Danny that maybe this baby will be big as I'm hungry all the time!

Symptoms:Tired and Hungry.

Best Moment this week: Hearing the babies heartbeat - 140 BPM (that never gets old)

Happy New Years!!!

Christmas 2010

2010-12-28T18:49:00.001-08:00

Merry Christmas from the Kunath family!

Harper's First Birthday

2010-12-28T18:48:00.000-08:00

Sorry I'm going backwards.......

The day started off with mommy and daddy singing Happy Birthday to Harper when she woke up in the morning, she loved it! Then we went to lunch at Chuckie Cheese where Harper enjoyed the games over the pizza (as did her daddy)!

My party was on Saturday and my birthday fell on a Friday so we played all day Friday with family and friends!!! Saturday was the BIG party, and boy was Harper ready. We had to actually wake her up around 11am before the party started because she was definitely RESTING up!!! Harper enjoyed her cake (I made an oreo dirt cake for her Smash cake, put it in a pot and added a rose). She loved it.

Happy Birthday Harper! You have brought absolute joy to your dad and I's life! We love you more and more each day!

Chuckie has his top two teeth and I have my bottom two teeth!

Eating up the cake

Daddy, Harper and Mommy

Here comes Baby #2

2010-12-28T18:40:00.000-08:00

Ok, so this picture is a little old (I'm 17 weeks pregnant) and am now currently almost 21 weeks pregnant. I know, I know you can't really see the little bambino with this outfit on, BUT I wanted to post a picture the same week I took one with Miss Harper (I had no noticeable belly with her either) so I could keep their books similar and not slack off on the second one like I know most people do (no offense). This blog is helping me :)

Current pregnancy:
How many weeks: currently 20 weeks and 5 days
Due Date: May 13, 2011
Gender: BOY (found out on Dec. 23rd)
Cravings: Salty and sweet - at the beginning wanted ONLY fast food (bad for the hips)
Size of Baby K: Banana
Best Feeling: feeling the baby kick
What I miss the most: drinking a glass of wine or having a beer with Danny

So the best news was on my 30th birthday. We went in for the usual ultra sound and Danny let me decide if we were going to find out the gender of baby #2. First the ultra sound tech made sure all was healthy with the new baby. Everything checked out fine, and the heartbeat was 149. Danny was playing with Harper in the same room, but sometimes she can consume all of ones attention, while the tech was showing me the umbilical cord....asking do you see it, do you see it. Me thinking yea I see it, and then she said well....do you see it (not really), but I guess I said, "Is it a boy?" She said yes, and Danny's head cocked up VERY quickly exclaiming, It's a boy?" After the initial shock was over, the tech conitnued with the bottom half of the check, which included feet, etc. Every shot was an open legged shot - I'm opening our little boy is not so open in the future! Here is a picture of the little one on the way!

Baby Boy Kunath (here I am mom and dad)

Side profile shot - PERFECT

Needless to say we are very excited that we will be welcoming a baby boy into our family on May 13th!!! We did somewhat have a girl's name picked out, but now since that is out of the question we'll need to think of some STRONG boy names!!!

Wanted to share the great news with everyone and keep a journal along the way for Baby #2!

Love,
Megan

Harper is 6 months old!

2010-05-17T09:28:00.000-07:00

Every month as I sit down to write these updates for Harper, I can’t believe how fast time truly flies by! Harper has been an absolute joy in all of our lives, and as I write each email I think oh boy, this is my favorite month (age) and then she does something new and exciting the next month that makes me think oh no, this is definitely my favorite age! Harper is really starting to become a neat little person and she continues to bring happiness and laughter everyday to Danny and I!

Some of the things that Miss Harper is currently doing at 6 months:
1. She is currently eating pears, sweet potatoes, apples and avocados. She CANNOT get enough of the pears and apples and actually leans so far forward in her Bumbo seat that I think she may tip it over if I can’t get the spoon in her mouth fast enough. She would rather do without the sweet potatoes but manages through them. She absolutely HATES avocados (which we tried for the first time this past Tuesday). It was actually very hysterical to watch her try and eat them. I understand the consistency is a little different from the other three foods she’s been eating, but she plows through about the first four bites, and then realizes she doesn’t like them. She will absolutely scream and then she’ll calm down and shut her mouth, but then realize there are still more avocados in her mouth so she starts screaming again. I then wipe her mouth out with a towel so there are no more avocados in her mouth! Last night was day two of trying the avocados we’ll try one more night and then we’ll start with Peas (OH THE JOYS) J
2. She’s still eating 6 oz every 3-4 hours with adding in a little bit of food during dinner time – she really understands how to eat and what she needs to do, very little comes out of her mouth when she’s eating something she likes!
3. While feeding her during dinner (with pears, apples, sweet potatoes or avocados) she has finally realized she has a tongue and the things she can do with it! Once I put the spoon of food in her mouth, she basically sprays me in the face by vibrating her tongue!!! Everytime she does it I just can’t stop laughing and then she starts to smile, and it really is adorable!
4. When we feed her a bottle during the day (at least when she’s home with Danny or I), as soon as she sees the bottle she starts grunting/whining she wants that dang bottle in her mouth NOW. As of this morning, she was grabbing the bottle out of Danny’s hands and trying ever so hard to put it in her mouth (she can’t quite tip it to the level where the milk comes out), BUT it’s a start!
5. She laughs ALL THE TIME and smiles constantly! Her school tells us that she smiles all day long and is just a very happy baby!
6. She is consistently sleeping through the night – goes to bed around 8-8:30pm and gets up between 5:30-6am (we need to work on sleeping past 6 am, but if she’s sleeping through the night I guess that’s all we should ask for).
7. She is rolling over from her back to her stomach and stomach to back ALL THE TIME – we can’t lay our eyes off of her for one second now, she is all over the place
8. She is sitting up on her own, for 10-20 minutes at a time now….and LOVES playing with the jar o’ bugs her aunt Teresa Roeth gave her as well as a musical cookie jar that mommy purchased a few days ago – it counts to five and sings about shapes….the nose lights up and she LOVES it.
9. I’ve noticed the past few nights that I have put her to bed – she will take her bottle and then basically fall asleep during the last few drops as I burp her, I will walk her up to her bedroom and we’ll sit in the rocking chair, I’ll read her two books. She can be completely out once I feed her and take her upstairs, but once I start reading to her she opens her eyes and wants to hold the pages and flip them! I was reading her a book last night about a Hedge Hog and she just keep looking up at me and smiling, it ABSOLUTELY MELTED my heart!! I love those precious one on one moments I have with her!
10. We have moved out of the little baby bathtub, and have finally blown up the BIG ducky!! Harper can sit in the ducky all by herself and she plays with some water toys – she was a little unsure at first, but she LOVES the bath now!! It’s a lot easier for Danny and I to give her baths now, as she plays with her toys and we get down to the dirty work.
11. She is wearing 6-9 month clothes and 9-12 month pajamas and size 2 diapers – BIG GIRL!!
12. She had her first ear infection last week and her first fever of 102. I stayed home with her last Tuesday and took her to the Pediatrician on Wednesday they checker her ear, and gave her amoxicillin. It tastes like bubblegum and fortunately for us she likes it. Weird enough, I remember that medicine from when I was little (I guess some things never change). She weighed in at 14 lbs 8 oz.
13. She still has blue eyes and they change different colors of blue with all the different outfits she wears
14. She constantly sucks her fingers (right hand - middle and index finger). Whenever she starts to get tired, she arches her back and rubs her eyes (actually sort of scratches them) so we have to keep her nails extra short
15. Harper loves hanging out by the creek with her daddy – she loves the sound of running water
16. She LOVES Katy and Derby, and whenever they are around she just stares at them! Katy LOVES licking Harper and we have to work with Katy on ONLY licking her hands and feet and not so much her face. Derby is starting to warm up to Her….but he pretty much just licks her head if she is not looking
17. We have her 6 month checkup next Monday – more shots YUCK.
18. I celebrated my first mother’s day and truly felt blessed that I could share in the most wonderful gift of being a mother – with my own mother!! I guess once you have a child – you appreciate your mother more.
19. I said last month I thought Harper was cutting some teeth – well NO TEETH yet, she is still drooling all the time, but still no teeth!
20. She loves it when her daddy throws her up in the air – see picture above! I am always nervous, because he seems to do this right after she eats – I guess he’ll stop one day if she pukes on him!!!
21. She is sitting in her big girl high chair - and it seems she may look like a little peanut in the chair!!

I said the same thing last month, but Harper is absolutely the best gift Danny and I could have ever asked for – she is truly a blessing to our family! We couldn’t have asked for anything more!

Harper is 5 months old

2010-04-13T07:41:00.000-07:00

WOW…..I can’t believe I’m sitting down to write Harper’s 5 month email!! Time sure has flown by! Harper continues to amaze me everyday with the new things she is doing!

1. She is now eating rice cereal every night right around dinner time and she actually understands and knows what to do…..she opens her mouth when she sees the spoon – it’s adorable!! I posted a video on facebook for all of you to enjoy!
2. She eats 6 oz about every 3-4 hours ……and she recognizes her bottle and looks like a little birdie as we bring the bottle to her mouth (she held her bottle for the first time a few weeks ago, but always prefers to hold her ears with both hands as she eats)
3. She smiles at every chance she gets – but gets a little shy when she sees herself in the mirror
4. She loves it when Daddy talks to her about stinky poopies and boogers – she has the BEST smile that goes from ear to ear (it absolutely brightens my day)
5. Can finally put her feet in her mouth – Daddy has been working on that for awhile now
6. She rolled over at the end of March (both directions) and she refuses to stay on her back now, but is not quite content laying on her stomach…..it’s been interesting to say the least
7. She slept 10 hours last night, and she only woke up once for a few minutes and soothed herself back to sleep!!! It took her about five days to understand that Mommy and Daddy were not going to feed her in the middle of the night if she woke up, so I think we may be able to see the light at the end of the tunnel – thank you Jesus for a full nights sleep again!!!
8. We have a pretty good nighttime schedule: we feed her a bottle, burp her and then I read her a book before she goes to bed…..she LOVES books right now and is very aware when I read to her….she tries to grab the pages if they have furry objects on them!
9. Our little girl is no longer being swaddled during the night, she prefers to sleep with her legs apart, but her feet touching and her hands above her head, touching her ears of course!
10. Harper LOVES being outside and we found out this weekend she prefers to take naps in her swing from Uncle Andy while Danny and I do work outside!! It’s a great concept…..fresh air = great nap
11. Harper refuses to lie on her back when Danny and I around and would much rather stand with the help of us of course – see second picture above!
12. She sucks on her index finger and middle finger (no preference to a specific hand) ALL DAY long (no paci for her)!
13. She has really started to notice the dogs – Katy and Derby…..and is constantly staring at them when they are around – we talk to them ALOT
14. She has the CUTEST belly laugh in the world – she loves being bounced on yoga balls or our knees – while humming the giddy up song (you know what I’m talking about….and I’m sure you all are humming the tune in your head right now) – HA HA J
15. Harper met her first boyfriend Ryan this past Saturday (see our Picasa website for a cute hand holding picture – April 2010 album)! http://picasaweb.google.com/dannykunath
16. I think Harper is getting ready to cut some teeth…we can’t see them yet, but she is a SLOBBERY mess all day long – oh the joys of teething
17. OH and I semi-weighed her last night….that was me getting on the scale without her; weighing myself and then weighing her and I together…..the difference was 13.5 lbs
18. We have purchased size 2 diapers….haven’t put them on her yet, but as soon as we run out of the size 1 she will officially be in size 2 (BIG GIRL)
Harper is absolutely the best gift Danny and I could have ever asked for – she is truly a blessing to our family!! We couldn’t ask for anything more!!

Harper is 4 months old

2010-04-13T07:38:00.000-07:00

Today Harper turned 4 months old….she is getting bigger as each day passes. I can’t believe she’s already 4 months old!
Some of the new things that she is doing:
1. Rolling to her side (picture above)…and then not quite finishing a complete roll over to her stomach…she’ll just sit there and play with her fingers or suck her thumb. She is SO CLOSE to rolling over, but I’m thinking she’s just not ready. Which is ok with me….b/c that means once she rolls over we won’t be able to leave the room with her staying in one spot.
2. Smiling whenever she sees Danny or I
3. Noticing herself in the mirror – and smiling at herself
4. Playing with her feet ALL the time
5. Sucking her fingers or trying to put her entire hand in her mouth (my brother counted last weekend….she tried to get 7 fingers in her mouth at the same time…it obviously did not work)
6. Laughing out loud (sometimes screaming)….I think she found her voice, and likes to hear it at the loudest octave possible
7. Sitting in her bumbo and actually enjoying it
8. She is SO close to sitting by herself unsupported….but as of last night I sat her up against a pillow on the couch, and she looked like the leaning tower of pizza….it was a slow but graceful fall J
9. It’s become very hard to change her diaper, b/c she’s either playing with her feet, trying to roll over or sucking on one of her fingers
10. Tummy time isn’t so bad anymore…..she’s really pushing up on her arms now
11. Sleeping longer through the night (last night she slept almost 8 hours straight through)
12. Really starting to want to stand when you hold her on your lap (not that she can stand…but she really likes to stand)
13. Loves it when Danny or I sing about boogers to her (or when Danny talks about her STINKY DIAPERS)…and oh YES Danny does sing too J
14. LOVES bath time
15. She is slowly starting to wear 3-6 month clothes (she is DEFINITELY wearing 6-9 month onesies)
16. I ordered her first pair of shoes (3 pairs)….I thought Danny was going to kill me. Don’t worry her Ferrari shoes will fit probably by this winter (then she’ll really be stylin)!
17. She saw both of her Great Grandma’s in the same week (now she has 3 Great Grandma angels watching over her (plus 3 Great Grandpa angels)….hopefully she’ll be taken care of in the “watched over by angels” department
18. Loves being outside and watching the creek flow (I think she really loves the sound of the water and the fresh air)
19. Has really started to notice THE DOGS…….they sniff her head when she’s on the floor, and she tried to grab Katy’s hair the other day….Katy just laid there and took it! Hopefully that’s how they’ll both be when she starts crawling and picking on them
20. She still loves being swaddled….I’m scared when she won’t be able to fit into her swaddle anymore, because she sleeps SO WELL being swaddled now!
21. She loves her bed, and as soon as she gets swaddled and laid in her bed at night….she’s OUT (no more crying)
I can’t believe how much love both Danny and I have for her……I never knew how much you could love a little human being as we do her….she is the GREATEST gift God could have ever given to Danny and I – I know think Danny has a soft spot for little girls….or maybe just Harper!
We are very blessed to have such great friends and family in our lives, and we hope you will each be apart of Harper’s lives FOREVER….and watch her grow into an amazing woman someday (not too soon though)!
Next Tuesday Harper will have her 4 month shots…YUCK I hate those. I’ll be taking off the rest of the day to be with her.

Harper is 3 months old

2010-04-13T07:31:00.000-07:00

WOW...I can't believe Harper is 3 months old today....boy has time flown by. Wanted to send you all a few pictures that I took today of Miss Harper! She is getting so big, smiling all the time, starting to talk a lot more (coo I mean :), and is really coming into her personality! Danny plays a game with her where he sticks out his tongue and makes a loud noise, lately she has been trying to mimick him...I haven't caught it on video yet..but hopefully I will soon...it's super cute!
Tomorrow we are having Harper's 3 month pictures taken as well as our first family photo, should be interesting because her attention span is all of 10-15 minutes max!!!

Pictures attached.....Harper has recently begun to sit in her bumbo seat...she loves it as you can see by the picture! The second picture is from this morning...it was the first time she actually pushed up on her arms while she was on tummy time....I was so excited I screamed.....and Danny was a little worried something bad had happened...but I was just excited!!!

Introducing Harper Elizabeth Kunath

2009-11-18T05:55:00.000-08:00

Harper Elizabeth Kunath was born Thursday November 12, 2009 weighing in at 6.1 lbs and 20 " long! She is happy and healthy and perfect! Danny and I could not be happier and feel more blessed right now!

We are making our first trip to the pediatrician on Wednesday to make sure everything is going well (eating and pooping I mean :) ) She seems to be pretty content when Grandma and Grandpa Roeth hold her though.

I'll keep this blog updated with more pictures in the future....but for now enjoy the pictures below of our first 6 days enjoying Harper!

She has her daddy's long toes!

Things I've learned while being pregnant!

2009-11-06T08:33:00.000-08:00

In no specific order:
1. No matter how many times I get up to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night and flush the toilet, Danny, Katy and Derby continue to snore and never wake up (you'd think they'd hear something).
2. Stretch marks appear in places I never thought they could.
3. I have mastered the pregnancy woddle.
4. I need to write a book on how much unwanted advice is given throughout ones pregnancy (specifically from people in grocery stores or at the mall that I do not know).
5. That men actually do make comments about your stomach size, and I don't always know if they think about what they are saying before they say it.
6. All the aches and pains that come towards the end of a pregnancy which are just not comfortable (I'm not complaining as I feel I am one of the lucky women who is just now experiencing back pain at 38 weeks).
7. How truly excited I get when I hear the baby's heartbeat.
8. How bad the internal exams really do hurt.
9. That no one (not even other pregnant women) can tell you what an actual contraction feels like. They always respond by saying, "You'll just KNOW!" Well I don't know, please tell me!
10. I hate constipation, I repeat I HATE CONSTIPATION.
11. Soaking in the tub feels better than ever now.
12. People at work are overly helpful once you get to your third trimester.
13. If I had a dollar for every time someone asked me in the last two weeks, "WOW you are still here," Danny and I would be millionaires...sorry Danny I should have made that a rule.
14. The first 20 weeks of the pregnancy were very difficult, where I worried everyday because I could not feel anything, and wasn't sure if the baby even had a heartbeat (I think every new mom goes through this).
15. Weeks 20-30 went by so slow.
16. Weeks 30- now, have FLOWN by.
17. How much stuff does a new baby really need (apparently ALOT).
18. Danny and I have actually saved quite a bit of $$ because we aren't finding out the gender....if I knew I was having a girl, there would surely be a closet full of cute dresses.
19. This child consumes my every waking thought.
20. I love the website www.babycenter.com it gets me through alot of my questions
21. Every Wednesday I get an update from babycenter.com that tells me what the baby is currently doing, and sometimes I cheat by going to the website and reading what the baby will be doing next week, I get so excited I can't contain myself.
22. It's very hard for the men in our lives to understand what our body is going through...they don't feel the baby kicking and it weirds them out if they see our stomach moving in odd directions (atleast Danny felt this way).
23. That our child could find a comfortable spot sitting on my bladder, and make me feel like I constantly have to pee for 24 hours...that's been an interesting one.
24. What nesting really is......my boss thinks I'm nesting right now because I'm preparing my work binder so when I'm gone for 3 months he'll know how to do my job!
25. Sometimes you need a little caffeine in your life even though they tell you it's not good for the baby.
26. The house will never be totally spotless like I want it to be before the baby is born.
27. People ask all the time if our dogs have any clue....I really don't think they do. Danny points to my belly and asks our dogs whats in mommy's tummy, and I think they think I'm hiding a treat in there!
28. I work with a lot of men at Nissan (believe it or not) and the stories they tell me about their wives' pregnancies are HORRIBLE....I'm wondering if that's the real story or if they are just trying to scare me.
29. You can talk yourself into having any kind of complication with your pregnancy if you just Google what you are feeling.
30. How quickly the BAD smells take over your body in that first trimester, and then how quickly they leave.
31. How disgusting meat smelled during my first trimester, but now it doesn't bother me at all...it's like nothing ever happened.
32. Once you are pregnant how many other women you notice are pregnant too!

33. How much I have truly loved being pregnant!
34. The miracle of life is truly amazing, and I am in constant shock that a child is forming inside of me, and will be breathing on his/her own in less than two weeks.
35. How much my love for Danny has grown
36. How much I love that Danny doesn't let me lift ANYTHING heavy (or not so heavy).
37. How excited grandparents can get about the arrival of their future grandchild - which I love.
38. How much I really like my elastic waist banded jeans (which I never thought I would say).
39. How I can't wait to hold this baby in my arms.
40. How I can't wait to watch Danny change his first diaper and hold our baby in his arms.
41. How easy it truly has been to not know if our child is a boy/girl

OK this list is REALLY long, and I only intended for the list to hit #20...obviously I've figured alot more than I initially thought I did!

As of Wednesday I was 38 weeks pregnant (Danny took a picture this morning which I will post over the weekend). I met with the doctor on Thursday and everything was still moving in the right direction. 1/2CM dilated and the babies heart beat was 120-130. There will be no inducing before Nov 18th, and she seemed to think the baby was pretty comfortable in my stomach and didn't want to budge before then, which I'm perfectly fine with. This weekend is supposed to be in the Mid 70's so Danny and I can enjoy one last weekend before our little one arrives!

I'll keep everyone posted on the blog if anything happens between now and Nov 18th!

Finally Full Term

2009-10-28T07:54:00.000-07:00

I never thought this day would come.....as of today Baby K is considered Full Term! What a relief! I have anxiously been awaiting this week...secretly....knowing that if I hit 37 weeks and Baby K was still in my stomach everything would be properly working for this child to live outside of my stomach! YEAH!!! I did have my weekly doctor's appointment on Tuesday and everything checked out perfect! Baby K's heart beat was 145-148 BPM, my stomach was measuring 37 weeks which is right on track as well!

Last night was a very interesting night though....atleast for Baby K! I was laying on the couch, me on one end Danny on the other....it's hard now to squeeze both of us on one side.....my stomach just doesn't allow the cuddling that it used to. Anyways....I was feeling ALOT of movement from the baby, so I lifted my shirt up and sure enough I had a foot in my left rib, and a rear-end in my right rib....and Danny could see it all...he said your stomach looks DEFORMED :) That's because it was....this child really likes kicking my ribs...not that I mind, because I love feeling the baby move around in my stomach.

I did get the official word from the doctor on Tuesday that if anything weird happens I need to go STRAIGHT to the hospital, it's normally call the office and we'll decide what you need to do, but I think I'm at the point where anything can happen now.
We put the car seat in the Pathfinder on Sunday and that was an interesting task! Our neighbors got a good kick out of both Danny and I trying to do this. They sure don't make baby equipment easy for parents to put together now a days!

37 Weeks - taken this morning

Happy Belated Birthday Danny

2009-10-28T07:46:00.000-07:00

I completely forgot to post a Happy 29th Birthday to my wonderful husband Danny!!!

So here's a little treat for everyone who needed a little "Danny" in their life! I love you!!

Danny at San Marco Square in Venice, Italy..during our honeymoon- trying to feed the birds, and a little scared of the birds if you can't tell!

The plane ride on the way to our honeymoon! We were exhausted from all the FUN wedding activities!

More Shower pictures!

2009-10-22T09:34:00.000-07:00

Bretta, Anne (Shelley's mom), Shelley, Megan and Sue (Danny's mom)

Sue (Danny's mom), Helen (Danny's grandma - Sue's mom) and Megan

The diaper cake and amazing Eatable cake made by Shelley and her adorable mom! Plus all the yummy food! Thank you Shelley!!!

36 weeks and counting!

2009-10-21T14:04:00.000-07:00

As of today I am officially 36 weeks!!! I think baby K is the size of a small pumpkin (around 6 lbs) conveniently. I have had a few people at work tell me that my stomach has dropped (I'm not quite sure what that means), but I'm hoping it doesn't mean that the baby will be here in the next few days! I'm sure Danny would enjoy not sharing his birthday with our first child...Just kidding Danny!!
Anyways...I went to the Doctor on Monday and she told me my cervix was thinning and I'm dilated 1/2 CM, which really has no significance at all. I could be dilated 1/2 CM for another 3 weeks or so! Starting this week I go to the doctors every week.....just to make sure I'm progressing each week!
I'm still feeling pretty good, although sleeping through the night has been very difficult lately.....I'm not sure if it's Derby snoring or the fact that I get up to use the restroom 3x's per night!

Last weekend Shelley Pratt threw our final baby shower for us! Shelley is a great hostess, and made the most adorable cakes (diaper cake made by her) and YUMMY eatable cake (made by her mom)! THANK YOU!! We received so many thoughtful gifts from friends and family, we have very little left to get thanks to everyone!! We will be making one more trip to Babies R Us this weekend, just to make sure every last thing is checked off the list in case Baby K decides to make an early entrance into the world! If not mentally ready we'll be physically ready that's for sure!

Shelley and I...the hostess with the mostest!

OK..I was trying to post more pictures of the shower, but it's not working right now. I'll post more when this blog decides to let me!!

Happy TWO Year Anniversary - Danny

2009-10-08T13:38:00.000-07:00

I'm a little late on posting this, but wanted to put a special note up on the blog to Danny!

First off I can't believe it has been two years......they have gone by so fast! I have enjoyed every waking moment that Danny and I have been married and the three years before that when we were just dating!! Danny has been my best friend and soul mate, and I can't thank him enough for everything that he has done for me and with me! He has been my greatest inspiration in life, and I hope to celebrate many more Happy anniversaries with him!!
We are about to embark on the biggest adventure of our lifetime, and I couldn't imagine sharing it with anyone else! I can't wait to see Danny hold our first child!

Happy Anniversary Danny! I love you!

Baby Shower & 10 Year High School Reunion part II

2009-10-08T13:21:00.000-07:00

Thank you to Bubbs and Sarah (and Peggy) for hosting my very first baby shower for Baby K! We had an absolute blast during the shower, and it was so good to see everyone that I had not seen in forever! Thank you all for making the shower such a memorable experience!!!
I also had a second shower the following weekend which was amazing as well! Danny and I are very blessed to have such loving friends and family in our lives! I only have pictures from the first shower, as my mom has yet to send pictures from the second shower (but Thank you Teresa and Mert for hosting our second shower)!
A few weeks ago, Danny and I were also back in Piqua to reminisce with my high school friends at our 10 year high school reunion! I couldn't believe how many people looked the exact same, but everyone looked great!!! I'm also pretty sure I was the ONLY sober person to attend the reunion, which actually worked out well since I was designated as the DD for quite a few people! I'm just glad I could get everyone home safe and sound! I lasted until 3am that night..pretty good for an 8 month pregnant lady!!
I had a Dr's appointment this past Monday and everything is checking out just fine! I'm currently 34 weeks along, with only 6 weeks left until my due date (Nov 18th). Baby K's heartbeat was hovering around 150, and she said everything else checked out great! I did finally figure out what keeps "kicking" me in the middle of the night, and it turns out it's only Baby K's butt :) I thought that was hilarious! The Dr. said that the baby is head down, and has no way to go breech now.....there isn't much room for it to move around or rotate positions between now and my due date!
Fall has finally come to Nashville, and this is Danny and I's favorite season! I love the weather (sweat pants and sweatshirts....which I now have to wear Danny's sweatshirts), changing of the leaves, sitting in front of our fire pit, and wishing I was enjoying some kind of Octoberfest or Pumpkin beer! Only 6 more weeks until I can enjoy one of those! We pulled down our fall decorations last night, which was exciting and Danny will begin the FUN process of decorating our house today! I did find our dogs costumes, and we had a good long laugh last night....if you know our dogs they HATE being dressed up! We took a few practice photos with our new camcorder/camera of the dogs, and you'll see once I post the pictures how miserable our dogs really look!!!
To be honest, I really can't complain too much about my entire pregnancy...everything has been fairly easy and we've had no real problems....I feel very fortunate and now I probably need to knock on some wood! I'm hoping since my pregnancy has been easy thus far, the labor will be just as easy! BUT who am I kidding!!
I hope everyone enjoys the fall weather and until the next post!

Baby Shower & 10 Year High School Reunion

2009-10-08T13:01:00.000-07:00

Baby K's nursery - special preview

2009-09-14T09:20:00.001-07:00

We are about 60% complete with the nursery.....just missing a small lamp by the chair, round black mirror (which is impossible to find right now) above the changing table/dresser and finally some shelves and pictures on the wall. All the bedding is complete, as well as the curtains! Now if only we could find the last few items to complete the room, and then Baby K is welcome to come at anytime.....wait I mean after he/she is done cooking...so at least 7 more weeks!

3D/4D Ultra Sound Picture

2009-09-13T09:24:00.000-07:00

It's been a long time since I've updated the blog with some baby pictures! SORRY.
Danny and I went to our 3D/4D ultra sound on Saturday, and I did everything that the nurse ordered.....scheduled the time when Baby K is the most active, drank a coke right before the appointment, but unfortunatley the baby was in a commatose and as much poking, prodding, jumping around, twisting and turning as I could do, nothing worked...he/she would NOT WAKE UP! So above is the best picture we could get from the appointment! It's very hard to see alot in the picture, and the nurse said fat is still forming all over the baby, so the face looks a little puffy (according to Danny). In my opinion the baby has Danny's lips and chin (I only say this because when Danny is VERY tired he puffs his lips out and sucks his chin in....and that is exactly what the baby is doing...IMAGINE THAT)!! Danny thinks it has my nose......but I guess we'll just have to wait and see who the baby actually looks like!

I also included a side profile picture of me right before the appointment.....which makes me 30 1/2 weeks. :) Still feeling great....Baby's heart beat is still consistent around 150-160 BPM.

We are planning on taking some pictures of the nursery this afternoon, so I'll update the blog again tomorrow with more pictures!

I can't believe we are down into the single digits until the baby will be here!!

Week 28

2009-09-01T11:54:00.000-07:00

First picture is of me, Danny, Shelley, Addison and RJ before heading out to the Keith Urban concert last Saturday!
Second picture is of Danny and I enjoying some pre-concert pizza! YUM YUM!!!
I am 28 1/2 weeks in these pictures and still feeling great!! Our next Dr. appointment is this Thursday, and I cannot wait to see how things are progressing!!

This is DEFINITLEY Danny's child!

2009-08-03T11:20:00.000-07:00

Not that I ever doubted that Danny was our child's father, but as funny as it may seem, in the 2nd picture to the left, our "WONDERFUL" child is flipping us off in the picture! The tech went in to measure the top of the baby's lip to make sure there wasn't any issues with a cleft pallet, at first the baby had both hands covering it's face, she shook my stomach a little to try and get the baby to move it's hand, and then suddenly the baby gave us the finger....in saying DON'T bother me I'm comfortable!!! Then Danny said, wow "that really is my child!" Let's hope this child will work with us a little more when it enters the real world!! Danny also said the baby is mad at me, because I'm letting it live in a NY studio apartment, and not a NY penthouse......
So after many laughs, the tech did her measurements, and everything checked out normal (no cleft pallet, 4 heart chambers, still 10 fingers and 10 toes). She said everything looked great!!! She even mentioned that even if she wanted to find out if it was a boy/girl, she couldn't because the baby was sitting with it's feet tightly tucked under its bottom with its legs completely shut....we think it knows we don't want to find out!!! Nov 22nd, will definitely be a surprise as the only ultrasound we have left is the 3D/4D in mid September. The heart beat was healthy at 158 BPM as well!!
I'm still feeling great, although the swelling has begun to take over my feet...I traded my 5.5 shoe size for probably a 7 on Friday night (I thought I might have cut my feet off and traded a bear for their feet....atleast that's what they looked and felt like) :)
I'll update more on Friday as I go in for the Gestational diabetes testing on Thursday afternoon...I heard the drink is GREAT....just kidding!
Hope everyone is doing well!!

Week 23

2009-07-27T06:42:00.000-07:00

Above is a picture of my ever growing belly from week 23! Almost at the 6 month marker!!
I'll update the blog more next week as we have an ultrasound scheduled for Monday and my monthly checkup next Thursday as well!

Baby is Happy and Healthy!

2009-07-10T11:01:00.000-07:00

I had my monthly checkup this past Thursday and everything checked out just fine! The Dr. was very pleased with the heartbeat at 154 and seemed to think that my weight gain and where the baby was sitting looked just about right as well. Danny and I will get another sneak peak at what Baby K is up to on August 3rd, which we are very excited about! The ultra sound technician did not get enough pictures of the heart, so we need to do another ultra sound in a few weeks to see if the baby will cooperate this time around!!! Nothing to worry about it's standard procedure.....we think the baby was a little shy (doesn't take after Danny nor I).
Danny will be busy this weekend painting the baby room a dark khaki color (I'll post pictures once we get some furniture in). I can't believe I'm already 21.5 weeks....time really has flown by and we have enjoyed every moment of this pregnancy! The baby has been moving a lot more often now, and Danny is very anxious for the day he can feel the baby himself. The butterflies have flown away and I'm now feeling some bubbles popping in my stomach (which the Dr said is the baby doing flips)....maybe there's a gymnast in there!
Enjoy your weekend and I'll post more next week!!!

Baby K is the size of a banana!

2009-07-07T08:08:00.000-07:00

I read on babycenter.com that Baby K is the size of a banana this week (20 weeks), and these pictures were taken when I was 19 weeks.......I just can't believe that he/she is the size of a banana!!! He/she looks HUGE to me!

We had our first ultra sound June 26th, and everything checked out great! The technician took about 45 minutes to do all the tests she needed to do and Danny and I enjoyed every minute of it! Baby K actually had the hiccups at one point, which was rather hysterical. Danny keeps telling me we have an American Idol on our hands b/c he/she is singing in the 2nd picture! I'd like to think that Baby K is blowing kisses to everyone!

Our due date was re-calculated to Nov 22nd, instead of Nov 18th....so maybe baby K will be a turkey baby after all!

We have our next appointment this Thursday and I will update once we get back from that as well, along with pictures from our wonderful trip to Italy!

We may have a champion swimmer on our hands.

2009-06-12T07:47:00.001-07:00

Danny and I had our 3rd doctors visit on Thursday (yesterday) and everything checked out GREAT! It was a very quick appointment, I didn't even have to change my clothes, which I thought was a plus. BUT the most amazing part was hearing the heartbeat again (150 BPM)! I don't think that is something I will ever get tired of hearing :) Baby K must have been swimming laps in my stomach, because Dr. Mullaly couldn't keep up with him/her for a long enough period of time to listen to the heartbeat for more than 10 seconds! Kind of funny, but as we were trying to find the baby, we heard a loud kind of like a bubble popping in my stomach. (Later Danny told me he was about to ask if the baby farted, when the Dr. told us the baby KICKED :) ) Very cool feeling, I must admit!
I have actually felt the baby kicking or moving around a lot lately (started last week) and it honestly feels like someone is tickling the inside of my stomach. It's a very surreal feeling, but amazing at the same time. Danny laid his head on my stomach the other night hoping he could feel/hear something...the baby was moving around right where his ear was, but Danny could only hear water moving around in my stomach....so all I can assume is the baby is not quite ready to let Daddy feel where he/she is yet.
Oh I forgot to mention that we scheduled our first ultra-sound for June 26th....right before our trip to Italy so we should be able to share a video of the baby by that time!
I hope you all have a great weekend! Danny and I will be busy working on our wonderful lawn this weekend, that is if the rain will subside until Monday at least!

17 weeks and counting......

2009-06-09T11:16:00.001-07:00

As you can see....Baby K has started to make its appearance into this world!!! It's kind of surreal, but more shocking to me at this point. This morning as I was getting ready for work, knowing that I would be taking this very picture from above......I asked Danny if I needed to put on an extra layer around my stomach.....just to make sure you couldn't see anything you shouldn't. He laughed and said, "You're pregnant Megan and it's ok if people notice now!" Thanks Danny!!!

We have our next Dr. appt this Thursday.......to hear the heartbeat again (which I'm looking foward to), check to make sure everything is staying on track health wise, and most importantly to schedule our ultrasound...YEAH!!! Hopefully we can schedule the ultrasound sooner than later!!!

Last weekend Danny and I headed to Lake Keowee in South Carolina to visit Danny's college friend Haus......while we were there we got some much needed sun, relaxed, hung out with good friends, and road on Haus's boat...and all I can say is WOW!!! On Sunday we drove to Atlanta to visit Danny's mom and go baby furniture shopping! Which I have to admit, was very successful...not only in the baby category but we also got some items for a few other rooms in our house (like a dresser for our receiver/DVD player which has been sitting on a speaker box for the last 2 years)! I will post more pictures once we start putting the room together!

Baby K's first official picture

2009-06-03T12:50:00.000-07:00

I know these images are VERY hard to see, but I wanted to make sure I posted our ultrasound pictures when Baby K was 8 weeks old! If you look really hard, you can see a + sign......that's where the little peanut is hiding!

Guess what.....we're PREGNANT!!

2009-05-31T16:13:00.000-07:00

So, it's taken me almost 3 months to actually sit down and create this blog! I haven't taken any pictures yet, so don't be mad! I promise to take some this weekend, of the belly I don't quite have YET :)
Overall I've been feeling pretty good lately, no more weird smells, nauseousness, or anything that remotely makes me feel in the least bit pregnant! I can finally stay up past 9 pm, which in Danny's eyes is AMAZING!!! We did have a Dr.'s appointment 2 weeks ago, where we could finally hear Baby K's heartbeat, which was absolutely out of this world! Danny came in after the Dr. had been searching for what seemed like 5 minutes for the heartbeat (but I'm pretty sure it was only 30 seconds). To me it sounded like Derby/Katy huffing after we took them on a long walk....both Danny and the Dr thought that was kind of funny (or maybe they thought it was weird and were just trying to make me feel better)! Either way, the baby had a 165-170 heart rate, which is really good!! Our next appt is June 11th (just a check up), but thats when we get to schedule our ultra-sound (which if you already don't know we aren't finding out the sex of the baby). I know, I know...hold back your emotions.....Danny and I would like it to be a suprise!
That pretty much sums up the past 3.5 months. Oh, and the most important thing to share....our due date is November 18th, 2009! Which means, our little turkey will be arriving right around Thanksgiving, hence the title of our blog....Here Comes the Turkey!