And the Oscar goes to…

Elna!  These are a few of my very favorites lately.  She cracks us up (almost) all of the time!

We watch this video a lot, because it is seriously funny.  And it’s just so Elna!  You will laugh!

In the next one, Elna’s face cracks me up as she is trying to sound things out—it makes me laugh every time—I keep replaying it because it just makes my heart explode with love for this girl—look at her face at 4-6 seconds—I also love when she whispers Lance’s name because I’m whispering it.  That girl!

And another of Elna being a little confused with words—I’ve been trying to teach her how to say her full name.  It can be confusing when you also have Grandma’s with both of your names—Grandma Elna and Grandma Fae.  Funny girl:

And because Harriet is cute too:  (warning, this one is cute, but not nearly as engaging—a lot of smiling and cooing and gurgling—perfect for Grandmas!)

Enjoy!

Harriet—3 months.

June 19, 2013

Oh the sweetness of this little girl!  She is so well-natured and easy—such a blessing!

Is it just us, or is she really cute?  And so happy!

My grandma (my dad’s mother, who passed away a few years ago) made this dress for me when I was a baby.  Elna also wore this dress when she was about Harriet’s age—here is a picture of each of us wearing the dress:

At 3 months, Harriet:

--is an absolute delight!  She is happy almost always if she is awake.  She’s awake a lot, so she is happy even when she is tired.  She smiles all of the time and I love it when she smiles when she catches me looking at her. 

--has a cute little belly laugh and is very easily humored. 

--coos back as soon as we say anything to her.  We can have long conversations like this—love talking to her!

--is still not an awesome sleeper, but it’s been really hot here and we don’t have AC, so who can blame her?  She wakes up a few times during the night still, but we can usually get her to go back to sleep the first time she wakes up, so that I only feed her once a night.  It could be worse, but I wish it were a little better.

--has great head control and can push her head up high when laying on her stomach.

--rolls with the punches—what a nice way to be!  I could learn a thing or two from her! :)

We are absolutely crazy about her! 

Harriet’s blessing day.

I did one of these name prints for Elna, and loved it, so I decided to do one for Harriet too.

Harriet’s blessing dress.

Her namesake wall—starting top left and going clockwise:  Harriet Olive Harris (the original Harriet), Harriet Joanne Harris,

Joanne Cowley Austin Linford, & Harriet Harris

The quilt Grandma Elna (my mom) made for Harriet.

The one failed attempt at getting a picture of the girls together—neither were having it.

On top of the quilt Grandma Elna made for her.

Family picture before heading to church.

The men in the circle—Allan Roberts, Chris Harris, Nathan Harris, DeWin Harris, Brian Harris, Tom Clark, Lance Astle, & Daren Harris

The whole group.

The Harris family (minus Jared—missed you, Jar!)

Clark family

And because I wasn’t thrilled with the way her pictures turned out Sunday, I took a few thousand more of her a few days later:

So in love with this big wide eyes!  Wide eyes like her sweet great aunt Harriet.

She’s as sweet as she looks!

Love heaped up, pressed down and running all over these two sweet girls!

Harriet’s blessing was beautiful and powerful—a sweet experience for both me and Brian.  I rarely see Brian get emotional, but for both of our girls blessings he has.  Oh, how I hope she will honor the amazing women she was named after by living a life filled with faith, service, charity, humor, and righteousness.  We are grateful to be Harriet’s parents!