Boons!

Harper LOVES balloons - or as she likes to call them "boons". She recently acquired a couple and has become very attached to them.

I took this picture after we got home from church yesterday. Notice the death grip she has on them even though she's asleep. After I got her out of the car, I tried to lay her down for a nap. She cried until I let her sleep with one of them. Don't worry. I cut the string so she wouldn't hang herself.

This is a shot from breakfast this morning. She refused to eat until both balloons were present. Also, notice her facial expression. This is the face she makes when I tell her to smile.

Water Day

Every Thursday is water day at baby school. Harper loves all things water related so I think Thursday is her favorite day of the week. I think her teachers also like Thursday best because all the kids take really good naps after playing in the water.

Sometimes they get to eat watermelon on water day. Bonus!

Funny Videos

These videos seriously crack me up.

Personality Test

There is a quiz floating around Facebook that is supposed to tell you your Myers-Briggs personality type. I took it yesterday and was kind of surprised by the outcome. It said I was a ISTJ (Introverted-Sensing-Thinking-Judging). I took a Myers-Briggs test about a year ago and was a INTJ. So, I did what anyone would do, I took a bunch more online Myers-Briggs tests to see what I really was. Turns out I am in fact a ISTJ.

Some of my strengths are:

• responsible and dependable
• good at following through
• faithful and loyal to family and friends
• organized and systematic

Some things I may need to work on are:

• not naturally in tune with my emotions or the emotions of others
• usually don't give myself enough credit for accomplishments because I see them simply as natural fulfillments of obligations
• may take my own efforts for granted and therefore tend to take other's efforts for granted
• can become frustrated when others are not as organized or dependable

What's your personality type? You can take a test here. Then you can go here to find out more about your particular type.

What a Week

We have had a crazy last few days. Here's a rundown.

• Harper got Hand, Foot, and Mouth disease from baby school. It wasn't serious, but she did have a lot of sores in her mouth that made it really painful to eat just about everything. She's better now.
• The breaks went completely out on Rob's car. It's still not fixed yet.
• We moved into our new house. All of our stuff is technically in the house. About 20% of it is put away.
• The air conditioner in our new house magically broke right before we moved in. The temperature has been in the mid-90s for the last 5 days here in Nashville. It was literally 85-90 degrees in the house - way too hot to stay there so we have been staying with friends for the last 3 days. It took 2 repair companies and 4 days to fix it, but it's fixed and we will finally be sleeping in our new house tonight.
• Harper pooped in the bathtub for the first time ever. Enough said.

We are all a little tired. But, the good news is that things are getting better. Thanks to all of our totally awesome friends that helped with the move and especially Laurie and Ed for letting us stay at their house.

Nice Timing

Things Harper likes about baby school:

• The tunnel

• Art time

• Reading with her friends

• Water Days

What Harper doesn't like about baby school:

• Getting Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease

Yep. That's right. Nice timing too (T-minus 5 days till we move). She's doing ok. Her mouth hurts, but ice cream helps. Prayers are appreciated.

Child Labor and Other Confessions

We are officially moving on Saturday - that's when the movers are coming. Until then, we will be packing and moving as much as we can by ourselves. To this end, we have resorted to using child labor.

I am very excited to move into our new house. It's out in the country. Harper will have a huge yard to play in. I can't say that I'll miss our apartment very much. We are currently living on the 3rd floor. There are 39 stairs to climb to get to our apartment. 39 stairs to carry Harper up and down every day. 39 stairs to carry groceries up. 39 stairs to climb when you get to the car and realize you forgot something on the kitchen counter. You get the picture.

Also...I have a turkey in my freezer. It's been there since last Thanksgiving. The university that I work for gives out turkeys every year at Thanksgiving as an employee appreciation gift. I don't know how to cook a turkey. Therefore, it has been in the freezer since I got it. My question for you is: Is it still good? Should we bother moving it to the new house or just toss it? Does anyone want it? Or better yet, does someone want to come to my house, cook it, and then we can have a dinner party? I'll cook everything else. You just take care of the bird. Deal?