Harper Nicole Daughtry

Memorial Day weekend was great! Nana and Pepaw Daughtry came to visit. On Sunday we drove “over the mountain” to Rothrock State Park and had a great lunch at Doan’s Bones (mmm…BBQ). We went over to Shaver’s Creek and saw a great Birds of Prey show (http://www.outreach.psu.edu/shaverscreek/). After that we drove over to Alan Seeger park and walked through the huuuge Mountain Laurel and virgin timber (http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/Forestry/oldgrowth/alanseeger.aspx).

It was such a beautiful day!
Harper was prepared for the hike in her cute sunhat.

Ready for the hike

Harper is having fun!

Harper is observing nature and pondering the meaning of the universe.

Playing all day is such hard work.

Harper started daycare last week. She’s going to the Child Development Lab on campus. (Yes, it’s called a lab. It’s a part of Health and Human Development here at Penn State.) It’s great to have her so close to us - we can both walk over and see her any time. Harper and mommy have nice little lunch dates every day. Her classroom is mixed age groups from infant to two years. It’s nice because she’s exposed to children of different ages. The kids are so cute and love to play with “Baby Harper”. (She’s baby Harper because there is another little girl named Harper in the same room.) She is a great napper (and a loooong napper), eats well, and likes to chat with the other kids and teachers.
Here are some photos that Harper’s teacher, Karen, took of her playing.

We celebrated our first official Mother’s Day this past weekend.  Last year at this time we have pictures of snow in our backyard!

Harper is changing everyday and it’s hard to keep up with posting current pictures…..a picture taken an hour ago is almost outdated.  She likes to grab things and put them in her mouth.  She started sucking her thumb - which is super cute.  She laughs, coos, and babbles.  On Sunday she *almost* rolled over from back to front.  She doesn’t like tummy time very much, but loves to be on her back or sitting up looking around.

She started daycare on Monday, May 11th and, so far, all is well.  The kids in daycare like to play with her (it’s a mixed age group class - infant to 2 year olds) and the teachers think she is the cutest thing ever (we love the teachers and agree with them wholeheartedly).

Here are some updated pics of our happy baby girl……

Family Snapshot on Mother's Day

Kisses from Mommy

Harper and Mom on Mother's Day

Harper and the crazy toy

Ready for a walk with Mom

Sitting up in the bumbo seat

Tummy Time! A happy baby!