We had a busy day on Saturday. When Harper woke up on Saturday morning she had a full house. Her daddy, Aunt Andi, Mamaw, Papaw, and I were all in the living room watching her play.
Her new favorite game is putting on mine and her daddy's shoes and trying to walk. These were a little more than she could handle, but she got a good laugh.
What fun we all had last Saturday morning! Harper was just about as excited as I've ever seen her. As you will be able to tell from the pics, this wasn't your typical gymnastics class. Of course, at 16 months what do you expect? The gym was set up as an obstacle course where the kids could run, jump, bounce, climb, swing, etc... You were supposed to be 18 months to start, but the teacher evaluated Harper and decided that she was more than ready to begin:) Pictures are courtesy of Mamaw while Papaw was in charge of the video camera. I think we all three got a great workout chasing Harper around the gym. I know that after class was over the four of us were ready for a nap!
We think her favorite activity was climbing up this mat and then sliding back down.
She wasn't quite sure what to do here, but as you can see in the next pic she eventually got the hang of it.
She took about a 2 second break half way through the class. That's her teacher laughing at her.
And another break for water.... This was actually her 1st activity of the day. We weren't sure we were going to be able to get her on the floor to start once she found the water fountain.
In the past 5 days Harper has experienced her first bee sting and her first stomach virus. Both were very scary at the time, but as you can she seems to have come out of it okay. She is modeling her bohemian look.
Harper's first new toy came from Mamaw and Papaw. She has just started taking an interest in babies, so they got her a baby stroller. She loves it!!!
Harper's next new toy came from the Stomach Virus Fairy. She got her first big wheel or "bike" as she calls it. 
Last night we had a turf celebration party and Harper had the time of her life....
Here we are trying to coax her to talk to the Skyhawk. She had her picture made earlier with him, but now she's shy all of a sudden. This is after having chased him all over the field.
Here's the picture! She can't take her eyes off him. This may be the first time she's encountered a life size character other than Santa last year which I'm sure she doesn't remember. Her dad looks real excited:)
She's testing out the new turf. The turf may be new to some people, but it's a second home to Harper. Oh! She's also modeling her boo boo. Her mean mom made her wear her new sandals and she tripped on the concrete and hurt her knee. Yes, I feel bad.
These are all the players that Marcus coaches. The QB's are in front and the wide-outs are in back. They all know and love the Harpster.
There was loud music playing throughout the night. In the following shots Harper has decided to dance. Here, she's at the top of the concrete steps and her dad is afraid she might start dancing to hard and take a tumble....sound familiar dad?
We finally broke down and brought Harper's frog pool outside. Nana, Papa, and Aunt Abby bought Harper this pool for her birthday back in April. Until now, it has served as a clubhouse/chair/bed for Harper in her room. How do you like Harper's bed-head?
Mommy about got wet in this shot. Fortunately, I still have some moves left in me.
We found out that the bottom of the pool can get pretty slick. I don't think that Harper anticipated getting her hair this wet. Also, her daddy had just finished mowing the yard so it probably wasn't the best time to get wet.
I think Harper is thru with the photo shoot. She's trying to put the lense back on the camera.
As far as preschool is concerned, she seems very excited about going. The past two mornings she has clapped when we pull into the parking lot. However, when I picked her up yesterday she had a fever and had not eaten all day. She was a little better by this morning, but I hope her immune system gets built up quickly.
Papaw is teaching Harper new tricks with the football.
We think she's about got the hang of it. She's learning to kick and this might be a good tee....
or we can just punt the ball:)
I think Dad likes to play as much as Harper!
