Happy 1st Birthday Harper

It's hard to believe but our little Miss Harper turned one last Friday. Where has the year gone...so many wonderful little memories with our little girl!

Posing for the camera with Boppa in my rockin'
b-day outfit!

Harper's Noni brought the wonderful birthday hat...she'll be able to use it for many parties to come!

Just realized it's my party day...soooo excited!

Birthday kisses for Boppa!

Posing with 2 of my favoritest people...Grammy and Noni!

Cake Time......

blowing out the candle

the initial face smash

Waving to the people

Family photo opportunity

The end result....

Yeah...I'm One!!!

Looking forward to many more memories to come.....

For those of you who were unable to witness it in person....here's a little video of the famous cake face smash!

Life in Slow Motion?

Is it possible to stop how fast our little one is growing up? I know everyone has said it happens so quickly, but we never realized how fast they truly meant....

One Month Old....

Five Months Old....

11 Months Old....

We're so big that we can even call up our friends and family...

Keeping Busy....

Yes it has been well over a month since my last post....at least we're consistent! We've been enjoying our time with little Miss Harper so much I've lost track of time.

What's new...

Harper is crawling with the best of them...she started making her move around the beginning of June. She's pulling herself up on everything and "cruising" around the couches, tables, etc. She's been caught standing on her own a few times but not consistently yet. We made the run to babies'r'us and have hopefully taken proper steps to prevent any major accidents down the death trap known as our stairs (if you've seen them you understand).

We just recently returned from a 2 week vacation at Eagle Crest with Boppa, Grammy, Uncle Cale, Auntie Lori and Josh and Allie. Such a great time that went by way too fast.

Now we are just trying to beat the heat, why did we decide to wait on that AC unit again?

Can't believe we are just a little over a month away from celebrating our first birthday!

Pics to catch up....

Meeting Great Grandpa....

Exploring the great outdoors....

Enjoying time in the pool....

Greeting Mommy and Daddy in the morning....

Practicing our pirate face....

Just being cute....

Nine Month Photo Shoot

Harper had the opportunity to have her nine month photos taken by a local photographer who is looking to expand her "baby" business. We have not yet previewed the full photo shoot, but she sent along some previews.....

Harper was also joined by her cousin Ashton for part of the shoot. Ashton is my cousin Courtney's little girl who was born the day before Harper....we call them twins from another mother. Here are a few previews from that part of the shoot as well.....

Can't wait to see them all!

Time with the Family

In true fashion, I am just now posting pictures from 3 weeks ago...but I'm getting a wee bit better.

We made a trip to Vancouver to celebrate our nephew Josh's first birthday. He celebrated with his cake in true 1st birthday style......

Harper and Josh spent some more time getting to know each other.....I love this sequence of pictures, although it looks like he did, Josh didn't actually push Harper over she did this on her own.....

For Memorial Day weekend we traveled over the mountains to visit the east side.

Harper enjoyed spending time with her cousins Courtney and Makenna, she was very entertained with them....

She also received many hugs and kisses from all of her family.....

With Noni and Papa.....

Daddy and Grandpa Rick.....

Great Grandma Karen.....

Dancing with Uncle Greg......

Several times we have discussed that we need to have a family photo taken, so we thought hey we're all together let's try this on our own. It was a beautiful day in Spokane so we made a short trip to the Bowl and Pitcher.....

The full family attempt (with Auntie Chelle taking the picture)....

I would say we are still in need of having a family photo taken, and Michelle you don't get to escape this time :)

My oh my where has the time gone.....

I have surrendered to the fact that we seem to only find time to post once a month. It is what it is but hey something is better than nothing right?

Not much is new in the life of the Flynn's.

Harper officially has 2 bottom teeth and her top 2 have started to break through as well. So far she's been very pleasant through the teething process.

Harper has started rocking back and forth on all fours but hasn't quite made the move forward yet. Chris and I are slow to encourage as we know once that first crawl happens we are in for a whole new ball game.

Harper is such a joy and Chris and I just love watching her personality develop. She is constantly making us laugh.

Here are a few shots of our little girl over the last month.....

Playing with her puppies....

Jumping in the jungle....

I think this is her attempt at a lion...."roar"..... Her future's so bright....

Grammy and Boppa came for a visit over Mother's day weekend. It was so nice to have the time with them. Harper certainly enjoyed her mornings hanging out with them in bed, and mommy and daddy enjoyed the chance to sleep in!

Lounging with grammy....

Strolling through farmer's market with boppa.....

Posing with daddy.....

with grammy and boppa.....

with grammy and mommy....

Easter and catching up....

Harper had her first visit from the Easter bunny, she was left a stuffed bunny and a fantastic new toy to play with! Unfortunately the bunny didn't bring any candy this year......which was good for mommy and daddy!

I know this is a horrible shot, but if you look closely you can see that Harper has 2 bottom teeth now!

We spent a week at the beach at the end of March with the Piland clan. The weather was so rainy and windy we didn't make it to the beach for more than 15 minutes and we didn't get any photos. The lack of sunshine allowed for many hours of family time....Harper enjoyed hanging with her cousins Allie and Josh.....

I realize it's been a month since we posted last....here are just a few shots of our growing girl!