Friday, April 17, 2009

My Little "Helper"

Since we haven't sold our house yet (grr) a lot of our things are still in storage, including a lot of clothes that were given to us for Harmony. The little peanut is growing (slow and steady) out of her 9 month clothes (and yes, she is 17 months old), so I asked Mike to stop by the place where we store our things (thank you Rob and Missy!) to pick up her 12 month clothes. We are so so lucky that most of her 12 month clothes are for summer (she should have fit into them last year), so we now have this whole new wardrobe for Harmony. Seriously, it felt like Christmas here at the Shipman home. Mike brought 3 tubs worth of clothes back, and I spent a majority of the day on Wednesday washing the clothes, packing up all the clothes that no longer fit, and putting away the new ones. It was A LOT of work, but i was so glad to get it done. Harmony was awesome the whole time, happy to play in the boxes, helping me put away clothes, and of course getting them right back out. Here's a pic of her "helping". And that is a new dress she is wearing. :-)




Oh, and BTW, Harmony was put on some meds to help with her stomach issues (her belly empties out a little slow), and after 2 weeks of being on them, she gained almost 10 ounces! YAY!

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Love that picture!!! And Praise the Lord, the meds are working!!!

Barb

Amy said...

Oh what a sweet little helper! Cant wait to see all the cute clothes, she is already one of the best dressed kids out there

Beth said...

Woo hoo! Sooooo glad the meds are working. What a cutie pie she is, too - I LOVE the picture.

Andrea said...

You asked for tips on ditching the bottle - and we just took it away - didn't really make it an option to get the bottles anymore. I made sure I knew she knew HOW to drink for various sippy's before hand - like always giving her water in the sippy to practice... and then last week I got fed up with washing bottles and just put them all away. She did fine the first whole day/night - and then the second and third nights of it she refused to take anything before bed. By night 4 she was totally comfortable with the new routine and hasn't given us trouble since then.
Hope it works for you as easily if you decide to make the transition soon!