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What a difference a day makes!  Yesterday was... rough to say the least.  I could not get Harper down for a good nap which makes her (and me) overtired.  I felt like such a failure as a parent.  Anyway, I won't dwell on it, but it was tough on me. 

However, she was so tired by the end of the day that she slept from 8:15 pm until 4:45 am!!!!!  Now, again, I'd much rather her nap during the day and get up during the night, but after yesterday I needed that sleep.  So I fed her and put her back down around 5:30 and she slept another two hours!  Then she got up, took a bath, ate, played a little on the floor and started looking sleepy again.  So I put her in the stroller and went for a walk (since she won't let me rock her to sleep).  She fell asleep quickly and has now been napping for almost three hours!  I have a feeling it's going to be a good day today :)

Harper has been so much fun lately now that she's smiling and "talking" a lot more.  I'm trying to get a good picture of her smiling but so far this blurry picture is the best I have...

Here is a picture before we left to go to Kevin and Jenae's house to watch the A&M game on Saturday.  I should have posted the other pictures we took before we got this one.  Harper was trying to eat her jacket.  (She has started licking or "eating" anything that gets near her mouth... she discovered her hands recently and that's her favorite thing to put in her mouth now.  Still not a huge fan of the pacifier though.)  I didn't get to watch much of the game since I was watching Harper, but it was really nice to visit with Kevin and Jenae.  We don't get to see them too often.

Jason and I had attempted to go to Gringos on three different occasions in the past few weeks with no success (too long of a wait or Harper was crying in the car on the way and we chickened out).  Well, we finally decided to just do it and see what happened.  So Saturday evening we went to Gringos (at 5:30... no wait!) and Harper actually fell asleep right when we got seated!  I think the LOUD restaurant lulled her to sleep.  Jason and I enjoyed a great dinner at our favorite Mexican restaurant :)

I think her outfit was so cute on Saturday!  We also love how she sleeps with her hands up at times...

This was Harper's Halloween outfit that my mom sent.  Hair bows are only for pictures... Harper's not much of a fan.

And here is a picture of Harper and her daddy that I thought was sweet.  It's rare that she'll lay still like this!

Better go.  I have a feeling Harper will be waking up soon... please pray that her naps will get easier and more consistent!  It makes for such a better day.  Thanks!