Keeping up with the Kants

Erich and I decided to celebrate our 5th anniversary in Key West.  It was a very relaxing time, and if not for Harper and Abbey, I may not have come home!  We stayed in a renovated mansion by the ocean, and it was nice and quiet.  I could spend all my mornings reading a good book in a hammock! I would recommend it for a couple, but I don't think it's a great place to take kids.  Most of the parents there looked pretty miserable lol. 

Harper turned 3 in June...I really have a hard time believing it's been that long since she came into our lives!  She is definitely growing into her own little person with opinions and she isn't afraid to express them.  She is also very sensitive, always the first to feel bad or sad for someone or something.  She loves "Abs"  (Abbey) and is so sweet with her.  She makes sure she has tucked her in before leaving each day, and loves to play with her outside.  She is still quite the mommy's girl, but she does let dad help here and there...we're definitely working on that! She also loves books, whether looking on her own or being read to, it's definitely one of her favorite pasttimes, just like her parents :)  We are so very happy to have this girl in our lives, and can't wait for what she has to bring in the future.  For her birthday, we visited the Farmer's market in the morning, then after lunch we went to a local gymnastics facility to play w...

Note: I started this last week and got distracted in a big way I guess.... I just wanted to make sure I document this momentous occasion...Harper pooped...on the toilet...of her own accord! Hallelujah!  We have been struggling so much with potty training (and the regression of it) that we have just been at our wits end.  I hit my breaking point when she peed on the floor at Wal-Mart...after we had visited the bathroom.  I'm an convinced our picture will make it onto some people of Wal-Mart website one of these days...But maybe, just maybe, things are back on track.  She had an accident free weekend, so keep your fingers crossed that I didn't just jinx us. Update: I did jinx us; while she has pooped on the toilet a few times, she is having more accidents than not.  Le sigh. I think part of her problem has also been that she is now the oldest kiddo in her daycare room, and won't move into the Penguin room until she turns 3.  I think when she doesn't ...