The Rancourt Family: Happy 9 Months Harper!

November marks Harper's 9 month mark. I'm not sure what's harder to believe, that she's already 9 months or that she's only been a part of our lives for 9 months. What would we do without her.

October was a great month for us. Harper and I took a solo trip to Chicago at the beginning of the month. We stayed for 10 whole days and had a fantastic time. It was wonderful for Harper to meet all of our family out there and we even managed to squeeze in a trip to the zoo as well as Bengston's Halloween fair and a trip to Michigan to do some apple and pumpkin picking. Will had to stay home as he's taking his EMT-Intermediate class right now. It's keeping him very busy but he'll be done in December and it will be a huge relief.

Harper managed to catch a cold this month. We brought her to the doctor after it had lasted what seemed to be much too long. She weighed in at 13 lbs 6 oz and the told us she had a virus that needed to run it's course. she's still a little sniffly but much better. We go back for a well baby visit next week. Still only two teeth. The most exciting thing this month is that Harper is learning to sign. She signs 'more' and 'nurse'. She doesn't use them correctly yet but we're working on that.

October also brought Harper's first halloween. She was a little tree and got to wear her costume to our music class as well as to the fire station on halloween. surprisingly she didn't mind the hat at all and wore it for the whole class and most of the night on halloween. she looked so stinking cute!

We also took our first trip to the Montshire Museum with the McClellands, Marshall, Becky & Cadance & Adam and Amelia. It was great fun and always nice to have all our kiddos together in the same place.

November is already off and running. Harper's 9 month photo (above) was taken at our house in Quechee on our way to walk Bella.