October

I think it's time to stop apologizing for neglecting my blog week after week, and just say I'll post whenever I post. With our crazy life, who knows when my next post will be!

The Niebs fam had a great August and September. We had an amazing assignment and met so many great people and friends. Harper got to play with three other two year olds every day! Shortly after we got home, Greater Edmonds YL had our Auction and Banquet which was a fantastic event. Then, finally, last week we started Young Life club for the fall which also went off without a hitch!

Harper is getting big so fast. She speaks really well, carrying on full conversations with pretty much anybody who will talk to her. We've been completely out of diapers for over a month now, and she's doing great with big girl underpants! She loves to ask everybody in the room what color underpants they're wearing which of course we all find hilarious and totally encourage :) She also loves to sing, and knows the words to lots and lots of songs. If she forgets the words to a song she just makes up some new better words. She now knows all her colors, and just like her mama she likes everything to be bean (green)! One of her favorite toys is her dump truck... she is definitely her daddy's daughter! Hair bows and pony tails are not for my little girl, she HATES having her hair done! Harp is a spunky thing and very opinionated about pretty much everything ALREADY! I think she's excited for her little sister to come into the world, at least however much she understands it at this point. We'll see what happens when the baby is actually here!!

The new babe will hopefully be arriving any time! I'll be 37 weeks on Saturday, and I feel VERY ready! She's starting to really hurt me when she moves around, which hopefully means she feels squashed in there and will be making an appearance soon! Although this big belly is a lot for my body to handle, I feel relatively good. Compared to what some moms go through, I think I should count my blessings. The girls' room is ready, and we have all the baby supplies we need...so we are ready to rock whenever she is!

I am so excited about the new diapers we got today, we are going for it with the cloth diapers this time! We decided on Thirsties and Polar Babies... both covers work with old fashioned diapers, but we ordered some new super soft organic ones also :) The Thirsties also grow with the baby. Although we haven't tried them yet, they seem so economical...I can't wait to get going!




Well hopefully next time I write it will be with baby updates!

Summer 2010

Wow, it's been a busy summer so far! Bret and I have been busy with fireworks stands, camping trips and of course our yearly trip to Malibu! So many great things so far this summer, and tomorrow our whole family leaves for Washington Family Ranch in Oregon for our month long assignment!

Our Malibu trip was great this year. We brought about 110 kids from Edmonds Woodway, Meadowdale and Kings. They all had such a great time, and we had the opportunity to watch God touch many of their lives! We've been working hard to follow up with the kids from camp every day since we've been home. Very exhausting, but rewarding none the less!! Below is a picture of my girls and me making journals the night before we left!



Harper has grown and changed so much this summer! She is just a little talking machine. She is saying full sentences, and will repeat almost any word. It's amazing how many people she remembers and asks about as well! She especially loves all our Young Life kids and remembers so many of their names! She sings lots of songs including Happy Birthday, the ABC's, Jesus loves me and Ring around the Rosie. She is very good at counting and remembering letters, she is even starting to pick out letters on the computer keyboard! Harps definitely has a little mind of her own, she is VERY opinionated and strong willed. This sometimes makes parenting challenging, but I think she is growing into a wonderful little human being! She also LOVES the pool. She will jump in from the side, go underwater without a problem, and even jump off the diving board! I'm so proud of my little fishie! She will love the pool at Washington Family Ranch this summer! Oh, and she also got an awesome new bike for her second birthday! She loves her bike and all her new Elmo toys ;)

I'll definitely keep updating this blog while on our assignment next month!

Oh Boy

Clearly, I have NOT been keeping up with this blog. I actually considered giving up on it altogether, but I thought I might as well keep it and just write whenever I write.

Harper is quickly approaching her second birthday. She is talking so much, sometimes it completely blows my mind. She says complete sentences now, although, sometimes they're hard to decipher if you don't speak Harper language :) She has been singing the abc's for a few weeks, and occassionally we'll even catch her counting...so far she has made it to 15! She can also say her whole name "Harper Grace Niebruegge". We definitely have to watch what we say around her now, because who knows what she'll choose to repeat. She loves to be independent and do things by herself. One of the funnies things she does right now is ask for "baby coffee" first thing in the morning. Little does she know, baby coffee is just warm milk with a tiny bit of chocolate sauce. We are also trying to explain to Harper that she has a little sister on the way. It's hard to tell how well she understands it, but I think she knows something big is going on!

Bret and I are really excited to take our kids to camp this summer. We'll be at Malibu Club from July 18-24 this year. About a week after we get home we'll head down to Washington Family Ranch in Oregon for our 20 day assignment. I'm really excited for this assignment. I think Harper is at a great age to hang out at a Young Life camp all day! We'll also have some great friends there, and some awesome work crew and summer staff kids who are coming from our area! The best part about the trip is that Bret's mom and sister and my parents will be coming as adult guests during the last week! I really can't wait!

harper language

I finally got a video of Harper talking. She's actually starting to put words together now, I think she might be getting close to sentences. Oh boy!

Hugo 'The Boss' Stiglets Niebruegge

We (or maybe just I) decided that since Murph was gone, Kona needed a new friend to keep her young. Bret, Jake and I searched far and wide for a puppy just after New Years. We found the perfect little pup and Jake named him Hugo 'The Boss' Stiglets. Hugo is now about 12 weeks old, and he is a terror. He's going to be a very big boy...he gained 6 lbs in the two weeks between his first and second vet visit! He terrorizes Harper and Kona to no end, but at the end of the day we all love him :)