Put a succulent on it.

Posted on | July 19, 2011 | 114 Comments

tada! a super awkward, pretty ridiculous vlog for your enjoyment.

sidenote: after watching this i realized there is a point where it sounds like i call Harper an idiot. before all the loonies show up telling me OMGWTFBBQ, i just wanted to clear up that i actually said “she’s eating it”. i would never call my kid an idiot. i reserve those types of names for myself after i post videos like this on the internet.

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  • http://profiles.google.com/jennarosener Mrs Jenna

    Holy crap. CHHHAAAPPPPP STTIIIIIICCCKKKKKK!!!!

    Dead.

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  • http://rmtnmama.blogspot.com Rocky Mountain Mama

    This is the best vlog ever!  You guys are both adorable!  And I am in love with your daughter!  You better watch out…I may have to steal her someday.  :)  Anyways…the chapstick obsession has hit our house too.  We have had to hide it from Christopher because he will put it on for hours and hours.  I even caught him trying to take a bite out of my Burt’s chapstick and I was not happy about it.

    And mason jars?  Totally awesome too!  I used one recently to store my cupcake liners.  :)

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  • Anonymous

    Harper is crazy. I love it.

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  • Anonymous

    I am so not obsessed with chapstick.  But after that I wanna be, OSSESSED WITH CHASSSTIK!  How cute.  And I never knew how sassy you were. Your sarcasm comes out wonderfully in vlogs.  Love it!

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  • http://www.gracelovesthebeatles.com grace

    that’s hilarious and adorable. OBSESSED WITH CHAPSTICK RIGHT NOW!

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  • Lenette

    Seriously. I don’t know who is more cuter, you or Harper. Loved it!

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  • http://stephaniert90.blogspot.com Stephanie T.

    Hallie just watched this with me, and has proceeded to ask me every.single.second.since if Harper was an opera singer. 

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  • Lisa Freedenberg

     my heart just burst into 1,000,000 little pieces! chapstick! twitter! wow. my 7.5 month old’s ears perked right up! as for pinterest… you’ve successfully made me feel both bad & good for not being on there. love this vlog. <3

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  • Stacey Riedmiller

    Um… I’m dying over here. My daughter is two and just starting to really string words together and if this is coming up, I can’t wait. ADORABLE video!

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  • http://asortafairytaleblog.com mandy at asortafairytale

    Okay, can I just say that the best part of this entire video is the little cackle that she does at about 2min 5sec in to the video. Stinkin’ CUTE!

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  • http://thewalmartgourmet.com Leah Lynch

    So that’s pretty cute.  

    Where I live, they have this huge flea market/trades day thing, and last month every other booth had a mason jar on a wine glass stem. I can’t believe i didn’t buy one. Am totally kicking myself for that.

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  • http://thewalmartgourmet.com Leah Lynch

    So that’s pretty cute.  

    Where I live, they have this huge flea market/trades day thing, and last month every other booth had a mason jar on a wine glass stem. I can’t believe i didn’t buy one. Am totally kicking myself for that.

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  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Dyanna-Lynne-Littke/1308418954 Dyanna Lynne Littke

    Harper knocks my socks off. I may be a bit early on the chapstick run because V is only 21 months and already ingested a strawberry AND vanilla. I keep thinking she will know better- perhaps I have too much faith in the abilities of my less than two year old?

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  • garpjarp

    i love this. thank you. :)

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  • mrs.mfc

    I love you guys :)

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  • Jodi

    OBSESSED WITH CHAPSTIIIICK!!

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  • http://www.bebebirdbeck.blogspot.com Amber

    hahaha oh how I love y’all. Seriously. love. Creepy internet stalking love. and OMGWTFBBQ made me lolz.

    Happy Tuesday pretty lady!

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  • dee

    I just think you are so adorable! keep on keepin’ on, love!

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  • ellie

    umm, does she always repeat everything you say? because that is absolutely ah-freaking-dorable.

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  • http://delirious-rhapsody.blogspot.com/ Deanna Fike

    hey, at least she gets it on her lips. my four year old rubs it all over his face.

    oh my goodness, i terribly miss the stage where my son repeated everything i said. :)

    i really wish it was as acceptable to be a weirdo at 27 as it is at two.

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  • isabelle

    Mandy. Seriously. Be my friend.

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  • Anonymous

    um. this is the best video EVER…and the fact that I say that every!time! you do a video, means your videos make me giggle. and now i know that i am not the only one with an obsession with mason jars. :) Even cooler fact: My son is named Mason, so I love them even more, and no I did not name my son after the jar. But, BUT I do NOT have a big pitcher Mason jar, so i need to get on that. 

    love your girl. favorite part: oobbbsseesssed wit chapstiiiick! heeheee….

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  • Mallory

    This makes me sooooo beyond excited (and a lil scurred) for my 16 month old to get older.  I’m a bit obsessed with pinterest at the moment too. I get a little too over joyous when someone repins me.  Have you seen the succulents in frames… I’ve been telling my husband that we need to fashion a few for our patio.  I’ll let you know if I actually do it before losing interest in it entirely.  

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  • http://twitter.com/littlehenhouse Morgan B.

    Try spray painting your mason jars matte white. Consider your mind officially blown. 

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  • http://www.elevenyellowdandelions.blogspot.com/ allieinsavannah

    I’m hoping Harper’s cute replaces my current association with chapstick that is my father in law making Napoleon Dynamite jokes like, 50 years after that was still somewhat funny. She’s always been so smart but this video is crazy, not even three and saying things like, “Obsessed with chapstick?” Harper Einstein! Love that kid and love you two together, this video rules. 

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  • http://lawmamaliz.blogspot.com/ Law Mama

    OMG, Harper is hilarious. I could not stop laughing. 

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  • Megan

    omg I was crying laughing, loved especially when you said that her lips were moisturized at all times and she laughed like HAHAHA. TWIDDDDURRRRRRR

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  • http://twitter.com/Nevturiel Katie Harris

    <3 that kid.

    Hopefully her lips don't get dried out from putting it on too much. Sometimes that happens.

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  • http://notacouponqueen.wordpress.com/ Mo

    You and that cute kid of yours! Nearly made this pregnant lady pee herself! SO CUTE!!
    love the mason jars
    love the chapstick
    love your hair!

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  • http://www.hibabyblog.com/ melissa d.

    holy crap that was cute. chaaaaapstick!

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  • Denise McArthur

    oh my gosh.  yes.  I live in Kent.  Sun has disappeared completely.  Good thing we still have the internet :)

    Your daughter is WAY cute.

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  • http://pecklife.typepad.com/ Emily

    Ok, first of all….you are seriously both hilarious…like really funny. Second, I couldn’t agree more with the mason jars…i’m totally obsessed. Third, I’m obsessed with chapstick too – I thought everyone was?!

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  • http://twitter.com/DesiPayment Desi Payment

    Harper is hilarious…and obsessed, but mostly hilarious :) . I am having a reception on Saturday and I am using handmade fabric flowers in mason jars as one of my centerpieces. They will be making a few more appearances holding striped straws and chalk and whatever else I can find to use them for…Pinterest IS the devil.

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  • http://www.etsy.com/shop/thriftyvintagekitten ThriftyVintageKitten

    OH EM GEE.  You want to talk about awkward? I’m at work right now CRYING from laughing so hard from this video. What Boss Man? I’m just crying because I’m so emotionally involved in my job, not because I’m watching a vlog that has NOTHING to do with work or anything.
    HEART YOU.
    P.S. My 2-year-old is OBSSESSED with chapstick too.

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  • Tracy

    I am obsessed with you.  And Harper.  And mason jars.  And milk glass.  And chapstick.  And Seattle sun THAT IS NEVER EVER HERE.  (Please kill me.)  Come over.

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  • http://www.roachkid.blogspot.com Angie

    your daughter is the CUTEST!  I get the mason jar issue…My husband asked if we were starting to can to which I responded “no, we are starting to be real life Pinterest”…

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  • alyssamjo

    What the flip. I really am kinda impressed with your daughter. I’m sitting here thinking, “I was never that cool/CRAZY, independent and hilarious as a child!” My inner child of years past is jealous, I guess.

    Oh holy crap. I just read Morgan B.’s comment about painting mason jars. Damn. Now, I’M gonna be totally obsessed. Thanks a lot Morgan! {No, but seriously…thanks}

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  • http://www.peanutbutterhandprint.blogspot.com Andrea

    you can’t script that kind of awesome.  love you guys.

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  • http://www.lookatthebirds.com t.bird

    haaa. alex & i thoroughly enjoyed that.

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  • http://profiles.google.com/love.peace.lauren Lauren Graham

    i’m a ghost now because the adorableness that is this video killed.me.dead. 

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  • http://www.sarbearsjourney.blogspot.com Sara Reeves

    hahaha. Harper is HILARIOUS! You are both hilarious. And obsessed, which is normal, I think? Or maybe just obsessed people say those sorts of things. Who knows! 

    If it helps at all, my sister used to lay in bed with a chap stick collection on her nightstand and she would lick, and eat them, and now she’s a fairly well-adjusted woman with a daughter of her own. It must just taste THAT wonderful.

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  • Tracimae26

    so i let my 8 month old sit in my lap while I watched this video and he absolutely cracked up whenever Harper said anything. I thought this was pretty much freaking adorable, so I thought I’d let him watch some youtube videos of babies laughing and talking and watch some more outrageous cuteness. Turns out he only has eyes for Harper. :)  

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  • http://twitter.com/TheNextMartha Jennifer Hajer

    Seriously.  Can’t even take it.  Also?  I want that mason jar/handle/spout.  WANT.  

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  • http://twitter.com/TheNextMartha Jennifer Hajer

    Seriously.  Can’t even take it.  Also?  I want that mason jar/handle/spout.  WANT.  

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  • http://linzlovesyou.com Lindsay Goldner

    Well i was feeling all sad and PMS-y (like legit crying pity party here) and then I watched this and started laughing so hard i started crying ALL OVER AGAIN. Happy tears though, so thanks, harps! And you too, of course.

    Also, that succulent in a mason jar? Know what it’s missing? You need to PUT A BIRD ON IT.

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  • http://bables.tumblr.com Beth

    Oh, man.  My mom would get so pissed at me when she’d take the lid off of her cherry Chapstick and see my two little teeth tracks across the top.  I loved eating that stuff.

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    Mandy Reply:

    YES! i used to take bites of my moms dr. pepper chapstick all. the. time. payback is a bee!

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  • Anonymous

    Beyond cute! Love, love, love.  I too am obsessed with chapstick.  And succulents….they are perfect for the anti-green thumb types like myself. 

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    Mandy Reply:

    EXACTLY! i kill all other plants. these i can keep alive!

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  • http://www.mividacontigo.com Pamela

    you guys are hilarious. I almost wanna watch again :P

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  • Amber

    so much joy.

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  • http://reeseypeace.blogspot.com Amanda Lindgren

    haha im dying! ps… my head really did almost explode when i saw the awesomness that is that mason jar/pitcher! pps… please do lots more vlogging! xo

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  • http://www.liveitoutphoto.com Jon

    omg, please keep being you and DO NOT touch editing.  i want the real deal, homie.

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    Mandy Reply:

    ok, ok. you’re right, it’s better all real life and junk. :)

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  • Anonymous

    Haha, you’re so funny!
    I too am obsessed with the same things! Poor Harper got hooked on chap stick young, I started in 7th grade. But I totally get why she loves it! It’s amazing! I like to call it Lip Crack! Thats how obsessed I am with it! Just typing this makes me want to put some on!!
    Second…to make your succulent in a mason jar look even cuter, paint the inside of the jar with acrylic paint (this will come off if you ever decide you don’t want a plant in it anymore) in a bright color, then it’ll hide the dirt and accentuate the writing on the jar!
    -Kate
    irisinspired.blogspot.com

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  • Christina C

    Too cute! Harper is hilarious!!!

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  • Sarah G

    Your vlog made my day! Thank you for the laughs :) And Pinterest..Holy moly, wish I could quit my day job and pin all day. HA!

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  • http://allthingsremembered.blogspot.com/ Jessica Diamond

    I’m dying from laughter over here. You two are freaking hilarious. I love Harper. Also, don’t edit your videos. I love seeing them just like this. So much better. :) NOT GONNA STOP SAYING IT!

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    Jessica Diamond Reply:

    Oh, and I totally made my husband watch this video. He cracked up. :)

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  • Anonymous

    that was great!  

    it must be the age because Emilia is also completely OBSESSED with chapstick and, let’s be honest, lipstick.  i have to to go hide to put my lipstick on.  

    editing?!?  no edits needed.  :)

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  • http://jodiink.com jodi

    haha!! oh my gosh this totally made my day! Harper is the cutest! 

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  • http://twitter.com/mplusmequalsm M’s Mommy

    aw, love her! great vlog :)  

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  • http://twitter.com/babyrabies Jill Krause

    OH my GAH!! I love you! And I can’t wait to have wine with you! And we can drink it from Mason jars! And I will bring Chapstick for Harper! And does she have Dr. Pepper flavored Chapstick yet? Because, OMG, I will provide!

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    Mandy Reply:

    true story – when i was like 3 i’d eat my moms dr. pepper chapstick. EAT IT ALL GONE. it’s still to this day my very favorite chapstick. admittedly scared to introduce her to such amazingness.

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  • http://www.jacquelynclark.com jacquelyn | lark + linen

    I’m obsessed with chapstick and mason jars too! It’s like one mind.
    ps you guys rule all that is great and holy

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  • http://tinyhumans.wordpress.com Meredith

    O.M.G. I’m dying over here! Adorable, the both of you!

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  • Maren McCoy

    I have a lot to say about this vlog, so I’ll give it to you as bullet points for easy reference, yo.

    * You guys are HILARIOUS.  Totally not exaggerating, please be my friend/peep/homegirl 4 life.

    * You know what I like?  The mason jars with the hinged, locking lid.

    * Whatever you do, don’t let her near the Burt’s Bees.  If chapstick is Lip Crack, Burt’s is lip heroin.  (Probably more addictive and definitely spendier).

    * Talk to me about pinterest.  I have an account and I pin things, but I don’t usually browse ON pinterest.  How do you do it- do you have a lot of pinterest friends that you check up on or do you do searches or what?  (Also, I am embarrassed that I have to ask.  Like, what am I, a grandma who calls to let you know she sent you an e-mail?)

    – Maren

    greenheartsredballoons.blogspot.com

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    Mandy Reply:

    yes, the lids! i keep buttons and other such things in those ones. what i did when i first started pinterest is logged in under my twitter acct. then i just followed a bunch of people i follow there, so i see all their boards and can re-pin. then i search if i have something particular in mind.

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  • http://www.misselaineouslife.com/ Elaine

    Are you bringing your cute, little echo to BlogHer?  No?  Aw darn.  I want to meet both of you.  Your both so dang precious. :)  

    p.s. got a good haul at the Goodwill near my Mom’s house last week.  I thought of you. 

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  • http://www.SkyWaitress.com/ SkyWaitress

    I really wish that every time I opened my twitter feed there was a clip of Harper throwing her arms open and saying TWITTER!!!! 

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  • http://www.agoodlifeblog.com amy@agoodlife

    ummm, i’ll be honest.  i usually don’t make it past 30 seconds on people’s blogs & i certainly did not intend to watch all 6 minutes 30 seconds.  but i totally did because you freaking crack me up & i kinda love mason jars a little too much as well.  and then harper sucked me all in the video because i was like, holy crap is this what kids are like at 3 years old?  because if so then i’m in.  parker has my permission to grow now.  sweet!

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    amy@agoodlife Reply:

    eeeek, that was supposed to say “past 30 seconds on people’s VLOGS.”  not blogs.  whew.

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  • lena

    Best vlog ever, I’m obsessed.

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  • http://twitter.com/HowToBeADad Charlie N Andy

    ARE YOU KIDDING ME?? TWITTER!!!! NORMAL PEOPLE!!!!!! RUUUFFFFHHEEEGGOOOOGRRRR!!

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  • http://twitter.com/MrsDivineBodies Brie

    I’m new to your blog and twitter but OMG  I’m happy I found you.  I just about died from the cuteness.  Chapstick is totally addictive…and my kid is sleeping in her room right now wearing those same jammies.

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  • http://twitter.com/knitpurlbaby Melissa

    Oh. My. God. Are you joking? This is probably the most hilarious/adorable/fantastic thing I’ve seen all day. Thank you.

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  • Morgan | Mrs. Priss

    That was the most entertaining thing I’ve seen in a looooong time. “strawberry watermelon mint basil lemonade” had me rolling… ahh, Pinterest.

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  • http://www.facebook.com/cupcakestilldeath Thea Hanley

    Uhm. Super jealous of your Mason jar pitcher awesomeness!! Last weekend I went to the Brimfield Flea Market (biggest outdoor flea market IN the world=amazing!!) and saw all kinds of antique mason jar goodness. Got two of the blue ones that were made in the 50s…and I love them and want to put all kinds of things in them…right now they are tea light lanterns on my porch. Yup, just wanted to share that with you. :)

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  • http://twitter.com/FrayedHydrangea Nikki Boden

    I too share Harper’s obsession for chapstick and mostly Burt’s Bee’s chapstick, it is like heroin, I CANNOT stop putting it on, Gah!
    And Mason Jars, don’t even get me started I use them as vases, pencil holders, for the super cool drinks you talk about from Pinterest. I die.
    Mason Jars and Burt’s Bees forevah!

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  • Fiona

    Jeff and I watched together and at the end he said “I am not obsessed with things….”  UM, yes you are. We both loved that little Harper of course… yay for seeing her TOMORROW!

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  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1646381372 Hesper Ponds Hubert

    This is the first time watching one of your vlog’s and now I kinda, sorta (definitely, a lot) love you. And Harper. She is hilarious and reminds me of my little guy, Haeden. Am I the only one who CRACKS up at their hilarious little munchkin voices? I may or may make H repeat “weeee represent the lollipop guild, the lollipop guild…” on a regular basis. Tee hee! It never gets old!

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  • http://threesmallwords.wordpress.com nicole

    i heart harper. i heart mason jars. this killllllled me.

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  • http://profiles.google.com/seedlingababyshop Mallory Cunard

    lol….that’s what i just did. you guys are cute!!

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  • Rachel

    this is so cute. also, my 3 month old burst into tears right as harper was saying she was “obsessed with chapstick.” either my she was bummed that we were paying attention to Harper and not her or she’s jealous she’s not old enough for chapstick yet…? it was pretty funny.

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  • http://twitter.com/Julesicles Jules and Elliott

    Harper is awesome. Please clone her!

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  • http://tinylittlehappies.blogspot.com/ chrissy

    earlier this week i blogged about kittens riding a roomba.  this?  so much better!  your child is ah-mazing!  NORMAL PEOPLE!!!

    xoxo
    http://tinylittlehappies.blogspot.com/

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  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1504710053 Mickella Reagan

    ohmyGOD i am dead of cuteness. a few things!
    1. harper made my dog run from across the house to sit in my lap and watch her talk and be crazy. CUTE EXPLOSION!
    2. i, too, have had an obsession with mason jars. in fact growing up, i had a mason jar cup, with a handle, and it was my favorite. i’ve lost it moving a million times :(
    3. <– actually a question. there is a good chance i'll be moving to portland! have you ever been there and what are your thoughts on it? I AM SO EXCITED TO GET OUT OF TENNESSEE YALL.

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  • http://tidbitsparenting.blogspot.com/ Lindsey

    <3 !

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  • http://tidbitsparenting.blogspot.com/ Lindsey

    <3 !

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  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1147547744 Robyn Clark

    My two year old son is totally in love with Harper. He was smiling so hard when she was talking and trying to get in the computer screen. lol :)

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  • Lauren S

    Okay, this is probably the funniest thing I have ever seen in at least the last 3 months, possibly longer

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  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1646381372 Hesper Ponds Hubert

    Okay, so how do I get on pinterest? I cannot figure it out. Are they mad at me for requesting an invitation forty times?!

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  • Alena

    OH MY GOD STAB ME IN THE HEART SHE IS SO CUTE!!!!!!

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  • http://www.thedomesticvegan.com Jess – The Domestic Vegan

    Okay, this is way too cute.

    I LOVE mason jars, too!

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  • MzMandyPantsBlog

    AGH! I’ve been struck up-side the head with cuteness! Awesome Vlog! I just came across your blog, and love it! oh man, so cute! I knew it would be awesome cause you are a Mandy too!

    -Mandy
    http://mzmandypants.wordpress.com/

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  • http://twitter.com/CrowndVic Vicki W

    my fav line?  “I cry in my Cheerio’s every morning. Just kidding I don’t eat Cheerios.”

    totally baddical vlog. as per ugze

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  • http://thatgirlphotography.blogspot.com Cynthia

    How do you stand her?  I’m dead on the floor- she is SO CUTE!!!  And even though your writing does a pretty good job of representing your personality this was so telling.  I love it!  

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  • camille

    totally guilty of eating chapstick too! mine was cherry flavored vaseline chapstick. i remember my dad giving it to me, and i brought it to school and told all my friends it was “for my sandwich”. and then proceeded to sneak tastes of it all day long. hahaha. 

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  • Mandy Stribling

    Oh my Lord. She is the most precious girl EVER!!!! (expect for mine of course) But seriously, OMG!!!!!!

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  • Kaeli

    This is seriously the FUNNIEST thing I’ve ever laid eyes on. We would be the bestest friends in non-internet realzies life. But seriously the pacific northwest (PFFFFF) Okay but seriously this little human KILLS ME! She needs her own show. I would watch

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  • Lisa

    Best Vlog Ive seen in a while!!!! You guys crack me up!

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  • Lisa

    Oh & you are 10 different kinds of cute (not as cute as Harper though, sorry). LOVE THE MASON JAR PITCHERRRRR

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  • http://twitter.com/MyBottlesUp nic

    THIS IS A JOKE, RIGHT?!?!?! A JOKE!!!!!  her repeating you must’ve been staged. (no, no. i know it wasn’t. BUT C’MON!!!!!!!!!)

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  • Amanda Smith

    Pretty much the best vlog that I’ve seen in a long while…or maybe I’ve just had a lot of wine tonight… JK! I laughed out loud every time Harper repeated you!! Amazing!!!

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  • http://www.parentinginprogress.com BIFFL

    No really… How did I miss this?

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  • http://whimsicalbullshit.blogspot.com Erin D

    I freaking loved this!  I’m a new follower and plan on sticking around. :)

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  • Alli

    This is so freaking funny/adorable, I can’t even handle it. Thanks for making me seriously laugh. 

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