Im 10 weeks old...

So another few weeks have flown by crazy fast, and I have so much to tell everyone about. Harper is changing so much everyday, I love watching her meet her milestones. You never really understand how exciting the small stuff is until you have a child of your own. She now grabs at things and will hold them and smiles and coos like crazy. She is working on her scream and I promise to get it on video soon. It is so cute. She holds her head up pretty great now and we recently bought her the HBO series of Classical Baby and she loves to watch them . If anyone has the chance to order these , they are awesome for babies. We are still sleeping about the same. Some nights she will sleep 5 hours and others only 3 . She really doesn't like the pacifier but she is finding her thumb. I took the cutest picture the other night. I found her with her mittens on but she managed to get her tiny thumb out to suck on it.. She is still in 0-3 clothes but getting big. She now weighs 10 lbs 9 ounces. She still loves bath time. I actually started getting in the tub with her. Its so much fun and we play and giggle. As for this week, Brad had a surgery on Monday and so I have had two babies to take care of. He had a rough night Monday night getting sick from all the pain meds but is getting around better everyday. The worse part of this week was that we had our first scare with Harper. After Brad got home from surgery Harper started crying and would not stop for over 1.5 hours. Usually I can console her at some point and I had never seen her so upset. She had herself so worked up she kept gasping for air. So just to be on the safe side I took her up the street to the urgent care center to be checked over. They ended up doing an xray of her belly and said it had an abnormal gas pattern. The ER doctor was alittle concerned but said it could just be colic or something else dangerous so we ended up going to our pediatrician the next day. I had recently changed my diet to Soy , and apparently it didn't agree with Harper. We started a new medication and stopped the soy products and now HARPER is happy again. It scared me and I think I cried the whole time we were in the ER. Everything turned out to be fine but wow I now know how it feels to be a real concerned mother. The most embarrassing thing happened in the ER , the doctor was pressing on her tummy and she BLEW her diaper out . When I went to get a diaper , I found that there was none in the bag. SERIOUSLY... This type A mother didn't have a diaper ! So we had to wrap my precious baby in a chuck pad until my mother could go get me some diapers. OMG, I was so embarrassed . Oh well, probably wont be the last time i do something like that. So I now keep extra in my car.. Lesson learned...So we are all recovering from the week and are doing great. Also we would like to congratulate the Norton family on the birth of sweet little MISS NORTON. We cant wait to meet her and introduce the girls! Hope everyone is doing well and enjoy some of our new pictures..






Funny face!






Emma likes the floor gym too..


Thumb escape..



And lastly our embarrasing CHUCK DIAPER!!

30 Rocks

I know its been a while since I have had the chance to blog. We have been so busy every time I think I may have the time to sit down and blog , Harper cries or the laundry dings finished or its time for supper. So bare with me , I promise to keep everyone updated.

So recently Brad celebrated his 30Th birthday . It came at a challenging time since we had just had a baby so I did my I could to make it special. We had a 30 ROCKS PARTY and family and close friends came to celebrate. We brought out Brad's favorite, Rock Band, and had food and cake. I ordered this cake from Brendal's Cake Factory in Rowlett and it turned out amazing, and delicious too. It was a snare drum cake perfect for the occasion since Brad got all new cymbal's for his birthday along with everything drum related. It was alot of fun but a very interesting weekend. I found out that it is harder to do things socially with a newborn. Harper ended up doing great I must say , It took me about an hour to get her down and then she slept until we got everything cleaned up and headed home. She even looked adorable all dressed up for her daddy's 30Th birthday. Cheri made a 30Th birthday video and it turned out amazing with pictures of Brad and his friends growing up and pictures of our past and then of course the birth of our baby girl. I can't lie I had to hold back tears so I didn't look crazy in front of all of our friends. LIFE is just so good these days , I guess it is emotional. We also had some other great news that weekend. Michael had asked me to help him surprise Kristi, his girlfriend, with an ENGAGEMENT ring!! So we acted like we wanted to take family pictures at the arboretum and then showed up late so he could propose. It was romantic and sweet and now I'm starting to feel so old , my little brother is growing up to be a man. We did get some fun family pictures right before we all melted from which turned out to be the hottest day of the summer so far. SO CONGRATS Kristi and Michael and we look forward to celebrating your marriage together. We love you !! So here are a few pictures from that weekend. Enjoy...

Weekend Fun

We had a great weekend . Dad and Kelly were able to come stay one night to visit on Friday. We had a nice dinner and then spent the night hanging out with Harper and watching America's funniest videos. I remember growing up watching that show with my grandmother and its still one of my favorite shows to watch. I love the clips with pets and babies. Everyone had to get back to Houston on Saturday so after company was gone, Brad watched Harper and I offically took my first daytime nap. I have been exhausted and I really appreciated how wonderful Brad was with Harper that day. He is such an amazing daddy, Harper is so lucky. After a quick nap we spent the rest of the weekend having family time, it was so nice to relax and do nothing. We have been so busy lately we needed to recharge our batteries. On Sunday we headed over to the Warrens house for Holt's 4th Birthday party. We had lots of fun hanging out with family and watching Holt open his gifts, And we can't complain about the awesome dolphin cake either :) . So here are a few of my favorite pictures from the week. Enjoy!!

Watching Mommy get ready !


Some time in the rocking chair.






Emma sneaking into the Boppy again..



Harper enjoying her play gym.

Two Months

Today you are TWO MONTHS old. This day two months ago you entered into our lives. I say this everyday but we can't believe how much you are growing and changing daily. You love mornings, its such a blessing to wake up to your smile. Now you coo at us and have tiny little giggles. Its so cute , I think we try all day to make you smile at us. You love when we read to you, we have been reading baby bedtime bible stories. Nights are about the same , you hate to go to bed at night and your only sleeping 2.5-4 hours. Sometimes you surprise us and give us little more sleep. You still love the rocking chair, I think it's you favorite place to be. You are so much more alert. We have to hold you facing outward to see the world now, you are afraid to miss a moment ! Today you had your two month shots. I was a wreck, I hated to see you cry. But two shimmer band aids later and some mommy love and you were all better!
Your stats:
Weight: 10 lbs (30th %)
Height: 22.5 ( 60th %)
Head:15 (25th %)
Your holding your head up, and have found your hands. We got you some toys for your carseat and sometimes I hear you playing in the back seat of the car. Still loving bathtime, you can tell when I get everything ready . We continue to do infant massage and I think you are starting to like it. You are so beautiful, your eyes are still blue and you get more hair everyday. So here is your TWO MONTH picture and one from each month to show how much you have grown. We love you so much and look forward to MONTH THREE!!
We love you ANGEL..

One Month Picture


Newborn Picture