New Life Celebration Sunday

Today we had Baby Blessing at our church!   I was sick when I realized that I didn't have the memory card in my little camera but, out friends came through.  I will post those soon. Georgia Kelley also went to bible class for the first time and thank goodness for cameras on phones! We had some extra time this morning and decided to take some family pictures.  This is another one of our favorite quilts. My grandmother made this one for me when I was like 12ish.  I love it!This is an attempt at using the self timer for a family pic! 

Yes, I am wearing this dress again!  I haven't wore this dress to our church yet. I am retiring it from my blog now:)

Tuesday with Harry

Favorite Spot!
Peek A Boo
Harry says forget the bows when you can wear a hat!

I love my hat from Papa!
I also love my hat from Grandma!
Bounce Baby Bounce

Harrison is 5 weeks and 3 days! He stayed an hour and a half with his Mimi today. This was the longest time he and I have been apart. It was all I could do to not give her detailed instructions and call every 10 minutes. I refuse to be "that" mom. She raised 3 fine children on her own, who am I to tell the professional exactly what to do with a baby! They had so fun, they ate together, played, talked, sang, cuddled, checked out the place and Harry took a cat nap! Harry slept all the way home, he had so much fun at Mimi's house!

Harry has really been focusing on different things besides lights lately! He stares at Chad the most, he will follow him across the room with his eyes! He also loves the reflector on his swing.

He is more alert but, still falls asleep during some of his feedings.

Night time is getting a little better but, not like we hope. We are really enforcing the Baby Whisper theory with the cluster and dream feeds. He doesn't cry when he is awake, he grunts and moans. He makes sure we know he is there! The worst time is 3:30am and on, we usually give in and let him sleep with us or Chad takes him to the couch. I have heard of parents putting a little rice cereal in a bottle with breast milk, I just don't know how safe that is. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

My favorite thing he does is BOUNCE! He will lay on the floor and move his legs like he is bouncing! We took a video of it today but, of course I am not good at that high tech stuff!

Harry Update

Harrison Dean has been such a good boy. He is so content almost all the time, of course he has a few fussy moments but, they do not last long. I took him to the doctor yesterday because he has a small yeast infection and he was so happy go lucky with all the nurses and the doctor. He weighed 10.4lbs and in the 75th percentile in weight and height. We love our pediatrician, she is actually a nurse practitioner, I ended up going to her because she is a lactation consultant and I needed some MAJOR consulting! After she complemented Harrison and treated me like a friend I had to switch from my original pediatrician. She picks him up and constantly talks about how cuddly he is, she speaks my love language!!!

Today I was forced to take him to Wal-Mart and the entire time he was wide awake. I put his car seat in the cart and he did not make a peep the entire hour I was there. He acted like the Wal-Mart ceiling was the most interesting piece of art he had ever seen. I guess living in this town you have to love going to Wal-Mart!

He loves his swing and does well in his bouncer while I attempt to take quick showers.

He has been going to sleep so much easier than before but, I would like to drop a few of his nightly feedings. I have tried the pacifier but, always give in to just giving him a 5 minute feeding. We feel blessed he is still going right back to sleep after each night feeding. I am working on cluster feedings with him, but this whole sleep thing is not as easy as the book says.

He has been a great trooper in going on girly lunches with me. He has slept through almost everyone!! That is a great benefit to staying at home.

I know I keep say this but, God really could not have given us a more perfect baby. I am so in love with him!

Oh Baby It's Cold Outside

I know the blue doesn't match but, he doesn't fit in many of his clothes.

Thoughts from a new mother!

I want to post about Harry's personality at 3 weeks, I know it will shine through as he gets older but, for now we can only appreciate how he is 100% baby! I have always loved babies, I honestly adore other peoples babies and have made many friends through my love for their children, now that I have my own, my appreciation for babies has grown enormously! People make so many comments to Chad and I such as "Is it awful at night?", "I bet you are just exhausted.", "It is hard isn't it", and the most annoying one is "wasn't as dreamy as you thought it would be huh?"! We discussed last night how those comments don't really make sense to us. Our life goal was to be parents and we never thought that it would not be hard. We knew what we were getting into and I can say now(this could easily change tomorrow) that it is NOT near as hard or exhausting as so many coworkers and aquaintances put it out to be. He sleeps from 8:30-6am waking only 2 or 3 times only to eat and yes he is fussy...a lot and yes, sometimes I am worried sick he is not eating enough, but overall we are still in Harry Land(dream land)! I am still calling all of my friends who are moms asking questions, don't worry, I rotate the calls....can't overwhelm just one or two of my supermom friends! I also know I am not doing everything perfect, and I have 0 guilt about it! My biggest concern is that when I go back to work I will miss his first word, first step, first time to hold a bottle ect... Please pray that I appreciate all the time I have with him and not the time I will be away. I have a great job where I only work 185 days a year and my bosses are super flexible and supportive to mothers. Chad also has a job where his company gives him 4 weeks vacation and they are very supportive to him being a dad. I know God has a plan for us and we pray we make good decisions to honor that plan. We absolutely love being parents, naps and good home cook meals are more appreciated than before but, we have achieved 1 of our life long goals that we have both had our entire lives and for that blessing we can not be more thankful.
So on a brighter note:
Harry's quirks at 3 weeks!

I hope that Harry's future college roomate knows how to swaddle because, he goes to sleep and sleeps much longer when he is swaddled really tight!

We need to make sure he turns over when he sleeps because, if he sleeps as much as he does now when he is older he will have bed sores!

Hopefully when he is older he will be able to go to another room and burp on his own because, his burps are really loud and he does not care who is around.

He does have a major gas problem and to be honest, I am very doubtful that will change considering who his dad is!

He will be a Jimmy Hendrix on the guitar because, he melts when Chad plays it to him. (this is post of its own)

Don't worry he will have a great fashion sense, as long as he lets me pick out his clothes!

He will be world traveler, Harry loves riding in the car.

His favorite food will be lollipops (like Sam) because he loves to suck on pacifers!

His favorite season will be Christmas because, he loves to look at the lights!

I am sure all of these will change, well most all of them but, I thought this post could just be for fun!

JOCK

No more accidents on Harry's mom and dad!

My NEW LOVE!

Harry took his first bath tonight, he wasn't very happy about it but, boy does he smell yummy!
I am sorry I haven't blogged much, I have been spending my time with the most perfect little guy I know!
Yesterday was our first day and it was NOT easy. He had awful gas and he was not a sleeper. Today has been a dream day, let us see what tomorrow will bring.
I just had to post a few new pics and one of my favorite old ones. The one with Olivia cracks me up! His older cousin really wanted to give him her sister's bottle nad love on him.
We have been truly blessed by our beautiful baby boy. I just sit and stare at this baby! I knew I would feel this way, but I really got strucked by the love bug! We are a happy little Warehouse! More disgusting gushy posts to come!

Here Comes Harry

Looks like we will have a baby on Friday night or Saturday morning! More posts to come!

Down to the wire!

One week until Harry's due date! We are more ready than we can ever be! Can you tell from the last 2 posts? We have decided our house is always 10 minutes from perfectly clean! So, if we can get a 10 minute notice we will feel completely at ease to have this baby! Nothing new, I should know something on Wednesday but, until then we unpatiently wait for Baby Harry! My doctor did say he will not let this baby go past the 19th! ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS BABY HARRY!

BABY DANCE

All things are ready....except for baby! I know all women go through it, but I am not tough, I am not a patient, I am ready for Baby Harry to be out in the world! I have done every baby dance I can think of or heard of....cleaned the bathroom floors, eaten spicey foods, had every cowork tell him to come out ect....! Today we are making it a "lets due what we will never do in this cold weather with a baby"! We are going shopping, out to eat and to a movie! This is due to all of the advice from friends and family! Last night was the last night will hang out with Kirk and Rachel without a baby to bring over! Tomorrow night we are going out to eat with friends a new restaurant in town! Do a baby dance or a prayer for us!

3 weeks until Harry

Hey DIAPER DAD!

On Saturday night Chad decided he needed to get "dad bag" ready! One of our good friends gave us there old diaper bags (the man would only carry this one). This is Chad's very own bag for Harry's s things. He chose the items he wanted in the bag and would not let me help. I was able to take a few shots, I am sure he will put all the things back in like he wants them! I know he will be the very best "diaper dad" for Baby Harry!