Fall Fun

Today we went to the pumpkin farm with Harper. We had fun taking her pictures but it was cold so we did not get to stay for long. We are having so much fun being parents. She is such a great baby! She watched the other kids running around as if she can't wait to join them. It will be so exciting to see her next fall running around with everyone. Today sitting in the cold on a wet bale of hay in a muddy field that smelt like poop I felt like the luckiest person in the world. I love Jon and Harper more than anything else on earth! I feel so blessed!

Big Girl!

Harper is finally over all the drama! Her eye looks GREAT! Now we are working on growing and having fun. She is so interested in her toys now. She loves the overhead toys on her play mat and her bouncer. She bats at them and is trying to grab them all while squealing and cooing at them. It is so cute to watch- I never thought something so simple could entertain me for hours! She has also started sitting in her Bumbo. She likes it for about 10 minutes and then she's over it. She like to sit and watch TV which is horrible! I am constantly having to move her so that she cannot see the TV- She is just like her parents! She is figuring out that the puppies exist now and that they are interesting. She watches them and smiles at them and will occasionally reach out to touch one if they get close enough.

Sunday she slept in her bed at night for the first time. I put her down at 10pm and she slept all night. No crying or anything- well not from her, I cried for 30 minutes! She has done great every night and I am getting better! :)

I accepted my new job and found out that I won't be starting until January! That is good because I get to spend more time with Harper and I love that but the money would be nice. Here are some pics of Harper in her Bumbo, with her sunglasses, with Nana and getting ready to go walking with mommy!

Go Tech!

I think it hurts Mommy more than it hurts Harper!

On Monday we went to the eye doctor and decided to do a tear duct probe. This involves sticking a probe up Harper's nose and forcing it through her tear duct- sounds horrific right? I handed her over to the doctor (because this is apparently a minor procedure which they do in office) and I went to the bathroom and cried. This took about two minutes, and when I walked out, they were looking for me to tell me they were done. Harper was lying in the nurse's arms whimpering, while mommy was bawling like a baby! I am sure the doctor was thinking, "Great, another high strung mommy." That night and the next day she seemed only slightly uncomfortable. She is so tough! On Wednesday she got her 2 month shots and last night began to run 103.3 temp! As if her week had not been bad enough we had to go back to the doctor this morning and she had to get her heel poked to draw blood. It looks like she had a reaction to her shots or a virus (very hard to tell which one). Whew! I don't know if I can take anymore, however, Harper keeps smiling through it all. She is such an amazing baby. Let's cross our fingers that next week goes better!

Announcing....

Here is her birth announcement. A little wild but it fits our personality.

Look out Vogue, here I come!

At 4 weeks old Harper had her first photo shoot and she did great! She did not want to go to sleep, as usual. She was so good though and she only peed on the pillow once!

I cannot believe she is 8 weeks old now! Time is going by so fast. It is so bittersweet to see her grow. She is smiling at me all the time now. My favorite thing is to get her up in the mornings because as soon as she sees me she gives me a huge grin and it melts my heart. She loves to lay and kick her legs and be free to move. I spend a lot of time singing to her and the song that gets her smiling the most is Ice Ice Baby- I have no idea what made me sing it to her but she smiles and kicks everytime I sing it. Go figure. Every night we read books and she watches the pages and sits so quietly in my arms as we read. My mom said I was the same way.

We have had a rough couple of weeks with problems with her eye. She has had a clogged tear duct since birth and two weeks ago we started her on eye drops to clear an infection, however they did not work and her eye became very swollen and painful. We took her back in and had to put her on antibiotics by mouth that are very strong and upset her stomach quite a bit. These helped clear the major infection but a large knot was left under her eye. We saw the eye doctor last week and started some more eye drops. If these do not work then she will have to have surgery on her eye to remove the knot. I know that this is very minor compared to many of the things that other families have to face, however, she is my daughter and the thought of her going to surgery creates a knot in my stomach. My thoughts are consumed with prayers that I will not have to watch them wheel my little girl away from me to the operating room. If you are reading this, please take a moment to say a little prayer for her. Again, I know this is easily fixable and considered a minor procedure, but no matter how small it is, it is still surgery. I will update this after we see the eye doctor again and get a decision. For now, she is a happy little baby who loves crappy 80's music and is growing like a weed!

Sleeping Beauty

I just had to post this pic of her sleeping in her bassinet. She sleeps with her arms up in the air everytime she sleeps! It is so cute. That's how we know she is in a deep sleep. Even in our arms, if she falls asleep those arms will go straight in the air!

She is growing so well. She loves to eat and it shows! She weighs 8 lbs 8 oz! I cannot believe how much she has grown. She is already too big for her newborn onesies. I was so sad the day I realized that. I swear all of her weight is in her cheeks! She is so skinny everywhere else!

She is already showing her personality. She does not like to take naps. She sleeps fine during the night but if everyone is awake, SHE wants to be awake. It is so cute and so frustrating how she fights sleep. She is laid back (for now) and loves to watch everything around her. We read the Black and White book and she is so tuned in to it. She watches the puppies and they watch her. Marley cannot walk through the hallway without going into her room to check on her. If she is crying, he comes and gets one of us and whines until we follow him into her room and pick her up. He is so protective of her. Maizie on the other hand pretends that she does not exist. SHe climbs up on the boppy when Harper is feeding and tries to push her off.

It is amazing how quickly they change and time just races by. I am loving every minute of being her mom, no matter how exhausted I am. I still cannot believe that I am lucky enough to be a part of this little girls life.