South Padre, Baby

Loaded up and ready to go! And look, Harper is smiling. In her car seat. Who would've thought?!

A girl behind us offered to take this picture for us after watching us trying to do it ourselves and then laughing at what we took. Harper got upset right after, can't you tell?! But then she went to sleep. They both did really well on the plane, and I am sure it wasn't just the mommies who were thankful.

First morning in Padre

First time to put her feet in the ocean! I think I was more excited about it than she was.

Cool dude. Hayden's shades cracked everyone up.

The first time the 3 of us have been in a picture together since Harper was a week old!

What a beauty.

Sacked out on the beach! The perfect place to take a nap. I think the heat took it out of her because she slept so much during the day, and then kept mommy and daddy awake until close to midnight every night. It has been hard trying to get back on a schedule this week!

Besides our vacation, nothing much to blog about. Hayden is rolling over, and Harper is taking her time. She is quite content on her back, thank you.

Harper will have a new cousin next May! Aunt Britt is pregnant with their third (wow) and we are so happy and excited for them! Think pink - Harper needs a girl cousin!

Sara Lou, Happy 30th birthday! I love and miss you.

Friday!

We're going to the beach today!!

Happy 61st Anniversary to Nana and Gran yesterday. Love you dearly.

I am amazed by how much hair is coming out of my head... I'm gonna run out!

Blair and Hayden came to visit!

Thursday morning, this is how my mom found Harper in her cradle! (Umm, yes, she still sleeps in a cradle. In our room. Leave me alone.)

Hayden and Blair came over to hang out with us today! Harper and Hayden hanging out in her crib (see, I put her in there sometimes :) )

"Harper, check out my new kicks Gigi bought me!"

Sweet cheeks!

August 20, 2008
Miss Doris took this adorable picture of my baby!

Sick baby and other stuff.

Passed out in her car seat (rare) but she was exhausted from not sleeping for days!

Precious baby!

I want to train for a marathon. How do I go about doing that? And yes, I am serious.

Harper was sick last week. I didn't think I was going to have to deal with a sick baby at 3 months. She had a cold and it was awful for all of us. She couldn't breathe out of her nose and the only thing we could do for her was put saline in her nose and suck everything out with a bulb syringe. She couldn't sleep due to not being able to breathe poor baby (and poor Mommy). My mom stayed up with us until 1 Friday morning. But, praise the Lord, she is better! I took her to the doctor on Friday and she was 24 1/2 inches long and 12 pounds 14 ounces. My girl's getting big!

Everything is going great with us! My family is going to the beach in 2 weeks and I can't wait. Both Harper and Hayden are getting to go to the beach for the first time, and they will both turn 4 months old while we are there! They also get to meet their cousin Avery for the first time.

Answered Prayer

Last Wednesday was Harper's last day at daycare, praise Jesus! I found something better for her - or something better found us! Her name is Doris and she found my blog on the Perkins Family blog (a friend of Brittny and Justin) and offered her care. Harper went to her yesterday for the first day and I just love her. I feel so much more at peace about leaving Harper during the day now. Thank you Doris and thank you Megan! I am so much happier!

Our baby girl is now 3 months old, can you believe it? She just continues to grow and change everyday. She is such a chatterbox and it is so cute. And she loves sucking on her fists! Justin and I continue to be blessed by our little Harper.

Playing on her Baby Einstein mat. She loves that thing (thank you Gigi and Papa)!

12 Weeks!

I have officially made it through 2 weeks of work! Harper made it through her first week (2 days really) at daycare (or I did). Leaving her the first day was really hard - I started crying before I even got out the door. In my defense, it was because of the 2 mothers asking me, "Is today your first day? Is she your first? Oh, I cried for the first 2 weeks!" Thanks a lot. I was doing okay until you said that. I probably would have made it to the car at least! Oh well. Such is life. I did go on my lunch break and nurse her, so that made it easier. She may not be at this daycare much longer though! I am hoping that something better is going to come through.

Harper was 12 weeks old this past Thursday! She is so aware of everything around her, and it is amazing to see her grow and change everyday. She is on the verge of giggling. She is also almost on a schedule, praise Jesus! She is typically asleep between 10 and 11, and most of the time she will sleep all night! That is so great for me because I am getting up at 5 am. She also does this funny thing with her tongue - she plays with it and it looks like she is chewing gum. So cute!

I have learned a couple more things since becoming a mommy:
1. I now understand why my mom wouldn't let me listen to Madonna when I was 7 or Vanilla Ice (just to name a couple) when I was 12. She wanted me to have positive role models. Thank you, Mom.
2. I now understand why mom and dad didn't appreciate me listening to Guns'n'Roses, especially on Sunday morning. That's just funny. I listened to GNR.
3. And finally, I understand why mom didn't speak to me for a week when she found out I had gotten a tattoo. I wouldn't want Harper to put anything on that beautiful skin! If I could do it over again, I wouldn't.

I wore non-maternity jeans on Friday!

I was folding clothes yesterday and I propped her up on the pillows on our bed. Justin walked in and thought it was funny. She was smiling at him - she loves her daddy. If he is talking and I am holding her, she will just stare at him and smile so big!

Daddy holding his girl.