Two Months

Harper turned two months old on Thursday. She is now ten pounds three ounces and twenty-two inches long. She loves to wiggle, smile, and snuggle. In short, she's a pretty awesome baby.

President's Day Weekend with the Sisters

My sisters DeAnna, Nellie, and Alex came President's Day weekend with my nieces Addison and Ashlyn of course. It was fun having all the sisters together as well as all the granddaughters. We had some professional pictures taken, hung out, and ate way too much junk food. Everyone was very happy to meet Harper, and she was never really put down the whole weekend. We were also lucky to have Aunt Joanne come visit and meet Harper too. The last picture shows my fourteen year old niece Ashlyn wearing my Mom's wedding dress. Apparently Mom was ridiculously small when she got married and not fourteen.

Grandma on her phone, Ashlyn holding Harper while DeAnna is looking on. Alex snuggling Harper.

Fun Uncle Adam holding Addison and Avery.

Ashlyn twirling Addison and Avery around. Nellie and Ashlyn together.

Ashlyn in her Grandma's wedding dress.

Baby Stats

Harper turned a whole month old yesterday, and she continues to do great. She is now a whopping seven pounds twelve ounces and nineteen and a half inches long, so I swiped the monkey from Avery's bed to take some comparison shots that I am afraid reveal more about my great lack of photography skills more than anything else. As always enjoy!

By Popular Demand

Harper is three weeks old now and has been home for two weeks, and everything is going pretty well. Avery loves Harper. She puts blankets, bibs, burpies, and hats on her. She loves to give her kisses, tries to pick her up, and she likes to point to her body parts for me. Avery especially enjoys pointing out her toes. More alarmingly she tries to pick her up, and she has only flipped Harper over once. (Harper was quickly rescued. Hopefully Avery will understand her baby sister is fragile, but we're not holding our breath.)

The only one having the toughest time transitioning to the new baby is our silly cat Leela. Leela doesn't know you, but she desperately needs your love and affection. I have never had such a needy cat. She has been shut out from the bedroom at night since I didn't want to deal with a newborn and an overly needy cat. Maybe this whole experience will make her love Daryl more. I can only wish!

Harper is Home

After spending a few extra days under observation Harper has come home! She was born on 1/24/2011 at 9:56 am. She was 6 lbs .03 oz and 17 and a half inches long. She is a tiny thing, and the nurses nick named her peanut during her stay. She has redish blond hair and doesn't look a thing like Avery. Everyone agrees she has her mother's nose, but otherwise we don't see ourselves in her which is very different from Avery who was a mini me. (mini Daryl).

Here are pictures for your enjoyment.

More Harper Photos

Update

So I didn't have a baby last week while Daryl was gone which was fine with everyone. In about six months Daryl's vision will settle and he can get whatever kind of eye prescription he needs then. In the meantime he can't wear contacts for the next week, so he has been wearing my glasses a lot since his old glasses don't correct his vision anymore since it markedly improved. Why my glasses work well for him right now is a little bit of a mystery to me since I had worse vision than he did before his eye surgery already. At any rate we will both be glad when he can go to the eye doctor next week to get him some temporary contacts, and I can reclaim my glasses.

Down below I've included this entertaining picture of me 37 weeks pregnant (in other words what I look like now). You can also see how I cut my hair off last month.

Christmas Day

Christmas Day was spent with Grandma and Grandpa Layman, Adam, Angie, Brad, and DeAnna. I unfortunately forgot to put the family through the joy of attempting to take family pictures so this is what we got instead. We had a great time and can't wait to see DeAnna again in February with Alex and Addison too! But sadly no Brad :(

Aren't they just adorable?

Brad was a very nice uncle and helped Avery open up her Christmas haul.

This is what Dad pretty much did the whole time we opened presents.

Adam and Angie are helping Avery get set up with the cool keyboard Grandma and Grandpa got her.

Mom looking good on Christmas morning.

Avery loves being pushed around in her baby doll stroller, but does not care for her real stroller that much unfortunately.