Thursday, November 18, 2010

Sweet Harper Joy is here...




YEAH, our baby girl arrived almost 3 weeks ago...and yes, I'm just now posting pics and an update!! Harper Joy Harris arrived on Oct. 29th at 8:06pm. She was 7lbs 4 oz and was 20" long...my biggest baby!! Raquelle and Easton were both 6lbs 15oz, so she was only 5 oz heavier! My womb must max out about there...at least I felt like it did! :) All went well...for delivering a baby! She came out super fast and was beautiful! She has been an amazing eater and is a super duper good sleeper! At her almost 2 week check up, she was already up to 7 lbs 14 oz and had grown 1.5 inches since she was born! Whew! She likes to eat!! :)

Things have been mighty busy with three!! Oh my! :) If there has been a spare moment, mama has been laying down or sleeeeeeping! I forgot how being up every 3 hours at night can knock ya senseless during the day!! Thanks to my mom, Ben's mom and Ben being home for 2 weeks to help me get on my feet!!!

Sorry for the picture overload...but it has been three weeks! - and we've taken a good amount of pics! So, here's a few to share...

Once fed and bathed, she settled right to sleep!
A very happy daddy! I think he was glad the "hard part" was over! :) LOL!At home! We left the hospital less than 24 hours after she was born! Mama was ready to be in her own bed!!!! :)I think she's going to have a widow's peak...see her hairline?! :) And, the big question now is what color eyes will she have!? Stay tuned...right now they're a deep blue. But, hopefully they'll change to a beautiful green and we'll have one brown eye, one blue eye and one green eye baby - wouldn't that be cool!? :)
Here she is showing some "sass"! OH no, do we have a princess or what?! :)

Photoshoot with brother
Which was VERY fast and came equiped with several bribes to get him to lay this close to her!Every time she touches Easton, he freaks out! I said "Hold her hand.." and this is the face I get! :) He thinks it's soooo funny when she touches him!

This girl is seriously alert!! I have not been able to get any sweet "sleeping baby" pictures because she is just wide awake unless she is in her bed...then she sleeps hard...but doesn't really transfer! SO, here she is...alert and wide awake! :)
Photoshoot with sister


The whole gang
See, here is Easton freaking out after she "touched" him again! :) SO funny!!!

The kids are adoring her!! Raquelle thinks she is SO cute and says it all the time. She LOVES that Harper looks just like her when she was a baby!! And, Easton loves to goo-goo-gaa-gaa over her! He loves to dance around her and always wants to give her kisses and constantly wonders where she is. It's pretty cute!

Thanks for looking!! - and thanks for all your prayers and support!!! We praise the Lord for His faithfulness in our life and are sooo thankful to have this beautiful, healthy little girl in our family!!


3 comments:

Strauss House said...

GREAT photos!! Oh man, the "sass" one looks just like Raquelle! LOL I love seeing Easton's reaction too... hilarious.

Jamie said...

We're thankful to have her in the family, too!! CONGRATULATIONS again!!!!!!!!!!!!! WELCOME, HARPER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ashley said...

Yep! Welcome to the fam Harper, and whoa Jamie, that's alot of exclamation :) Love to all and see you soon!