Sweet Baby

We have teething full force. Harlan has a blister on his upper gums and is miserable at times. But there are some wonderful points to these super tough days for the little guy. Here are a few
*watching Harlan give kisses to his Tia, who is a super Mommy to two beautiful babies
*playing pick up toys off the floor at the mall, even if I had to pick up the toys
*playing peek-a-boo through the car window while I was pumping gas on a super cold day
*watching Harlan making faces at himself in the mirror in the car
*watching Harlan show Daddy that he can wave bye-bye
*watching Harlan have his first taste of ice cream from Mommy's ice cream cone (sshhh, dont tell his pedi)
*watching Harlan attack Mommy to try to get more and more bites of the ice cream and hearing Daddy laugh at the whole thing
*watching Harlan help Daddy fix the bathtub, and watching the two of them peer over the side of the bathtub together.
*seeing my sweet little baby look like this when I put him to bed tonight.

this picture is kinda hazy cause the camera came out of my cold car just before these pictures were taken.

Alex and Alana update: They are the sweetest little things ever. They look like the little miracle they are, all snuggled warm in their little isolettes. Their super proud Mommy and Daddy have pictures posted on their blog (link on my bloglist). I have to say that we have the cutest set of cousins around!!!

Celebrating!!!!!!!!

WELCOME TO THE WORLD ALEX AND ALANA!!!!!!!!

Two little miracles were born today. Alex and Alana are here!!! Weighing in at 4 lbs 10 oz and 17 inches long (both of them!!) They are gorgeous and doing well for being 6 weeks early. Ana is also doing good.
We are so excited and can't wait to watch two new babies add tons of love to our family!!!!

The Many Faces Of Harlan Robert

This is Harlan's "I have a puff on my face but I am still happy to see you"

"Peek-A-Boo Face"

"I'm hiding and no-one knows where I am" face

"Mommy please pick me up and hold me"face

"That was a funny joke" face

"Excuse me, I am on the phone" annoyed face

"Daddy, did you let one?" face

"This french fry needs ketchup" face

"I'm gonna be trouble" face (but cute trouble!!!)

"Are you kidding me." (I think he looks like Daddy in this picture, but Daddy doesnt see it. Daddy gives Mommy this same look quite often)

This is Harlan over Daddy's shoulder, letting the drool fly!

Sure to win an Oscar

This is riveting!! We will be preparing our acceptance speech!

Little Miracles

Harlan has sweet baby twin cousins coming soon. With permission, I am posting a link to their blog. Check it out, it looks great!
http://alexalanawatts.blogspot.com

late night post

Its 3 am. Mommy got home from work not too long ago. Daddy has to get up for work in the next half hour, so in an attempt not to wake him any earlier than i have to, I decided to update the blog and share a couple of never before seen pictures from last week. (Then i will catch some much needed sleep)

The last few days have been up and down. It looked like Harlan could be coming down with the same nasty virus that attacked Mommy last week. Wednesday night he didnt sleep very well, and we felt a dose or 2 of tylenol and motrin were called for. then thursday he went to Gigi's and reports were he needed some tylenol for some grumpiness, but no fever. i guess he also decided to throw a party in the wee hours of the morning, sorry gigi!!!! So either we got lucky and he kinda didnt feel good but didnt get too sick, or we could have a teething baby here (how many times have i said that, i know, i know!) Daddy picked him up from Gigi's friday around noon, and said they had a great day, so fun in fact that bubs didnt want to go to bed. So we shall see what the day brings. even for his obvious not feeling well, he has been in a great mood. And i have to tell ya, after 3 extremely long days in the ER, I come home feeling absolutely blessed with the two incredible guys i get to come home to!!
ok here are some pictures from last week:

Look how well he stands up and plays!! he loves being up on 2 feet!


standing up at the side of the couch

oh now this is yummy!!!

this is the cutest little bum there ever was

Neglected blog

We are so sorry that the blog has been neglected lately. Mommy has been feeling pretty crummy, and with Daddy at work, it was jsut good enough to make sure Harlan was fed, had a clean bottom, and was entertained with Mommy having to use the least possible amount of energy. I woke up feeling much better today (although not 100%) and Daddy is home today, so things have been pretty laid back and relaxed.

this morning Daddy and Harlan took a trip to Panera and brought mommy home some chocolate chip bagels for breakfast. how yummy! harlan fell asleep in the car and daddy let harlan sleep in his carseat after he got home. when he woke up, he happily babbled away hoping someone would come rescue him from his seat. lately he has learned to hold on to the handle of his seat and i think it is cute. it looks like he is just along for the ride. he is a picture of him hanging out waiting for mommy to put down the camera and pick him up.

look at our big boy who pulled himself up to standing using Daddys legs for support. he is so proud

harlan looks so much like a little boy here and not a baby :(

this picture is deceiving. it looks like harlan is standing but he is actually sitting on the stack of pillows behind him. again..he looks so grown up here.

i love the look on his face here above the look on the monster's face! he shirt says "Mr. Mouthy" which fits him to a tee!


Is is getting harder to get Harlan to smile for a picture. Sometimes I can get him laughing but he sees the camera and it is Mr Serious Face as he tries to get the camer away from mommy. He is still a crazy happy kiddo, i just dont know if you will see much of that in pictures, until they invent an invisible camera!

Singing

This video is very cute. It really displays how noisy and funny Harlan can be! I think it sounds like he is singing in it. Nothing really new to report, Mommy and Daddy have both been under the weather and *knock on wood* Harlan has avoided it so far. Oh I did catch him "waving bye bye" to himslef in the mirror in the car the other day, it was very cute. He can really entertain himself in the mirror very well. Enjoy the video!!!

Sleeping like a baby???

Mommy came home from work tonite to a baby that hadn't quite made it to bed yet. He was having a ton of fun with BC and was worn out when Mommy got home. I fed him a bottle then put him to bed awake with his crib soother thingy turned on and had to go take care of a couple of things. When I went back to check on him, expecting him to be awake playing with his blanket, I found this. Apparently he had tried to climb up the side of his crib and just gave up and tuckered out. And yes, he is up on his knees here. He surely gets his sleeping traits from Mommy, we can both fall asleep ANYWHERE if we are tired enough!

OUT AND ABOUT

Mommy and Harlan spent the day out running errands. We went from Franklin to Shelbyville, Greenwood, Bargersville, and back home. It is nice to be home unwinding and playing now. These are adorable pics from Home depot.

Videos and Pictures

Harlan and Mommy hung out at home today. We went through some of Harlans things and put aside things that he is outgrowing. It is kinda hard to keep a baby entertained and get things sorted, esp a baby that want to stand all the time, but cannot yet do it on his own. We had fun anyway, and had the camera around for tons of fun footage.

Harlan had his first taste of water/apple juice today. He really seemed to like it and he used his sippy!! He doesnt seem to understand the sippy cups with the handles but does well with the ones he can get his hands around.

Harlan found a new use for the empty pampers box.

This is Harlan in Mommy's winter headband. He wasn't feeling it at all.

Harlan is standing up at the bedside. He absolutely loves standing up. I am torn bc I want him to achieve this so he quits bonking his head constantly but I am not ready for him to walk.

Harlan modeling a winter hat we found in his stuff. It goes with the Lightening McQueen jammies dont you think?

Someone figured out he has a toybox and there are toys in it

"daddy what should we play with next??"

This video is pretty funny of you can stand to watch it. It is pretty dark but worth it. Notice how Harlan keeps stopping and dancing to the music!

Rockstar

Harlan is the proud new owner of the Bee Bop band playset (Mommy has a slight obsession with toys, they are fun for both of us). This tuned out to be worth the money, as Harlan entertained himself for well over an hour today playing with the instruments. The drumsticks are the easy winner as favorite in the bunch for our new little rockstar.


Little drummer boy


This picture made me laugh. It looks like he is really into the music.

Gotta taste test it first.

orange is much better than yellow

"what song should i play next?"

"excuse me I am calling my agent" many thanks to aunt libby for giving up her toy phone that looks alot like mommys real phone. he gets the phone he wants and mommy doesnt get drool in her ear when she uses her phone

being a rockstar is so much work, harlan passed out in his jumperoo while mommy started a load of laundry