Tuesday, December 16, 2008

baby BOY Harris!!!!

The "spiny" thing you see is, well, the baby's spine. Go figure.
This is a shot of the baby's face. The dark black circle is one of his eyes.

Here he is lying on his back. On the right is his head, left is his belly. And below is his penis...the "V" shape around that is his two femurs.

It's official! We're having a boy! We just can't believe it. Even though we both wanted a boy we were both convinced we were going to have daughter #2. We are all so excited, especially Amelia! (I only hope that excitement continues!)

Here are some images from the ultrasound. Baby Boy Harris was all too excited to show us that he was a BOY! If you click on the image you can view them larger and you'll read what it is that you are seeing.

Sunday, December 14, 2008

Amelia's 1st haircut...yes, she's 2 and just got it cut!






We finally did it. The long awaited haircut. I loved her beautiful curls but just as soon as she would put on a hat or play for 10 minutes the curls were gone and she started to resemble Gallagher (the comedian)...not really a pretty sight. I'll miss the adorable ponytails but this pixie-bob, as I'm calling it, is just so darn perfect on her! She looks like she just stepped out of the 1920s.

Tyler and I took her to Cookie Cutters in Arlington. The place was fantastic and super kid friendly. Amelia played on the slide and picked out her chair of choice — the fire truck — and then simply refused to wear a smock. She practically threw herself out of the fire truck she was sitting in 4 feet in the air. We attempted for nearly ten minutes and just gave up. The sight of the scissors just wasn't happening for Amelia...even though I had prepped her for what was going to happen. I had to take the scissors and cut my own hair...then I cut Amelia's — she thought that was funny but that didn't last long. We thought for sure we were going to have to leave. Our EXTREMELY patient hair stylist, Jennifer, tried everything...and then remembered the box of suckers. That worked brilliantly!

Amelia was so enthralled with choosing her sucker that she didn't even realize Jennifer started to cut her hair. Before she even realized what was happening she was done! And she looked 5 years older.

Amelia made their wall of fame and received a certificate and a balloon for being such a great customer! Man, these people thought of it all! We even took home a little baggy of hair.

After the big event we took Amelia to lunch to celebrate. She just thought it was the greatest thing ever! Hopefully this well set the scene for the next haircut!

Girl's Night + Lucas



Gilda, Kim and Darcy came over on Thursday night for girls night. After dinner we sat around in the living room and talked...what else do girls do so well!? Lucas was the best behaved baby I've ever seen. He is always so content. Just so you can have a better idea of just how big Lucas is...he is 4 1/2 months old and my niece, Ellie, in the previous photos is 10 months old...there is just no comparison in size! That boy is SOLID!

Grandpa's Birthday






My dad came down to celebrate his birthday here with all of us. Dacia and the fam came up too. Talk about a houseful! Amelia and Ian had a blast playing together and Ellie was just an all-around good girl! Grandpa was in his glory to spend time with his kids and grandkids!

Bubbles


Amelia still loves bath time more than any other. Adding the fun of bubbles (Friday nights are Bubble Night) just makes the process that much more enjoyable.

17 weeks


I started to feel the baby doing somersaults around 15 weeks and later that week I felt small kicks. Now I notice them all the time! Sometimes they are so strong I can feel them on the outside with my hand. I am now in my 18th week and we find out the baby's sex on Tuesday! I can't wait! I'm sorta hoping boy, but so long as the baby is healthy we'll be happy.

The photo is horrible, I know. It was late and I had to beg Tyler to take the photo. I hope I don't always look this terrible.

O Christmas Tree



The next two days after Thanksgiving we spent time putting up our tree. Amelia helped separate the tree branches (that's what the red "lobster" gloves were for...so she didn't get all itchy and scratch up her skin) and hang ornaments. She was very good about not handling the delicate ones...well, until she tripped and fell and her knee landed right on top of a bulb — shattering into tons of tiny pieces. She was so upset — not at the sight of her cut or because it hurt but because she broke an ornament.

Thanksgiving

Turkey day was spent with family and friends...nothing unusual there. We hung out at the Tesner's house for a few hours and enjoyed lots of wonderful food. Amelia enjoyed being the center of attention. She insisted on being tossed in the air by everyone that was there. She just kept asking for more. We were all quite shocked she didn't lose her lunch.