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Harper is 4 Months

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1 month!  That is exactly how long it has been since my last post.  The past month has been good and busy but not too exciting from a weekend outing perspective.  I’ve been back at work a month now and it is going well.  I really enjoy being so close to the office now too…it is amazing what those 15 minutes each way saved can do!  Sometimes I get in a quick run (yes, I started running last month), or just prepare for the next day while Ana is still there.  Not having to wash pump parts and prepare them for the next day or make bottles in the evening after the girls go to bed is amazing!

A few days before Thanksgiving, Avery and Emerson came down with  colds, which Justin, Harper, and I both caught.  We all felt miserable Thanksgiving break and spent the entire time at home.   Hanukkah came early this early and coincided with the Thanksgiving break.  The girls helped light the menorah and say the blessing every night.  They love to talk about “Henukah” as they call it.   They recieved presents every night…including matching sunglasses….as you can see not a one of them wanted to take a picture.

Last Sunday through Tuesday it snowed and or sleeted freezing rain so again we were stuck in doors for another few days.  And now it is just cold out…I am not a fan of this time of year!  Justin and I are actively involved in the house search…we decided on Vienna…I’m wondering if we should be considering only tropical weather climatesJ

Onto more important matters…Harper is 4 months old today!  She is simply amazing; I could not have asked for a happier baby.

4 Months

  • Sleeping a 8 – 9 hour stretch at night
  • Napping sporadically throughout the day
  • Nursing/ 6 oz. bottle every 3 – 4 hours, 4 – 5 times daily
  • Sucking thumb A LOT…almost never uses a paci
  • LOVES watching her very active sisters
  • LOVES smiling, cooing, and talking
  • And has even giggled a few times

Happy 4 months Harper Paige!  I’ll say it again…We simply adore you!

Happy 3 Months Harper

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My sweet baby girl is 3 months old today!  
3 Months
  • Sleeping a 6 – 7 hour stretch at night
  • Napping sporadically throughout the day
  • Nursing/ 4.5 oz. bottle (when Mommy is at work) every 3 hours
  • Lifting head pretty good
  • Sucking thumb (just started)
  • LOVES smiling
Happy 3 months Harper Paige!  We simply adore you!

Baby Harper

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Baby Harper as we like to call her is 3 weeks old already!  Part of me wishes she would stay 2 weeks for just a little longer.  I liked the thought of knowing that I still had 10 weeks of maternity leave remaining but as each she ages each week, I can’t help but to think that is one less week at home with my baby girl.  And now I am into the single digits of maternity leave remaining but I am trying not to think about it that way.  I have really enjoyed being able to spend extra time with the girls as well.  On days that Ana is here I hang out with them a little but not too much because I not only want their routine to be as normal as before baby Harper but also, I want to use it as an opportunity to get as much done as possible while only having the responsibility of baby Harper to care for.  On days that my mom watches the girls, we are trying to do fun things with the girls.  This past Friday we ventured out to the mall with all three girls. We took them out for lunch at Nordstrom’s Cafe and then went shoe shopping for the girls.  As my mom pushed the double stroller and me the single stroller, I couldn’t believe that I was a mom to these three kids….wow, that happened quickly!  Harper is such a good baby and the day was quite fun.  We were out for about 4 hours.  The hardest part was probably getting the girls in and out of the car along with the strollers and unfortunately the bulk of that task fell to my mom as I am unable to lift anything heavier than Harper for 3 more weeks.  This Thursday we are taking the girls to the library in the afternoon.  Harper will likely sleep right through it and even if she is up as long as I feed her before hand, I’m sure she will be well behaved.

Harper is such a good baby though.  She cries very little…only if she gets very hungry and as soon as I feed her she stops.  She is a good sleeper at night as well.  I mean she certainly nurses during the night but I feel like I wake her up more than she wakes me up to eat. The past two nights she has had two 4 1/2 stretches which I think is really good at this age.  Unfortunately, I’m also pumping some due to several clogged milk ducts already so while my sleep is WAY better than it was with the girls but not as good as it sounds since I’m the only one caring for Harper during the nights (with the girls I had help from Justin the first 3 weeks and my mom once or twice a week for the first 3 months). Justin and I joke about how easy it is to have one, but I am very aware to the fact that it probably isn’t so much a quantity issue as it is to Harper just being an awesome baby.  She is thriving…in fact, she weighed 9.6 lbs at her 2 week check up (the goal is of a baby to gain their birthweight back by their 2 week check up).  We’ve taken a decent amount of pictures of Harper in the hopes of finding that perfect picture for an announcement.  We still haven’t found it yet but as soon as I do, I’ll post some more recent pictures of Harper’s photo sessions, which generally occur in the evenings after the girls have gone to bed.
The girls overall are really enjoying Harper.  They call her Baby Harper which is why the name has stuck. They have had a few more temper tantrums lately than normal; it is hard to say if it is a reaction to their new baby sister, a result of them having a slight stomach bug/fever the past few days or simply a result of the approaching terrible two’s.  Whatever the reason, they really do love her most the time!
See….proof!