More Pictures

So here are some more recent photos:

Graduation from infant massage class (Leslee, our nanny is to our left):

Harper is a gorgeous handmade little hat with her froggy pacifier, and in her new swing:

Harper, abuela Jane, and girlfriend Carly at breakfast:
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Harper in the girliest of girlie dresses from my infancy:

Toots and the Mylicons

For those of you w/o infants Mylicon is an anti-gas medicine for little ones, and Harper is definitely on the Mylicon.  We have been switching her to an organic formula (I had to quit breastfeeding due to meds), and the switch is proving difficult on her system - thus causing painful belly gas. Rick heard her let out a 10 second "bottom burp". Wow, that is talent.

Harper's current nicknames:

1. Hat (for her initials H.A.T.)

2. Hattie McToddle (from grandma Susu)

3. Toots and the Mylicons (current nickname for above reasons)

4. Peanut (what we actually call her most of the time)

Shots

Rick held her during her shots. I paced the room. She only cried for a few minutes but it was a cry of pain and betrayal that I haven't heard before. 15 minutes later it was all forgotten.

11 lbs even.

Height: 90%

Weight: 50%

Head Circumference: 50%

Tongue-Sticking-Outness: 110%

Cuteness: 120%

Alertness: 150%

Pacifier-Shooting-Accurateness: 160%

Rescued From Blue Lagoon

So, I should start this post by saying that the whole family is happy and healthy now, but we had a rough first seven weeks of Harper's life. I won't go into much detail unless individually you are interested, but I had the experience of post partum depression and needed to get some serious help. I would say I am back to 90% of my original fully-funtioning self due to fabulous family, friend, and medical support. And best of all I LOVE my beautiful baby girl. I feel as if through the experience of being cared for so well by Rick and everyone else who helped that I have learned the true meaning of love (I know, I know sappy, but absolutely heart felt).

The other up-side to this very sad event was that we found our fabulous nanny: Leslee. We were originally thinking we would only need her until I was back on my feet, but after crunching the numbers and knowing that I only want to work part-time it makes sense to keep Leslee on as a part-time in-home caregiver for the next year. I am thrilled that we found a good, cost-effective solution to our child care needs, and also hope that without the petri-dish of daycare we may get sick less this first year of our child's life.

Harper is officially two months old tomorrow, which is also Election Day! Then Wednesday she gets her first doctor's office shots. I am making Rick hold her while she gets pricked because I want nothing to do with the association of shots.

Oh, she is also giving us a 6 hour sleep stretch some nights. Yippie! Although she didn't seem to get the memo about the time change, so she went to bed at 6 PM last night. Which is even a little early for me.