We survived the first 2 weeks!

Harper Loves her Gymini!
Thank you Marc & Kathy!

Harper & Squirt at 2 weeks. She's getting bigger!!!

Harper had her 2 week check up with her pediatrician today & gained a whopping 1lb 1oz! She is now 6lbs 15oz! Dr. Mehl said this was a "record weight gain for Colorado"! ha ha! Her Dr. is amazing and is open to any questions/concerns we have with immunizations, which is nice. He was so personable and open to the silliest of questions. I think he's a keeper. ( : Jake meets Harper! He was such a good boy!

Tom went back to work on Monday... very hard for all of us, but we'll be okay. Harper really misses her Daddy during the day and I really miss having the extra support. But, Memere is still here and has been so amazing... not sure what I'll do when she leaves! Auntie Karen has been amazing... cooking for us & bringing us lots of yummy food. When Memere leaves, she'll be the "fill in Grandma".

We're getting more and more sleep at night with fewer feedings & melt downs. Overall, she is a pretty content baby. We thought she had gas over the weekend, but then realized we might just be missing something. I watched "The Happiest Baby on the Block" and started to use the 5 S's to calm her, and man, so far, they work. She didn't appreciate being swaddled at first, but settled down within seconds and passed out for 5 full hours last night. Aaahhhhhhhh!!!! We'll see if it continues! She's starting to make good eye contact & "smiles" too. We are so in love & have kinks in our necks from looking down at her all the time! Can't take our eyes off of her in fear of missing something!

Thank you all for your phone calls, emails and overall support these past couple of weeks. We're sorry we haven't been better at returning calls/emails & weren't quite ready for loads of visitors just yet. But we're getting there! Every day is better & better as we figure out what this little one needs... and if we don't figure it out, well she lets us know we are WRONG! (;

Having our dr's appt today made me realize I CAN leave the house and be okay! So, we're hoping to have more outings soon... especially since we got the go-ahead to spread out feedings, use a bottle & passifier. No worries about her feeding... she's a tank now!

We got calls from "Auntie Colleen" & "Auntie Julie" in MA who are going to visit in the next few months, which makes us very happy! Grandpa said he is wanting to make a trip out here too. We're so lucky to have amazing family & 'extended family' both in CO, MA & NC!