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Harper at two months

Can you believe it?  We have a two month old!  We also just realized that we get to celebrate Mother’s and Father’s Day this year. Crazy, right?

Harper and I have been pretty much inseparable these past two months. After all of this quality time, this is what I know:

• Harper looks just like her dad.

• She loves being near her dad and being held upright.

• Harper is a fan of extremes. She’s either really happy

 or really mad.

• Harper is a huge fan of cloth diapers, especially pocket diapers right now.

• She has to be completely asleep before we put her down.

• She loves to eat! She knows the breast is best! Our 4lb 15oz newborn now weighs 6lbs 8oz. Let’s hear it for McFatty!!

• She’s a sweet little person and we love her very much!

Working...

Please excuse the dust as I am working on redoing my blog.  Will update you guys when I finish!

About us

Just who is "The Fam"?


J and I met in the spring of 2001 through a mutual friend.  Dare I say it was love at first sight?  I just knew this guy was different  We were married in a huge beach wedding in August 2003.  Originally from Tampa, Florida, we now live in Atlanta, Ga.  I'm a high school teacher of special ed students, contemplating going back for my doctorate very soon.  J works in PR, but also is a freelace writer in sports.  Check out his blogs!

 We love traveling, going to festivals, walks in our park, LOST, and hanging out with our family, friends and each other.  We are also growing in faith together and I love it! 

Our daughter entered our lives in February 2010.  Talk about instant love!  We look forward to sharing awesome experiences with her.

We welcome you to check in with us from time to time and experience life with us!!

I'm still me...

I love my new role in life.  Me, a mother.  But before I became a mommy, I was a daughter, sister, wife, niece, cousin, and friend.  I was me!  Sure I have dreams of becoming a super mom; even the soccer mom I make fun of all the time.  But I'm still going to have fun, go to festivals, travel, get my drink on, have sex (yes Mama, I said it!).  All the while, being the best daughter, sister, wife, niece, cousin, friend and mom I know how to be.

I'm still me!

Easter 2010

Harper's first Easter was so much fun!

Part 2

Tuesday, February 16
After laboring all night, I just knew I was fully dialated.  Just knew it.  They checked me in the morning and  wouldn't you know it, 1cm.  That sucked.   But then, my mom walked in!  Bright spot in the morning! Now here's where my memory gets fuzzy.  Towards noon, I'm checked again.  1cm.  Good lord!  Why am I not dialating?!  Then my midwife comes in with the bad news.  She wants to give me Pitocin to speed up my labor, in the hopes that I'll dialate more.  Pitocin, you guys, is the devil!  But I handled that bad boy as long as I could!  Then after hours of ridiculous pain and no break in between, I said the dreaded words.. " Give me the epidural".  I hated it, but it had to be done.  I know I could have handled contractions without it, I was doing it!  But that Pitocin?!  Yikes!  So I think I fall asleep then.  During this time apparently the nurse is coming in and checking monitors, checking the baby's heart rate.  Which, apparently, had been going down.  No one thought to clue us in!  Then this random person comes in to take my blood, saying it's routine with C-sections.  Hold on a doggone minute!  No one said anything about a C-section!!  But at this point, my water had been broken for over 40 hours, which isn't good.  So I'm wheeled in, given more drugs and cut open!  When Harper came out, she didn't cry at first.  But I wasn't worried.  Then I heard the faintest cry and my heart melted.  My baby was here!  All 4lbs and 15oz of her!

Harper had a few things to deal with at first.  They felt she'd swallowed her own #2, so they placed her on antibiotics and had an IV going into her little arm.  Then her sugar was low.  She was born at 5:21pm.  After they took her away, I didn't see her again until 9:45.

She stayed in the hospital for a week.  So did I!  So many emotional ups and downs that week, just trying to make sure our daughter was ok.  We learned about blood platelet counts, white blood cell counts, jaundice, and other infections.  But God is good!  Our tiny one came home WITH us that Saturday. 

And wouldn't you know she's been making her presence known ever since?!  And we are soooo in love!