6 weeks old

This photo was taken last weekend at Jack's birthday party. Isn't it so sweet. I will be using it for my birth announcements. Hopefully I will get those out this week. So sorry for the delay.

Harlee Kate spent her first night away from home this past weekend. She, SaSa, and Granddaddy had a big time. She did great and so did I.

She is sleeping in her own bed now and doing better than she ever did in our bed. It took some getting use to for me though. I think her daddy's snoring was creating a problem for her.

5 weeks old

Well, time flies by when you are so busy being a mother. I can't believe it has been 5 weeks already. I have 4 more weeks left at home with her until I have to return to work. What a dreadful day that will be.

We were very busy this past weekend. Harlee Kate went to Kabuki's with us to eat on Friday night. I can't believe all of the knife throwing and spatula banging didn't wake her, but she was an angel. She also had two birthday parties to attend on Saturday. Mack Wallis turned one and Jack Clayton turned 3. Riding to everyones house put her to sleep of course but, don't worry I ate her cake too.

4 weeks old

Harlee Kate is growing up so fast. Here are a couple of photos where she is 4 weeks old. She has just started interacting with her surroundings so she is really enjoying her playtime activity mat.

3 Week Photos

These are pictures from Sunday. It was her first trip to church. Here she was 3 weeks and 3 days old. She was an absolute angel during services. She also took her first trip to Granddaddy and SaSa's house. We really enjoyed our visit but hated that Jax was sick and couldn't come over to play.

2 Week Photos

Her 1st smile caught on camera

My signature face!!

What I'm doing now...
sleeping 4 - 5 hour spans through the night
enjoys listening to mommy and daddy sing to me
she enjoys Willie Nelson and CCR the most
smiling in her sleep
grunting all through the night

New Photos

I can't believe our little girl is finally here. I love being a mother. It is very challenging right now but I am learning a lot.

Harlee Kate is here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Karen still hasn't made it upstairs to post pictures of her new arrival. So, "Aunt A" (Amanda) is helping out with the blog until she's back to normal!

Harlee Kate was born at 10:19 on March 13! She weighed 6lbs 8 oz, 19 1/2 inches. She actually has dark brown hair . . . more than Karen had when she was born. She is so precious, and sweet, and beautiful that I could just eat her up. There is no feeling like your baby sister having a baby of her own. I feel like she's mine too!!!

I don't have all of the cute pictures that Karen has with Harlee Kate's eyes open . . . but here are some of my favorites . . .



I must say that the new MOMMY is doing very well. She's walking, nursing, sleeping, and acting better than I was after coming home with Jax. I'm very impressed with her. She's just a natural mommy, and she loves her little girl so much already that it just makes me cry. She did have a scheduled C-section. If it hadn't taken 5 attempts to get her epidural in, I think she would have said this was a breeze!!!


All of my Harlee Kate pics are here.