Brotherly Love

Brandon's Pictures

So now that Brandon is 2 weeks old, I have figured out how to sneak in a minute or two to post pictures. This is just minutes after he was born. I was definitely crying.

Proud Papa 3rd time over... I love watching these 2 together. They definitely have a special bond already.

Emma has been a SUPER big sister and LOVES to be called a "Big sister." She loves baby Brandon and is a great helper for mom.
Nate has told me several times that it is not my baby, but his. He absolutely adores Brandon and can't keep from touching him or talking to him. Although at times I am bugged by this and would prefer he leave the sleeping baby alone, I know these are moments to be cherished.
I don't know if its "3rd times a charm" or what, but I am LOVING this little guy and feel like as a mom I am figuring things out much more quickly with this one. He is so cute and cuddly. He is a sweet little guy that has brought much happiness to our home.

Baby Has Arrived!!!

Pictures will follow... but until then, we're excited to welcome Brandon Donald Harris into our family. He arrived Sunday at 12:44 weighing 9lbs. 1 oz.

Pushing Isn't Against the Rules At Our House . . .

IF you are pushing your sibling down the street in a big red car.

I couldn't help but laugh as I watched the kids playing outside yesterday. The weather was perfect and they couldn't have had more fun taking turns pushing each other. I had to sneakily take this video through the window so as not to disturb their getting-along.

Halloween 2009

I know I'm more than a little late posting these, but better late than never, right? This year Halloween was kind of on the back burner since I'm super pregnant, Andrew's super busy at work, we just moved into a new house...oh yeah, and did I mention I was in the hospital for 2 days, just 2 days before Halloween? Yeah, kidney stones and pregnancy make for a lot of fun. But enough about that, let's just say, we made due with the hand we were dealt and made the best of this year's Halloween (thanks to SUPER DAD I might add).

Nate as Darth Vader...he loves the bad guys

Emma had a really cute witch costume which she refused to wear, choosing the dress up Tinkerbell costume she got for her birthday this year instead.

She was a sport though and let me do her whispy Tinkerbell hair.

We had a great time on Friday night at our church's Trunk or Treat. Saturday morning Andrew helped us carve our pumpkins and we took the kids out again for a short bout of trick or treating on Saturday night.

Reading Nook Re-Do

While Andrew is away, Julie will PLAY... or redecorate, that is! Normally when Andrew goes out of town, I plan a project to keep myself busy so I don't miss him too much. I usually paint. (remember the RED family room, or the GREEN kids room??) Well, Andrew left on a business trip last night and I'm just too tired to paint. So what to do???

Our "reading nook" usually looks like this:

Or better yet, like THIS:

After a trip to the home improvement store with Emma, 20 minutes with a drill, level, and screwdriver, it now looks like THIS:

Ta Dah!!!

You'll never guess what material I used...RAIN GUTTERS!!!

I LOVE IT!!! Hopefully it will keep our books off the floor. And really, it only took me 20 minutes!!! So I guess I'll need to find another project for the remaining days he's gone... any ideas?

I got my inspiration and instructions here.

61...Make That... 54 More Days

The kids found Andrew's stapler today and wanted to staple something...anything.

For the past few days I thought it would be fun to make a baby countdown chain. Thanks to my Dear Doctor for setting an induction date, I know I only have 54 days left!!! That's right folks! I will be induced on Monday, Dec. 7th...if all goes according to plan.

For those of you disgusted by me and my LOVE of modern medicine right now, rest assured knowing that both Nate and Emma came more than 1 week early (which is my induction date) (Nate, 14 days early, Emma, 10)... so chances are this baby will come NATURALLY anyhow. But at least I can pretend I'm cutting it short especially since I'm already looking full term...hence, no pics of me. I think this chain MIGHT wrap around my belly once,
but maybe not... just kidding... I'm not THAT big, although when someone asked me my due date 2 weeks ago, they then followed up with, ARE YOU HAVING TWINS???