Playing!

After Santa passed, we headed up to Chicago and had a great week with
family there. We are back home & Brynn played in the bouncy Santa
brought her.

Fun times!

We had a great week visiting family in Chicago! Great grandma, grandma and Erica loved on baby Brynn and Denver played non stop with Emi and Richard.

Kisses from great grandma!

Emily Lynn & Brynn

Mr. Fix It

Daddy was working on his bike so of course Denver decided he needed to work on his bike too!

Patience...

Denver is the only one left among us who is of sound mind and has had
enough sleep to hold Brynn...even he, though, is not too happy about
it...
Just kidding...kindda. :-)

Pictures from the weekend...

What a great weekend together! Saturday, it took us nearly three hours
to all get ready and get to the mall for a thirty-minute shopping
'adventure', of which 20 minutes was spent feeding Brynn!
Brynn seems to still be improving, but the evenings have definitely
been her 'fussy' time.
We are thankful to have two great kids!

Go Tigers!

A friend of mine made Brynn an LSU headband and tutu so she is already to cheer on her LSU tigers in the Cotton Bowl!

Ready to shop!

We don't get out much with Brynn but we decided to brave a trip to the mall this morning...if you don't see any follow up posts you'll know it didn't go well...just teasing!

Playtime...

Brynn watches her big brother prepare "broccoli soup"!

Our babies...

Winding down for the night...
Learning that Brynn has a milk allergy and adjusting her diet
accordingly has helped her temperament a lot. She's still not sleeping
through the night, but did begin rolling over two days ago!

Ready for my Christmas program!

Early morning story...

Rocking my little sister!

A WHO DAT Snowman!

Denver & I built our first snowman together this morning.
After we were done, we had a great game of what Denver called "Mut,
Mut, Moose!" [a good ol' snowball fight!]

Enjoying the first snowfall...

Tummy time!

Fun with the neighborhood kids!

Brynn's One Week Photos

I hope he stays this sweet...

In addition to keeping everyone abreast with our two growing kids, one of the biggest reasons we keep this blog is for Erin & I to be able to look back at what was happening at a particular time with our kids. We do it a lot more often than we ever thought we would. I say that as a preface to today's post, because there aren't any pictures to show, just a conversation that I'd like to remember for a very long time.

After a few weeks of neither of us sleeping, Erin & I decided to split duty on taking care of Brynn at night, with one of us spending the night with Denver in his room (and thereby getting a much better night's rest). Last night was my "night of rest", getting to sleep with him.

Long after I thought he was asleep, Denver said "Daddy?"

"Yes, buddy?" [Although I didn't reflect it in my voice, I was somewhat frustrated and surprised he wasn't already asleep...]

"I love you so much. ... You're my best friend in the whole wide world!"

WOW! What a cool little dude! He's been so good with Brynn and all the "adjustments" he's had to have over the past month.

Brynn has been growing, although we're still having trouble with her "fussiness". She can hold her head up pretty well, and, if not being fussy, can sleep for 5+ hours at a time. Not much else to report - if she's not eating, gazing, or crying, she's asleep.

Missing Emmie and Pops

We had a great visit with Emmie and Pops and Denver is already missing them so much that he is packing for our trip in February!

Trying to leave...

We found Denver trying to close himself in Emmie & Pops' suitcase when
we told him it was time for them to leave! :-(

My first tutu...

Playing together!

Rockin' my new leg warmers!

Camping out...

Denver, Pops, & I camped out in our back yard tonight. Here we are
waiting on the fire to be ready to roast our marshmellows!

Finally!

Still waiting on Emmie and Pops!

Waiting on my Emmie and Pops!

Super fast!

Denver has gotten so fast on his bike...I have to jog with brynn in stroller at times to keep up!

Bundled Up!

Brynn got all bundled up to walk while her big brother rode his bike. May have been a bit overkill as it was 50 degrees outside!

Feeding time...

Denver has been a great big brother & loves to help feed Brynn!

Welcome to our new blog...

Welcome to our new blog created to celebrate our expanded family. Have no fear, though - if you ever want to look back on one of our old posts on Denver's blog, you may do so here!

Brynn Christina Harris was born October 25, 2010 at 2:55PM. She was 8lbs. 7 oz., and 21 inches long.