Bryce sleeping and laughing! Finally caught on video!:)

Mommy's little Allstars!:)

Bryce at 3 months

Post sunscreen application

This is what he looked like when he woke up from his nap. Ended up having a really bad reaction to the new sunscreen we used (water babies)! It actually took over a week to totally clear up. Poor thing!

Busch Gardens

He was SO excited on the way there!

On the train to the park.

On the way home. One very exhausted baby!:)

Bryce 3months and Evan 28months

Uncle Adam and Bryce

Justin, Joe and Alison (Joe is Justin's childhood best friend)

Bryce's new swing. We love it! It goes side to side as well.

The shirts say it all!

Cheesin'! Bryce smiles big like this all the time! So cute! He even giggled at me two days ago when I was changing his clothes.

Catching up!

Blogger is not allowing me to upload photos right now, so as soon as I post this I will upload via Picasa! We are doing well. Bryce had his two month check up and weighed in at 13lb 10oz and was 25in long. He is such a pleasant baby and smiles very easily! He is up once at night for a bottle. Overall his stomach is much improved. I think given time he will outgrow his reflux much more quickly than Evan did. Evan is doing great! He keeps us on our toes! He is trying really hard to talk and is actually saying a lot more understandable words. We are amazed at how many words he knows the meanings too. His favorite new thing is the movie Cars! At least once a day he asks to watch it. Justin celebrated his 29th birthday on Sept 17. We ended up going to Outback with family and friends on Sat. Aterwards the kids went with Grandpa and Grandma and we went bowling with friends. We had a great time! I am still looking for a part time job that provides insurance. Nothing yet, but hopefully in the next month or so I'll find something.

Almost Two Months Old!

I can't believe it's almost been a month since I last posted! Time sure has been flying by! It seems like I posted the last bit of information a little to soon. Shortly after that post Bryce started showing signs of stomach discomfort. We switched him to the formula we had used for Evan (a reduced lactose formula for reflux babies) and things seemed to improve for a week or so. Then he was having some more symptoms. At that point we decided to try a soy formula which was a disaster! After a VERY rough 24 hours we gave him a lactose free formula made for reflux babies. Still not convinced it is reflux. I'm thinking it was a lactose and soy intolerance with SLIGHT reflux. The reason I emphasized that was because the pediatrician feels the reflux is the main issue and the intolerance a secondary issue. Anyway, to make a long story short he is doing much better on the new formula and medicine. Not a 100 percent, but much improved. Bryce had his one month check up August 13 and he weighed 11 pounds and was 23 inches long! So, he is growing fabulously! Unlike Evan, he eats through the pain so he is gaining weight just fine. He sleeps about 5-6 hours straight at night and is still only awake for about 6 hours of the day. He is smiling a lot although I still haven't managed to catch it on camera! Where is the camera when you need it!? Evan is doing great with the adjustment and is a huge help to Mommy. He likes to help me with the dishes and laundry as well as picking up. He's starting to really become independent and wants to dress and undress himself. He keeps us busy, but we don't mind. For those of you who are family the rest of the post is a BUNCH of pictures so enjoy! Sorry it's taken so long to get them up here!

Update and Pictures

Below this post are four new posts with pictures. Blogger has not been allowing me to upload photos so I have to use Picasa. Sorry about the many posts! We are doing great! All of us are adjusting well I think. My parents arrived the day after we got home from the hospital and were here for 10 days. That in and of itself was a HUGE blessing! They really helped with Evan and kept Bryce at night so Justin and I were able to get some much needed sleep. We loved having you guys here and really miss you! We love you! Evan has had a little rough spell since they've been gone since he isn't getting the undivided attention he's been used to for two years. He went around the house looking for Grandma and Pappy the first day or so. He really has accepted Bryce well even though he is acting out when he doesn't get his way. When Bryce cries Evan brings him a car as if that will fix everything and he gives Bryce the sweetest kisses! My brother Jonathan and his wife and son were here for a weekend and we had a great time. Tyler and Evan are 11 months apart and it was so neat to watch them play together. Evan just folled Tyler's lead, it was so cute! Bryce is eating 3-4 ounces every three hours during the day and sleeps for 4-6 hour streches at night. He has been an easy baby so far. No signs of reflux at this point which we are very thankful for! At the pediatrician appointment when he was 5 days old he weighed 7lbs 15ozs. It seems we are not going to have trouble getting him to gain weight like we did with Evan!:) I feel great and have since several days after giving birth. We are learning how to juggle two kids and their needs fairly well I'd say.

Mommy and Daddy's two little men!

Update and Pictures

The three amigos (cousins)!

Grandma, Pappy, Evan and Bryce

Pappy and Bryce

Bryce making his adorable baby faces!

Update and Pictures

Tyler and Evan having fun at the sprayground!

Two very ornery little boys! They had a lot of fun though!:)

Jonathan, Tonya and Tyler

Our family of four!

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Just chillin'!

Evan and Bryce

Our first family photo. Bryce was three days old in this picture.

Grandma, Pappy and the boys relaxing before bed.

Update and Pictures

He has decided he wants to be a fireman when he grows up! I'm sure it will change a million times in the next 18 years!

Bryce after his first bath.

All dressed up.

Have you ever tried to get two little boys to look at the camera at the same time when they are in the middle of playing!? Tyler and Evan both loved the sprayground and it was such a hot day so it kept them cool.

Introducing Bryce Gavin Harris

Bryce Gavin Harris was born yesterday at 12:58pm. He weights 7 lb 12 oz and 20 in long. He is a very good baby and we have hardly heard anything out of him. Thankfully I had a much easier and quicker labor. Evan was in to see him last and pretty much just ignored him. When we asked Evan where his little brother was he pointed to Bryce. We are very anxious to get home!

The time has come...

Tomorrow evening I am being admitted to the hospital. They will begin some meds tomorrow evening, but start the main induction at 6am Wednesday morning. We are hoping for a smooth and quick labor this time. I will try and take a few pics of my very pregnant belly tonight for those of you who are curious as to how big I got. We will post as quickly as possible after Bryce joins us. Pray that we all adjust quickly to this new little guy and that things would go smoothly on Wednesday.

Happy 2nd Birthday Cont.

He walked for quite a while with his little back pack on.


His first ride. He wanted to go a second time so they let him stay on.

He was thrilled that the dinosaurs went up into the air!

At McDonald's on the way home.

Happy 2nd Birthday (A Little Late!)

The birthday boy! Evan's actual birthday was June 24th, but we had his party a few days early.

The cake. He loves all kinds of balls and as soon as he saw the cake he kept saying "ball, ball".

Evan and Graham. One of little guys he occasionally has play dates with.

On June 24th we took him to Busch Gardens. It was his first time there and he loved it! We only stayed for a few hours, but we all had a great time.

April and May Post

I know I have not been very faithful at keeping this blog updated the past few months, so I thought I would take some time and post pictures of what we have been up to the last few months! In April we spent a week in CO with Justin's family. We had a great time and with the exception of hating the snow suit, Evan loved sledding and playing in the snow. The day before we were scheduled to leave one of the biggest snow storms of the year hit CO. Needless to say, it caused quite some excitement and we left our resort a day early. We spent the last night in Denver and it's a good thing we did because two hours after we left they closed the interstate that leads from Breckenridge to Denver! They got around 30 some inches in the mountains and while beautiful, it made for treacherous driving! In other news, I am now 34 weeks pregnant. Other than some Braxton Hicks I haven't felt too bad. We are scheduled for a July 8th induction. That means we will be having Bryce ten days early. The only thing that will change that is if my blood pressure gets too high and we have to have him earlier. We are naming him Bryce Gavin for all those who were wondering. May was a busy month with Evan having his first "major" illness. It hit him Mother Day and was not a fun week and a half. We ended up giving him his first antibiotic which he responded very well too. He had croup and so he and Mommy spent quite a few nights with very little sleep. Croup always worsens at night, but after two days on the medicine he was sleeping much better. In just a few short weeks our little man will be turning 2. It's so hard for me to believe! He is such a happy little guy and turning into quite the "ham"! He is really trying to talk in sentences, but you can still only understand a word here and there. Justin and I have both had quite a bit of work lately which is keeping us on our toes. I'm so looking forward to a break when one of my best friends from teenage years comes down for a week. She will be arriving June 8. This may be the last post for a while as it looks like June is completely packed. Not the restful month I thought I would have before welcoming a new baby! Oh well, for those who know me well, it's my kind of thing!
Our little man sporting Mommy's Bucs hat. Normally he wants nothing to do with hats!
33 weeks! Only 6 weeks to go! July 8th here we come!
Sledding with Daddy! I just hopped in for a picture.
Aunt Brooke and Evan.
All dressed for the weather! He loved sledding!
On our way down to Denver in the middle of a blizzard!
The view out our window right before we left the resort.

Evan has started doing this when we tell him to smile for the camera! Like I said, he is quite a "ham".
Daddy and Evan all ready for church this morning.
Okay, so he is very attached to his blankie. The other week when I was washing it he stood like this in front of the washer watching it. He kept fussing for it and didn't understand that he had to wait. It was really kind of funny to watch!
Mother's day with a fever of 102. Just the start of a not very fun week! I felt so bad for him. He just laid around.
Not the norm! Like I said, he was really sick and this is the way he was for several days.
Just a glimpse of the fun personality he has!

It's A....... Boy!

We found out Wednesday of this past week that our new little one is a BOY! This makes grandson number 6 for Mom and Dad! He looks very healthy and measures 5-6 days ahead of my due date (July 18). He was very cooperative for the ultrasound and seemed to be showing off. The tech was impressed with all the pictures she got and the fact that she was able to check everything out. It's kind of humorous that before the appointment we asked Evan if he wanted a girl and he said No. When we asked him if he wanted a boy he smiled really big and just sighed! Not that he has any clue but, when we ask him where the baby is he comes over and kisses my belly! He has learned recently to give kisses and has turned into quite the cuddle bug. He is growing up so fast! He has a very broad vocabulary and is really trying to talk in sentences. Normally you can only understand one or two words but, he does try. Here are some recent pictures of me at 23 weeks and our visit to the zoo. Evan really seemed to enjoy it. We even got to feed the giraffe which was very cool.

More Evan Pictures

You can see his black and blue eye a little in this pic.

Sleeping little angel!

Does he look ornery or what! Keeps us on our toes and laughing!

Recent Evan Pictures

Evan and Grandma at the circus. It was his first time and he loved it! He had a cold and had only napped for 30 minutes the entire day so I was a little leary about going. He sat for an hour and fifteen minutes before we left.

The elephants.

Mommy and Evan taking it all in.

His first black and blue eye. Daddy was giving him a bath when he fell and hit the side of his face on the tub. It turned pretty nasty looking for about two weeks.