Grateful

A hectic but amazing week came to an end yesterday and all I can think of is how grateful I am:

• For Daddy who was home all week (he went back to work today - and I made it on my own - one day down!!):

• For two happy, healthy children who are adjusting well to our new family of 4:

Love this little smile

 



And this one too!


• For wonderful grandparents and family members who have come to town to visit and help us (GG not pictured but deserves so much credit for all the help she's given us!):



Poppy and KeKe



Mommy's godmother Meg

Aunt Susan came from California

• And for all of our friends who have visited with us, brought dinners, and taken Wells on playdates

We are so grateful!!

Sweet Siblings

It is taking some time for Wells to warm up to his sister - but we see sweet signs of improvement every day!

Bringing her Sophie the giraffe

"Resting" with her on his bed

Helping to feed her

Kiss good night

Caroline Comes Home

It's so nice to be home!

Caroline ready to leave the hospital

Leaving CMC

Warm welcome home

As soon as we got home, GG spent some time with Caroline while Mommy & Daddy took Wells for a special outing to Yoforia:

Happy Big Brother

Throwing coins in the fountain with Daddy

With Mommy, who missed him so much

Can't Get Enough

We are loving every minute we spend with Caroline.  Mommy & Daddy have been sitting with her and staring at her sweet sleeping face (sometimes for hours!)

I marvel at how tiny her little fingers and toes are - and have examined all of her seemingly perfect features in great detail! 

Tomorrow we check out of "Hotel CMC" and head home.  I must admit that it has been so nice spending time with Matt, cuddling all day with Caroline, having family and friends visit, being surrounded by all my favorite flowers, waited on hand & foot by nurses, and sleeping all night.  Hotel CMC has treated me well and the nurses have been great to Caroline - they say she is the prettiest baby in the nursery and that all the nurses want a turn holding her when she goes for the night.

But it will be nice to be back at home, spend more time with Wells (who I've been missing so, so much!) and get back into some sense of a routine.

So we head home tomorrow - and I'm looking forward to settling in our newest family member!

2 Days Old

We are still at the hospital - enjoying every minute of being with our sweet new little girl.

 

Big Brother checking her out

And Caroline is so lucky to have wonderful family and friends visit!  Here are a few visitors that we actually got pictures with:

Grandaddy and Kacky

Aunt Kim

Caroline is Here!!

Laura Caroline Harvey arrived this morning at 7:41 am. She weighed 7 lbs 10 oz and is 20 inches long.  We are so in love!!

First family shot

Caroline all bundled up

Head full of brown hair!!

Big brother checked her out from afar.  The jury is still out on what he thinks of his sister, but he definitely liked the cookies Daddy got him downstairs and loved his Happy Birthday Thomas that Caroline "brought" him on her birthday.

Meeting her GG

With Aunt Ann & Uncle Pat

And on the agenda tomorrow:  more time with big brother and hopefully a decent picture of our family of 4!   But tonight we are so incredibly grateful for this wonderful gift and adore our new little girl :)

Ready to Go!

Matt & I can't wait to meet our daughter tomorrow!

All the preparations are done and we are ready to go:

Her room is set

Clothes are washed and hung (I actually did not go totally out of control shopping for her - 90% of these fabulous clothes are on loan from friends whose little girls have outgrown them)


And lots of love has been given to soon-to-be big brother:

He even has some special cookies to celebrate with his classmates tomorrow.

Mommy is feeling a little nervous, for sure, and definitely has mixed emotions about leaving her first little love at home while she goes to the hospital for several days (in great hands with his GG nonetheless).

But we know that this will be the best gift Wells could ever receive, and we are happy for him and excited for our family.

Check back tomorrow for pictures of our newest addition!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Wells had a great Valentine's Day!  

Giving me the Valentine he made at his class party

Dancing with Til & Kate

Enjoying a yummy cookie pop

W with his sweet friends (L to R) Charlie, Sophia & Carson

Sealed with a Kiss

Here are some pics of Wells prepping for Valentine's Day:

Making a special Valentine's Day card for his great grandmother Gummy

Valentine goodie bags for classmates and friends

Testing the candy (love the Monkey Joe's tattoos all over his arm)

Early Valentine tulips for his teachers, Miss Carrie and Miss Dianne, and his school's office staff

Jimmy Jimmy & Mooovie

Translation = Junior Gym and Smoothie

Wells goes to a drop-off Charlotte Junior Gym (jimmy jimmy) class on Tuesday mornings and is always so worn out from his workout that he likes stopping afterwards to get a smoothie (mooovie) to rejuvenate.  It's always a tough call between the Orange Buzz and Red Zinger...

but he always ends up a happy guy!

More Birthday Fun

We live on a close-knit street and are so sad to be losing some of our neighbors who are moving to Portland in a few weeks.  Their sweet son, "baby" Liam, turned one and Wells helped him celebrate at My Gym.

Happy 1st Birthday baby Liam!

W having fun at My Gym on the slide

With BFF Carter on the trampoline...

and in the ball pit

Trying the zipline

Swinging

Cute circus themed favors - big fan of the ring pop