Cute after-bath pictures

Happy Father's Day, Ben!

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Father's Day

On Sunday, we went to my parents' house to celebrate Father's Day. Thank you, Mom and Dad, for a fun evening with delicious food. :)

Fun pictures...

Thinking about fussing

A bit happier :)

This activity gym is one of Lainey's FAVORITE things...I think she'd lie there and play for hours if I'd let her. She really likes the little happy face that is affixed to the top; it lights up and plays music but she's just as happy when it's silently staring at her!

Lunch at Babe's

To celebrate an early Father's Day, the Harris clan headed to Babe's Fried Chicken. It was pretty busy! We had a great time. Sadly, Ben missed this event. He's been in Houston since Thursday night (our first "girls' weekend" - Lainey, Reagan, and myself) but he returns home this evening. :) We have missed having you here, Ben!!

Ella and Kate

Any similarities?


Cally and Collin (Ella's big brother and sister)

This picture cracks me up. Ella is obviously very focused on having that drink...

Ella and Brooke

Bud and his grandchildren: Kate, Brooke, Ella, Lainey, Collin, and Cally

Lainey on Yiyia's shoulder

Allyson and the kiddos

Sleeping Lainey and Kate

Attempting to take a nap...

I had some company! I did manage to get about an hour-long nap, however (without my two friends). Yay!!!

More Smiles!

My friend Danni and I went over to see our other friend Ann's new apartment today. Lainey went along for the ride (She was a trooper - it was a long outing for her!) and I managed to get some pictures of her smiling/smirking. They're pretty funny. Sadly, I got ZERO pictures of anything else but that seems to be my theme these days.

I love my family!

In honor of Reagan

A tribute to Reagan and all poodles of the world...she represents you well!

A big smile!!

She is cracking us up! This smile is so big! She's been smiling more and more...day by day. We are all so excited. Her Yiyia is holding her in this picture. She and Bud stopped by for an evening visit yesterday. :)

Meeting Caroline and Playing with Collin

So, we were at lunch today and ran into one of my former students!! I was so excited. I'm so glad that Caroline got to meet Lainey! Here are a couple of pictures of the introduction. Ben and I were even more excited when Caroline and her mom, Denise, held and played with Lainey while we ate our lunch. So nice! Thanks to both of you!

After lunch, Lainey and I went over and played with Cousin Collin while his sister Ella slept and his other sister, Cally, was at a birthday party. We missed playing with the girls but it was fun to have the one-on-one time with Collin. He is so good with Lainey!

A little fussy here...

Rolling onto my back!

This was pretty funny. My voice sounds goofy, so please ignore that portion of the video. :) And I definitely need to improve my video skills! I'm all over the place. Happy weekend to everyone!

Holding up my head... (well, trying to anyway!)

On another note, I think the baby is losing some of her hair! So sad...although I knew it would probably happen.

Ready for a swim!

Lainey has a few swimsuits - this is one of them! A little big on her but you get the idea! Ben's already a bit weary of her wearing a swimsuit that shows so much skin...

Striking a pose...

One Month Old (a day late!)

Lainey is one month old!! Hard to believe. Time has passed quickly. Yesterday was a good day; we hung out here for a while, then went to Chili's for lunch with Yiyia and Bud (Ben's parents), and then went to Denton with my parents to see some family friends. It was a good Saturday. :) Today the baby started her day by completely messing her diaper (the kind that messed her back/outfit/blanket/everything underneath her) and then, while I was changing her, she peed all over me. :) Sorry if this is too much information for some of you! So that's been fun. Thankfully, we're both clean now and her things are in the washer.

One month happenings:
1. Still working on holding up the head! She's pretty good at it most of the time, but sometimes she still face plants when on her stomach.
2. Rolling over from front to back. This has happened about 4 or 5 times...mostly accidental, I'm sure, but it was pretty cute. Can't do it from back to front yet.
3. Lots of new sounds - I'm starting to recognize the happy sound, the frustrated sound, and of course - the mad sound (a hard, from-the-gut cry).
4. Sleeping in 5/6 hour stretches at night. I still like to awaken her for a feeding around 2 or 3 and then she sleeps until about 6:45 or 7.
5. Lainey is a loud sleeper and a loud eater. It's funny but it's been a little hard to adjust to (not knowing if those loud sounds signify something like waking up, discomfort, etc.).
6. She's not smiling yet (well, as a reaction to something happening around her) but hopefully she will soon. I'm really, really looking forward to that.

And that's all! I will post a picture as soon as I take one - right now, she's still just in a diaper from her messiness this morning and she's asleep. No need to wake her to take her picture. We're headed to Ben's brother's house to swim and play today so hopefully I'll get a picture or two at that time! Happy Memorial Day to everyone!

First City Council Meeting

So Miss Lainey attended (and slept through) her first Plano City Council meeting. As some of you know, Ben was the campaign manager for a city council candidate named Mabrie Jackson. The election was May 10th and Mabrie won! Tonight we attended the city council meeting to witness Mabrie being sworn in. Here are a couple of pictures to mark the event...

Playing Dress Up

A couple of these outfits BARELY fit the baby (the turquoise and purple ones!) but they are so darn cute. It's fun having a girl and dressing her up in such cute things. Her normal attire is a onesie of some sort, but she's managed to wear these outfits a couple of times. :) Pardon my lack of original poses. The boppy seems to be my only prop...

Little Longhorn

Thinking hard about something...check out that forehead!

I think she's trying to do the Longhorn sign...

I haven't posted anything this week! Here are some pictures in her little Longhorn onesie (she actually has four of them - all different, all cute!). We have been doing pretty well overall. Lainey's sleeping in her crib during the day (sometimes) and at night, although sometimes she needs a little coaxing to fall asleep. So we oblige and then once she's asleep we quickly put her in the crib! I hope that she becomes okay with just falling alseep in there at some point. We had to go see the pediatrician yesterday because Lainey has baby reflux. We got some Zantac and hopefully that will start working soon. She's up to 9 pounds - she gained an entire pound in a week. Go Lainey! And she's really starting to fill out and look more like a baby to me (instead of a newborn). It's neat, and a little sad, to see her changing so fast. Our other baby, Reagan, is at the surgery center right now getting her x-rays and hopefully the diagnosis that all is well. If that's the case, then she will come home as her old self! I will be happy about that because she won't be as high-maintenance anymore (she will still be a bit high-mainentance...it's Reagan) and we can finally get her groomed. She desperately needs it!

Happy Mother's Day!

Here are a few snapshots from our day. We had a wonderful lunch with my parents, Ben's parents, and Greg, Tisha, Brooke, and Kate. It was a lot of fun and so nice to be out of the house! Lainey did a very nice job of sleeping through the whole lunch. I was okay with that, though. :) Happy Mother's Day to everyone!

Kate and Brooke with their cousin

My mom and Dad