First Few Weeks!

Tired Mom holding one week old John Harrison.

Ten days old . . . and wide awake (it must be nighttime!)

"Thanks for my adorable outfit, Aunt Lisa!"

First walk!

Second walk!

John Harrison and Aunt Lisa.

John Harrison and (great) Grammy.

Grammy came into town this past week to meet her first great grandson.

Mom, Dad, and two-week old John Harrison.

John Harrison dressed in support of the University of Memphis Tigers (thanks Aunt Lisa and Shannon for the cute outfit!).

We are doing well and enjoy seeing our precious baby boy grow, develop, and change every day. John Harrison is slowly transitioning to a more normal schedule and sleeping more at night.

Eighteen days old.

Baby Announcement . . . Lots of Firsts!

David and Catherine . . . about 12 hours before heading to the hospital to have our son!

We took this picture of ourselves at 5 am on March 6, 2009, just before heading to the hospital. This is our last picture together as a family of two (well...two you can see!).

Getting out of the car about to go in the hospital....lots of excitement and nervousness...

Around 7 am on the day of delivery shortly after admission to the hospital.

Happy to finally be at 10 cm! Last picture before John Harrison was born.

Our precious baby boy.

John Harrison wrapped in a blanket that his Aunt Margaret crocheted for him.

Happy Dad holding his one day old precious son!

Dressed and ready to go home. We thought that wearing a dog outfit would cause our dog, Raleigh, to instantly fall in love with John Harrison....no such luck....she still seems quite hesitant of him and his crying seems to alarm her as much as it does us.

Going home from the hospital.

Dad bringing John Harrison into our house for the first time.

First pediatrician visit. David and I are very thankful for a healthy baby.

Five days old -- First visit to Grandmama and Grandad's house.

Family photo. Mom and Dad are quite tired. Before having a baby, we never could have imagined that three hours of sleep (broken up, of course) would be a good night's rest.

John Harrison was born at 3:58 pm on March 6, 2009 and weighed 7 lbs 9 oz. and was 20 3/4 inches long. Mom and Dad are both very happy to have a healthy baby boy and enjoyed the support of family and friends around the time of his birth. We truly believe that this child is a gift from God and ask that you pray for us as we go through the first few weeks adjusting to life with a newborn.

Snow Day!

This past Saturday, the weather channel was predicting 2-4 inches of snow, which was supposed to begin early afternoon and continue through part of the night. As is typical of most Southerners, I was skeptical that much of any snow would accumulate. I was obviously very wrong as we ended up with somewhere between 7-12 inches of snow in our yard.....depending on where you measured. On Sunday morning, David went outside to take some pictures of the snow around our yard. Raleigh, our dog, about went crazy when David went outside! She wanted to play in the mysterious white powdery stuff. David picked Raleigh up, took her outside, and put her paws down in the snow. Raleigh got extremely excited and let us know she wanted to play! We put her leash on and let her run around for a few minutes. After tromping through snow that was deeper than her legs were long, Raleigh enjoyed coming inside and warming up by the fire (smart dog!!). I couldn't help but think about how excited our son will get when he is old enough to play in the snow. When that happens, David and I will no longer be able to play outside for a few minutes and then be content to come in, warm up, and enjoy the view out the window; instead, I'm sure we'll be outside for hours making snowmen, snow angels, and throwing snowballs.

Baby decided to weather the snow in my warm belly :-). Hopefully, the next post will announce his birth.....keep checking back!