Busy Day

I've had a busy day and I'm working with very little sleep because now along with waking up every 2 hours for feedings - Harper is waking up in between those when she flips herself over and can't get back ("Help I've fallen and I can't get up"). So I'm just so tired I almost didn't post tonight. That combined with the fact that I documented my day with my poor little point and shoot camera that just takes such awful pictures ............but I'm going to go ahead and share our day and I have a few prayer requests.

Julie, one of my former co-workers (for YEARS) - we worked together at my very first job at 22 up until I quit recently, is having a little boy in 2 weeks or less and my old office had a little lunch shower for her today and they were nice enough to invite me. So Harper and I met up with them at Copelands.
Unfortunately - Harper was in a very unhappy mood (ALL DAY) so I had to stand while she screamed most of the meal. It was still good to see everyone!
I was thinking today that I have 3 friends (2 in the blog world but I've met them in person and 1 real life friend) and they have had/are having 3 baby girls 3 Tuesdays in a row and the baby's are all named AVERY! How funny is that? They don't know each other but I know all 3 of them. Does that even make sense or seem neat or am I just so tired I'm delirious?
After lunch, I drove around until Harper fell asleep and then we headed over to visit Laurie and the girls. Emily was supposed to be napping but she heard my voice and decided to come out! I love that girl so much.

Harper enjoyed time with Aunt Laurie

And then Harper cried so loud she woke up Sarah Kate from her nap so I knew it was time for us to head home.
Then we headed over to take dinner to our friends who recently had a baby boy Brandon. He will be in Harper's Sunday School class also. Isn't he cute?

Well - I really think I can't type much more. I'm sorry if I haven't commented on your blogs or responded to your e-mails lately - I just feel like I'm in a fog right now. It's a very thankful fog and a happy fog.........but it's a fog all the same.

• I want to share that my friend Katie is doing much better and has moved out of the ICU. God is good. She still needs prayer but I'm hoping she will be just fine soon.
• Please pray for this family who recently welcomed little Khloe to the world. She has Trisomy 13. http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/melissarobbins
• We now have FIFTY-NINE praises on the Prayer Blog (59! 59! 59!) If you are wondering how to get on the prayer blog - the best way is probably to just leave a comment on the blog and I'll get you added. It can take me a couple of days sometimes but I WILL get you on there. If you have e-mailed me and don't see your name on there - please just leave a comment on the prayer blog and I'll get you on there.
  
• Remember that Friday is the day to tour nurseries/children's rooms. If you don't have children - don't feel left out - just enjoy the tour and get ideas and come back and join the next week!!!!
  

Rolling, Rolling, Rolling.........................

Well - life as I have known it for the last 4 months has just seemed to change over night. Harper is constantly on the move now. The bouncy seat is a faint memory. I put it to rest today for good because she kept trying to flip out of it. I've been putting her down on a pallet all last week and that was working good.

But suddenly today every time I put her down within a minute - she would be on her stomach. Several times last night she would start crying in the middle of the night (nothing unusual - ha!) and when I would go to get her she would be on her stomach - mad because she couldn't get back over. Right now she is in her bed sleeping on her side.
Gone are the days of laying her down anywhere and doing something quick. I'm afraid she'll roll off the bed or anywhere else I might put her. So we are stuck like glue together. I just THOUGHT I couldn't get anything done before. I know most of you are shaking your head and saying "just wait until she starts crawling and then walking". I know.........I know. My little baby is growing too fast before my eyes. She is also reaching and grabbing for EVERYTHING. It's just so funny how much she is changing so fast.
Also - I have been going to Wal-Mart every week at night after she goes to bed but I didn't make it last night so I thought we would TRY to go together this morning and I had a lot to get so I was afraid it would be a disaster and she did SO great! She just smiled and cooed the entire time! I was so happy! I think Harper knows how much I love Wal-Mart. She knows I love Target too - but she screamed the entire time we were there last time. ha!
Scott spent all day yesterday turning half of our garage into a gym. He cleaned off the floor and put down gym matting. He hung a TV and DVD player on the wall so he could do his P90X DVD's out there and I can do Shred (nope - still haven't started). So today was his first day doing P90X and we have a question for all of you who said you have done it.
Did you just do the exercise videos or did you do the diet plan also???? The diet plan is putting me over the edge. The meals have like 5 courses - all dinners have a special soup and everything has a million ingredients. It took me FOREVER tonight to fix his dinner and with a baby who is moving constantly - I don't have time for this. I want to help him do this right but it's almost an impossible plan. I just want to know if you did it and if it made that big of a difference rather than just eating low calorie on your own. HELP!

Also- please keep praying for Katie. She had a better day but they wanted to do a MRI and just couldn't and they are now doing an EEG to see why she isn't responding to the medicine like she should. The baby is still doing good which is great news but Katie is still in horrible pain. She needs your prayers.

As Paul Harvey Would Say............................

and now here is the REST of the story.......................

Scott got Dawson for me for Christmas the year before we got married and he has been my baby ever since. I love that little dog so much. We have spoiled him and treated him like a human baby for the last 6 years. Everyone told me .....up until Harper's birth......"once Harper is here - Dawson will go to the back burner" and I would say "You are crazy.....he will always be our baby".
Well, Harper came and I understood what they all meant. Now don't call the SPCA on me - Dawson still gets daily walks, rides in the car, sleeps right between Scott and I and lots of love and attention. But he definetely doesn't get our undivided attention like he did before. He has been so great with Harper and I try so hard to include him because he looks so sad when I wheel the stroller out and leave him behind. But handling a dog and a baby on a walk is next to impossible. He gets his leash all tangled up in her stroller every 5 minutes and every time we have to stop for him to pee or sniff - Harper gets mad that we aren't moving. It's a nightmare.
We have always taken him on trips and I have carefully planned his food and put blankets down in the back seat for him and laid out his leash and treats. We have planned stops on our trip just for him to get walked.
But then it came time for our first trip with Harper. I spent 2 days planning out everything we needed for her. I got up hours before we left to get her and I ready and feed her and time everything just so. And unfortunately - we just threw Dawson in the front seat thinking everything would be great. No blanket covering the seat, no thoughts of potty breaks for him. We just wanted to get to my parent's house without waking up Harper. ha!

About 45 minutes before we got to my parent's house....Dawson started pacing in the front seat and doing an excited whine. We both thought he was just so excited to be almost back in the country where he spent a month when Harper was born. I couldn't believe he recognized the road and was already that excited. Well - about 5 minutes before we got to their house - we found out he wasn't exactly just excited to be there. He had "to go". And he had "to go" BAD! All the sudden - he exploded diarrhea all over the front seat. All over Scott. All over everything. And it was the worst smell we have ever smelled in our life. I didn't know whether to laugh or to cry. Then he started jumping all around in it. I can't even tell you how gross it was. I called my parents and said we would be pulling up in a minute or two and we needed them to run outside immediately and grab Dawson and take him for a bath at the shop and bring lots of cleaning supplies outside.
(We have leather seats or the car would have been ruined. We scrubbed and scrubbed and I think we are okay. )

So yes - we love our sweet daughter SO much. But we also love our little dog.
And next time - we will pay a LOT more attention to him.
Especially when he starts whining in the car.