Harry loves his monkey outfit!

I always get pics of this little one in his crib, on the changing table, or napping on me…when he gets older, I’ll be sure to diversify the activities I capture, but for now, this is the best we have: tummy time with Daddy. Harry tries to roll over. So advanced!

Harry had a tough day yesterday. He slept less than 10 hours. If that doesn’t sound crazy, benchmark that babies his age should sleep 16-20 hours. Even our little insomniac baby averages 12-14 hours a day. Think about it: what does he do for the other 14 awake hours?? This baby can’t control his head, so being productive for 14 hours is unlikely. You can only do tummy time and go for stroller walks for so long. He has not felt well thanks to the thrush and really struggled to sleep, in spite of countless adorable, pitiful yawns…the biggest yawns ever for such a little fellow. He could win a record, I’m sure of it.

I digress.

45 minutes. It was 10pm and I handed Harry to E and told him that I was going to sleep but that Harry would probably want to eat at 10:45pm. He had eaten at noon, 2pm, 4:30pm, 6:30pm, and 8:45pm after all…but who’s counting?!

45 minutes of sleep would have been more than I had had all day, and it was a precious 45 minutes that I was really excited about.

FOUR hours later, Eric wakes me to tell me Harry’s hungry!!! FOUR HOURS!! He had fallen asleep and slept for FOUR hours. Okay, so it was actually only 3 hours and 45 minutes but it was a dream. (Pun intended.) More sleep than I’ve had since he was born. And then he slept another two straight and just went down to sleep again. Poor little tike was just so tuckered out!!

Our only picture from yesterday is Harry in his stroller finally dozing off. This was at 8pm and lasted about ten minutes. But every minute counts!

On another very exciting note, our dear friends Krista and Curt had their little one today!!! I won’t post pics or other info that’s theirs to share but so excited for Harry’s new little girlfriend to have arrived safely!

This little guy is so loved.

Okay, okay. So I just added that last one because I’m learning my Instagram and Beautiful Mess apps and was playing around with this pic and liked it…this was the night Eric gave me my push locket. 😉😍

My sister came to visit this week and it was great to have her in town!!

She helped take care of Harry and cook with Meme but mostly, she was good for my soul. There is just nothing like a sister and aunt around. I just wish she and her family lived down the street!!! I don’t know where in the evolution of societies it became acceptable to settle down away from family, but it was a silly move. Pun intended. That said, I’m thankful for frequent flier miles and Delta and iPhones and Skype.

While here, Carrie and Mom did get some time to enjoy NYC for a bit. They got drinks at Five Napkin and went for walks in the park. We even sent her home with some Ommegang for Rick.

Michael and Ben are already into their newest little cousin. They swaddled a bear and built towers to guess Harry’s height.

Harry is loving having his Meme and Aunt Carrie around. So are Eric and I. Eric and I got to sleep until 10 and go out to brunch just the two of us. Decadence. I had eggs benedict for the first time in nine months. Eric enjoyed his Belgian beer in honor of the new Belgian King. Yummy, yummy.

The Johnson crew spoil little Harry with lots of holding and it’s gotten contagious. Eric and I are taking to the same.

We are also putting Harry in his travel bed during the day to teach him day and night. We will see how that works out…so far he slept three hours with all the buzz of cooking and cleaning around him. He likes his Guava Baby bed!

On another note: Harry’s belly button is about to fall off! All those adorable onesie gifts will be wearable so soon!

Today Eric went back to work, and we are so grateful to have Mom and Dad in town to help out. They watched Harry while I went to the doctor, held Harry for hours while he slept ( spoiling him already), made a grocery run, did laundry, and cooked fried chicken and creamed corn for dinner! Yummy… There was even sweet tea.

Can’t wait to meet Aunt Carrie tomorrow!

We are so in love with this little guy!

Meme and Papa came from Georgia to visit Harry today. Papa turns out to be the baby whisperer.

Harry’s first pediatrician appointment was today. He is so healthy!! He gained a pound since last Thursday at discharge and 10oz since being born, after going from 7lbs 14oz to 7lbs 7ozs in a couple of days in the hospital.

The doctor didn’t hear his heart VSD which is great news.

We had our first stroller ride on the way to the pediatrician.

Harry fell asleep about 30 seconds into his first tummy time.