Cheetah girl...

Umm...so cute, photo shoot:

Tidy Cats

In matching kitty P.J.'s after baths...

Two Weeks (the flip side)

It's officially been two weeks since Harper came to join our family and life has gotten so crazy I can barely keep up! So far, this has been what's happened:
Harper: lost her cord, is unusually strong for her size leading me to nickname her mighty mouse (Mouse is my nickname so it's appropriate!), sleeps all day and gets up all night, and is generally one of the sweetest babes I've been around (besides Pea of course). She is MUCH, and by much, I mean massively more mellow than Pearson was/is and I am loving that. She just rolls with what's going on and rarely cries except when she's cold or I'm not quick enough on the uptake with a bottle. She has her two week check up today and her official photo shoot tomorrow.
Overall, I am feeling very blessed not to have a baby with a fussiness issue or colic or anything else resembling it!
Pearson: loving her new sister and all the presents she's receiving as a result, doesn't really like to hold her for more than 20 seconds, definitely whines more and needs mommy suddenly much more than before baby Harper came into this world. hmm, coincidence? I think not. We are seeing this as a temporary phase which is allowing me to keep my sanity... Pea is genuinely sweet to Harper and a help to me too, which is an unexpected surprise, and I am thankful for that!
Ty & I: So so dead tired, but loving having our two girls. Ty leaves for Houston this week, but will return shortly. We, I will miss him and his amazing help. Best. Daddy. Ever.
We've had a TON of support (shout out to my parents, Ty's parents, and my sister-in-law and cousins, as well as our fab homegroup for bringing us dinner and love!). All for now...more updates to come soon!

Jelly Cat

All the Bell grangirls have a Jelly Cat stuffed animal...pea's is the only one that's a dog, but I showed her how they have matching tags (she's super into matching these days) and now she's satisfied. We've taken to calling Harper's Little JJ since her cousin's is named JJ and is bigger. Thank you YaYa for our new Jelly Cat! She's watching over Harper:

Namesake

Happy Birthday Aunt Reen! We love you:)

Tide

To tide you over until I can get my blogging act together, here are more pics and reflections on the arrival of Harper Reen: we are in love (for the second time-third if you count Ty and I)!

Happy Birthday, Harper!

       Harper Reen Bell

                 April 12th, 2010

                      10:21am

                      5lbs 11oz

                  18 inches long

Chelsea and Harper are doing great. We visited them this afternoon. Everything went smooth and as   planned. Pearson just loves her new baby sister and Tyler couldn't be happier.    love, A