Did someone say........cookie.....

Beau officially became a cookie monster on Thursday

Look at my cute caboose

We started Wednesday off with story time with Grammy.


We then went to the Pediatrician's office for a weight check. Beau weighed 14 lbs 10oz. A full pound since last month. Yea Beau! And now.....that CUTE CABOOSE I promised you as he slept for 3 hours when he took a N..A..P..

Is it Grandparent week at the House of Harlow?

Before you swear you are experiencing Deja Vu. Take a closer look at this picture.......Same baby, baby in same outfit, same chair.........different Grandmother (ignore dog butt). So NaNa left Tuesday morning and Grammy rolled in Tuesday afternoon! It has been a barrel full of Monkeys......errr.......Grandparents around here this week. We have enjoyed all the company!

Beau & Grammy checking out Beau's Blog. Wonder if they noticed I haven't posted lately...

Bye Bye NaNa

NaNa left on Tuesday morning! We were all sad to see her and Granddaddy head home to KY. Beau enjoyed spending lots of time with his NaNa! Tara if you are out there doesn't Beau look handsome in his outfit you and your Mom got him! He is also VERY cuddly in it!

5 months old Monday November 17, 2008

To celebrate he teethed on Mammy John's finger. I mean Granddaddy's finger... (yes....sneak peek of the kitchen.....)

Fun With Green Beans

Sunday night we painted Beau's face with green beans. I mean we fed him some green beans. I do think some actually made it inside his belly. He would make a face and his whole body would shudder but then he would grin, open his mouth and take some more. It was hilarious!!

Sunday Suprise

Papaw, NaNa & Aunt Megan came by this morning to visit Beau and see his new tricks. We all went to breakfast at Brother Junipers. YUM! Beau and Papaw had fun reading all about Minky Monkey while waiting for our table.

Beau sat in my lap while we ate and at one point when I was almost done he squealed. He couldn't understand why that fork wasn't headed towards his mouth. We have been giving him food again this past week. No more than half a serving of fruit, Bananas & Applesauce. He had a tiny bit of rice cereal in his bananas last night. Again, like I mentioned before he seemed gassier and now almost constipated. He is a really regular guy but I still know most babies his age don't go every day so when he missed a day recently I thought nothing of it. But lately he just seems a little uncomfortable here and there and a little fussy which is unlike our Beau. Could it be reflux, teething, gas, constipation???? So of course I turned to Dr. Google. I have a truly fabulous relationship with his pediatrician and we talk and email ALL the time .(I also do her billing and not a conversation goes by without her asking how Beau is) BUT, I feel really guilty bugging her for every little detail when my child is perfectly healthy and happy so I consulted with Dr. Google this weekend and apparently there are three things when you start solids that will constipate your baby and we have been shoveling 2 of them into him. Bananas & Applesauce. Rice cereal is the third but I haven't really given him any of that(no time to pump lately). I swear, if there were a manual of things to NOT do it seems like we must follow that book to a "T". Here I was thinking fruit was good for regularity. Apparently pears and prunes are. So I suppose we will try veggies and pears. I am still not going to give him any more than what he will eat AFTER he has visited the dairy bar as I know that is the most nutritious and high calorie meal he can get right now BUT he LOVES the daily snack he gets so there you have it! And SURPRISE, just like that this post of family fun turned into a dissertation on my child's BM habits, Ha! After breakfast Beau showed all his tricks. He bounced in his bouncy seat and rode his horsey and sat up.

After spending quality time with Papaw, NaNa & Aunt Megan, Beau's Na Na came to pick us up to go shopping at Carriage Crossing in Collierville. Can you say Gymboree, Baby Gap, Swoozies, Children's Place & Dillards. Na Na was too generous! Mr. Beau will be stylin!

After that he slept through a trip to Michaels and Debe's friend Gloria's house. Can you say TUCKERED OUT! Well I won't reveal any pics just yet of the kitchen. The cabinets are painted inside and out and the contents of my kitchen have now been moved back into the kitchen with the exception of 2 large boxes for Goodwill. We do have hardware. We just decided on in stock hardware once we realized how many pieces we needed. Yikes! Now we just need to do the touch ups and order the wall paper. Yea! It looks amazing though right now. So much brighter! Thanks Honey!

NaNa & Granddaddy Came to Town, Ride a Little Horsey, & I Can Sit Up Now!

Beau's Na Na & Grandaddy came today from Kentucky to spend the next couple days visiting us.



They had a surprise for Beau. A little rocking horse that moves his head and makes, well...... horsey noises. Giddy Up Cowboy!

Beau had a little surprise for them too. He can sit up! He started doing this Thursday night but I didn't think it counted since he was still using his hands but today he is sitting with no hands! Yes, the first thing we did this afternoon was lower the crib. Because if he is sitting today who knows what he will be doing tomorrow. I want to know what has happened to my BABY. He is growing up way too fast!!

Little Man is wore out! He did not take a nap today so when we took Na Na to the hotel he was asleep when we turned off of our street. Night Na Na, sleep tight, see you in the morning light!

What's for Dinner??

See Dad.....I did NOT have Trey redo my kitchen so I could take a week off cooking. We had spaghetti, french bread and salad for dinner last night. I did have to step over Trey as he was painting the cabinets under the stove while I was making the sauce. Luckily, I did not get sauce on Trey and he did not get paint on me. Fair enough trade off, right? So, we will not live off take out this week just because the entire contents of my kitchen are now residing in my dining room. I think we are having chicken enchiladas tonight if anyone wants to stop by. :o)

Daddy aka Jungle Gym

Two Tired Tuesday

No that is not a typo. I did spell the title of this post correctly! I have TWO tired boys and I am posting these pics from last night on Tuesday. III is tired from a LONG day of painting our kitchen. IV is just tired from his long day hanging out at the dairy bar, practicing crawling, bouncing, playing with his toys, pulling his dogs hair, eating his bananas, taking his bath, being held, cuddled and kissed. Once Daddy FINALLY sat down last night Beau decided to nestle right on up to Daddy and go to sleep. It is so hard being a baby around here.

Melt Your Heart Monday

Ok. One big collective AWWWWWWWWW! Little Man was worn out after some bouncy time Saturday night! Now if that doesn't melt your heart you must have a REALLY cold heart. Brrrrrrrr!!

Well Deserved Time Off

So as of Friday afternoon my hardworking hubby is officially on VACATION!! For an ENTIRE Week! So with an almost 5 month old in the house I bet you think we have lots of leisurely days planned, or at the very least nothing planned at all. Just a week full of nothing. Well then, you don't know us very well do you. Ha! Here is a sneak peek so that you can take a stab at how he plans to spend his well deserved time off from the daily grind.

What is that you say? Are we hosting a tag sale? Auctioning off the contents of our kitchen cabinets on Ebay? Getting everything out to host an all you can eat buffet? Or is it that I am planning on cooking tomorrow and actually using EVERY pot in the house and not just kidding about it this time? NOPE, Nada, No. Actually, None of the above would be correct. On my Dear Husband's week off he is going to transform my glorious 70's kitchen into my Dream Kitchen.

Well, my "For under a $1,000 Dream Kitchen." He is going to paint my cabinets and all the hardwood paneling a bright creamy white. No more dark, drab, not light enough, not dark enough, weird color brown stain kitchen. We will still live with the Old Man Stripes wallpaper for a little while and we may actually not have hardware on the cabinets for a little while. These were my ONLY two tasks. Narrow down and order the wallpaper and order the cabinet hardware. I have known this was coming for quite some time. BUT, at least I have picked out our hardware now and we have 4 wallpaper books somewhere in the dining room under the contents of 2 (yes just 2) kitchen cabinets. Depending on the time of day since yesterday I have no fewer than 5 different favorite wallpaper samples. So one day it will be finished. But after this week the hardest part will be over.

I meant to actually take real before pictures. As in BEFORE we actually do anything but then the paint brush started calling my name and I just wanted to see what a little paint looked like here, and here, and over there, oh, and just a splash here and then I got bored with that and decided to empty out another cabinet. Good thing Trey doesn't have my ADD. So enjoy our "sort of before" pictures for now. Maybe we will have some AFTER pictures before we ring in the New Year! Thanks Baby!!! WE LOVE YOU!!!

Proving Momma Wrong

O.k........so I am well aware of how kids tick. I simply thought this did not apply to the infant set......The fastest way to get them to accomplish anything is to say they can't do it, aren't allowed to do it, shouldn't, wouldn't, couldn't do it....well, you get my drift. So last Sunday I happen to post to the entire world wide web that Beau isn't crawling. Should have kept my mouth shut.....errrr.....my fingers off the keyboard! He isn't ready for the Infant Olympics (today anyway) and he won't win any speed or grace awards BUT our little tumbleweed can crawl. As of last Sunday too. Go Figure! He is TOO CUTE up on all fours rocking back and forth, all you with kids know this stance. Precious! Don't forget the little mini push ups, the real kind, not the wimpy knees on the floor ladies version. Then a scoot backwards 3 or 4 feet, up again rocking on all fours then forward 2-3 crawls, tumble over, Repeat! This is complete with lots of shrieks, squeals and giggles. Of course his furry friends are like the carrot in front of the horse. The cats are figuring out to stay at a distance because IT can move now and those little hands are QUICK! Enjoy these pics of Daddy and Beau on our bed. Yes, that IS Mitzi on our bed. She was taunting Beau enticing him to come get her across the bed but when the camera came out she decided to get some much needed tummy time!

Oh yea. Growling is sooooo laaast weeek! This is the week of blowing spit bubbles while blowing raspberry's(a more polite way to say he constantly is making farting noises with his mouth) Our little man's Favorite time to do this continuously is on his changing table. What more appropriate time is there for a boy to make those sounds other than during diaper changes might you ask? Well glad you did! Hopefully some fellow economic stimulators walking in front of us this week at various local places of business such as the mall, grocery store, etc will read this blog so I can be redeemed. There is nothing like toting around a cute tot only to have someone walking in front of you when out of the blue comes a rip roaring tooting noise. Just one, loud, realistic sounding, imitation tooting noise. Of course the stranger turns around to see ME and my little cherub who is now smiling an angelic smile, complete with halo. Wonder who they think passed gas...........It is like walking around with a whoopee cushion. ALL BOY! Those that know me know I love Calvin & Hobbes and I hoped to have a child just like him. I think I am getting my wish!

Welcome to the House of Harlow

We here at the House of Harlow are all awake on this GORGEOUS fall morning, sitting by the fire in the Man Room. We ALL enjoyed the extra hour of sleep! Now that our little man is really becoming more active it dawned on me that there are probably a few of you out there who would like to actually have some stories to go with all the pictures you have been flooded with since Beau was born. DON'T PANIC all you die hard Beau Bear picture fanatics I still PROMISE to take way more pictures of our son than is actually necessary and dutifully post them to the Original House of Harlow website located at Shutterfly.

I, Mamma Harlow promise to try to keep this site updated for your viewing pleasure so that you may all share in our life's journey. For those that know me well know I am not the best person at making or returning phone calls but I will TRY to update this at least once a week. I am working from home while trying to raise our family so if a week goes by without a post you are welcome to check in the old fashioned way to see that we are alive and kicking. P.S We are all still in P.J's so I won't add a current photo to this post. I think we have pictures of Beau in just about every footed P.J he owns so if you must know he is in his Daddy's Cowboy jammies with the star on the foot. CUTE!!

An update(old news for most): Beau had his 4 month old well child checkup 2 weeks ago Monday. He weighed 13lbs 9oz meaning he had doubled his birthweight. WHOO HOO, Way to go Me! He was 25 & 3/4inches long. (His carseat only accommodates giraffes up to 30 inches, YIKES) This means his is still following the growth chart at the 25%Weight and 75% Height. I know you are all familiar with the body type terms of apple and pear. I guess you could say we have a banana baby! Long and Skinny! He was given the 6 month developmental questionnaire as he had already accomplished the 4 month charts. He still is not crawling but can do the roll, drag, plant feet and push off we affectionately refer to as combat crawling. He thinks highly of his Uncle D.K the Marine Sniper so he prefers this method of transportation. Since his Momma is not ready to move into the upstairs, carpeted, fur free playroom(read:Daddy's playroom, Beau's playroom is set to be completed Spring 2009 and we are seeking skilled migrant craftsmen(read: free family labor, ha!) )we have not actively promoted actual crawling although it will be soon.

He is officially teething and can now growl! No he did not pick that up from his furry friends as they have NOT growled at him. I think he got it from me as I have been hoarse the last 2 weeks. It is hysterical as he will make this serious face and growl and then laugh. He did LOVE the rice cereal and peas we offered recently but we have not given him anymore. It did seem to make him a bit uncomfortably gassy so we thought we will TRY to hold off a little longer if he will let us. He also has a really great belly laugh and is just a joy of a child!! Well, Mr. Harlow is ready for his breakfast so off I go to the kitchen to make biscuits, eggs and bacon. If you are in the neighborhood please stop on by. More later.......