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.......