Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween from the Christensens!! xoxoxo

Playing catch up!

Hello everyone!

So I just wanted to post about Harper's 1st set of shots she had last week...she got 3 shots and only cried for a second!  As soon as I was able to pick her up she was fine, what a trooper!  And don't worry, Aunt Lynda...their vaccines do not contain thimerol or thimerosal.  :)

Since it wasn't at an actual doctor's appointment, she got her shots at the Public Health Department immunization walk-in clinic (where I used to work!), she didn't get weighed or measured, but I jumped on the scale they had (first I weighed myself, then I picked her up and weighed us together) and she weighed 11.6 pounds!!  But that was with a diaper and onesie on, so maybe a little less.  And then I decided to measure her at home and she was 23 inches long!!

She's gained about 6 pounds and 4 inches in the last 2 months!!!  And she's getting sooo chubby!!  I can't wait for you all to see her at Thanksgiving!!

xoxoxo ~ The Christensens

We have an office!

I'm just so excited...on his only day off this week, Glenn decided to paint our office!!  In the video I poked in there really quick and it was a mess...the desk was in here but had no drawers in it, boxes everywhere, tools and paint supplies all over, mail stacked to the ceiling...but we now have an office!!  Yay!!  It's not finished yet (need more work surface, paint trim, closet doors, decor, etc.) but I am so happy that we can finally use this room!

Just for Grandma Betty!

Harper LOVES showers!  :)  Baths...not so much.  Here are the rest of the pictures of her cute little crack getting clean!

House Tour Video

Here is a video tour of our house that I took today.  I thought I'd show the changes from the "before" pictures.  We're not done yet, but I thought it would be fun to show what we've done so far!!

Invitation to view Lindsay's Picasa Web Album - Harper and House

You are invited to view Lindsay's photo album: Harper and House Harper and House Oct 12, 2008 by Lindsay Different pics of Harper and house photos View Album Play slideshow If you are having problems viewing this email, copy and paste the following into your browser: http://picasaweb.google.com/lindsaymichelle81/HarperAndHouse To share your photos or receive notification when your friends share photos, get your own free Picasa Web Albums account.

Happy 2 Month Birthday!!

Time is just flying and Harper is getting bigger and sweeter every day!!  I can't believe she's 2 months old...she is going to be so fun for everyone (and Glenn and I, obviously) over the holidays.  I can't wait!!  Hopefully she'll be fully laughing and smiling then.  She gets her shots next week, so stay tuned for that post and keep your fingers crossed for her.  Okay, okay...keep 'em crossed for me!!  I'm gonna need it!  :)

About the previous post...

For some reason the text with the last post didn't show up at first and I had to add it later...so if you want to read our first hilarious adventure in parenting, go to the blog to view it!!  http://the-christensen-fam.blogspot.com.

xoxoxo,

The Christensen Family

Our first embarrassing story to tell when she's in high school...

Harper is now 8 weeks old, which is around the age when baby's digestive systems start to slow down and mature.  Her diaper used to be dirty at every changing, but all of a sudden one day she started slowing down and then all of a sudden didn't poop for 2 days!!  She was super cranky (and gassy) and we figured it was because she hadn't pooped!  We couldn't handle the fussiness anymore, so we decided to try to help her out.  Following some tips from a baby book, Glenn drew a warm bath and got in while holding Harper.  After 15 more minutes of grunting, farting, and crying with intermittent moments of calm, still nothing.  Another trick to try was to stick a thermometer up there for about five minutes to see if that helps things along.  We thought 'what the heck,' and decided to try it.  Poor thing...she'd hate it, then be okay with it, and with every farting episode we were both jumping and then laughing hysterically at our first interesting hurdle as new parents.  And then FINALLY!!  Harper pooped a good one...and remember she's in the bathtub...with Glenn.  :)  We were cracking up at our success.  And thank goodness, after that she was back to our sweet baby girl.  And I am proud to announce she pooped twice yesterday, and then once today so far.  Hooray!!

And another exciting update...she has started smiling!!!  They are few and far between, but she likes her chin kissed and that will get a smile sometimes.  And sometimes she laughs, too.  Right now it sounds like a cough, but it's still super cute!!

xoxoxo,

The Christensens

More videos!

I know you all love the videos, so here are some I've taken recently!! If you get this by e-mail and can't see it, make sure to go directly to the blog to view it. :)

xoxoxo,

Glenn, Lindsay & Harper