Two Weeks Old

When I started this post Luke was two weeks old. He is older than that now, but we will just pretend I finished the post when I started it. Luke had a crazy first two weeks of life. Being born, meeting his new family, traveling to Idaho, lots of doctor visits and a trip to the hospital. Sorry this is a long story and probably boring, but here it goes.

Friday night Matt and I were talking about the upcoming week. Matt had the week off from school and told me he was going to go crazy being home all week. Then he told me the things he wanted to do during the week: move to a house with a yard, build shelves, and tear something apart. For my sanity I suggested that we could go to Idaho and he immediately accepted. We discussed the craziness of taking a newborn on a trip, but he was doing great at his checkup so we decided to go for it. We had a very late night and a very early morning, but we left on Saturday. A few hours into the drive I noticed that Luke had a goopy eye and once again asked Matt if it was smart to be leaving the state (our insurance only covers in state doctors) he told me it was too late and we weren't turning back. So we continued on our journey. Both boys did great and the trip was very easy.

Well Luke's eye didn't get better so on Sunday we were going to ask a doctor from my parent's ward to look at it. Well neither doctor was at church, so we decided to just take him to an urgent care place. So a doctor visit and $85 eye drops later we were set, we thought. Monday I kept thinking he had a temperature and then it would go away, but by night time he didn't look good at all. His coloring was really bad and he just laid on the couch and kinda moaned, so we took him to a doctor in the ward. He suggested that we take him to an urgent care place and get some blood work done. So once again we went into town and checked into the doctors. Well when they checked him out his coloring was just fine and his temp was normal so they sent us home thinking we were crazy I am sure.

So Tuesday we had an appointment with another doctor to have Luke circumcised (another long story but I will spare you all the details). So we get there and they check him all out and he had a temperature of 101.2. The doctor was concerned and wanted to do tests, we were okay with it, but we were a little concerned because of our insurance situation. I called the insurance company and found out that they would cover an emergency room visit, so the doctor sent us over to the hospital. We were so glad to hear that it would all be covered and felt much better about the whole situation.

When they took his temp at the hospital it was 102.8 and they were really worried. They took lots of blood, did chest x-rays, and did a lumbar tap. I couldn't handle hearing Luke cry or watching them draw blood so I sat in the waiting room and Matt took care of everything. They also started him on an IV and antibiotics. After being in the emergency room for a few hours they admitted us into the hospital. They kept him so they could monitor him and give him antibiotics while they waited for the blood cultures. So I watched TV and tried to sleep for 3 days in the hospital, not what I imagined our vacation would be like.

In the end they found that he had a Urinary tract infection and strep. He is doing so much better now and I am so glad that we were able to figure it all out and get him feeling better. There is nothing worse than watching your child suffer and not being able to do anything about it. We are now back home in Spokane and adjusting back to normal life.

Big Brother Meets Little Brother

Marc was very cute with Luke and wanted to give him kisses. We haven't had any real bad attacks on Luke, just a few accidental bumps trying to give kisses and finding his nose. This morning Marc kept asking for baby so that is a good sign. Hopefully he gets used to the idea of a little competition. It's amazing how tiny Luke is compared to Marc, they certainly don't stay small for very long. We are adjusting well and are excited for all the fun times having two boys will bring.
Discovering brother's toes.


Kisses for everyone! I think Marc was very glad to have mom and dad back.

How do you teach a one year old to not head bang his brother?

Luke Matthew Harris

Luke arrived at 1:06 this afternoon. Everything went very well and we are all doing great. He weighed 8 lbs 13 oz and was 20.75 inches long. I am so glad that he was 3 weeks early. Even being a week earlier than Marc he is still bigger. He is a healthy little boy with chubby cheeks and a very loud cry! I keep calling him Marc, and have to remind myself this is not Marc, it's a new little addition to our family!

He wasn't getting fed like he wanted, so he found his thumb!


Proud Daddy!

I Guess It Is My Fault

Tonight after Marc had a bath I got his PJ's on and let him down to go see Matt. All I did was pick up a few toys and then I heard something unusual, splashing. I went into the bathroom to find this.....
I didn't let the water out of the tub, and I didn't close the doors to the bathroom so it is my fault. As angry as I wanted to be, I couldn't get mad because Marc is just so cute.



Marc thinks the strangest things are fun, but it's fine with me, cheap entertainment.

This is for you Alan.

My brother Alan asks me constantly to update my blog so here you go, a lot of Marc! Here is a quick baby update. Things are progressing and my doctor doesn't think that I will make it to my due date, so I am gearing up for the baby a bit sooner than I thought. I am glad he should be here early, I am certainly uncomfortable. Until then I will just get ready and chase a crazy little boy around! Hopefully the next post is about a new addition to our family.
Marc loves to help me cook. Usually it goes pretty well, but we have had a few mishaps. I am grateful he likes to help me and just hope it continues.

Marc had a popsicle so we sent him out to the deck to eat it. It melted and fell onto the deck and we looked out to see him eating it off of the deck. What do you do? Enjoy the silence and just let him do it.


Watch out little brother Marc is so ready to play with you. Marc will be a good helper but I will have to constantly watch him.
I went to a garage sale and this little toy was in a bin of free stuff so I grabbed it. I didn't know what it was or if it even worked, but it turns out it is an MP3 player and with new batteries it works great. Marc loves it and carries it around with him. His favorite song is If You're Happy and You Know It, so here is a video for you entertainment. His shirt is off because he just ate dinner.

Go Ahead Call Me Crazy

*** Just to let you all know. I was just in the right place at the right time to get the toothbrushes. I was in the clearance section in WalMart and a worker was trying to figure out how to display them. She said something about 2 cents and I asked her if she was serious. She asked how many I wanted and I kept saying I'll take more. After I had walked away I decided I should have gotten more but they were gone when I went back. So really it was nothing I did, just luck!!

I know it is not normal to have a pile of toothbrushes as large as this, but today I bought 90 toothbrushes. That is crazy I know, but I only spent $1.80 total. I could not pass up 2 cent for a toothbrush and I figure I can always donate them or give them as Christmas presents!!

A few days ago I saw this blessing dress and I just had to buy it. I know I am having a boy, but this dress is adorable and it was only $4. Maybe this will ensure that our next child is a girl!

While we are on the note of craziness. I went to get Marc out of bed this morning and found this (he did have pants on when he went to bed): He is certainly a crazy kid, but we love him!

Big Baby

I went to the doctor today and had an ultrasound so the doctor could see how big our little guy is. Well he is not so little. Based on his measurements he weighs 5 lbs 12 oz and is in the 95 percentile. This would put my due date around June 9, instead of June 24. So what this means is my doctor would love him to come at 38 weeks (June 10). She can't induce me till 39 weeks, but is pretty confident he will come before that (based on the fact that Marc was born at 38 weeks and was big also). So now I am trying to realize that I only have 5 weeks till he will be here instead of 7. The baby would not cooperate so we didn't get any good pictures of him during the ultrasound, but he did have the hiccups which was kinda funny to watch.

Marc just keeps on going. He is a funny boy, and certainly has a personality. He is usually good, but we have entered the realm of tantrums and he is very good at them. We are currently working on not screaming in church and not turning on the dishwasher every time you walk by it. Any suggestions? Yesterday I went to the bathroom and came out to find this... If you can't tell what this is, it is a chunk of frozen cookie dough which Marc pulled off the counter, opened, and chowed down on. He is a smart little cookie! This is what happens when you drink your yogurt instead of using a spoon, much more fun I know.