Bentley's 1 month

Well time sure does fly by. Bentley is actually almost 6 weeks now. My sister took some really cute one month photos so I thought I would post about his 1 month information.length 23.5 (he's grown 2 inches!!!)
weight about 11 lbs (this is measured from me stepping on the scale with him...so it's approximate)He likes being swaddled to sleep
He doesn't like his binki much
He started smiling at us on his one month birthday
He is eating 4 ounces every 3-4 hours typically
He is letting us get a pretty good night's sleep. He sleeps about 4 hours at a time, wakes to eat, then goes right back to sleep.I feel like I am watching him grown and change before my eyes. With Carson and Halli I didnt' notice the change as much. I felt like I was looking at them all day, and I didn't notice how much they were growing and changing. With Bentley I literally feel like he changes as I am watching and looking at him. He has already grown so much! I feel like he is getting so big. I know he is still just a small baby, but he has changed so much in the past 5 weeks he has been with us.

Halli and Carson are really enjoying him almost as much as we are. They are such great helpers. They love to hold him and feed him. Just yesterday Carson held Bentley for about 45 minutes while I made dinner. He just held him and sang him songs-it was so sweet. Halli asks to help feed him almost every time I make him a bottle-which helps me out to be able to get things done. I feel so blessed to have such great kids! I love them all so much.

School days

Carson has started kindergarten! His first day was August 19. I can't believe he is in school now and away from me 5 days a week. I thought I would have a really hard time with it and miss him terribly, but I am doing great with it. Not that I don't miss him-I do-but it is nice to have some time with Halli, and to have him learning so many things. One of the first things he has been learning is what to do when someone hits him. He has had someone hit, kick, or push him everyday except yesterday. We are taking some time this weekend to teach him some self defense moves and what to do if someone is beating on him. Here are some photos of his first day of school. It will be fun to watch him grow as we take pictures every year.
On the third day of school Carson got sent to the principal's office! He was helping another kid that was getting picked on at recess, and ended up getting kicked down. He had to go tell the principal what happened. He didn't get in trouble, but I think it is funny he was sent to talk to the principal so soon in his school career.Please excuse the "I'm not yet awake" face I'm sporting...I wanted a picture with Carson and didn't know how "great" I looked!
It makes me a little sad to think of all the fun things Halli and Carson have done together in the past year, and now they won't have all that special time together with Carson in school. They really are best friends! Halli misses Carson, and asks me everyday if she gets to go to school today.

I wanted to establish some back to school traditions we could do every year, and thought long and hard about what to do. Here is what I came up with. The night before school started we put together a little time capsule. I traced Carson and Halli's hands and feet and had them write their names on them. We also used a piece of string and measured how tall they were. Then I recorded some of their favorites. We put them all together and will look at them and how things have changed next year. After school on the first day I took Carson out for ice cream and talked about how things went, his teacher, what he learned about, and about the new friends he met. When we came home we ate muddy buddies. My mom always made those for us on the first day of school when I was growing up. I remember having them every first day from elementary to my senior year in high school. So I will continue on with that tradition. Oh, I also let Carson choose our meal for dinner the night before school started. Of all the things in the world that he could have chosen he picked grilled cheese sandwiches and tomato soup. I think these are all things we will want to continue doing each year...and maybe Carson will choose a more exciting "last supper" next year!

As a side note, Bentley is already 1 month old! I'll post about that in the next couple days!

Look alikes

Bentley fits right in with our family. I think he looks like both Halli and Carson when they were babies. What is your vote...can you tell which baby is who (probably not too hard)?

FIXED

Ryan fixed our computer...I can now load photos-whenever I want to. I don't have to remember to ask Ryan to bring his laptop home anymore, and then find time to upload them on the specific night he brings it home. I can now post to the blog anytime of day and include photos...so I'm officially back in the world of blogging and facebook again. Between our new camera and my happy computer I'm ready to rock! Here's my big thumbs up to a computer that is fully functional!If anyone else is having a problem uploading photos on their Mac, our problem was our K-9 security. Ryan took our k-9 off and the problem was solved! Two years of trouble because of our security program grrrrr. We also quadrupled our RAM so our computer is super fast now. LOVE IT!

Super kids

So yesterday Carson and Halli were playing superheros-well spiderman/spidergirl, and they were being so silly. I just had to take some photos of them in action. First here they are as normal people in the everyday world

Mid transformation

And spiderman/girl are here to save the day

Bentley Cooper Harris

Well the waiting is finally over! Our little man kept us waiting to see his adorable little face. I was due Thursday the 21st, Bentley was born Friday...after a little help from pitocin. My doctor left on vacation Saturday for a week, and I really wanted him to deliver my baby so I was induced Friday morning. The doctor broke my water just after 11 am, and Bentley was born at 1:08 pm. He weighed 8 pounds 4 ounces and the nurse said he was 19 1/2 inches long, but we took him to the doctor yesterday and he was 21 1/2 inches. Ryan said the nurse at the hospital didn't stretch him out all the way-we watched the nurse stretch him out fully yesterday and know she did it right.
He and I are both doing great! He's been sleeping alright and eating great. He is a much better baby than Halli was so we are very happy. We are all just enjoying having him here. Carson and Halli have been so sweet with him, and just love holding and feeding him. I'm just very happy to not be pregnant anymore, and to be able to finally enjoy Bentley outside the belly!

Carson and Halli

So after posting about Halli a week or so ago, I realized I hadn't ever put their photos up that my sister took a couple months back. I put 3 of Halli's up in her post, but wanted to put Carson's up too. So here are 3 of our favorites. As soon as I find frames I have a cute idea for all these wonderful photos my sister Aubry took! Thanks again for your fabulous skills sista!

These ones of Halli I took, but just wanted to include some photos of her new favorite thing. She absolutely LOVES this bike! It is the best birthday present I have ever purchased for anyone ever. Definitely worth the money we forked out for it! If it wasn't so darn hot here all day, everyday I'd let her be out riding it more. In the fall we'll be out riding non-stop.
Just a side question for everyone...does anyone have a recommendation for an excellent jogging stroller-probably needs to be a double stroller? I am looking to buy one very soon, and it needs to be able to hold our new infant and Halli. I'm excited to get back to running in the very near future!