Welcome Home Harrison!

So, starting off where I left off with the last post...

Harrison was born on Friday, February 25th and because he got jaundice we didn't come home until the following Monday, February 28th. My dad and his girlfriend, Michele, were there to welcome us, and we were so glad to have them there to meet Harrison and spend some time with us. We were also VERY glad to finally have our little guy home!



Dad and Michele welcomed us home with a balloon bouquet featuring this really cool "birth certificate" balloon and...




...two very cute bears! The "Harrison" bear is a gift from one of Michele's clients and we LOVE it!!! Unfortunately, the bear on the left didn't make it (one of the dogs ate it within the first couple days!)




Our little angel!

He's striking his "thinking man" pose :-)

Relaxing with daddy!

Snuggling with mama!

Such a handsome fella!

Mama and daddy love this little guy to pieces!

First family photos...

With Mommy and Papaw (and Vega trying to get a sniff in)

With Mommy, Daddy and Mumsy

Daddy, Mommy, Harrison, Banez and Papaw

Daddy, Mommy, Harrison, Mumsy and Popsy

The family photos were taken the last night Papaw and Banez (Michele) were in town. They took us out to eat while Mumsy and Popsy babysat Harrison. Mumsy and Popsy stayed the next week and left the following Saturday. We sure do miss them! It was so nice having them out to spend time with us those first couple weeks, and we hope to see more of them soon! We also hope to see Brenmaw and Grumpa (Brenda and Phil) very soon too! We hope to be able to take a trip to NC before Josh deploys sometime in the fall. Lots of love to everyone and stay tuned for next week's post...

Much love and blessings to you all!

Welcome Harrison Pruitt Smith

So, two months into parenthood and I am finally getting around to posting some pictures of Harrison and updating the blog. In an attempt to get caught up, I'm making a commitment to try to get at least one blog post each week until I've caught up to Harrison's two month birthday! To get started, I thought I would post the pictures from Harrison's birth. Enjoy!







Harrison Pruitt Smith
Born Friday, February 25, 2011 at 3:36 AM
Weight: 6lbs 15 oz
Length: 18.5 inches






Daddy first meets his son :)





LOVE these two pictures!

Love this picture too! Look at that cute little back!

His first bath...he didn't like this at all!

Daddy comforting the little guy

Well, hello there!

Ahh, I like snuggling up to this guy!

One proud papa!

So things are going pretty good. We've had some challenges with Harrison's digestive system...he has reflux and really bad gas :( but we're trying to get those straightened out so he feels better!

Josh had his HAC Board last Friday, April 22nd and did well enough to continue with his check flights to become a HAC: Helicopter Air Commander...in other words, go from being a co-pilot to being a pilot. YAY! Harrison and I are very proud of him!

Okay, well, time to get Harrison bathed and ready for bed. Hope to have another blog post up next week. Love and blessings to all!

It's a party for Harrison!

So, I thought I would start this post with some recent photos taken to show my ever-expanding belly. It's been a little tough to take pictures of myself since Josh has been in 29 Palms this last week and a half, so big thanks to my friend Nadia for taking the 36 week pictures!



35 Weeks



The rest of these are taken at 36 weeks and two days...I tried taking pictures of myself at exactly 36 weeks but they didn't turn out so well...I kept chopping my head off in the pictures...hahaha!

My sweet boy Liam

Sweet boy again - he used to never want to be in pictures!

The belly keeps a growin!

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We had our baby shower on January 15th. It was so much fun and we are so happy for those that could join us! For those of you who weren't there, you were there in spirit and always in our hearts! Special thanks to my friend, Nadia, and her husband, Nathen, who worked so hard to bring everything together! Josh and I are truly blessed to have such wonderful friends!

So the sign is a little early, but we are so excited to meet him that we had to honor the real reason we were all coming together to celebrate!

Front door (we had to put the sign up because anytime someone knocks or rings the door bell, Vega and Liam go crazy)

Decorations and gifts that came in from family and friends across the country (and the world...thanks to Gene & Summer...hahaha!)

I think Nathen is excited too!

The adorable diaper cake Nadia made...she's so talented!!!

Putting out all the delicious food...

So cute!!!

Look at that spread!!! YUMMY!

The blue punch Nadia made...loved the floating rubber duckie!

And I made my famous tiramisu with a twist...blue cool whip, of course!

The beautiful flowers Josh bought for the shower...he's so thoughtful!

Josh diggin' in to "Mama's" tiramisu...he loves it!

The awesome cake Nadia had made for the shower...it was so cute!

Josh looks very serious about cutting that cake! I wonder if he is thinking about grabbing his USMC sword to cut it???

Everyone gathered and enjoying the delicious food!

Is Kyle hiding out in the kitchen watching the playoffs???

I unwrapped gifts while our guests played Baby Gift bingo and Baby Trivia

Emilee found a blanket to match Harrison's room! Love it!

Josh looks to be concentrating very hard on his Baby Gift Bingo game!

Such wonderful and thoughtful gifts!

(Notice that Liam was wearing his "diaper pin" on his collar...that was another game we played. If you said the word "baby" you lost your diaper pin. The person with the most diaper pins at the end of the shower won - and unfortunately I don't remember who that was...hahaha! But Liam did really well...he didn't say "baby" one single time!)

And, of course, all the excitement wore him out!

The fabulous host, and my incredible friend, Nadia :-)

Vega was even worn out after a while...of course, she loved having Kyle and Stephenie's two kids around to sniff and try to play with! Thanks to Kyle and Stephenie for being such good sports!

More great gifts!

Handsome Baby Daddy!

Vega and Samantha (Kyle and Stephenie's little girl) helping me unwrap the gifts!

Josh modeling the latest in diaper bag fashion...hahaha!

Well, something must have been funny!

The adorable quilt my aunt BJ sent us - Harrison will love playing on this!

I think Josh may want the quilt for himself!

Look how good the furry kids are being!

Another shot of Baby Daddy...I love this man and can't wait to start on this exciting adventure with him and Harrison!

I think Nathen was taking this picture to try to see the answers to Baby Trivia! For shame, Nathen, for shame!

I thought it was only fair to include this picture since I included the one of Josh modeling the diaper bag!

And Josh was given a special gift from Nathen and Nadia...bubble gum cigars to announce the arrival of his son!

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We all had such a wonderful time! Special thanks again to Nathen and Nadia - Josh and I hope to repay you very soon...wink, wink! And thanks to those who came out for the baby shower...we had such a great time and hope that you did too! We love you all!

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Josh will be home February 10th, so please continue to pray for safe training and safe flying. We also ask that you pray that Harrison's arrival will be smooth and uncomplicated...well, as smooth and uncomplicated as birth can be...hahaha! Much love and blessings to all!!!