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Hutson Garrett Harvey

carly — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 01:54:00 +0000

Unlike his sister, baby Hutson arrived a week earlier than his scheduled c-section date at 38 weeks and 3 days. Big sister Mary Reese arrived 10 days after her due date and tipped the scales at 8 pounds and 15 ounces and 21 3/4 inches long. Little brother weighed in at 7 pounds and 6 ounces and 20 inches long. He’s a peanut, but a precious one at that! He’s got a head full of dark hair and is already stealing the hearts off all that come in contact with him. He looks like his daddy and I pray that he will act like him too.

Because of previous complications with the vaginal birth of MR, we were advised to do a C-section with baby Hutson. This picture was taken right after the C-section. Breathing problems caused our little man to stay in a transitional nursery for 10 hours after the surgery. We were thrilled to have him in our arms again early the next morning.

Gran C and Big Daddy brought MR up to the hospital a few hours after Hutson’s arrival. And although they had to look at him through a glass window, they could tell that baby Hutson was the mirror image of his daddy (with his mama’s dark hair). Two days later, MR and Gran C got to meet the little man in person.

Hospital vistitors included big sister Mary Reese, Gran C, Big Daddy, Uncle B, Aunt B, Danny, and Uncle Bill.

Playing catch up

carly — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 10:24:00 +0000

In the two weeks since my last post, we have embarked on several home improvement projects, visited with family from Griffin, Cumming, Athens, and Waycross, welcomed the arrival of sweet Anna Bea, watched the fireworks in the Marietta Square, cheered on the Braves at Turner Field, and counted down the days and seconds until Little Man’s arrival…as of today, we are down to 14!!! And while our to-do list and social calendar is growing smaller, I am most definitely growing larger.

John Thomas’s first birthday celebration in Griffin

Reynolds and Mary Reese

Waiting to welcome Anna Bea

Sweet Anna Beatrice (Anna Bea)

July 2, 2010

8 pounds, 8 ounces; 20 inches long

Four precious cousins

The July 4th weekend included fireworks in the Square, a visit from Danny, and a trip to Turner field to cheer on the Braves.

G, Danny, and Aunt B

MR and Uncle B

Large and thankfully not in charge

carly — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 12:36:21 +0000

The larger I get, the longer my G’s to-do list grows. Last weeks task was to paint Hutson’s nursery. Window treatments and bedding are on tap for this week. With only five weeks remaining, it seems like time is flying…the next three weekends are full of family, fishing, a birthday party, and the arrival of sweet Anna Bea. We’ve got lots to do and so much to be thankful for!

The nursery colors are pale blue and red; I will post pictures once the window treatments are up.

This past weekend couldn’t have been any better…

A visit from Gran C and Big Daddy,

a cookout with Julie, Bill, Nene and Boss

and a girl’s spend the night party (complete with pjs and a bedtime story from Big Daddy).

Heading to church on Sunday.

The early bird gets the worm and dibs on the remaining Doritos

carly — Wed, 26 May 2010 01:21:08 +0000

By 8 am this morning, I had completed 5 Petey Pie orders, sewed MR a new pair of shorts and a dress, mowed the yard, unloaded the dishwasher, and completed two loads of laundry. Feeling a bit like Superwoman, albeit a rather large and bloated version. We are down to 8 weeks until baby Hutson’s arrival and I’m doing my best to trick my body into nesting mode. Most days, I fail miserably on my “to do list”, but excel on my daily caloric intake. I’m hot. Anxious. Big. And ready. But also nervous about entering the newborn phase again. It certainly feels real–I’ve already gained the recommended weight limit for pregnancy– but then again, it doesn’t. Its hard to imagine what life will be like with two babies. I’m looking forward to the changes and learning to embrace (and not rush) these last remaining weeks.

9 weeks to go

carly — Tue, 18 May 2010 13:56:25 +0000

I’m officially as wide as I am tall. My bra resembles something purchased from a prank store and my panties could fit an elephant. Still, I am giddy with excitement at the thought of meeting our little man in just 9 short weeks. Until then, we’ve been doing our best to keep busy…Popsicles on the porch have become a nightly tradition. We’ve also been doing our part to cheer on the Braves. G and MR attended Friday nights game and convinced me to join them again on Sunday. And although Sunday’s game included zero time in the stands (we met Dora and played in the Kid Zone instead), it was a nice reminder that an air conditioner, couch, and bag of Doritos is truly a pregnant girls best friend!

First game of the season; G and MR met our friend Jeff and his son Brayden for a daddy’s night out at Turner Field.

The kids has a blast watching baseball and playing in the Kid Zone.

The daddies had fun too…

so much fun that they did not return until midnight with two very tired, sacked out kids.

Dora (the Real Dora as MR refers to her) stopped by Sunday’s game

MR and Aunt B; Sweet MR makes this face when she doesn’t want us to know that she is having fun. Gone are the days of modeling Petey Pie shirts; this is all I get when I ask her to smile.