Father's Day Weekend

We had a fun Father's Day weekend being at home all together as a family. Saturday we had some friends over to swim and cook out. Sunday we went to church and then went out to lunch. It was Flint's choice, of course, so he picked pizza (which was no surprise!) Our friend, Stacy, from our Sunday school class joined us. She and her husband are in transition much like Flint and I were last year. They are moving to Gainsville, FL and he has already gone down to start his new job. Stacy is still here in Waco taking care of all the things you do when you move. NO FUN...I have been there!

Our little girl LOVES the water! She has loved her bath practically since we brought her home from the hospital, so it is no surprise that she also love to splash around in the pool. Now if we could just get rid of the harsh sun, it would be perfect.

Buddies

Faith and Cilla

Girl also loves her sunglasses! Maybe because I have been putting things, like big hair bows, on her since the day she was born!

Flint's First Father's Day with his sweat pea

I never thought I could love Flint any more than I did before Cilla was born. But, seeing Flint with his daughter adds a whole new dimension to our marriage and to the love I have for him. It is so fun to see his soft side- to see him laying with Cilla on his belly, to see him kiss her on the forehead and put her to bed, to see him on the floor playing with her and talking to her...These are truly the sweetest things in life! I am so thankful for Flint and his role as a Godly leader and the provider in our family. Cilla and I are blessed a million times over! I couldn't ask for a better hubbie for me or a daddy for my baby! We love you, Flintastic! You mean the world to us! I am so glad God gave you to me!

Happy Father's Day

And to our dads:

Thank you for always being there, thank you for all of the hugs, thank you for the sacrifices you made, thank you for picking us up when we fell, thank you for the lessons you taught us, thank you for loving us unconditionally!!! We are blessed beyond measure!

Go Kris!

American Idol finals are tomorrow night and I am so excited about this finalist...

Kris Allen!!!

He is from a small town about 20 minutes from where I grew up! Kris, you have my vote!

Tennis National Championship

Flint has been in College Station the last several days with the Tennis teams. Cilla and I decided to join him for a couple of days so we would not be home by ourselves.

This is Jordan holding Cilla. She is one of Cilla's favorite babysitters!!! Jordan has already offered to write Cilla's rec for Tri Delt when she goes through rush in the fall of 2027!!! Jordan was a Delta at Baylor and now works with Flint.

Momma's little Delta says "Sic'em Bears"

(she also says "Whoo Pig Sooie!")
Chill'in at the hotel waiting for the next match

... and the picture above is our baby monitor. I looked at it the other day while she was napping and it was no surprise to me that her thumb was planted in her mouth. She has been trying to get this down the last couple of weeks and it finally happened! You can also see in this picture that she is still sleeping in her carrier! It is working like a charm! You can't get the best of us, Acid Reflux!!!
***I think in this picture she had just pulled her thumb out of her mouth.

Mother's Day

Today is my first Mother's Day. It has been such a wonderful day!

We went to Sunday School...Little Bit is not going to the nursery until she gets her first round of shots, which is tomorrow! She is the perfect little baby while she is in with the adults. She is quite as a mouse and sleeps most of time! After church Flint took me to one of my very favorite places in town- Cafe Cappuccino. They have Banana Nut French Toast that is to die for!!!

Getting ready to leave for church...already asleep!

This afternoon I laid Cilla on the bed and she was smiling at me ear to ear! It melts her mommy's heart when she does this! I caught a little grin in this picture.


This has been a bitter sweet Mother's Day for me. Nothing makes me happier right now than to be a mom, but today a big part of us is not here. Today is Flint's first Mother's Day without his mom. It breaks my heart that sweet Cilla will never know her Grammie on this earth. But, she will know how much she was loved by her Grammie before she was ever born.

I also want to say Happy Mother's Day to my mom. She has been an amazing support the last two months. I have the most selfless mom in world. I hope I am half as good of a mom as she is! Thanks, mom, for all you do for us. We all love you very much and can't wait to see you again soon!

Birthday Girls

We celebrated two birthdays this week.

My baby girl, Cilla, turned two months old. I can't believe it has been two months!!! And my first baby girl, Sophie, turned 10!!! Also hard to believe!!! I love both of these girls very much! They both bring lots of joy to my life!

Look how "tall" she is getting. We go back to the doctor Monday for shots. I will be interested to see how she falls in comparison to other babies her age.
She has changed so much the last few weeks!
*Still loves to be "out and about".
*Loves to ride in the car.
*Loves her paci and is trying oh so hard to find her thumb. I keep shoving the paci in though. Way easier to break paci sucking than thumb sucking and lots less corrective dental work!!!
*She holds her head up so well! I love to see her stick her neck out like a little turtle!
*Speaking of neck...I think her little neck is the cutest! I am always kissing on it. Love it!!!
*Loves "Praise Baby". So does her mom...It allows me to shower!
*Usually sleeps between 6 and 7 hours consistently before wanting to eat. However, she can sleep up to 9. The secret is out!!!
*I hate to admit this, but it is working for us......she sleeps in her car seat right now. It has made for way better nights. She was having some tummy trouble and I think this is really helping.
*Loves her doggies.
*Loves to watch fans. It is hilarious!


For Sophie's birthday, I got cupcakes from What About Cupcakes?, the local cupcake bakery! They were delish! If you live in Waco, I highly recommend the Oreo and Cream cupcake! But, I have yet to have one I do not like!

Here is the birthday girl on her BIG day!


She had the cupcake devoured in no time! She and Katie got mini Vanilla cupcakes and Flint and I had big kid size cupcakes!!! Yum-O!!!

Our Baby

I just LOVE these lyrics. So many of my hopes for my baby girl.

"I Wish"

By Heaher Headley

I’d give you the moon, but you’d never know the warmth of the sunshine.
I’d give you the world, but exactly what would that do?
I’d promise you wings to fly, but how would you ever learn to run?
So I wish you all you need,

to be more than I could be.
This is what I wish for you.

I wish you rainy days, so you can know the beauty of a clear blue sky.
I wish you falling leaves, so you’ll understand the seasons change.
And if I gave you the mountains, would you learn to climb?
I pray you’ll always see; the forest through the trees.
This is what I wish for you.
This is what I wish for you.

If I could I’d say the word and chase your fears away,
And I’d stay right by your side and show the way you should take.
But this your life, this is your story, and when all is done and said, you live with no regrets.

I wish you ocean breeze, and rivers that can bring you everything you dream.
I wish that the air you breathe, is all that you’ll ever need.
I wish you nights of love, and days of joy and shoulders when you cry,
And just enough hello's, to get you through goodbyes.
This is what I wish for you.

I pray one day you’ll have a home, with arms that open wide,
And you have someone who loves you, always by your side.
And if you lose your will to try, I wish you wings to fly.
I wish you wings to fly.

I wish you everything you need.

And this is what I wish for you,
And this is what I wish for you.

Guess Who Has a Birthday....

Poppa Larry!!!!

We might get in trouble if we tell how old he is on this blog...but I will say it is a big day!!!

I have been blessed to have such a wonderful dad.

You are so full of life and so fun! You bring joy to everyone that you are around. You are very genuine and have a huge servants heart. I am thankful that I have a dad that always led our family toward Christ. You are such a wonderful role model to me.

Now I am so excited to watch you be Cilla's grandpa! I know she is going to love you so much and I know your heart is already filled with tons of love for her!!! I also have full confidence that you will show her a good time and probably give her ice cream and doughnuts way to often!

I love you so much, dad! I wish I could be there to celebrate this BIG day with you. We will give you lots of hugs when we get to Arkansas!

Easter

The weekend before Easter our Sunday School class had an Easter egg hunt and picnic. It was tons of fun! Cilla was the youngest of almost 30 kiddos!!! Our class is blessed with lots of kids. Cilla will have lots of friends and her pick of boyfriends...since most of them are boys!!! She slept through her first Easter egg hunt and enjoyed being held the entire time!

Our friends Josh and Kelli came down to Waco Easter weekend to meet Cilla! We had so much fun being with them! We went to a Baylor tennis match, visited the Dr. Pepper soda shop (FYI- Waco is where Dr. Pepper is made!), went to Cafe Cappuccino and Ninfa's, and enjoyed hanging out and good company!

(I did not do a good job of taking pictures)
Thanks for making the trip to see us. You guys mean the world to us.

We love ya'll!!!!

***This is what you look like when you are the mother of a new born! I look ten times worse standing next to beautiful Kelli!!! At this point I am not sure how many days I had gone without washing my hair!!! I am embarrassed to admit that!

One Month

Guess who is one month old today?!?!?

I know it sounds soooo cliche, but I really can't believe how fast the last month has gone! I think until you watch your baby grow up right in front of your eyes, you really don't grasp how fast life goes by! Time...please stand still! It has been a month full of ups and downs...but the most wonderful month of my life! I really never knew I could love something so much or think that such simple things were so cute! I never knew how much I loved and appreciated Flint. He has been wonderful to me and to his little girl and it melts my heart to see him with her!

A little about our life with Cilla:

*I have had up to 5 hours straight of sleep a couple of times this month. WHo knew that would feel so wonderful?!?!

*Eats every three hours during the day and between 4 to 5 hours at night. Wakes up once in the middle if the night to nurse. I usually do not put her down until about 10:30ish.

*LOVES to be held...I don't blame her!

*Rarely cries....unless she is hungry or of course wants to be held.

*LOVES her bath. She lets us pour water all over her body and on her face. If she could smile...she would! It is so cute!

*Is amazing when we go out! She loves to go...just like her mommy! She has been out about every day of her life since she was 5 days old. She has been out to eat several times, to the grocery store, to Target, shopping, to the doctor's office, to her dad's office, to several Baylor tennis matches, to a Sunday School picnic.....

Her first restaurant experience was at Jason's Deli. She slept the entire time!

*Has been left with a sitter. Her Nana stayed with her once and my friend and BSF Leader, Stephanie, kept her one night so Flint and I could have a night out.

*Loves to ride in the car.

*Thinks our puppies Sophie and Katie are interesting. A little unsure of them giving her "kisses".

*Not much of a swaddler. She has to have her arms out and is constantly flinging them around! Flint calls her the band director!

*Still has blue eyes.

*Loves for me to read her bible stories from her bible story book.

*Is a very noisy sleeper.

*Loves to curl up beside her dad and sleep...SO CUTE!

*Unfortunately, likes the TV a lot! She comes by it honest.

*Has the biggest belly I have ever seen and she loves to stick it out! But, it is so precious and so her!

*Was labeled feisty at 5 days old by her doctor and is still living up to it! She wants so badly to hold her own bottle and to hold her head up!

*Has acquired the nicknames Frogger, Chunky Monkey, LC (for Little Cilla), Cills (thanks Jordan!), and definitely gets called Cilla Grace lots.

Her Name

We have had so many questions about our sweet Cilla's name. I thought I would share a little more about where it came from.

Many of you know that Flint's precious mom passed away back in November. Her name was Priscilla. We thought the name Cilla was a little more modern and would set her apart from the other Priscillas in our family. That is why we went with Cilla.

We chose Grace because...well...we just really liked it. I have always loved the name Grace. We were actually going to use another name and we had a change of plans at the last minute.

Due to frustration and some circumstances we went to the hospital without a "girl" name picked out. We, of course, had a boy name picked out, but not a girl name. We actually talked about it on the way to the hospital to be induced and I just could not deal with it. So, after we decided to have the c-section, I told Flint to make the decision if it were a girl. I told him he could name her.

The converstaion went a little something like this:

R: You just decide. Name her whatever you want to. I truely do not care.

You know the names we have discussed over the last several months and you know how I feel about each one.

F: I can name her anything?

R: I said YES! Within reason!

And the rest is history. That is how CILLA GRACE came to be!

I thought I would share some of Flint's childhood pictures with his mom. Isn't she beautiful!?!? I hope our little Cilla is as beautiful on the inside and outside as her "Grammie". She has a lot to live up to!

Smile

She brings a smile to my face and warms my heart. I can't believe she is mine!

She is so funny with her hands and the faces she makes are hilarious. We are constantly laughing! Life has done a 180 over the last few weeks and I thank God for the gift He has blessed us with!

Life at Home

Here are a few more pics of little Cilla. I have been terrible at keeping up with posting, but all you ladies who have had a newborn and who have survived sleepless nights can understand.......

Here we are arriving home from the hospital.

Our first two girls (Katie and Sophie) were so glad to see us but a little unsure of the present we brought home for them!!!

Our First Family Picture

Trying to get a baby and two puppy dogs to cooperate is next to impossible!
My Girl
(not my best picture)

She loves her bouncy seat and I am hoping that love lasts. This will allow me to eat and brush my teeth!

The girls feeling sorry for themselves!

Cilla's first walk

Being a mom is much harder than I ever imagined it would be. I love my daughter more than I can put into words and can't get enough of her which helps keep me going each day. We are slowly getting to know her and what makes her happy, so each day gets a little better and a little easier! My mom has been here since she was born and I can not tell you enough about how wonderful she has been to us! I kind of feel like she is now passing the torch to me and I am not adequate enough to take it and run with it! I have some really big shoes to fill! I only hope that I can be half the mother that my mom is.

I will do better at posting, but for now I wanted to keep all of our followers happy with a few pics of our sweet little girl.

Cilla's Birthday and Hospital Stay

Introducing

Cilla Grace Harris

Our Sweet Little Girl

right before going home from the hospital

Sorry for the delay. We have had little access to internet the last couple of days, not to mention the days have been crazy! We are home now and oh so happy to be! I wanted to share a few pics of our sweet little girl. I will share more details and pics later but hopefully this will give everyone a chance to see her.

When first arriving at the hospital and starting the induction

My first time to hold Cilla

Her precious eyes

One Proud Daddy

Right after she was born

Seriously, Flint is so taken by her! I love watching him hold her, talk to her, and love on her! It melts my heart!

Right before leaving the hospital.

Thanks for all the sweet comments and for all the love you have shown to us over the last few days. We feel so blessed to have such wonderful family, friends, and bloggy friends!!! There will more to come soon. But for now, I have to go feed my baby!

I haven't forgotten you

Hi... It's Kelly again. :)

As you see I have yet to post a picture. And I'm sorry.
Rebekah has informed me that the hospital does not have internet access and she is unable to
send a picture at this time. I know there is a lot of you out there that can't wait to see this beauty but we are going to have to be patient a little longer.
Trust me I want to see her just as bad as you do.

-Kelly

Baby Harris has arrived

Flint and Rebekah are proud to announce the arrival of their new baby GIRL!!
Cilla Grace Harris
born at 8:30 pm
weighing 9 lbs 15 oz
20 3/4 inches

Rebekah and baby Cilla are both healthy and happy.

I want to leave all the wonderful details for Rebekah to share so I will keep this post short and sweet. Hopefully pictures will follow soon and I will share as soon as I have them.

Thanks for keeping Flint, Rebekah and baby Cilla in your prayers...

-Kelly