Christmas!

The Harvey family had a very nice Christmas this year. Since Brenna was not feeling well, we decided to stay home this year and missed getting to see all of our family, but wanted Brenna to feel better and thought home would help. On Friday, we got to have special visitors from Philadelphia - our friends Ryan and Paula. We went to Christmas Eve mass and boy was it packed! There were lots of precious little people dressed up in their Christmas outfits - including Brenna. Then, Grandma and Grandpa Harvey came over for Christmas Eve festivities and helped Brenna open gifts - including a rocking horse that sings and talks! We enjoyed watching Brenna rip at the paper and try to eat the bows - she was feeling good for a few hours that night. She ended up being sick most of the weekend, but we are hoping the worst is over. We wish that we didn't have to postpone the surgery for so long, but will do what the doctor recommends! Next weekend, we'll get to celebrate with Aunt Jamie, Uncle Josh and Grandma and Grandad Pearson - so they'll be more pictures to come of our Christmas part 2.

Surgery postponed!

Well, unfortunately, the purpose of this post is to tell you all that we had to postpone Brenna's surgery to repair her cleft lip. Earlier this week, mommy got sick and tried her best to stay away from Brenna, but she somehow still got sick and on Thursday we had to call Dr. Beals' office to cancel for Tuesday. Because she had a fever, the informed us that we have to wait 6 weeks before rescheduling. So, her new surgery date at this point is February 21st. Brenna is still feeling a little icky - some vomiting and diarrea - so mom and dad are not very happy either. We hope that she will feel better in time for Christmas so we can at least get some good pictures! We are missing out on a trip to Show Low because of this icky illness too - but there's always next month right?
This is a picture of Brenna's visit with Santa - she did very well in his lap! I know her eyes are red - I can't get our software to fix it, so oh well! This is a picture of her in her cute little patent leather shoes all dressed up for the Christmas parties we attended last weekend. We are looking forward to her first Christmas, even though she is feeling sick. It should be fun to see what she likes most - the gifts or the packaging. =)

Brenna's baptism

Brenna was baptized this Saturday at St. Mary Magdalene's parish in Gilbert. Her Godparents, Jamie and Mark are in this picture and lots of family and friends were able to join us for this celebration. Brenna was on her best behavior and looked adorable in the baptismal gown that Aunt Mary made for her! The only part she didn't like was the water being poured on her head - but she was happy as soon as that was over!
After the baptism, we had a small gathering with family and friends and allowed the subjects of our baby blogs (Brenna, Jason and Jacy) to meet and play! They were all very interested in each other and Jason was a lucky guy to be in between two gorgeous baby girls.

4 months!

Brenna hit the 4 month mark on Friday! She is getting bigger and longer every day and we are enjoying every minute we have with her. I don't have her official weight/height at 4 months - her checkup is next week, but I'll report it then. She is generally pretty happy these days, except for a yucky cold and some gas. She is laughing out loud now, and the baths have moved into the big tub (where plenty of leg kicking and splashing can occur). This weekend, we went shopping for awhile, went to church and to a class to get ready for her baptism. She was a good girl pretty much the whole time! Meanwhile, we are getting ready for surgery and preparing ourselves for the aftercare. Mom is starting to get sad about her poor baby going through this yucky surgery, but we know it's for the best and that she is in good hands!