Josh, Lauren & Chandler Harris: Hello World

Chandler Lee Harris

4/7/11

8lbs, 8oz - 20 3/4"

Chandler was born 17 days ago and it has been such an amazing experience for me & Lauren. Chandler was welcomed into the world by his mom, dad, Grandma Glenna, "Pappy" Glenn and "Mimi" Julie at Mercy Hospital in Coconut Grove, FL.

The first few weeks have been relatively calm for us. Chandler usually sleeps 3-5 hours between feedings, especially at night. We are very fortunate that he lets us sleep a little bit. We have tried to pick out traits that he has from each of us but neither can determine quite who he looks like just yet, although others do have opinions on that already. We just love all the little faces he makes, like his Elvis lip, and the noises, like his snorting...it's pretty funny stuff. One trait he picked up from Lauren is the hiccups, which he seems to get at least once a day. But he's such a trooper and just sits there until they go away.

Chandler and Mom have been spending a lot of time together at home during the day while Daddy goes to work. We've had a good number of visitors here from our extended family and friends in South Florida. We also have been out a couple of times to let him meet our co-workers and we went out to lunch last weekend with the Bucher's & our friend Katie who came down from Orlando. Chandler is excited to meet his 'Pop' Andy this coming weekend when he comes for a visit. Pop was in China for a work trip when Chandler was born, so this will be his first time to meet him other than on Skype.

We want to thank all of you for your thoughts, prayers, calls, texts and gifts for baby Chandler. He is so very loved and we are so appreciative.

The next few weeks will be busy for us. Assuming Chandler & Mom get a good report from their doctors, we will be making the move from Miami to our new house in the Atlanta suburb of Marietta, GA. We close on our house May 6th and our plan right now is to move up the following weekend. Chandler will get a big room all to himself and some new furniture, while mom & dad will enjoy having all of our belongings under one roof for the first time since we were married (thank goodness for no more storage units!).

We know there are still alot of you to see in the coming weeks and months, so we look forward to those times. Although we don't have our exact schedule worked out, we do plan on taking a trip over to MS in June and we will be visiting Nashville over the July 4th weekend to celebrate Matt & Siobhan's marriage (which we will miss in Napa Valley in a few weeks).

Until then, here are a few more pictures of Chandler for the blog. Also we have a website that I try to keep updated several times a week with new photos, so check it out. http://gallery.me.com/Josh_Harris/100031