Mags

This is my niece Maggie Holland Harris. I call her Mags. Mags, Mary Elizabeth and I hang out every Tuesday. I love this little girl more than she will ever know. I love that her mommy and daddy created such a precious little gift that I get to love on. Isn't she adorable?

My Sister's Blog

Ok, so I can admit it...I am a blog snob. I barely have time to post on my own, much less read every other one that I love BUT I am trying to make that more of a priority! I didn't realize it until today that my sister has been updating her blog so in honor, I am adding her to the blogroll and putting a link to Alie's blog here. Check it out...lots of cute pics of Maggie and Dexter and a great picture that Josh just took! GOOD STUFF!

Maggie's Home

Maggie, Ali and Josh came home from the hospital today so we are officially a family of 8 living in this house (9 if you count Dexter the dog)...until Tuesday that is!

I snapped this pic just a few minutes ago:

Another pic of Maggie

Sorry I still don't have the best ones...we are using Josh's camera and it is still at the hospital. Mom and baby are doing great!

Introducing Maggie Holland Harris

My sister went in for a scheduled induction this morning at 6am. At 6:30pm tonight she had still only progressed to 2 cm so they decided to go ahead with a c-section. Maggie was born at 7:11 p.m. and is doing great. Ali and Josh did great as well....

Maggie weighed 7 lbs. 10 ozs. and was 19" long. She has a ton of dark hair and wanted to eat the minute she came out. This is not the best picture as she was hungry (notice her sticking her tongue out) and hadn't been cleaned up yet, but trust me, she is a keeper (she even has dimples on both cheeks!) SO CUTE!! I will get more photos of her on here tomorrow.

Jonathan and I just got home and we are going to bed. I will post more tomorrow night.

I can already tell I am going to love being an aunt!

More Updates

Yes, the news here never ends....

My sister went for her OB appointment today and they are going to induce her next Tuesday, July 24th. Maggie weighed in at almost 8 lbs today so she is going to be a whopper. The best part was that we got to see her on ultrasound again today and she has 1 inch of hair!!! They moved in with us last Tuesday and things are going great here EXCEPT that her husband Josh had to be admitted to the hospital on Sunday for an infection in the fluid around his heart. He's doing ok though and hopes to be home in the next few days.

Still no adoption updates, although I did talk to Amanda and she confirmed that we are not yet approved. Other things have come up in the office that got us pushed back, but hey that is ok with us....I just feel blessed that our profile got shown even though we aren't yet approved.

Betsy is officially gone. Jonathan went and removed plates and personal effects today and we will be picking up a new Suburban tomorrow thanks to Mike Cady at Dixie Motors! I'll put some pics on here tomorrow of the new beast and although I had planned to open up votes on names for this one, I am already leaning towards a new name, so we'll just see what she feels like when I drive her tomorrow.

I just realized I have never talked about the kids consignment sale I run! It is called Encores and More North Children's Consignment Sale and it is coming up soon (August 18-25) You can visit our website at www.encoresandmorenorth.com to read more about what children's consignment is. I put this in here b/c I will probably be talking more and more about consignment over the next few weeks and I am even considering linking this blog to the website because we have so many friends through consignment that want to be kept up to date on the whole adoption adventure.

That's it for now folks....believe it or not, I actually have a migraine tonight that I have fighting off all day, but it is time to give in and go to bed. We have a busy week here so keep us in your prayers and I will post as soon as I know one way or the other from Amanda about what the birthmother decided.