Five Generations

Harper is now 10 days old. We are all having so much fun getting to know her. My mom stayed with us for the first 9 days and just left yesterday. It was so nice having an extra set of hands to help out while Jeff is busy with football. My mom was able to help out with some of the late night shifts between feedings. Thanks Mom!! She will be back later this week.


My family is blessed to have five generations still living. My Great Grandmother is 99 years young and lives with my parents in Paris. In the picture below, my mom and her dad, Karl Davenport, are standing in the back. Harper Joy, me, and my Great Grandmother Jane are sitting down. Jane Mitchell is Harper's Great Great Grandmother!

On Monday afternoon, we had our sweet friends Scott and Natalie Blanchard come by to visit. Scott was Jeff's roommate in college and the Best Man in our wedding. He and his wife, Natalie, live in Tulsa, OK. It was a real treat to see them because we haven't seen them in at least two years. Natalie is expecting their first baby girl in about 7 weeks. We can't wait for Baby Blanchard to meet Harper. Jeff's dad, Bill, has been able to come over several times to visit Harper Joy. He lives in Carrollton so it's not too far of a drive for him to come visit his first grandchild. Harper sure does love hanging out with her Daddy. Jeff has been so busy with football, but when he is home - he enjoys loving on her. He's a natural!Friday night we went to the park to get some fresh air. When Harper sleeps she likes to put both hands spread out above her head. Here's a funny picture of her in the stroller doing her "superman pose" as we like to call it.

Harper loves this Boppy bouncer. It bounces, vibrates, and has music. She has spent a lot of time in here already.

Sorry for the long post - but I just have so many cute pictures to show everyone. My mom and I were laughing this weekend because between our two cameras we had already taken close to 300 pictures in her first week of life. We went through and picked the pictures that we wanted to print and there were over 150 that we wanted to print. I think Harper has gotten use to the camera flash now.

Until next time...