Happy Jakob

It's been ages since I've updated this blog, so I thought I'd post something fun for all persons interested. Enjoy the video!

Massive Picture Update

It's been awhile since we've had a good update, so here it is!

We're having a great summer. Alex has been playing lots of baseball and is getting much better at it. He even won the game ball at one of the games.



Andy continues to be cute.







Jakob is getting along just fine with Andy and quickly gaining fans.







Andy here's some more *ahem* interesting pictures of Alex...






A few extras...







Maybe a few more...






Alfred is still working his butt off, I'm having fun with the kids and Mary Kay, and the kids continue to grow at what ought to be an illegal pace. My nephew Nick leaves on his mission in August. TO ALASKA!!! We're planning on spending Christmas with our California family this year and we can't wait to see everyone! Love to all!

Welcome to the family, Jakob Alfred Harbich!

Jakob was born on Friday, 5/22/2009, at 11:03 PM, weighing 8 lbs., 1 oz., and is 21 1/4 in. long. We're all home now and trying to feel a little bit normal again. Enjoy the pics!

He's upright and mobile!

These are not Andy's first steps, but the first to be posted on the web. I can't believe how fast they grow up! Enjoy!

Andy Walking

Challenged

I had my first party last Saturday, and my recruiter and sales director challenged me to do 30 free facials in 30 days. And I really could use the practice before Baby Harbich #3 makes his debut! So who's interested? There's no obligation to buy, and I could tell you all about the current amazing hostess incentives. If you're interested, please shoot me an e-mail (mdharbich@gmail.com or mdharbich@yahoo.com), and we'll set up an appointment. Thanks a ton, friends! Love to all!

Michelle

Picture Update

Here are some recent pictures for those in the family waiting to see... Enjoy!

Bah! Humbug!

It's the first day of SPRING BREAK here in good old LP, and we have snow!!! And sinus infections! What's up with that? I suppose that's just Indiana for ya.

Alex started baseball practice last week. He's really excited about it. So far he likes it better than soccer, but we'll see if he feels the same once his games start next month.

Andy is getting around pretty well now. He can stand on his own now, and we expect to see him take his first steps at any second. Babyhood sure doesn't last long.

This is the second week in a row that Alfred has had to go to NYC. Sure miss you, baby!

Please note the new link to the left. I decided to start my own business and am very excited to get it off the ground! Check it out!

R2R

Have you ever seen that show "Make Room For Baby" that they have on the Discovery Health Channel? They have this little segment on there called Right 2 Rant. Whoever is having major issues on the show is given the R2R card and allowed 30 seconds in front of the camera to rant. Today I'm going to exercise my right to rant and then pass on the R2R card to someone else.

All day yesterday my nose was all stuffed up. Yuck! And I couldn't get any rest because every time I put Thing 2 down for a nap he would only sleep for about 15-20 minutes. I thought this was great because it would mean that he might actually sleep through the night since he didn't have a decent nap during the day. Wrong! I put him down in his crib at 9:30 PM. By 10, WAH! YOU LEFT ME ALONE IN MY CRIB!!! Fine, fine. I wasn't really ready to go to bed myself just yet. At 11, I put him down again and went to bed myself. By 11:15, WAH! YOU LEFT ME ALONE IN MY CRIB AGAIN!!! SHAME ON YOU! NOW YOU HAVE TO TAKE ME TO BED WITH YOU IF YOU WANT ME TO GO TO SLEEP AT ALL!!! WAH! After that, every time I was almost asleep, WAH! YOU'RE NOT CUDDLING WITH ME! WAH! I WANT A DRINK! WAH!!! THESE COVERS ARE TOO HOT! WAH! And if that wasn't enough, by 5 AM, my cell phone starts crying as well! WAH! THERE'S A 2-HOUR SCHOOL DELAY! And then again about 15 minutes before my alarm goes off: WAH!!! SCHOOL IS CLOSED TODAY. WAAAAHHHHH!!!!!! And of course after the last text came through, my darling little whiner is all smiles and ready for breakfast. Can't wait to do it again tonight.

On the upside, my sinuses are clearer this morning. At least until I'm done trying to find the car under all our new snow, I'm hoping for a better day.

Ok, let's see... I'm passing on the R2R card onto Carrie of The Younger Barkers. Hey Carrie! Have you found Randy yet?

Dread Pirate Andreas

Last week, Alex dressed Andy up like a cute little pirate, but Alfred was gone at the time and had the digital camera with him. So when he got home, we dressed him up again for your viewing pleasure. Pirate Peanut likes to sail the seas in search of bacon and anything else that we'll allow him to eat...

Drumroll please!!!

Well, it turns out that Alfred is incapable of producing a girl. Baby Harbich #3 is another boy! We've decided to name this one Jakob, but we haven't decided on a middle name yet. Wish us luck!

Christmas Morning

Ah, Christmas morning... I swear the boys were lucky to get presents at all this year, with all the threats about calling Santa and telling on Alex for not eating his food and on Andy for refusing to admit he knows what "no" means. But as it was Andy's first Christmas, and as Alex was getting a pretty awesome gift, I was way too excited to call it off. So here's the proof that I'm not really a grinch after all.

Alex's favourite gift


Andy's first ever Christmas present

Super Naughty

I've been bad. Sorry about that. There really hasn't been much to post on here. While we had fun visiting the family out in California, we didn't get many pictures. I'll post a few, though.

So I'm 17 weeks along now with Baby Harbich #3, and so far all is well. So far the most difficult part of being pregnant while caring for another infant is trying to not hurt or kill myself or Andy out on the ice. Every trip out to the car is an adventure. I'd ask Alfred to go shovel or at least throw down some salt on the ice, but he's been having too much fun inhaling cheese in Wisconsin this week.

Enjoy the pictures!

Sausages!!!

We recently started Andy on solid foods, and he's rapidly progressing on to new flavors. He's chomping at the bit to get to these babies:



We only hope his teeth come in before he figures out how to get them open.

We're off to California for a few days. We hope to have lots of pictures to post when we get back. Until then!!!

Here we go again!!!

After another whole month of nothing newsworthy to post here, I finally have something BIG. Our little Andreas will be getting a very special gift for his first birthday... a baby brother or sister!!! Yes, Baby Harbich #3 is on the way. And we're ALL very excited. When we asked Alex if he wanted another baby brother or a baby sister this time, he said, "I'll try a sister." So I guess if it turns out that it's a girl and he doesn't like her much, he'll put in an order for another baby brother.

May 22, 2009 is the due date, and Andy's birthday is May 23. So it'll be very close. I'm a little overwhelmed thinking about the next few months and wondering how hard it will be to be getting bigger and bigger while trying to lug around a very heavy infant. It's a good thing Alex is happy about this. He's such a good helper already.

Blessings Galore

On Sunday, we had a busy day at church. Andy had his blessing during sacrament meeting, and Alex was baptized after the regular block of meetings. It was a triple baptism as his cousin Kyle and friend Laken were baptized as well. It all went very well, and we're so proud of our sweet boys. Enjoy the pictures!