New Wheels

For all of you who donated money towards a stroller - voila! Thank you so much. It is so cool. It is made by jeep and has cool "bicycle" like wheels so it's so easy to push on all kinds of ground. We can plug in our ipod and the music plays out speakers. When Eóin is a bit older there is a little steering wheel that fits into the tray in front of him that makes car noises :) We love it!

Eoin Update

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Eóin wanted us to thank you all for the numerous cards he has received! He enjoys reading them to us very much. He especially enjoyed the postcard from Randa M. in Albania!

He is doing well, and usually sleeping well. He somehow knows when we need to get up early, and it's those nights that he keeps us up the most! :-)

He is still not up to his birth weight yet, and the Dr. has us coming in once a week to get weighed. This week he was only 2 oz. under - almost there! Pray that he puts on the pounds so mommy doesn't have to feed him quite so often. She's pretty tired.


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We were visited by James and Aisling this week. They are expecting a boy this summer, so they needed some newborn practice :-)

Photo Shoot

Today we decided to have fun taking pictures of Eóin. At first he was not impressed because he was hungry, but as soon as he was fed he didn't mind one bit!

Granny Caffrey

We went to pick up Granny Caffrey from the airport on Friday. She had a lovely welcome to Wisconsin with a blizzard on the way home! It has hardly stoped snowing since she has been here. She also brought lots of lovely pressies from everyone in Ireland. Eóin was a bit too sleepy to appreciate all the cool stuff everyone sent. Thank you so much to Great Granny Kavanagh, and all his Great Aunties and Uncles (ha ha - does that make you feel old!), and to Margaret Hall for spoiling him (and us) rotten with all the great pressies!

Guy Time

Eóin loves spending time with his dad! When Jonathan talks to him he is wide awake listening. It is so cute to watch them together!

We did go to the hospital yesterday and everything looked pretty good. He gained two ounces and the nurse didn't think we needed to pursue treatment for the jaundice so that was a praise. He is eating very well and sleeping pretty well at night - we really couldn't ask for more.

Eoin's First Bath

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Here's a little video footage for the grannies :-)

Second day went pretty well. Eóin is sleeping well at night (so far). He's waking up when he needs to eat, and going to sleep pretty easily after that. The nurse came today to do a check-up, and he has a little bit of jaundice. It's not anything major, but we're going to go to the doctor's tomorrow morning to get him checked again.

Finally Home

So, we've officially begun the journey known as [gulp] parenthood! Last night, we were all able to come home around 7 p.m. Just us and the baby; no nurses, no doctors, no interruptions. He's not been feeling well today, but we'll get some more picures up soon.

Jonathan

More pictures of the baby

"Children are a heritage from the LORD"
Psalm 127:3

Eóin's First Day

Click on the link above to see the pictures from our first day with the baby.

Karen's feeling much better, but she very tired and we're both looking forward to some sleep. Eóin has been a great baby! He is eating well (and making good use of his diapers). It has been somewhat of a whirlwind of a day, but we appreciate all of your calls, comments, and emails. Most of all we appreciate your prayers!

Jonathan

EOIN WILLIAM HARRISON

Dear friends and family,

We would like you to meet Eóin William Harrison, the newest member of our family! He was born today at 1:40 p.m. CST (7:40 p.m. Dublin time). He weighs 7 lbs. 15 oz. and measures 20.5 inches. Both he and mother are doing fine.

His name is pronounced like "Owen." It means "God is gracious," and is one of the oldest Irish forms of the name John, taken from the Latin "Ioannes." God has truly been gracious to us all!!! (You can find more info about the name here.)

As soon as things settle down around here, we'll have more updates and photos.

Thank you for praying!
Jonathan and Karen and Eóin Harrison