Friday, February 27, 2009
Picture Update
Look at Elise's long arms!!
Evan with his Aunty Sarah
Evan saying " Get this hat off of me!"
Evan and Baby Elise
Evan and GrandpaMonday, February 9, 2009
Evan's First Roll!
Well this has been a big month for firsts! We had Evan's first mini haircut, his first giggle, and now we caught him ROLLING OVER on video for the first time!!!!! He was laying on his mat doing some tummy time and immediately started kicking his legs and was starting to roll to one side. I was amazed, he had never tried it before. Well I could tell right away he was more then likely going to make it so I hurried and grabbed the video camera and sure enough I got it!!!
Thursday, February 5, 2009
I LOVE MY SOCKS!!!
So the most exciting thing happened this evening we caught Evan's very first laugh/giggle on video!!!!We were sitting on the couch and Evan was getting kind of fussy. So I took his socks off to rub his feet ( he loves his feet rubbed).I am trying to encourage him to hold things so I put the socks in his hand. At the same time Ryan was asking me if I had been singing to him lately. I told him today I made up a song about clapping. So I then start to make up a song about socks.
Well as you can see from the video, he loved it and it produced his first giggle!!!
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Evan's Hair Diaries
So as you all remember Evan was born with a hearty head of hair. Well the last few weeks have not been so nice to him and he has developed a vicious bald spot and a lovely little mullet! Also with the thinning of his hair we have found 2 birth marks, one at the crown and one at his neckline.
So as much as we all love a good mullet, mommy couldn't handle it any longer and I had to give Evan his first mini hair cut!
Well after my last entry about the ice storm that we got I jinxed us and we ended up losing power Sunday afternoon and it didn't return until late Monday evening. It worked out for the best and we got to spend 2 nights out at my mom's. She is leaving to see Sarah and Elise this week so it worked out perfect that she got to spend some extra time with Evan.
The first night we were there Ryan and I went over to our friends house to watch the Superbowl so Mom got to put Evan to bed. I brought his wedge for him to sleep on. Well after Mom laid him down she realized that it looked like he was slanting the wrong direction. So she lifted up his bottom to see if there was any hair on the wedge, but unbeknown to her I had just washed it the day before and no evidence of his hair lose was on there. He ended up waking a little while later and she realized that she did have it the wrong way. The next night Ryan came and stayed out at my mom's ( the first night he stayed at the house so he didn't have to make the hour drive to work in the morning) so Evan had to sleep on the floor. When he woke the first time he had completely scooted all the way off the wedge and blanket and was laying on the carpet. So after I fed him and put him back to sleep I just laid him down right on the blanket, when he woke the next time he had done a 180 and was faced a different direction. So lesson to us is that our little man is out growing his wedge and its time to take everything out of the crib because he has turned into a night wiggle warm!
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Picture Update
Evan getting ready to go "play" in the snow
Evan and Daddy "playing" in the snow
"I love bath time!"
Evan going to town on his fistsIce Storm
Evan got to experience his first ice/snow storm this week. Arkansas and much of the east was hit with a big storm that produced large amounts of ice and snow. A large amount of Northwest Arkansas lost power, we thankfully did not, but a lot of our friends did. So Evan got to experience a few snow days with Daddy and our friend Blake ( who lost power and came and stayed with us).
Again as the days pass us Evan seems to change more and more. He is loving his fists and will suck on them what seems like for hours making loud exaggerated noises. Its adorable. He is really getting more independent and loves to sit in his bouncy chair watching his surroundings. He loves to be talked to and will coo and smile back at you. Again adorable! The last few nights he has been a night owl waking up 30mins after we lay him down acting wide awake. I think I jinxed it with my last entry when I said he was a great sleeper!
Monday, January 26, 2009
Picture Update
Chunky butt taking a bath
Evan's first play date with Bella and Ryan
Evan's walk with Grandma
Evan with a mohawkFinally, Our first Post!
So after 2 long and exciting months we finally start our blog! As most of you know Evan was born on November 16, 2008 at 10:26pm. He weighted 6lbs. 14oz and was 20" long. He celebrated his first Thanksgiving with Ryan's parents, my Mom and Alan, and our friend Blake. We had a great first Christmas as well. We went to church Christmas Eve with my Mom, Alan, Ronda and her family. We spent Christmas morning relaxing and opening presents and then went out to Mom and Alan's for dinner. Evan had his first set of shots 2 weeks ago and did great! I on the other hand didn't do so well :( The last 2 weeks have brought a lot of change in Evan. He has grown out of his colicky evening phase for the most part! (which was a relief for Ryan and I) He has turned into a big "talker" in the morning and will talk and smile at you forever. Last week I put in a Baby Einstein DVD which he absolutely LOVES! He just sits there bouncing in his chair and will even squeal with excitement. I was so shocked at his amazement with it. Evan really is a good baby, we feel very blessed. He is a good eater and sleeper so we feel very lucky in that way. The last few weeks have brought out a little mamma's boy though. My mom watched him on Saturday while Ryan and I went to a basketball game ( it was the longest we had been away from him during the day) my mom said about an hour after we left he just got grumpy and she could tell it was because he missed his mom.
