TGIF

Happy Weekend!

First MN Visit

Walking with Grandma and Aunt Sara.

First boat trip.

Helping Grandpa captain the boat.

Meeting Great Grandma Peterson.

Meeting Great Grandma and Grandpa Frank.

Meeting Great Aunt Laurie.

As usual, laughing at Daddy.

Helping Uncle Andrew with his beer. I am sure this isn't the first time this will happen...

Frequent Flyer

Evan completed his first airplane trip with flying colors (heh)!

Our flight to MN last Thursday was scheduled to leave at 6:55 pm, which was perfect because Evan was due to eat around that time. I was planning to nurse him during the ascent in order to get his ears to pop thus avoiding a screaming meltdown. We got to the airport with plenty of time to spare and made it through ticketing and security with no problem.

Here is Evan at the airport in his nifty travel stroller.

When we got to our gate, we were perturbed to discover that our flight had been delayed by an hour. This meant that we were racing against the clock as far as Evan's feeding. If he started to get hungry before it was time to "ascend" we were in trouble! Brian ended up strolling Evan up and down the terminal until he dozed off so he was content to snooze until we boarded.

Once on the plane, Evan did get a little fussy so once all the passengers had boarded, I went ahead and started feeding him. He was pretty sleepy so I was mildly concerned that he would fall asleep before we made the ascent but I figured everyone was on board, the door was closed, we should be moving right along, right?? Wrong, of course! We sat on the runway for a good half hour, Evan nursing the whole time and me starting to sweat thinking that he would finish before take off and the ear popping meltdown would ensue. We finally took off and Evan did great...crisis averted!

When Evan was close to finishing his "dinner", I felt some rumbling coming from his rear end. Then I felt something wet on the back of his onesie. Our first big airplane blowout diaper happened 10 minutes into the flight. It was all over his clothes, all over my hand and all over the airplane pillow I was using to prop him up. Note to readers: DO NOT use airplane pillows because of people like me who let their kids crap on them.

The damaged onesie.

We were able to get Evan all cleaned up and changed on the floor in front of our seats and did it in pretty good time. Right when I sat back in my seat after the changing, Evan spit up all over my lap. Big time. So then it was my turn to get cleaned up! The good news was that Brian and I were giggling the whole time instead of being anxious like I had expected. Pretty much everything that could happen happened in the first 15 minutes of the flight so we figured it was down hill from there!

After all that, Evan hung out on Dad's lap for awhile and then he and Mom took a nap.

We ended up landing in MN after 1am and Grandma and Grandpa were there to greet us.

Over all, it was a great first airplane trip. Coming home on Tuesday, Evan did even better. He slept pretty much the whole flight and we avoided the diaper blowout until we actually landed in Phoenix. With 4 more airplane trips this summer, he is going to be an old pro before he is 6 months!!

Boston "Uncles"

Matt and Nelson came to visit this weekend from Boston so Evan got to spend some good quality time with his "uncles".

Matt on stroller duty when Evan decided that he did NOT want to go out to eat.

Nelson on walking duty when Evan decided he needed help going to sleep.

Matt cracking Evan up.

Pearl got some QT, too!

Laughing Little Man

Evan is laughing up a storm now! He thinks Brian is the funniest thing on earth (which, of course, Brian agrees with wholeheartedly).

Ok, so in addition to laughing and smiling a lot, Evan is also drooling a lot!

Thursday

Evan finally fits in his "Little Version of Daddy" onesie that Aunt Sara and Uncle Yimbo gave us for Christmas. Little did we know how true it would be....



Let it never be said that Evan isn't a talented multi-tasker (sucking his fingers whilst picking his nose)! Hey, at least he doesn't eat them...yet.

Brian is usually awake when Evan stirs in the morning so he gets him up and lets me sleep a few extra minutes. Yesterday, this is what he discovered....

By the time Brian came and got me so I could see our little wiggle worm, Evan had gotten himself straightened back out! Hmm, I see a promising future of doing the Worm at wedding receptions. Father Son dance team maybe??

More Smile Time

Brian and I make absolute fools of ourselves trying to get this kid to smile...we sing songs, make ridiculous faces and talk to him about total nonsense, all while sounding like we belong in the Lollipop Guild! All worth it, as you can see:

For this particular photo shoot, Brian was the entertainment and I was the photographer and I had the camera balanced on Brian's head to get maximum smileage. I wonder if they are hiring at Olan Mills??

Mother's Day Recap

Hanging by the pool.

Pearl babysitting.

Brian rocking some strawberry waffles (who knew??).

Very tasty indeed. I think Brian may be in charge of breakfast every weekend (that backfired on him, didn't it??).

My First Mother's Day

So far, today has been GREAT! Evan fell asleep in his crib last night at 10 pm and slept until 8:15 am...YEAH!

Evan and Brian gave me a HUGE bouquet of flowers.

I also received flowers from my Dad and Dani and Val...thanks to everyone for thinking of me on my first Mother's Day!

Today Brian and Evan are making me breakfast (should be interesting since Brian's cooking is limited to frozen pizza, mac and cheese and meatballs and Evan's cooking skills have yet to present themselves) and we are going to hang out by the pool, take Pearl swimming and go for family walk time. A perfect day!

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!

Mother's Day Article

My mom's local newspaper did an article on how you knew you were turning into your mother and they ran a blurb on us with a picture! Check it out...

http://savannahnow.com/node/494683

Walking Buddy

Evan loves to nap when I take him for walks in the morning.

Glamour Shots

What a handsome man!

Two Month Stats

The 2 month check up went great (until the shots). Evan grew a ton in the last month. He now weighs 12 lbs 13.5 oz (80th percentile) and is 24" long (75th percentile). The nurse says he is really close to rolling over and showed me how to do this log roll with him for practice. We basically just lay him on his back and cross his legs until he rolls over and then cross his legs back to flip him over again. You would think it would tick him off but he seems to like it! The motion gets him ready for rolling over by himself.

Evan got one oral vaccination and 4 shots in the leg which were the THE WORST. He didn't really catch on to the shots until the first one was over but then he went from zero to 60 in about a second flat. He started screaming bloody murder and crying (tears now, ouch) and his little face got beet red. It was all I could do to keep from clotheslining the nurse so I could hold him and console him. He got four Looney Tunes band aids and then got to go home and eat so he calmed down pretty quickly as seen in the below "After" picture.

Happy Birthday, Grandma Gail!

I took this photo before Evan's 2 month check up so he wasn't quite as grumpy as he was for Grandpa Ross's birthday wish!

A Belated Happy Birthday

Yesterday was Grandpa Ross's birthday and I woke Evan up from a cat nap to send his birthday greeting. Can you tell he was a little ticked off??

Almost Bedtime

Evan and Brian unwinding before bedtime.

Super Lashes

Something to smile about!

Evan is "sleeping through the night!" I put that in quotations because it may not be a full night to some people but it works for us! It literally came out of nowhere. Last Thursday night he was waking up every two hours and then on Friday night (of course, the weekend when I have back up) BAM, he slept from 10:30 pm until 6:30 am! Ever since then he has been sleeping 5 1/2 - 6 hour stretches. Last night he slept 10:15 pm - 6 am. It is awesome, awesome, awesome! Now, if I could just get the milk makers to cooperate so that I don't wake up every 4 hours suffocating from the two boulders on my chest, we'd be in good shape!
Here is the little munchkin this morning, happy and well rested ;)

Look at that Buddha belly...you can tell he is eatin' good!