first haircut.

evan is taking his 6 month pictures next week and was in serious need of a haircut.  i was hesitant to take him because who gets their 5 month old’s hair cut but a friend took her 5 month old to cool cuts for kids and had a great experience so i figured, why not??  we went right after work yesterday and the little man did so well!! he sat on my lap and let the nice lady cut his hair {she used scissors and the little trimmer thing}.  this place was great!  they had a tv where he could watch a movie, and if he was older, he could’ve played a video game.  she kept the hair she cut off, put it in a baggie, and attached it to a cute little “my first haircut” page.  sooooo fun!  he looks like such a little man now :)

 



 

no comment on how dumb i look in half of these pics…anything to keep the baby happy :)

lots of things.

it’s been a week of new experiences for us {and not all of them good}.  on sunday, brian and i noticed evan was fussy.  he is super laid back so any fussiness is weird {lucky i know!}.  he would randomly start screaming until we picked him up and cuddled him, etc.  just so not like him.  because he had been gnawing on anything and everything he could get his hands on, we figured it was teething.  he also has been having a hard time sleeping through the night which is also very weird for him.  he would wake up 3 or 4 times and sometimes going and putting his paci back in was enough but other times he was truly upset and screaming like he was in pain.  finally, i gave him some tylenol one night and he slept great.  fast forward to yesterday morning.  he wakes up and his chest is “rattling.”  i could literally hear him breathing at the top of his chest.  we are going to my grandparents in arkansas this week and wanted him well while we’re there so i went ahead and got him a doc appt for yesterday morning.  turns out we have an ear infection in the left ear and are starting to teethe {duh!}.  funny thing about the ear infection is that he was sort of grabbing at his right ear – strange child :)  so our first illness :(  poor baby!  the doctor did say she thinks he’s teething as well so it maybe a little while before we’re back to normal on sleep. oh, and he now weighs 21lbs and is 28 inches long – i love my big boy!!!

 

evan also started eating “lunch” at daycare on monday – by accident.  i love our daycare and the ladies that work there are great but i had to bite my tongue a little when one of his teachers accidentally fed him carrots for lunch.  the reason i wasn’t terribly upset by it is that we were going to start evan on another meal of solids this weekend so that he was eating when we eat.  i was mad because she had done it without asking but she apologized profusely and said she didn’t know what she was thinking.  she didn’t do it on purpose {i don’t know if that makes it better or worse but whatever}.  all of that to say that evan is now eating three solid meals a day and has dropped a bottle in there somewhere.  what a big boy!!!  and we still love the ladies in his daycare room – they take great care of him!

evan has also discovered the art of shaking his head.  for some reason, he mostly does it when he’s in his high chair.  i caught him doing it yesterday at lunch.  what a stinker!  i think it’s hilarious how he stops to make sure i’m watching.  WHAT A HAM BONE!!!

evan doesn’t take many naps at home anymore when brian or i aren’t holding him but yesterday after the doctor, he fell asleep so i laid him down in his cradle that his great-great grandfather made for my uncle and that has been passed down.  he used to look so small  in it…not anymore!! we might have to retire the cradle soon :(

what a week!!  tomorrow we are heading to arkansas so that evan can meet his great-great grandma, ma mae {she was married to pa burl, who made the cradle}.  e can’t wait to get loved on by everyone!!

random video.

i was playing with some video software at work {it’s my job people!!} and decided to make a video from evan to brian :)   there’s no music cause i didn’t have time to add it but there’s lots of pictures!!!

playing on the floor.

last night, evan blew out his diaper while eating dinner {very much like he did sunday morning during breakfast!}. brian stripped him down to clean him off and we just left him in his diaper and let him play on the floor. he kept pushing himself up on his arms and then reaching for his puppies. too cute!

mid-blowout evan also learned to splatter paint...
step 1: fill mouth with something colourful. the colour of choice tonight was green – as in sweet peas.
step 2: sneeze.
step 3: enjoy your masterpiece – aka mummy’s pants, shirt, couch, floor, etc
step 4: laugh.
{if you look closely,. you can see evan’s “masterpiece on my pants :)}

how cute is our little chunky rolly polly?!?! ;)

official 5 month pic.

 

at 5 months, evan is…

• eating 2 meals a day – a fruit in the morning and a veggie at night.  he will probably start eating “lunch” soon but i haven’t started that yet.
• still almost sitting up on his own.  i’m convinced that if it weren’t for his big belly, he would be sitting up independently but squishing that belly for long periods of time seems to be a problem for him :)
• using his hands to grab at EVERYTHING.  a couple of weeks ago, he discovered how to pull his pacifier out of his mouth by the handle and swing it around.  he thought that was the best thing ever so we bought him some toys he could grab onto and shake and he loves them! unfortunately this also means that no glass, bottle, hair, necklace, dog’s ear, etc is safe if it is within reach.
• still only really uses a pacifier right as he is going to sleep.  then he spits it out as soon as he is asleep.  goofy kid!
• using a big boy car seat and seems to enjoy it!  
• making more and more noises everyday.  once he discovers a noise, he generally makes that noise for a few days straight before moving on to another one.
• a VERY happy baby.  he very rarely cries and almost always wakes up with a smile on his face. 
• in love with his dogs.  he will sit and stare at them forever.  he laughs when rylea barks or addie licks him.  he thinks watching rylea play fetch is the best thing ever!  now, he is reaching for them and will grab on to addie or rylea if they are napping close enough while he’s taking his bottle.  poor puppies don’t know what they’re in for!
• still loving daycare and watching all the older kids moving around.  he also enjoys sitting with the other kids and “talking”
• sleeping fairly consistantly from 8:30 until somewhere between 5:30 and 6:30 the next morning.  mummy & daddy loves this:)
• starting to really enjoy tummy time.  he pushes up on his arms until they are straight and looks around.  he also kicks his legs while he’s on his belly.  if he could just figure out what his knees are for, he would be off to the races!
• is starting to become ticklish. i can tickle his sides and he will start belly laughing so loudly!! too cute!
• has rolled over from front to back once (and i missed it :( ) he always rolls over to his side and then just stops and looks around.  daddy says he does it to show how advanced he is.  apparently anyone can roll all the way over but it takes “control” to stop on your side (that or a large belly/arm in the way – whatever :))
• is still in the same size clothes as last month (12-18 month) and still in the same size diaper (size 3).  it seems that the growing has tapered off just a bit – thank goodness!!!
• still loving baths although he is trying to sit up in his bath seat.  i think we need to try to find something that allows him to sit up and play in the bath.
• in love with his bouncer.  he gets going in it sometimes and i get afraid he’s going to bounce himself right out of it!! he will  stand in it and watch the dogs, watch us, play, “talk,” and just about anything else.  he’d probably sleep in it at night if we’d let him ;)
• amazing us everyday with how much he is learning and developing.  his personality is shining through and we love our little boy to death!!

and again, this picture is getting way more complicated to take.  this time, evan grabbed the sign and wouldn’t put it down…little stinker!!

 

5 months old.

today, evan is 5 months old.  where on earth did the time go?  i will post his “official” 5 month picture later but i thought i would put some pics up of what evan did on his 5 month “birthday.” 

he started off the day by completely blowing out his diaper while eating his fruit for breakfast.  we’re talking so bad that i took him, in his pjs and diaper sitting in his bumbo and put him in the bathtub.  then we cleaned him and everything else off.  gross!!

then he took a nap while watching football…

and rylea checked on him…

then he woke up smiling {i love that he’s so happy when he wakes up}.  he checked out what daddy was doing…

what his sisters were doing…

and what mummy was doing…

then he helped mummy with the blog…

and then he rode in the cart for the first time…what a big boy…

 

a pretty lazy day overall!  e is finishing up his bedtime bottle as we speak and then it’s off to bed for all of us.  we love spending all weekend with the little man and are amazed everyday at what he learns!

funny story.

i meant to post this earlier {& i’m completely bummed that i didn’t get a picture} but last wednesday {my 28th birthday!!}, i was feeding evan his dinner in his bumbo.  he was nearly done when i looked down at him and it looked like his eyes were closed.  i thought it was just because of the angle but when i leaned down to look at him, he was truly asleep.  he had gone from talking and waving his hands one second to completely asleep and unable to wake him up the next.  it was insane!! after looking at his daycare report, we realized he had only taken one 30 minute nap at daycare and then another 30 minute nap once he got home!  poor baby was exhausted!!!  again, sad i didn’t get a picture but we were too busy laughing in amazement that he had fallen asleep like that…

cute boy.

we were playing in the living room last night and i got some video of the little man bouncing and “talking”

and a pic for the road {and yes, i realize it’s blurry:) }

big boy carseat.

so i forgot to post this last week.  we finally got evan his convertible car seats.  his infant seat just wasn’t comfortable for him anymore.  last friday – just before halloween – was his first time in it and i think it was successful!  no screaming, crying, etc.  just this:

and this is what we saw on the way home (or at least i saw – i’m fairly sure he didn’t see much through those eyelids :))…

it might be hard to tell but the plane in front is a jet…in the middle is some plane i’m not sure of…and the back is a MASSIVE plane…they kept flying around in circles following each other…gotta love the air show!!

first halloween/aTm game.

i wouldn’t normally combine these posts but they are one in the same.  evan’s first halloween was spent in college station at the aTm game.  not just any aTm game, but his very first!!  the game was short and the weather was gorgeous!!  we had a great time with our little giraffe aggie fan :) 

cc & evan in the parking garage before the game.
 


us with the original 12th man.


good ol’ sully.


someone left a baby for good luck!!


us in front of the century tree.  this is where brian proposed to me :)

in front of the band on the quad – before stepoff.




brian’s brick at the corps center.

we did name our kid after somewhere on campus after all – sort of :)




the boys at the arches on the quad.


a little food for the game.  like his bass pro hat?? thanks uncle james!


evan’s first block T.

power nap after halftime.

the aggies won!!
 

that night, we decided to stay at my parent’s house (we had to stop there on the way home to pick up our 4 legged children).  after his busy day on saturday, evan chilled out the next morning…