So yesterday, the pumpkin and I did our first session (in home) of Mommy and Baby Yoga. OMG....it kicked our butts! So much so that Evelyn fell asleep half way through and I'm super sore today! But, we are going to keep at it until we can both make it through the entire 50 minutes without wanting a nap!!!
It's a beautiful day out today and I'm looking forward to taking Ev on a walk this evening...maybe stopping by my sisters so Ev can see her cousins (Brianna, 2 and AJ 3.5 weeks)
Pics coming soon from the XMas in July party!!
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Monday, July 27, 2009
Months 1 & 2...and Xmas in July
So....we've been parents now for 10 weeks and what a crazy ride its been. Of course there has been sleep lost, frantic calls to the grandparents for help and indescribable feelings of 'ohhhs' and 'awwws.'
We're guessing Evelyn weighs about 10lbs. now....she was 8lbs. 8oz. at her 1 month checkup and she's filling out nicely!
I returned to work after the 4th of July and the pumpkin (what we call her) was off to daycare (in-home, not a center). She is a hit..the other kids (there are about 10 of them) love to make silly faces at her all day and the enjoy and taking turns being 'the helper' when it comes to to changing/feeding her...they bring the wipes out or bring the burp cloth out...it's great..she's already making friends (break my heart I tell you!)
She's working on rolling over..she can make it on to her side and back but that's about it. She is not, i repeat NOT a fan of tummy time! She just cannot figure out what she's supposed to do and usually ends laying there with her face planted into her mat yelling out for help! She can pick her head up for a few seconds and turn it to one side...working now on getting her to turn it the other way but that's usually when the face plant and tears start!
This past week, I've been putting her down to bed...she's all snuggly in a blaket and in her sleep positioner only to find her in the morning out of her blanket, out of her sleep poistioner and at the other end of the bed! When is she doing all this moving?!?!
We love it when she smiles...which is often!!! And she recently 'found her thumb' as you can tell from the photo above! Although most of the time she ends up sucking on her whole hand!! too precious!
This past weekend we went to my parents Christmas in July party, where Evelyn along with her newest cousin AJ made their debuts to the family. Of course they were a hit and were passed around so everyone 'got their turn!' We had her outside most of the day and I have found that the fresh air tends to knock her out to say the least! She is still sleeping quite a bit, but we get in at least an hour of awake/play time after a feeding..although can't jostle her around too much b/c she tends to spit up.....often...and always when there is no burp cloth insight!!
In a few weeks, she'll be making her first trip to the beach when we go with the family up to Long Beach for a week of fun in the sun! (she'll be slathered in water babies..i don't care if she only be 4 months...no sunburn on my pumpkin!)
Friday, July 24, 2009
Welcome!
Welcome to the Everything Evelyn Blog!! I'm new to this 'bloggin' business, but I wanted to do this not only for my family, but also for my daughter, who someday can read this and get an insight into what her life was like and how she came to be the person she will become (does that sound weird or what!!)
And since, my parents put me through college for writing...I might as well use it, right??
So..where do we begin??
Well, let's start with August 2008.....Jay and I took a little trip to Las Vegas for his birthday and let's just say that everythign that happens in Vegas doesn't always stay there (we argue over if this is when Ev really came about or if it was a few days before..but i like my version better...)
So anyway...a month later..Sept. 13th to be exact....the night of our friend's Rob/Amy's stag/stagetter parties to be exact I was feeling a little 'off.' I knew someting was up and decided, why not...let's give a preg. test a try...not thinking at all that my entire life would change with one trip to the bathroom. (quick sidenote..Jay and I were not planning on doing the 'kid thing.'...so you can imagine the 'extra shock' that accompanied this news.....)
Anways, so I went to my bff's house, Kerry, where we poured Powerade down my throat trying to rouse up some urge to go 'pee-pee.' Well, after one failed attempt...missed the stick...we successfully were able to get the right amount of saturation on that thing and within seconds....one line..then two lines....
quick kerry..what does two lines mean??
two lines??
yes...two lines????
ummm...
HOLY SH*T........
From there things were a blur....I remember crying...then deciding how am I going to tell jay...how am I going to tell anyone? We have a stag/stagette tonight..people will wonder why I'm not drinking...even sick I would man-up and manage to get a few down..but clearly this was not a case of 'oh, I'm sick!"
So, I gave Kerry a hug and said I'm off to tell the father.....
Well, hubby jay had been throwing a few back with his dad all afternoon so let's just say he was a little tipsy when I walked up and pulled 'the stick' out of my purse....never seen somene get sober so fast
'What is that???'
'I'm pregnant...'
Before I could really get a reaction out of my husband..my father-in-law (who oringally thought I was holding a marker) gave me the biggest hug...then I noticed the tears in my husband's eyes...and out walks the mother-in-law...who by this scene must have thought someone died...well she almost did when i dropped the 'i'm pregnant' bomb on her....from there it was a phone-fest...
I wish I could have told my parents to their faces, but I was just so overcome with all these emotions.... I did it over the phone. My Dad thought my sister was pregnant (remember, we didn't want kids and we didn't hide that fact from our families...so it was a 'shock' to EVERYONE to hear that I was the one with child)...my Grandma (who was in the backseat of my parents van at the time...they were taking her out for her bday dinner), well, she was convinced she knew all along I was pregnant...ok..grams..if you say so..LOL..
Needless to say there was a stream of excitiment running through our families and our friends...Jay even made me go out and buy more tests just to be sure.
Now I wont' go into the 9 months it took to bake my little pumpkin...but I will say it sure wasn't easy...going from a do-whatever-I-want-party lifestyle to 'i have to pee again,' 'are you going to finish that' and/or 'you're going out..again?!?' was not easy.....by any means...
But on Wednesday, May 20, 2009 at 3:46 p.m. it all became very much worth it....
Evelyn Rose came into this world at 6lbs., 13 oz and was 20.5 inches long...
We didn't find out the sex and we were pretty sure it was going to be a boy...so no one was more suprised then us when a sweet little girl was 'plopped' on my chest to (finally!) say hi to her mommy and daddy....
And thus began this journey we are now on....a whirlwind change that has turned our lives upside down, backwards and sideways...but all for the better. For two people who didn't want to do the 'kid' thing...we cannot thank God or whoever is up there enough for blessing us with such an amazing opporutnity.....
next blog...month's 1 & 2.....
And since, my parents put me through college for writing...I might as well use it, right??
So..where do we begin??
Well, let's start with August 2008.....Jay and I took a little trip to Las Vegas for his birthday and let's just say that everythign that happens in Vegas doesn't always stay there (we argue over if this is when Ev really came about or if it was a few days before..but i like my version better...)
So anyway...a month later..Sept. 13th to be exact....the night of our friend's Rob/Amy's stag/stagetter parties to be exact I was feeling a little 'off.' I knew someting was up and decided, why not...let's give a preg. test a try...not thinking at all that my entire life would change with one trip to the bathroom. (quick sidenote..Jay and I were not planning on doing the 'kid thing.'...so you can imagine the 'extra shock' that accompanied this news.....)
Anways, so I went to my bff's house, Kerry, where we poured Powerade down my throat trying to rouse up some urge to go 'pee-pee.' Well, after one failed attempt...missed the stick...we successfully were able to get the right amount of saturation on that thing and within seconds....one line..then two lines....
quick kerry..what does two lines mean??
two lines??
yes...two lines????
ummm...
HOLY SH*T........
From there things were a blur....I remember crying...then deciding how am I going to tell jay...how am I going to tell anyone? We have a stag/stagette tonight..people will wonder why I'm not drinking...even sick I would man-up and manage to get a few down..but clearly this was not a case of 'oh, I'm sick!"
So, I gave Kerry a hug and said I'm off to tell the father.....
Well, hubby jay had been throwing a few back with his dad all afternoon so let's just say he was a little tipsy when I walked up and pulled 'the stick' out of my purse....never seen somene get sober so fast
'What is that???'
'I'm pregnant...'
Before I could really get a reaction out of my husband..my father-in-law (who oringally thought I was holding a marker) gave me the biggest hug...then I noticed the tears in my husband's eyes...and out walks the mother-in-law...who by this scene must have thought someone died...well she almost did when i dropped the 'i'm pregnant' bomb on her....from there it was a phone-fest...
I wish I could have told my parents to their faces, but I was just so overcome with all these emotions.... I did it over the phone. My Dad thought my sister was pregnant (remember, we didn't want kids and we didn't hide that fact from our families...so it was a 'shock' to EVERYONE to hear that I was the one with child)...my Grandma (who was in the backseat of my parents van at the time...they were taking her out for her bday dinner), well, she was convinced she knew all along I was pregnant...ok..grams..if you say so..LOL..
Needless to say there was a stream of excitiment running through our families and our friends...Jay even made me go out and buy more tests just to be sure.
Now I wont' go into the 9 months it took to bake my little pumpkin...but I will say it sure wasn't easy...going from a do-whatever-I-want-party lifestyle to 'i have to pee again,' 'are you going to finish that' and/or 'you're going out..again?!?' was not easy.....by any means...
But on Wednesday, May 20, 2009 at 3:46 p.m. it all became very much worth it....
Evelyn Rose came into this world at 6lbs., 13 oz and was 20.5 inches long...
We didn't find out the sex and we were pretty sure it was going to be a boy...so no one was more suprised then us when a sweet little girl was 'plopped' on my chest to (finally!) say hi to her mommy and daddy....
And thus began this journey we are now on....a whirlwind change that has turned our lives upside down, backwards and sideways...but all for the better. For two people who didn't want to do the 'kid' thing...we cannot thank God or whoever is up there enough for blessing us with such an amazing opporutnity.....
next blog...month's 1 & 2.....
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