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Evan is 18 Months!

Evan is 18 months!  He is literally into everything.  He likes to pull almost anything out of the drawers in the kitchen and our bathroom.  Evan is an inconsistent eater.  Sometimes he can't get enough food and other times we can't get him to eat anything.  He likes to use a fork for everything unless it takes too long.  Then he just digs in with his hands!  He is learning how to use a spoon.  He is so funny because he opens his mouth extremely wide and eats very slowly.  

Evan is outgrowing clothes very quickly.  I had to get out Jack's 2T long sleeve shirts the other day for Evan.  He follows Jack everywhere he goes.  He even followed Jack to the corner for time out the other day!  He is beginning to love books now.  

Evan signs more, all done, eat, and please.  He signs more for almost anything he wants!

Evan can say Jack, milk, nana (for banana), Duke, mama, daddy, and night night.  He waves bye-bye and blows kisses.  He is a great sleeper and lays right down when we put him in bed.  He is still taking 2 naps for the most part.  

Evan LOVES Mickey!  He gets very excited when Mickey comes on television.  Evan is beginning to run instead of walk.  He is so adorable!  

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Jack's First Week of Preschool

Jack started at Crabapple Creek this Tuesday! He will be attending Tuesday and Thursday full days. John and I both took him to school on the first day while Sharon had kept Evan Monday night. We took pictures in front of the house and headed to school.
As we walked to his classroom, there were children in the adjacent room eating breakfast. Jack waved to them and said, "Hi Guys!"
We knew he wouldn't have trouble making friends. We talked to his teacher, Miss Courtney, and gave her his supplies. We hung up his backpack and put away the nap mat.
Miss Jenny helped him pour his cereal, milk, and juice after he washed his hands in the tiniest, cutest sinks you have ever seen!
It was time to say goodbye and no one cried!
I thought about Jack all day and wondered what he was doing! There are some things I assumed he would do as this is a Montessori preschool and I am a Montessori teacher too!
When I went to pick him up, I paused in the classroom and watched him playing in the sand outside. He was by himself with some trucks. He did not want to leave, but Baby Evan and I were ready to go!
After a fit, I got him I the car. When we got home, we dumped the sand out of his shoes. His socks were already on inside out, so this was probably done by a teacher earlier oo!
He said "criss cross applesauce" a number of times. Jack said he had Crabapple Creek for lunch, and sang the ABC song pretty well that night.
We can't believe he is already in preschool!

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Evan at 9 Months!

Evan is 9 months old!  He had his 9 month appointment on Thursday, March 15.  He weighed 19 pounds, 2 ounces and was 28.5 inches long.  Those are 25th percentile and 60th percentile, respectively.  Evan isn't exactly a husky baby, but the doctor was just glad to see he is back on a growth curve now.

Sadly, Evan had an ear infection when we went in for the appointment.  He happened to be running a fever when I got him from Sharon's that day.  He wasn't able to get his shot, so we will go back over spring break. 

Evan is still army crawling but getting faster!  He sits up on his own really well and will play with anything that is near him.  He is pretty much drinking just formula now.  We have started baby sign language and trying to get Evan to take a sippy cup.  He just isn't really understanding there is milk in there! 

Evan is still sleeping really well (even with an ear infection).  He is so happy, and we are too!

Check out that tooth!

Evan at 8 Months!

Evan is 8 months old! 

He is pulling himself across the floor by his arms as a version of crawling.  He finally has gained some weight!  He was 18 lbs. 8 oz. on February 20 at just over 8 months old.  He has changed so much and is very happy now.  His mood is pleasant, and he is so enjoyable to be around!  Evan had his first bath sitting up at 8 months too!  He likes to play with his feet (finally!) especially when I am changing his diaper. 
Evan was sick for the first time at 8 months.  He couldn't keep formula or food down for over a week.  We were worried he was going to lose weight, but he seems to be okay!
Evan's second tooth on the bottom right started to poke through his gums.  He sat up for the first time in the high chair on March 13 at El Rodeo!  He looked around most of the time and played with teething toys.  He also had some puffs.  Evan continues to eat anything we give him.  He likes it all!

We are so glad to see Evan was able to gain some weight this month.  He is such a blessing to our lives!  



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Evan is 6 Months!

Evan is 6 months old today!

Evan eats up his rice cereal really well now!  He will probably start eating baby food this weekend.  We are planning to start him with green beans or peas.  Yum!

Evan sat up on his own on Saturday!  He was leaning back against his boppy, pushed forward, and stayed upright for a little while.  We even took a video of him sitting up for the first time!

He is still eating every 3-4 hours which evens out to be 5 times per day.  He takes three naps a day and easily sleeps through the night.  Bed time is usually around 9:00.

Evan likes to grab for objects now.  We put him in the high chair or bumbo seat, and he gets bored pretty easily.  After we give him a rattle, he is good to go for awhile. 

Watching Jack is a way for him to pass the time too.  Evan watches Jack in the bath tub, the car, and even at the dinner table!  It's getting harder to change his clothes or diaper because he wants to flip over.  He is getting very comfortable in the exersaucer now. 

I'm not sure what he weighs right now, but I am guessing it is around 19 pounds.  He goes to the doctor in a couple of weeks, so I will update the blog then. 

It's half way to Evan's 1 year birthday!  We can't wait to see what is to come in the next month!

Evan is 5 Months!

Evan Bailey is 5 months old!  He seems to look much different than his 4 month picture.  Maybe chubbier?  We can't put him on his back for more than a few seconds before he is on his belly.  He rolls over in his sleep too!  When we went into his room on Halloween morning he was fast asleep on his belly.

We are finding he is ready for the Exersaucer because he isn't happy in his swing anymore.  We can't leave him on the floor in his play gym either because he is on his belly in just a few seconds. 

Evan is eating rice cereal almost every evening.  He loves to hold a rattle and play with rings.  Evan is much happier in the carseat than he has been in the past few months.  He will also tolerate us having dinner at a restaurant now! 

Evan's eyes are not looking so blue anymore.  Sometimes they look green and other times they look dark blue.  He can put his passy back in his mouth by himself now.  He is a drool machine!  That boy needs a bib most of the time for all the slobber.

Jack threw a big fit because he wanted his picture taken.  I think this might have been his first sign of jealousy of Evan.  Evan kept smiling and looking at me though.  When I had gotten about 20 photos of Evan with the monkey, Jack got into the chair with Evan.  He was not interested in holding his little brother though. 

I was putting the monkey away and Jack said, "Monkey, a five."  He recognized the 5!  I thought that was a cute little side story.......

Happy Halloween 2011

Puppy Evan

"Look!" said giraffe Jack.

Pumpkin decorating at the Greenwood Community Center

Mommy and the boys!

Daddy and the boys!

Tigger Grandma and the boys!

Best Halloween Family Photo

Evan's 4 Month Photo

Evan is 4 months old!  He is about to roll over any day now.  Evan loves to suck on his hands and will take his passy now.  He sleeps through the night and is close to dropping his 9:00 p.m. feeding.  He is growing and thriving!  I love each day I can spend with him.  His 4 month well baby appointment is on Tuesday, and I'll update his new statistics at that time.

Evan weighs 17 pounds, 13 ounces. He is 26.5 inches long. Both percentages are ninety-second percentile! The last two appointments before this one Evan didn't even have a percentage because he was above the growth curve! His head circumference was seventy-fifth percentile.

I can't believe he has already doubled his birth weight! He has grown 4.5 inches too! No wonder he has grown out of his clothes so quickly. I call him Evan Bear quite a bit. I realized it because Jack called him Evan Bear tonight.

A Trip to Appleworks

October 12, 2011

A Monkey Evan!

This is Evan in his monkey towel right after a bath.  So cute!

Yo Gabba Gabba & Children's Museum

September 18, 2011 was undoubtedly the best day of Jack's life!  Grandma and Grandpa watched Evan while we took Jack for a day of fun this fall. 

We bought the Yo Gabba Gabba tickets for Jack for his birthday in July.  It also happened to be ISTA day at the Children's Museum, so admission was free for us.  This was Jack's first trip to the Children's Museum.



Jack and Mommy by the glass sculpture



Real Indy car...he loved it!  He actually got down in the car to reach the pedals with his hands.

Didn't play too long in the sand and never went over to the water area

No matter where we are, Jack loves trucks!

Cool plane

Jack calls anything like this a tractor

We had to wait a long time for our turn on this one.  Jack didn't end up liking it too much.

More trains, yay!

Daddy and Jack with the glass sculpture

Yo Gabba Gabba at Clowes Hall was so fun!  We got there in plenty of time to get to our seats well before the show began.  There were cardboard cut outs of the characters as soon as we walked in.  We got some great pictures of Jack's favorite friends!

The show started with a bang with loud music and confetti tumbling in the air.  We tried to predict which songs we would hear, and they sang all of our favorites like "Hold Still" and "Get the Sillies Out."  Biz Markie did Biz's Beat of the Day and invited lots of children to come on the stage.  A Butler basketball player and the mascot came out to do a dancey dance. 

Jack was mesmerized the whole time.  As long as they were performing, he was really interested and happy!  There was a brief intermission which seemed to be hours long! 

Of course Jack fell asleep almost immediately when we left Butler.  He had an amazing day!

Wow!  Brobee is Jack's favorite!

Jack loves Plex too!

It was time to leave, I must have just taken off my DJ Lance Rock glasses.

Daddy had just as much fun (if not more) than Jack!