15 Weeks Old

First, unrelated to Evan, I'm trying a new blog look for Evan's site- if you get a chance visit the blog directly at www.kulesfamily3.blogspot.com and let me know what you think about the new look.  Keep it, or change it back?

To see all the photos from this week, click HERE.

This week Evan continues to be a doll.  He is smiling all the time and happily gurgling when you play with him.  He's starting to wave his arms and legs around wildly/excitedly.  It's very cute.  Knowing it's very likely Evan is our last baby, I find myself babying him a little more than the girls in some ways.  In other ways, things are tough on him since he is forced to roll with the unpredictable schedule of our family vs. being super consistent with his.  He seems to be doing fine with the extra snuggling and the crazy pace of things though, so that's good :)  I think he will end up being an understanding little guy.
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Time to head to bed- things around our house are still very busy but starting to take a turn toward completion!!!

Have a great week!

Nancy

14 Weeks Old

To see all the photos from this week, click HERE!

This week was eventful for a few reasons:

#1- Evan figured out how to control his hands.  It's very sweet.  He reaches up and grabs my nose, he stares at his little fingers and moves them around, he grabs at toys...  I'm going to have to warn Jillian and Liv- I bet those pigtails are next!

#2- Although Evan has yet to roll over, he has figured out something else- how to scoot around on his back.  He presses his little feet into the floor, lifts his bottom up, and thrusts backwards. This new found ability led to eventful thing #3 for this week...

#3- Evan had his first (and hopefully last!) ride to the hospital in an ambulance.  Yup.  Makes my heart race a bit just typing about it.  I put our little non-rolling baby in the center of our king size bed (closer to the pillows) with a pillow propped between him and the foot of the bed just in case he randomly decided to roll 6 feet onto the hardwood.  Did I put a pillow ABOVE his head in case he thrust himself UP about 3 feet?  No.  No, I did not.  Because, until I was at the hospital blubbering about how I had no idea HOW he fell off the bed I had not seen him scoot this way.  Ever.  But there he was, being examined by the doctor up on a hospital bed- plants his feet... scoots up 6 inches.  Ah.  Mystery solved.  Makes you feel about 2 inches tall when something preventable happens to your kid.  Especially a kid who is only 90 days old.  Thankfully, he is totally okay despite a rather large bump on his forehead that appeared immediately following the fall and disappeared almost as quickly as it came.  It was a dramatic evening to say the least (our neighbors had to hold Evan so the 911 operator could hear me, Ryan was out of town, both the girls were freshly out of the bathtub, Jillian said, "The thing that is happening right now is making me NERVOUS!" when I told her to go sit on her bed).  Ugh.  It was terrible.  Luckily we have wonderful friends nearby who came over to sit with the big girls and joined me at the hospital so I would not have to be there alone.  I'm so appreciative!

Anyway- all's well that ends well!

Enjoy the photos from this week!

Take care,

Nancy

13 Weeks Old

To see all the photos from this week, click HERE!

So, no rolling this week and no laughing.  Man!  We're so close on both things though.  Little man does NOT like tummy time very much, but we're working on it!

Evan will be THREE months old tomorrow.  He still loves a bath, and loves being swaddled.  Loves a pacifier and loves to snuggle.  Still has some reflux moments, but we stopped taking the Zantac after about 1 month of doing it (aka, the bottle I had ran out) and it has not been bad enough for me to bother getting a refill.

The best thing about Evan right now?  The oh-so-sweet way he makes eye contact and gives you a little grin when you smile at him.  Kinda like the photo I chose for this week.  Melts my heart.

I thought a picture of all three kids with bare shoulders would be so cute so I stripped them all down, and tried to capture this moment.  I'll just say that after attempting a few photos, it became clear trying to do this BEFORE I fed them all lunch was a bad idea.  And so, rather than a sweet photo of the kids, enjoy a couple outtakes as well as the other photos from this week!

Take care!

Nancy

12 Weeks Old

To see all the PHOTOS from this week, click HERE!

Hello Mr. Personality!  Oh man, this little guy is so cute.  It's fair to say I'm pretty darn smitten with him. He's such a little love- snuggles, smiles... what more can you ask for?

It's been another busy week in our house- yesterday I realized something...  In a house with ongoing construction, babies don't get a lot of time on the floor!  I've been trying to do some tummy time for Evan on the bed in our room, but when he rolls over on a mattress, I feel like it doesn't "count".  So, I made a point of setting up a floor mat/toy for Evan today so he can officially take care of the rolling over milestone.  I have no concern about his ability to do it so I'm sure next week I'll be reporting that he's rolling around now that we have a mat on the floor for him to do so.

Earlier in the week I made a conscious effort to make Evan laugh- and had some success!  He definitely gurgled happily and smiled at us a lot.  He kinda choked on a laugh, so we know he has it in there!  Soon!!

Evan is officially out of 0-3 month clothing now- even the bigger sized brands are too short so we're starting on a whole new wardrobe... again.  lol

Oh- also, Evan tried sitting in the Bumbo chair for the first time this week- he seemed to like it!

That's it for this week!  Hard to believe our little guys is almost 3 months old!!!

Enjoy the photos!

Nancy