40 Weeks Old

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

It was quite a week- and, I'm not winning any mother of the year awards.  First, in the photos you'll see Evan standing while holding onto a bridge.  This turned out not to be the best idea because our little guy ended up falling over and hitting his face on the wood flooring.  Even though I felt bad for his little face, I actually felt rather relieved because for a moment I thought he might roll right off the bridge onto the rocks a few feet below.  I know this sounds really bad, but I did have a friend standing just off camera to keep him safe so although the tumble gave me quite a little scare, he was not actually in any danger of falling of the bridge.

Now, I wish that were true for snafu #2 this week!

We had some friends over to see the new house and went down with their kids to splash in the water near our house.  We had not even gotten into the water yet- I parked Evan in the stroller, and then went to the edge to survey how high the tide was (and therefore, how much sandy beach area there was for the kids to play.)  I was bummed to see that there was no beach at all- water all the way up the retaining wall.  Splash.  The stroller brake must not have stuck and it rolled right down toward the water, and over the wall.  Evan was still strapped inside the stroller and ended up face down in the water. I jumped into the water immediately (jeans/shoes/t-shirt...) and grabbed him out.  He was startled (obviously!) but thankfully just fine.  Man. Talk about SCARY.  Poor little guy.  We're toughening him up this week I guess!

Being tough is probably coming in handy- his top teeth are coming in with a vengeance!  I actually got two different photos of his top teeth this week and you'll see how much they grew in over just the few days that separated the shots.  He's had a couple hard nights as a result, but hopefully we're nearing the end of the worst.

Aside from that, in the photos you'll see him sleeping on his belly with his little tush in the air, Skyping/jumping, park time, library and grocery shopping, attending Jillian's art show (while sporting a mow hawk), eating ice cream with our friend Neil, out for dinner, posing with the sweet Spencer kids, opening oh-so-cute cards from Miss Shere & Mr. John, St. Patrick's Day photos, posing with Daddy on his way to DC, and some playing on the rug.

I'm telling you- this was one BUSY week!!!

All the best!

Nancy

P.S.- On St. Patty's Evan ate a red potato and tried corned beef!!!  He also had his first taste (soon followed by his second taste) of a french fry while we were out to eat.  Have I mentioned how fast he is with that loooong reach of his!?!