45 Weeks Old

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It's been a busy week!  I'm happy to report that Evan is feeling a lot better and although he is still taking meds, he seems to be almost 100%.  The past week he has been quite whiny and as a result has gotten off of his schedule a fair amount.  This mom is a bit tired.  -smile-

Aside from recovering, Evan spent the week enjoying a visit from Grandpa Randall and Grandma Trisha, watching Jillian and Liv at swim class, and celebrating Ryan's birthday out on the boat.  It was a busy week!

Evan is getting faster and faster at his crawling, and is increasingly curious as well.  This is quite a dangerous combination and we're all being extra careful to make sure we know where our little guy is all the time.

Enjoy all the photos!

Nancy

44 Weeks Old

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I'll have to upload a different 'face' picture tomorrow- this is all I had for tonight.

My parents came to visit this evening- just in time to read books to the kids and tuck them to bed.  I'm sure we will have tons more fun with them this coming week.  We're happy to have them here visiting!

The biggest news on Evan this week- this little guy is not messing around.  Two days ago he popped a 105.2 fever.  Seriously.  I used an ear thermometer and it said 104.6.  I knew he was hot, but I thought that was crazy so I did a rectal temp- 105.2.  Yikes.  I put him in a room temp bath, covered him with cool wash cloths, gave him a strong dose of Motrin, and brought him to the Dr.  By the time we got there he had dropped to 102.8 but was still (obviously) feeling pretty rough.  After nose and throat swabs (checking for strep or flu) ear check, and blood draw we found out he had a bacterial infection.  He is behind on a few immunizations because he has been sick when they are regularly given so we had to give him a super duper antibiotic shot (one in each leg) to rule out a serious illness.  Poor little guy.  He's now on 10 days of oral antibiotics.  He's such a sweetie even though I know he's feeling rough.  Hopefully he will be back to his regular self soon!

Aside from that, Evan's still crawling around, exercising his new found freedom and enjoying all the attention he gets from his big sisters.  We sure do love this little guy!

Until next week, enjoy the photos (where you'll see that Evan was less than thrilled with our debut boat trip...  Hopefully he'll learn to love it!)  -smile-

Nancy

43 Weeks Old

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*Last week I forgot to say that Evan started clapping on command.  Adorable.

It's been a busy week- lots of Easter celebrations and fun outside.  Evan is really getting the hang of crawling- he's go go go!

On Easter day we went out to TPC Potomac golf course for Easter brunch.  As usual, it was wonderful.  We ate, and enjoyed taking photos with the Easter bunny and a little egg hunt on their patio.  It was a great time. After that we enjoyed dinner with some friends of ours who were close by our house for their family Easter gathering- what a great day!

In the photos you'll see Evan patiently waiting just inside our front door- he's watching Jillian and Liv run around on the front walkway to catch bubbles.  Does anyone else think he looks jealous?!?  Also, pics of Evan hanging out in the grass, and getting his first real haircut!  Ryan and I had done a little trim while back, but this is his first time at a barber.  He did a great job and the haircut turned out very cute.

Until next week!

Nancy

42 Weeks Old

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This week was BUSY!  The kids and I went down to DC to see the Cherry Blossoms.  It was a nice trip, but due to our unseasonable warm weather, the blossoms were almost completely gone.  Got some good photos though, and enjoyed it!

You'll also see photos of the kids with a sold sign.  Nope, we're not moving (we're barely moved in at this house!) but we are getting some new neighbors at some point!  At the risk of sharing my parents news for them, they purchased a little place on the water in the city neighboring where we are.  The funny thing is their house is closer to ours by boat than by land!  Ha!  So, maybe we will be able to cruise the water over to their place at some point!  The house needs some work before they move, so the timeline for now is still being decided.  It's very exciting though!

There was a small bed of tulips in DC for us to pose by, but that garden is nothing in comparison to our favorite place in Baltimore.  Since I saw how great the blooms were looking earlier this week, we made the trek to our standard tulip photo spot today and got some pictures.  The pictures were not the best part of the trip though- Evan CRAWLING was the best part!  He did about 3 knee pushes over to grab my face.  I think the grip of being on nice tall grass really made a difference for him.  He was very excited (and so was I!)

Mid week I also took a few photos of Evan in his crib.  A few days ago he started sitting himself up in his crib (sometimes in the middle of the night- bleh!)  He was still on the tallest crib setting which was fine for sitting, but not so fine for pulling up on the side rail.  I went in the other day during nap time and he had pulled himself up enough to get that big head of his nearly over the front rail!  Baby came out, and 45 minutes later went back in.  I lowered the mattress as far as it would go!

Evan fell asleep in his bouncer this week.  Very funny.  When Jillian and I woke him up (half way) he kept his eyes closed and just started jumping again.  Haha!

Speaking of doing things in his sleep- For awhile now Evan has had the ability to crawl around a little bit while he is sleeping.  Sometimes I see him doing it on the video baby monitor.  It's very funny that he didn't repeat this skill while awake until this afternoon!

A couple other things you'll see in the photos- Evan lovin' his bath time (he really really enjoys splashing, dumping buckets, scooting around, trying to drink bath water...) and a photo of all three kids in coordinating pajamas.  It just might be my favorite sibling photo yet!

That's it!  Have a great 7 days, and enjoy the photos!

Nancy