Seeing Santa!

Evan got over his chest cold pretty well, thankfully. I think his ear is bothering him though, I did notice him tugging on it and pressing on his head above his ear tonight. I gave him some Tylenol so hopefully that will help. Dr. Coyne said that he had some fluid in his ear when I brought him in last week.

Tomorrow morning we're going to go see Santa. I'm so excited. I met the PERFECT Santa at work a few weeks back. It's going to be a bit of a drive to see him but I'm sure it'll be worth it. I'm still debating on what I'm going to have him wear but I'm thinking it'll be his green plaid shirt and either overalls or jeans. I'll probably have to see him in both to decide.

Next week is Thanksgiving, my cousin Shane and his family are coming up from Texas. His youngest son's baptism is on the Saturday following Thanksgiving so that'll be fun. I haven't seen Shane since before my wedding I don't think. I'm really looking forward to seeing them. There will be lots of pictures of Evan and his cousins, that's for sure.

Evan is super close to crawling now. He was trying to reach his box of toys earlier today and I saw him scoot his body closer to get it. It'll be any day now. He's pretty mobile though, he can move around on the floor just fine without actually crawling. He will roll himself to where he wants to be which is pretty dang cute. Okay okay, so I think everything that kid does is pretty dang cute. But I'm his mommy, I'm supposed to think that.

He's been chowing down a lot of food lately which is really fun. He'll eat basically anything you put in his mouth. The only things he doesn't like are the rice and oatmeal cereals. I gave him the jarred rice cereal and peaches and he yummed that up just fine. I think it must be that it's so bland. But I tried mixing the cereals with fruits and that didn't even cut it. So I guess I'll just stick with the jarred stuff.

I'm so excited about tomorrow. I know it's silly but it's going to be so neat to see my boy sitting with Santa. I remember last Christmas season when Chris and I were at Cabela's and I saw the kids sitting with Santa and I cried  because this year my baby'd be sitting there with him. It's unreal.

I was watching him earlier and he was just playing with his toys and it just hit me that that's my baby. That's the little guy that would kick me in the ribs and have hiccups non-stop and would snuggle up so sweet when he was just a newborn. I can't believe how much he's grown and changed in such a short period of time. He's so big and happy and active.

I'm so grateful that I'm his mommy. I couldn't have been more blessed.
I love my Bear.

Sweet dreams!

My little sickie...

Evan has been sick since Saturday. It makes me so sad. I took him into the doctor yesterday and it turns out that he has a moderate chest cold. Dr. Coyne said to just keep doing what we're doing and he should be better soon.

He seems a little better today, but it's early yet. Hopefully he will go back to bed soon since it's ridiculously early.

<3

Halloween.

Evan wore a little fleece pumpkin costume this year for Halloween. He was adorable.

He was tired when we got to the party and couldn't settle down to go to sleep. He was fighting so hard to stay up that we just let him be up. Finally he got so exhausted that his little head drooped down to rest on the table. It was lights out then.

We took him to my dad's work on Sunday and took pictures of him sitting among the pumpkins. The pictures turned out GREAT.  I am just in awe of how cute and happy and sweet he is. And he's so incredibly photogenic. I wish I looked as good in pictures as he does!

I love my little man. I can't imagine not having him in my life. He is the best thing to ever happen to me.

<3

My Baby is 7 Months Old!

It's funny to think that 7 months ago today I was finally a mommy after waiting [im]patiently for 9 months. I was in active labor at the hospital for 12 hours then had to push for 2 more until my little man was born at 3:02 am, March 27 2010.

Evan was 7 lbs 6 oz and 20.5" long. He was so strong even then. That day and the next day, he amazed us all by lifting his head up off my shoulder a number of times. Looking at him now, playing in his high chair, it's crazy to think that he was so tiny. He's a big boy now.

He really is the light of my life. I'm so lucky. He's almost always smiling and happy, he laughs when we play, he will snuggle and be cozy, he makes happy sounds often...he's just pretty much the perfect baby.

I absolutely adore my little Bear. Chris and I did a pretty damn good job, if I do say so myself.

Being his mommy is a dream come true.

I love you Evan.

Love always,

Mommy

Better Late Than Never!

I've thought about starting a blog for/about Evan for a while and never got around to it. Well, I finally decided to get it done. He's grown and changed so much so fast it amazes me.

He's 4 days away from turning 7 months old and it's crazy. I can't believe he's so big. He sits up so well on his own now and is so close to crawling. It won't be long and he'll be zooming all over the place.

He's such an incredibly happy baby. Always smiling. It's just the best thing in the world. He has the cutest little laugh and it seems like it always surprises him when he giggles. I love it.

I never knew being a mom would be so fun and rewarding. I was so excited when I found out that I was finally pregnant. We had been trying for a little while and it was getting to be a little discouraging. It's so fun to watch him grow and learn new things every day. He loves to chew on everything and wave things around.

I just adore watching him and being with him. He makes my life so much better just by being in it.

I love my little Bear.  =]