Life is hard when the thumb you go to for comfort is put on the disabled list. Unfortunately for our household, Evie Lu developed a staph infection on her thumbsucking thumb late last week. This meant instead of a cute story over the weekend we have only the no sleep story.
It breaks my heart to see Evie Lu in pain and it is even worse knowing the pain isn't a scraped knee that I can make better. Evie Lu is on the mend thanks to antibiotics, but I'd be lying if I said having her in daycare today didn't make me really nervous.
We'll post some cute pictures soon to balance out the trauma.
The Adventures Of Big Sister Evie Lu And The Gentlemen: Zevon & Guthrie!
Monday, September 29, 2008
Thursday, September 25, 2008
A Kiss For Everyone
Thanks to Aunt Megan for the great picture. Here Evie Lu is ready to give someone a kiss. It is probably one of her aunts since this morning she repeated Aunt Megan and Aunt Becky after I said their names. You can pretend it is for you though.
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
A Great Traveller
Dad, you are ridiculous.
We had a whirlwind weekend of seeing Evie Lu's aunt Megan get ordained, catching up with family, and spending way too much time on a plane. Grandma Bev pointed out that we would be on the ground for exactly 48 hours before taking off again. Ugh!
Evie Lu handled the whole trip like a champ. She was fascinated with the plane on this trip and I think the feeling of landing was her favorite part. In her 48 hours in Minnesota, Evie Lu sat through two church services and was better for Grandma Bev than she ever is for Kaia. (I think we need to bring Grandma Bev or Grandma Rhonda to church with us every week.)
If you find yourself in the Minneapolis airport with some time to kill, I recommend heading toward the F concourse where Travellers Insurance has a series of ads that are interactive. When you wave your hand in front of the big red umbrella it blows away into tiny red umbrellas then comes back together. Evie Lu and I spent quite a bit of time playing with this ad. If my daughter grows up to sell insurance I'll know why.
We had a whirlwind weekend of seeing Evie Lu's aunt Megan get ordained, catching up with family, and spending way too much time on a plane. Grandma Bev pointed out that we would be on the ground for exactly 48 hours before taking off again. Ugh!
Evie Lu handled the whole trip like a champ. She was fascinated with the plane on this trip and I think the feeling of landing was her favorite part. In her 48 hours in Minnesota, Evie Lu sat through two church services and was better for Grandma Bev than she ever is for Kaia. (I think we need to bring Grandma Bev or Grandma Rhonda to church with us every week.)
If you find yourself in the Minneapolis airport with some time to kill, I recommend heading toward the F concourse where Travellers Insurance has a series of ads that are interactive. When you wave your hand in front of the big red umbrella it blows away into tiny red umbrellas then comes back together. Evie Lu and I spent quite a bit of time playing with this ad. If my daughter grows up to sell insurance I'll know why.
Friday, September 19, 2008
Off To Minnesota
You mean I get to see Uncle Chris again?!?
We are off to get Evie Lu's Aunt Megan ordained! We will only be with family for one full day, but it will be a great celebration. Here's hoping Evie Lu still does as well flying now as she has in the past.
We are off to get Evie Lu's Aunt Megan ordained! We will only be with family for one full day, but it will be a great celebration. Here's hoping Evie Lu still does as well flying now as she has in the past.
Monday, September 15, 2008
The Story Of The Weekend
Aunt Kaitlin I have no signal here.
There are times when being a parent provides far more comic relief than I ever thought possible and Saturday night was one of those times.
Saturday afternoon was gorgeous and our little family went out to a local park where Evie Lu had a great time. There was a little kid slide and a big kid slide and she spent an hour running from slide to slide, laughing the whole way. When we got home Evangeline was warm and after a diaper change I decided pants were unnecessary for the rest of the night.
Dinner was pizza and Evie Lu went without a bib since a bath was looming large in her future. Evangeline got pizza everywhere and so her shirt came of next. After dinner was done we had about twenty minutes until bath time. Our diaper only wearing baby was playing and going between talking to me as I washed dishes and Kaia as she worked on her general exam. Evie Lu walked up to me with her pizza stained shirt and I asked her, "Evie can you take your shirt and put it in your hamper?" Evie Lu toddled off.
Then there was silence. I swear it wasn't more than a couple of minutes, but when I realized I didn't hear Evie Lu anymore I called out to her and walked toward her room. At that moment Kaia called out to me from her office, "Will, did you take Evie's diaper off?" I looked into to the office to see our little girl stark naked standing next to Kaia. After we stopped laughing we realized there was a missing diaper to be found. Kaia asked Evie where she put the diaper and Evie took us into her bedroom and pointed to the diaper pail.
Evangeline had taken her diaper off and placed it where diapers should go. I was impressed and realized at that moment pants were a necessity in our house now.
There are times when being a parent provides far more comic relief than I ever thought possible and Saturday night was one of those times.
Saturday afternoon was gorgeous and our little family went out to a local park where Evie Lu had a great time. There was a little kid slide and a big kid slide and she spent an hour running from slide to slide, laughing the whole way. When we got home Evangeline was warm and after a diaper change I decided pants were unnecessary for the rest of the night.
Dinner was pizza and Evie Lu went without a bib since a bath was looming large in her future. Evangeline got pizza everywhere and so her shirt came of next. After dinner was done we had about twenty minutes until bath time. Our diaper only wearing baby was playing and going between talking to me as I washed dishes and Kaia as she worked on her general exam. Evie Lu walked up to me with her pizza stained shirt and I asked her, "Evie can you take your shirt and put it in your hamper?" Evie Lu toddled off.
Then there was silence. I swear it wasn't more than a couple of minutes, but when I realized I didn't hear Evie Lu anymore I called out to her and walked toward her room. At that moment Kaia called out to me from her office, "Will, did you take Evie's diaper off?" I looked into to the office to see our little girl stark naked standing next to Kaia. After we stopped laughing we realized there was a missing diaper to be found. Kaia asked Evie where she put the diaper and Evie took us into her bedroom and pointed to the diaper pail.
Evangeline had taken her diaper off and placed it where diapers should go. I was impressed and realized at that moment pants were a necessity in our house now.
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
New Tricks
Can you see what I did?
This morning I asked Evie Lu if she wanted a banana with breakfast and she replied, "oh nice." Kaia and I looked at each other in a bit of shock and Kaia asked, "You know where she learned that don't you?" I hadn't realized how often I say "nice." It is a lot apparently. We have also recently heard, "wow", a very Minnesota sounding "oh no", "phone", "milk please", and "no mail." The last phrase came about because every day I pick Evie Lu up from daycare we come home and she helps me check the mail. Oh nice!
Evie Lu has also discovered she can take her socks off and put them on her hands. This tickles her to no end. Evie Lu tried to eat some animal crackers while wearing socks on her hands this weekend. (This did not work so well.)
Socks on my hands!
This morning I asked Evie Lu if she wanted a banana with breakfast and she replied, "oh nice." Kaia and I looked at each other in a bit of shock and Kaia asked, "You know where she learned that don't you?" I hadn't realized how often I say "nice." It is a lot apparently. We have also recently heard, "wow", a very Minnesota sounding "oh no", "phone", "milk please", and "no mail." The last phrase came about because every day I pick Evie Lu up from daycare we come home and she helps me check the mail. Oh nice!
Evie Lu has also discovered she can take her socks off and put them on her hands. This tickles her to no end. Evie Lu tried to eat some animal crackers while wearing socks on her hands this weekend. (This did not work so well.)
Socks on my hands!
Thursday, September 04, 2008
A Day At The Beach
What? I've got sand where?
Four new teeth, three house guests, two exhausted parents, and one general exam coming up quickly make for a crazy time for our little family.
Evie Lu got reacquainted with Aunt Megan, Uncle Chris, and Jillian over the labor day weekend and I think it is safe to say Uncle Chris is the favorite. Evangeline took a bit of time to warm up to everyone, but once she did she chose Chris as her buddy and they played for a really long time.
Evie Lu has four teeth coming in all at once and this has not been conducive to quality sleep for anyone. We knew something was up when we caught Evie Lu trying to stuff an entire blanket in her mouth and bit down hard. Thank goodness for baby Tylenol which helps the discomfort. I think I'll go take some now.
I'm serious about snacks.
Four new teeth, three house guests, two exhausted parents, and one general exam coming up quickly make for a crazy time for our little family.
Evie Lu got reacquainted with Aunt Megan, Uncle Chris, and Jillian over the labor day weekend and I think it is safe to say Uncle Chris is the favorite. Evangeline took a bit of time to warm up to everyone, but once she did she chose Chris as her buddy and they played for a really long time.
Evie Lu has four teeth coming in all at once and this has not been conducive to quality sleep for anyone. We knew something was up when we caught Evie Lu trying to stuff an entire blanket in her mouth and bit down hard. Thank goodness for baby Tylenol which helps the discomfort. I think I'll go take some now.
I'm serious about snacks.
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