Two Months Old

Our little Evie Girl is two months old already. She is growing so much and is the most smiley baby I've ever seen. She sleeps so well at night (usually up only once to eat, sometimes she'll sleep the whole night), loves to be held and cuddled, laughs when we kiss her cheeks, and likes to study our faces and talk back to us.


We had her two month appointment the other day and they commented that she had a big growth spurt length-wise. We thought so! I swear it happened all in one night...I picked up her up one morning and she was twice as long.

She's between the 50th and 75th percentile for both height and weight and the doctor was happy with her developmental progress, saying she's right on track. Mitch swears it was a fluke, but a few nights ago Evie rolled over, back to front. She's a squirmy worm, so it was only a matter of time.

I am having lots of fun dressing up my little girl like she's my babydoll. (Although, it is making for a bad shopping habit...) I kept a bunch of J's old clothes out for Evie to wear, but it's funny how much I just want to dress her in ruffles and pink and girly-ness. But not to worry, pink-haters, she gets plenty of greens, yellows, browns, and blues too...just mostly at night. :)

Evelyn has been such a blessing and such a warm, sweet addition to our little family. We love her so much!



Oh and for the record, I'm probably never going to get her month pictures posted on the exact day...I'll consider it a success if I get them up within the correct month.

Happy Birthday Julian

My little boy is two!

I cannot believe how fast time flies once you have kids. Everyone warns you that it will, but I never quite got it until they got here. This two year old is gaining new words every second, repeating everything he hears like a little parrot, learning to be a gentle, sweet big brother, and making our lives fun and happy.

Some cute tidbits:

The other day, he walked in from outside, saw me and said "Hi honey!"

He tells himself no when he knows he can't have or do something he is thinking about. The funny part is, he says it just like I do: "nope, nope, nope".

His favorite words of the month have been "Deej" (usually said "Deej...truck" or "Deej...hug"), "appo" (he loves apples), and "chock mook" (he had his first taste of chocolate milk and is a big fan).

He is learning letters now and loves to point at each letter in a book and hear what it is. He knows S, M, O, and I.

His new favorite game is "What can go down the laundry chute?" So far the answers are: an apple, a sippy cup, a shampoo bottle, a granola bar, and clean, folded laundry. I've started putting him in the bathroom with a huge hamper of dirty clothes and he will put one piece at a time down until he's through the whole basket.

His birthday party was a huge success and we all had a great time. Not only did we celebrate Julian turning two, but we also got to celebrate a Spartan victory! Thanks to everyone who came and helped make his day special. He got lots of great gifts and had fun playing with Drew and Camden.




Since today is his actual birthday, we'll do something fun when Daddy gets home. J already got to have some birthday cake after lunch (okay, for lunch) and spent some time playing with Grammy and Uncle Tyler this morning. Then we went for a long walk, stopping to look at whatever interesting rock or leaf J found at every other step.

In fact...I hear the Birthday Boy waking up from his nap now...oh, and imagine that, he's asking for chock mook...

Evie's Slideshow