Adventures

If you look closely, you can see Vangie swimming!Swimming at loveland lake

Our sling! I LOVE walking with Tradd in this... makes holding him so much easier!

My Best Friend

Evangeline came up to me the other day and said "Mommy, you're my best friend"! I just HAD to share!

I love, love, LOVE her!

10 pounds and one month

Today marks Tradd's one month birthday! Exactly one month ago on June 24, 2009, my little boy entered this world! So far, he has been a completely different baby than Evangeline. Around this time, Evangeline started getting colicky and was very fussy pretty much all day everyday. She always wanted to be held, and we ended up sleeping with her in our bed way more than we would have liked. Tradd fusses only when he is hungry or wet, or when he gets overly tired and just cant seem to sleep. The only exception to this is if he has horrible gas and we all know that does not feel well.. so can you blame him?! So far, he is a pretty good sleeper. For the past 2 nights Tradd has woken up twice, eaten, and gone back to sleep in his bassinet. The night before, he slept until 1 am and then we were up until 5am. Silly me didn't GO to sleep until 12:00, so needless to say I had a very long night! Thank goodness Drew let me sleep in that morning while he took the kids. But the norm for him is to eat around 11, sleep until 2 or 3, and then again at 5 and we are normally up around 7:45 -8:00.


Anyway, I weighed my little man yesterday and can you believe he is already up to 10 pounds! No more newborn clothes for him!

I alsp weighed Evangeline and can you believe she is already up to 32 pounds!!!! She is wearing 2T clothes still but they are getting snug... so on to the 3T clothing!

Oh, I forgot to mention in earlier posts another difference between the kids that we noticed right off the bat. When Evangeline was born, her head circumference was ALWAYS in the 97th percentile... OUCH, I know. With Tradd, we went for his 2 week check up and the doctor said his head was only in the 35th! THAT'S why my dleivery was so easy! LOL.

I wanted to end this post thanking my husband for giving me two of the most beautiful children around. I don't know how I even had a life before they were in it. Sure, it can be stressful and tiring... but it's also the most rewarding thing I have ever done. Evangeline surprises me everyday with her ability to learn so quickly, her bright smiles and contagious laughter. Even her independence, sassiness, and assertiveness lets me know that I must be doing something right (and trust me, she expresses her feelings A LOT). Tradd is the observer... he lays by himself and observes the world around him... probably thinking to himself "what the hell is going on here! Its chaos!" But that's our life, and I wouldn't have it any other way!

"Take me out to the baaaaaaaaaall game"

My little girl is growing up! She can sing songs by memory now and is picking up on different songs so quickly! Since baseball/softball is in her blood, its only natural that she learns "Take me out to the ball game" at an early age! Im sure we will be to plenty of games over the years so its a great song to know!

A big girl bed for a big girl!

Drew and I received FREE mattress and box spring set that was never used from a wonderful couple here in Fort Collins! The mattress set was in their spare bedroom that was set up for their daughter, but she came to visit them only a handful of times and usually slept somewhere other than the bed... so it is in perfect condition! We couldnt turn down a free mattress set! We decided it was time to give Evangeline a REAL big girl bed and get her out of her toddler bed. So yesterday (July 21) we got the mattress set and went out and bought her new bedding and set it up while she was at daycare. When she came home and saw her NEW princess bed she was ecstatic! She played in her bed all night! Here is a picture of her new room... hot pink satin comforter, princess sheets, and a hot pink pillow with a crown on it... couldnt be more Evangeline if we tried!