Friday, October 19, 2012

Mommy X2!

So much for playing catch up... The story of our summer will have to wait for another post. This one is simply to say that we welcomed our handsome little guy into our family on August 28th. I could hardly believe that I had given birth to a 9lb 1oz baby! He was just over 22 inches long and had a 14 inch head. That made him 2 inches longer, 2 inches bigger around the noggin and 3 pounds heavier than big sister was. And this time I had the lovely experience of contracting for 2 days off and on before he arrived. He is the best nurser and sleeper! 

Big sister is in love with him just as much as mommy and daddy. The first few weeks took some extra patience, but she is doing very, very well at getting used to sharing me. So is Ryan :) He's doing great at diaper changing again too. Being a mother is truly the most wonderful thing I have ever experienced. Even with the crying and 2 am showers because of spit up, or other bodily fluids; even with the "terrific two's"as my grandma called them, I wouldn't trade it for anything. The hugs, drooly smiles, sleepy eye flutters and "Mommy, you my best friend" 's make it more than worth it.


Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Still Here! Stewart Family Campout

We are still here! I haven't been able to post anything from our computer for some reason for quite a while. I'm gunna try to play catch up in the next few days, so here we go... The annual Stewart family campout was the last week of June near the Canyon Point campground, and we had a blast as usual. There are a ton of pictures, but they say it better than I could!































Tuesday, June 26, 2012

summer fun

Even in the heat and with constant kicking in the ribs, this is still been a pretty good summer so far. Here are a few things I've taken pics of in the last week that I think are adorable!

Backyard pool, just as the sun was going down.



Cutting play-dough with cousin Bethany.

We got her a bike helmet to go with her trike, since every time she sat on it she said "helmet, head", and patted her head. It's a little big, but it should get some good use in the next few years. When we got it she wanted to wear it everywhere for a few days.

Me and Elizabeth with our pregnant tummies again. I'm 29 weeks, she's 31 I think.

French braids for church! This is the after nursery look.

After the braids came out.

Her new favorite book about the "mouse house". Thank you Great grandma Radcliff! As she says, "Evelyn love it!"

Thursday, June 21, 2012

Birthday Girl!

Happy Birthday to our little Evelyn! Her birthday was Saturday. I can hardly believe it's been 2 years since she came into the world, and she had quite an entrance. We're all glad Ryan wasn't at Scout camp this year.  She's as busy and happy as any 2 year old can be. She loves singing, dancing, sliding, swinging, coloring and wearing socks on her hands as"goves".  She loves to "watch Poppins" or "Um diddle ey", (Mary Poppins) and "Monkey George" (Curious George) any chance she gets. She knows almost all the letters, colors, shapes and loves trying to count things. She sings "rock a baby in the tree trop" to her dolls, and "Jesus want Evelyn a sunbeam." She says says "eeew" whenever she hears "The Itsty Bitsy Spider" or sees anything on the floor that looks like it could be a bug. She loves to help Mommy mix anything I'll let her help with while cooking. She loves to give kisses to baby brother in my tummy and says "wake up baby" in the morning. She is our little sunshine and we are so blessed to call her ours.
We braved the heat and spent the morning at the zoo. Since January she's been saying, "Daddy come zoo", so we finally were able to make it as a family.
Someone had just stopped smiling, but here we all are!

Her favorite animals were by far the giraffes.



 Merry Go Round! It's kind of tricky to get a good picture on one of these


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Ryan is such a fabulous Dad. I just love him.



Brushing the goats.



Happy Birthday to you at the Quist's!




Happy Birthday at the Stewart's!
 
Crusin' with cousin Koltyn.

Two cakes, a slide and a trike = a very happy 2 year old. Thanks to Grandma's and Grandpa's and all the rest of our fabulous family for everything!

 A quick recap of her measurements: 

Newborn: 6lbs, 19 3/4 inches
6 month: 17lbs 10oz, 26 1/2 inches
1 year: 24lbs, 30 inches tall
2 year: 25.8lbs, 33 1/2 inches tall