Eva will happily talk your ear off if you let her - she has so much to say these days! If you catch her at the right time, she will have such a good conversation with you.
Please enjoy!
Monday, June 11, 2012
Little Miss Chatterbox
Can't believe it's been 2 weeks since my last blog post! To make up for the break, I have an extra special video of everyone's favorite little girl chatting up a storm.
Eva will happily talk your ear off if you let her - she has so much to say these days! If you catch her at the right time, she will have such a good conversation with you.
Please enjoy!
Eva will happily talk your ear off if you let her - she has so much to say these days! If you catch her at the right time, she will have such a good conversation with you.
Please enjoy!
Saturday, May 26, 2012
3 months!
I can't believe I haven't blogged in over a month! I blame Diablo 3 :P
Eva has grown so much in the past month, yet has retained all her newborn cuteness. She is awake a lot now and likes interacting with people. She is happiest when you're playing with her - if you're lucky you get a big gummy drooly smile and some cooing!
Weight - around 11 lbs
Clothes - we are finally in 3 month clothes! The newborn clothes still fit, but can be a little snug, especially with cloth diapers!
Diapers - still size 1 disposables and the smallest setting for cloth
Sleep - what a good little sleeper we have! At around 2.5 months, Eva started sleeping through the night. This isn't every night, but is often enough to spoil me when she does, and annoy me when she doesn't. She is still a good girl when I put her down in the middle of the night. None of the nurse for an hour, scream for an hour stuff Ethan put us through! We are sleeping in our crib again though!
Eating - still averaging about 3 hours between feedings and on 3oz bottles, but Eva prefers her milk fresh from mommy. So does mommy - no pump parts or bottle parts to wash!
Likes - we are starting to like bath time now she is taking baths in the bathtub and not the sink/sponge baths. LOVES being outside, playing with Ethan, ceiling fans, colorful lamps, Uncle Mohi (daddy's coworker), peekaboo!
Dislikes - tummy time, bottles, strangers
New tricks - stranger danger, or people she hasn't seen in awhile also fall into this category
Eva has grown so much in the past month, yet has retained all her newborn cuteness. She is awake a lot now and likes interacting with people. She is happiest when you're playing with her - if you're lucky you get a big gummy drooly smile and some cooing!
Weight - around 11 lbs
Clothes - we are finally in 3 month clothes! The newborn clothes still fit, but can be a little snug, especially with cloth diapers!
Diapers - still size 1 disposables and the smallest setting for cloth
Sleep - what a good little sleeper we have! At around 2.5 months, Eva started sleeping through the night. This isn't every night, but is often enough to spoil me when she does, and annoy me when she doesn't. She is still a good girl when I put her down in the middle of the night. None of the nurse for an hour, scream for an hour stuff Ethan put us through! We are sleeping in our crib again though!
Eating - still averaging about 3 hours between feedings and on 3oz bottles, but Eva prefers her milk fresh from mommy. So does mommy - no pump parts or bottle parts to wash!
Likes - we are starting to like bath time now she is taking baths in the bathtub and not the sink/sponge baths. LOVES being outside, playing with Ethan, ceiling fans, colorful lamps, Uncle Mohi (daddy's coworker), peekaboo!
Dislikes - tummy time, bottles, strangers
New tricks - stranger danger, or people she hasn't seen in awhile also fall into this category
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| getting good with tummy time! |
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| 3 months old! Girly's hair is getting looong! |
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| monthly sibling shot - someone likes kisses! |
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| beautiful girl with the big beautiful eyes! |
Sunday, April 22, 2012
2 months old!
Another month goes by and our little girly is another month older! Here's all the vitals...
Weight - 10lbs (28%), I was so sure Eva would be heavier. Ethan was 10lb 4oz at his 2 month checkup.
Height - 20 3/4 in (4%)
Clothes - newborn, she could probably start wearing her 3 month outfits, but I'm still in denial :P
Diapers - size 1 disposeables and the smallest setting for cloth
Sleep - nighttime sleeping is still going well. When we put her down the first time, she usually throws a fit, but she does go promptly back to sleep after her midnight feedings. She's slept as long as nearly 7 hours, but nothing too consistent yet. We typically get a good 5 hour stretch, followed by a 3-4 hour stretch.
Eating - averages about 3 hours between feedings. We're up to 3oz bottles but Eva prefers her milk fresh from the tap!
Likes - being held, play mat, stroller rides, shopping with mommy, pooping for daddy (just ask Chris), smiling at Ethan
Dislikes - diaper changes, bath time, sleeping in her crib (I really need to work on this one!),bottles
New tricks - this one is really new, but Eva likes pulling her blanket over her head (we cover her with a light blanket because she hated being swaddled) like she's playing peekaboo - I need to get a picture of this one!
A post isn't complete without pictures!
Weight - 10lbs (28%), I was so sure Eva would be heavier. Ethan was 10lb 4oz at his 2 month checkup.
Height - 20 3/4 in (4%)
Clothes - newborn, she could probably start wearing her 3 month outfits, but I'm still in denial :P
Diapers - size 1 disposeables and the smallest setting for cloth
Sleep - nighttime sleeping is still going well. When we put her down the first time, she usually throws a fit, but she does go promptly back to sleep after her midnight feedings. She's slept as long as nearly 7 hours, but nothing too consistent yet. We typically get a good 5 hour stretch, followed by a 3-4 hour stretch.
Eating - averages about 3 hours between feedings. We're up to 3oz bottles but Eva prefers her milk fresh from the tap!
Likes - being held, play mat, stroller rides, shopping with mommy, pooping for daddy (just ask Chris), smiling at Ethan
Dislikes - diaper changes, bath time, sleeping in her crib (I really need to work on this one!),bottles
New tricks - this one is really new, but Eva likes pulling her blanket over her head (we cover her with a light blanket because she hated being swaddled) like she's playing peekaboo - I need to get a picture of this one!
A post isn't complete without pictures!
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| Sitting in the Bumbo like a big girl! |
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| Sibling love <3 |
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| Kisses from Ethan |
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| 2 months old! The sign is a little lopsided, but that's what happens when you have a little wiggle worm! |
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| Yet another sibling picture :) |
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| My beautiful girl with her big eyes! |
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Easter Festivities
Egg decorating, egg hunts, farm visits, Easter bunnies...Ethan and Eva had a good Easter!
Our family goes to Heritage Prairie Farm almost every Saturday for the farmer's market - the weekend before Easter, they had an egg decorating event as well, so we took Ethan! Ethan was very good with the dyes and following directions - he was very careful in picking just the right color :)
Our family goes to Heritage Prairie Farm almost every Saturday for the farmer's market - the weekend before Easter, they had an egg decorating event as well, so we took Ethan! Ethan was very good with the dyes and following directions - he was very careful in picking just the right color :)
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| A little blue |
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| A little yellow |
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| A little green |
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| The 3 eggs in front are my boy's! |
The Wednesday before Easter, Whole Foods had an Easter egg hunt, so I took Ethan! He was a little bit confused because he kept trying to pull groceries off the shelf, but luckily mommy found a stash of eggs for him. At first I was avoiding the Easter bunny (thinking of past very bad encounters with Santa Claus, McGruff the crime dog, Curious George and various other costumed characters), but Ethan was insistent on meeting "that big bunny", so we waited our turn and it was great! Ethan hugged the bunny, gave him a high five - all without tears.
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| Waiting in line like a good boy |
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| Easter bunny |
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| Ethan and the Easter bunny |
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| Happy boy |
Since Ethan had so much fun at the farm decorating eggs, I bought a little dye kit and decorated them at home. Again, Ethan was very good about following directions and I didn't have a mess to clean up.
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| Sporting one of Eva's clips (put in with Chris's okay - trying to keep his hair out of his eyes!) |
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| Very carefully putting the egg in the green dye |
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| 7 very beautifully decorated Easter eggs |
For Easter this year, we went out to Grandma and Grandpa Barber's for dinner and a mini Easter egg hunt in their family room.
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| Sleepy princess pre grandparents |
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| Busy hunting eggs - once we explained the color coding (each kid had 2 colors), he was very good about giving the colored eggs to the right person! |
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| Cousin love :) |
April Arts and Crafts at Home Depot!
Very few things cheer Ethan up more than the mention of doing arts and crafts - the boy loves his arts and crafts and according to this mommy, he's quite talented ;)
This month at Home Depot he made a window bird feeder, although I'm not quite sure how it is one. Oh well, he had fun and that's what matters!
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| Ethan loves to hammer things! |
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| Carefully painting |
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| Beautiful :) |
Friday, March 23, 2012
One month old!
Eva is 1 month old!
Weight - about 8lbs (measured on my kitchen scale, hehe)
Height - at least 20 inches
Clothes - newborn, 3 month outfits are still way too big for the princess!
Diapers - newborn disposeables and the smallest setting for cloth
Sleep - the nighttime sleeping part is good, she is now going 3-4 hours, with the occasional 4+ stretch thrown in. This mommy likes only having to get up once or twice at night!
Eating - every 1-4+ hours, I'm guessing she's going through a growth spurt because she's gotten a lot crankier lately and will occasionally want to eat an hour after having been fed! We've also started the occasional bottle and she's taking about 2.5oz of milk in a feeding.
Likes - snuggles, singing, being held, mommy's boobs :P
Dislikes - being disrobed, sleeping in her crib (thank you for the Rock n Play, Uncle Mikey and Aunt Jen!)
New tricks - pooping as soon as you get a clean diaper on her, hence earning the nickname Princess Poopy-pants! Also, Eva can wiggle all the way off her play mat if she is not wearing a footed outfit!
Weight - about 8lbs (measured on my kitchen scale, hehe)
Height - at least 20 inches
Clothes - newborn, 3 month outfits are still way too big for the princess!
Diapers - newborn disposeables and the smallest setting for cloth
Sleep - the nighttime sleeping part is good, she is now going 3-4 hours, with the occasional 4+ stretch thrown in. This mommy likes only having to get up once or twice at night!
Eating - every 1-4+ hours, I'm guessing she's going through a growth spurt because she's gotten a lot crankier lately and will occasionally want to eat an hour after having been fed! We've also started the occasional bottle and she's taking about 2.5oz of milk in a feeding.
Likes - snuggles, singing, being held, mommy's boobs :P
Dislikes - being disrobed, sleeping in her crib (thank you for the Rock n Play, Uncle Mikey and Aunt Jen!)
New tricks - pooping as soon as you get a clean diaper on her, hence earning the nickname Princess Poopy-pants! Also, Eva can wiggle all the way off her play mat if she is not wearing a footed outfit!
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| Sleeping Beauty at 3 weeks |
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| Eva's first bottle |
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| Anger is a powerful force that propels Eva off her mat |
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| 4 weeks old already |
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| Bonding time with Ethan |
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| Eva is 1 month old! |
Thursday, March 8, 2012
2 weeks old!
Eva is 2 weeks old!
Weight - 7lb 2oz (14th percentile)
Weight - 7lb 2oz (14th percentile)
Height - 19 1/2 inches (16th percentile)
Clothes - newborn, I think we will able to get a good amount of wear out of our newborn wardrobe!
Diapers - newborn size diapers when she's in disposables (overnight and when we take her out), otherwise she's on the lowest snap setting in cloth diapers
Sleep - I am lucky to have such a good little sleeper. Unlike Ethan, Eva nurses fast (15-20 minutes) at night and goes back to sleep afterwards. Occasionally there is a poopy diaper change thrown in there, but she still sleeps like a charm. She wakes up to feed every 2-3 hours at night. We are also lucky that she never had the day-night confusion that many babies have!
Eating - took to nursing like a pro :) She usually wants to eat every 2-3 hours, occasionally she'll want to be fed again an hour after eating, or she'll even go 4 hours between feedings.
Eating - took to nursing like a pro :) She usually wants to eat every 2-3 hours, occasionally she'll want to be fed again an hour after eating, or she'll even go 4 hours between feedings.
Likes - snuggling with mommy, daddy and Ethan, feeding, songs, playing silly games with mommy
Dislikes - tummy time, bath time, diaper time, not being the center of attention
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| Cuddling with Ethan |
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| 1 week old! |
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| Ethan telling Eva everything is okay |
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| Tummy time |
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| 2 weeks old! |
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