November

It's amazing how quickly the years go by now that I'm older. Evan will be turning 5 months soon which seems CRAZY! The holidays are quickly approaching. Paul and I are looking forward to that magical feeling of Christmas that tends to disappear as you get older. We've purchased Evan's stocking, Grandma and Grandpa Hopper bought Evan a super cute Thanksgiving outfit, and we're even making arrangements to take family photos for our Christmas cards!

Halloween part 2

Today my family came over to visit with Evan. (They really don't come over to see Paul or I anymore!)

First of all, my dad grew up playing soccer. There's a Mexican team by the name of Chivas that is from the area where my parents grew up. My dad bought Evan his first soccer ball a while ago, as well as some Chivas apparel.


Secondly, since my family didn't get to see Evan in costume yesterday, we dressed him up again today. Evan had a lot of fun playing with his Aunt Emma.

Hallloween

Evan's first Halloween has come and gone. Instead of buying a full-blown costume, Paul and I chose to have Evan dress in a pumkpin onesie. He was still cute as can be! We started by visiting Grandpa Tomasik, Aunt Brighid, and Brighid's boyfriend, Sean.



After visiting with family, we joined some friends for trick-or-treating and food.

Daddy and Evan

Our friend, Tracey, and baby Micah.

Our friend, Anthony, and Evan checking each other out. Actually, I think Anthony was checking to make sure Evan wasn't spitting up on him, AGAIN.

Fun moments

Just for fun, I thought I'd share some fun moments caught on video.

Rolling over!


Moving his bum in the air...

Four months

*I meant to post this on Sunday, but I came down with something, therefore the blog was put on hold. Let me say that being sick with a baby is no fun. Thank goodness my mom and Paul are so helpful. I hate not being able to take care of Evan. It has to be one of the worst feelings in the world.

Evan is officially one-third of the way to being a year old! Wow, that's scary! I know that I haven't posted too much lately, so I'll catch up on what's happening in the Tomasik household.

- Our nights have become pretty routine, with Evan starting to tire out around 5:30. After nursing, changing into pajamas, getting a massage, nursing some more, another diaper change, and nursing some more, he's usually in bed by 7:00 or 7:30. (This boy just doesn't stop eating!). Evan still wakes up two or three times a night. The longest sleep span he's had was from 7:00 pm-3:30am.

- His likes and dislikes are now becoming well known. He'll let you know right away if you've taken him away from something he was enjoying or if you've put him somewhere he doesn't want to be. Evan also has become such a talkative guy. He loves to laugh and smile. Lately, Evan has been noticing our dog, Layne, much more. He'll watch him, follow him when he walks by, then laugh and smile at him. Paul and Evan like to chase Layne around the house, too. When Paul gets Evan close to Layne's level, Evan laughs and laughs.

- As always, Evan still loves the ceiling fan! (I think that he loves that fan more than his mom and dad sometimes!)

- At his latest well-child visit to the pediatrician's office, Evan is weighing in at 15 lbs., 11 oz. and is 26" long. He was a trooper, though. He received an oral vaccine and two shots. After the first shot, his face became very red. After the second shot, he let out a scream, cried for about 10 seconds. Paul picked him up to comfort him and within seconds, Evan was laughing. (I didn't even have to comfort nurse him. It made me a little sad.) But, he's such a brave little boy!

- Evan has definitely outgrown his 3 month close. Some of his six month clothes are getting snug in length, too. He's even wearing size 3 diapers!

- He's able to roll onto his left and right side, but still not rolling over completely. During the day, Evan loves to suck on the fingers of his right hand, but at night prefers to suck his left thumb.

- Reading is one of Evan's favorite activities. He love to look at all the colorful pictures and sit up like a big boy.

- Speaking of sitting up, Evan does not like to be held in the cradle position unless he's eating. He wants to be upright all the time.

- Evan likes to scratch. Not so much people, but things. He'll put his hand on the couch and softly scratch at it. He does this with almost everything he touches. It's quite cute.

- Everything goes into this boy's mouth. EVERYTHING. This also causes him to drool. I'm not sure if he's teething, but I wouldn't be surprised.

- Evan has also had his first fever. Paul took his temperature this morning (Oct. 24) and his underarm reading was the highest at 100.1. He gave him some infant Tylenol and has now been sleeping for 3+ hours. (That's why I have time to write this post!) Paul said that he had been very fussy and crying all morning while I went to class and a baby shower. Needless to say, I drove home "quickly" to be with my sick baby.

- My mom has also told me that she figured out that she can calm Evan by walking him around the house in his stroller or by putting him in the baby carrier. Evan enjoys taking walks outside in his stroller, too.

Here are the chair photos!

New baby

Congratulations are in order for our friends Jason and Tracey. Their baby boy, Micah Edward, was born on Tuesday, October 13 weighing in at 7 lbs., 8 oz and 20 inches long. Welcome to the parents club!



Photos by Micah's talented aunt (and Jason's sister), Pam.

A year ago...

I was sick as could be and spent the day at driving school to pay my time for a photo radar ticket. I remember taking a box of tissues with me and sitting curled up in my very uncomfortable chair while my body ached. That night, Paul went to buy Pei Wei for dinner. For a few days now, I had an inkling that I might be pregnant. That night I also took my first pregnancy test. This was the result that I got...


Today, this was what I took instead...