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Happy Valentine’s Day from Evan! This picture of Evan is of him waiting for the candy he thought he should get…but he ended up settling on some formula instead. He wanted to get some valentines in the mail last weekend but he got busy doing some other things like picking out his birth announcment supplies. Thanks for all the cards and gifts (including his cute onsie he is wearing in the picture)!
Last weekend, our friend Sarah brought us some amazing breakfast from Panera (thanks!) and spent some catching up with us and of course spent time with Evan. Evan was wearing one of my favorite outfits we received as a gift. Not only does he look pretty darn cute in it, he liked to play with the little owl on the front pocket. We are very thankful for all our friends and family that have visited us and spent time with Evan and look forward to the spring and summer so we can all spend time together outside in the nice weather!
Evan’s sixth week of life was a very exciting one. Evan experienced his first Super Bowl, he met his Great Aunt Kathy, and met his first true southerner (Francine). We are very happy to have Kathy stay with us and hope she comes back soon! I have posted some new pictures in the photos section.
We could not asked for a better first Super Bowl match up for Evan…the Bears v. The Colts. This morning when I was feeding him at 430am (his first feeding since he went to sleep) I told him he needed to rest up for the Super Bowl and he let out a big smile. (He could also have smiled because his Great Aunt Kathy is here to visit him too) Fortunately – he just smiled again and I was able to catch it with the camera. Go Bears!
Here is a short movie of Evan playing with “Spike the Dinosaur” in one of his new outfits. Note the socks.
A few days ago Evan started smiling when he was doing or seeing something he likes. Amy has been trying to get a picture of this, but has not been successful yet. Last night, Evan was up later than usual and so he was awake when Amy got home from ballet. Sure enough as soon as he saw her he got a big smile on his face and it was the cutest thing ever. Hopefully we can get a picture of his “all gum” smile.
After a few days now switching between formula and milk, Evan is eating like a champ. We have been so fortunate with his calm, cool way of life so far. He has three different bottle types and does not care which we use. He can easily go from milk to formula back to milk without any issues – and we do not warm either up! Below are a few recent pictures.
We made our way to the doctor today for Evan’s one month checkup. Everything went well and Evan is fabulous as usual. He is 9lb 10oz (50 percentile) and 22 1/8 inches (75 percentile) in height. I was concerned about the 50% weight, but the doctor was very happy with his weight gain and was not concerned at all. I guess the percentiles do not mean too much. Evan also got his second injection of his Hep B vaccine. He was not too happy about it, but he was also tired and hungry….so we did not blame him for crying. He fell asleep right when he got into his car seat (we call it his pilot seat).
We plan to begin with a little formula over the next few days…so advice is welcomed.
Here is a quick movie of Gaga and Evan during my family’s recent visit to Chicago.
This past weekend, my grandmother, grandfather, mother, sister, and brother-in-law came for a visit so they could meet the newest family member, Evan. We all had a nice visit and Amy and I are very grateful for the time spent with our family. A big thanks to everyone for visiting and we hope to see you again real soon. Be sure and check out the new photos and videos that I posted!