Mommy of 2: Evey and Drew: April 2012

Monday, April 30, 2012

Busy

I know that as soon as I start really typing, Evey will wake up. Although, I am ok with that right now, she has taken her too long 2 hour nap...and I miss my baby.

We have our daily walk, bath, lunch, and book time ahead of us...wake up child!!!

It felt like a busy week, but I am not too sure why.

Dinner with our friends, playing with Evey, staying busy around the house I suppose.

Lots of reading, school work, and nap time.

Hopefully I will have more to say in the next few days, there is a lot going on this week.

Our Trouble Maker

Sunday, April 15, 2012

For the Parents

First Bday parties often end up being for everyone else, at least that is how I have seen it. Yesterday, I wanted a day that was all about my baby girl! Her favorite babysitters and our friends gathered for a quiet afternoon of giggles, waddles, cupcakes, presents,and lots of play time. We had a week of celebrating our daughters first year...a great week it was.

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

A Birthday in Pictures

Good Morning Birthday Girl!!!

Yummy breakfast: Strawberry and Banana Yogurt with a side of Cheerios and a sippy full of water.

This face is the CUTEST. Look at those big beautiful eyes!

Daddy was so excited to say "Happy Birthday"

"Ive got my Glowy, and my watering can...and now im OFF"

A Year Ago Today...

...After 20 hours of contractions, Pitocin, a broken tail bone, and almost 2 hours of pushing...

The MOST beautiful girl in the world was born...

Evey Rose Ulsher

Born at 5:20pm weighing 7lbs 2oz, 20 inches long

Lovely blue eyes, and strawberry blonde hair.

Andrew and I loved our baby girl the moment we saw her, probably even before.
I didn't feel pain, I didn't feel tired, all I felt was love.

We will never forget that day.

I have never seen him so happy.

Happy Birthday, Baby

Couldn’t Eat, Couldn’t Sleep. I have got that knot in my tummy that you get before you present a big project. Maybe you are asking, Why?

It is my Baby’s First Birthday. Actually, My TODDLER. Wow. (well…according to my studies, toddlerhood does not actually begin until the 13^th month HOWEVER, the 1 year mark is the socially accepted date for the title of “toddler”) Sadness.

I wept last night. I was both sad and happy. I rocked my baby to sleep one last time, from now on there will be a Child in my arms, not a baby…

I love watching Evey grow, but it breaks my heart to know that it is going by so quickly.

Reminding myself daily now that each day should be filled with memories and fun times, I want to look back on these years with my sweet little girl and know that she had a beautiful childhood filled with love, laughter, and lots of silly play time!

Today will be filled with memories, pictures, and I am sure more sobbing from me…hopefully not from her!

We have so much to do today, but I have nothing planned…If that makes any sense at all…

I will get back to this later, now…I must enjoy a few more minutes of quiet before the little girl in the next room wakes up from the sound of my typing.

Goodbye Baby Girl. Hello Big Beautiful Daughter.

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Energizer Bunny

No kidding. This kid never stops. She even wiggles in her sleep.

She is go go go go go! I love her for it, she is a lot of fun. But, I do enjoy when she goes down for her nap, especially being 6 months pregnant, I do not always have the energy to chase after her.

Here are some fun pictures of her dragging her books around the house, one of her favorite activities, and digging through some of her odds and ends in her bedroom.

Every once in a while we have days when we just sit in her room and she runs around exploring, and tearing into everything. I only do this with her about once every other week, she makes a HUGE mess, usually she plays in the living room, or her play room...There is no shortage of play time in this house!

Monday, April 9, 2012

Easter/Bday at Grandma and Grandpas!

We took advantage of Andrew's 3 day weekend, and left for San Antonio this Thursday. It was perfect because his grandpa (who we wish we could see more often) was down from Alaska for the week. He said this was the best weekend to come visit with him...SO WE DID!

Also this weekend it was EASTER, yay! Last Easter was a bit overlooked because Miss E was only a few days old, I think we were all focused more on getting sleep than dying eggs and hunting around for them.

We also got to do a very mini birthday celebration for her. We were a little bit saddened by her reaction to the cake, we were hoping she would tear into it like a wild beast, but she just poked at it and licked a little bit of the frosting off of her fingers. Sad, especially since her Grandma Joan went through all of that trouble to make it for her with the Problem Icing!!! But it was fun anyways!

She got a very special gift from her Grantie Pam, all the way from Alaska. A personalized Alaska Mint coin with her name and year 2012 on it. We thank her very much for that!

Now on with a FEW of the many pictures that we took.