Beginning September

 September has started! 

We began the new month with all being sick. We thought it was allergies, but who really knows. It knocked us flat for multiple days so it was not fun at all!

 I finally started to feel better this week.

Labor Day was my first day actually being able to function! Caleb spent it sleeping off and on all day, which is how i knew he really, REALLY, didn't feel well. I knew we wouldn't do anything fun on his day off so i decided to do something that i would think was fun! i made Evelynn a dress!

I always see cute tutorials on Pinterest of baby girl dresses and more often than not, they make their own pattern. I decided if they can do it, I can do it! I made a pattern and pulled out old fabric from my Homecoming Dress, and then i got to work. 

Here was the end result. i was pretty impressed with myself! 

Also on Labor Day, Evelynn started sitting by herself! I was so proud of her! I kept thinking she had to be leaning on something but she wasn't. Is she a big girl or what?!

Yesterday after Zumba it was my goal to get the house cleaned up after a weekend of doing hardly any cleaning! The kids helped me. I appreciated it! 

Here are some cute pic's of the kiddo's! 

 Here is Connor being silly and playing where his toys belong. He loves to sit in boxes. He's very good at saying "box". 

And here is our cute little Evelynn bouncing in her Jumperoo! She has finally decided bouncing is fun. She used to not like to bounce, but now she does it! 

We had a funny little discovery...When Evelynn stands she curls her toes under and tries to stand on them! She refuses to stand flat-footed. We think it's hilarious. Maybe we will end up with a little ballerina! 

This morning we had a playdate with my good friend who i do Zumba with. We went swimming and hung out! The kids had so much fun. I was worried about juggling both kids in the pool but decided to try to put Evelynn in Connor's old floaty. She loved it! She just lounged in it without making a peep and eventually doozed off. 

Connor wore his lifevest with no problems and didn't even try to jump in without me around him. He wanted to swim by himself, but i tried to make sure i always had one hand on him, and one on Evelynn. 

 We had tons of fun playing and only ended the day when the kids got tired and Connor started being a bit of a bully. He kept pushing which he doesn't usually do. He fell asleep pretty quickly after returning home though. 

That sums up what we have done this week so far! Tomorrow is Daddy's birthday though so hopefully we will have a good time and do something fun. 

Finishing August & Connor Getting Tubes

 I feel like it's been ages since i last blogged. I have several fun things to share! 

First, Connor cracked me up with wearing a large Tupperware on his head. He didn't want me to take a picture of it so he kept running away and putting it on his feet. I'm sure you can see the dirty fingers he is rocking also... he was eating Doritos out of the bowl!!!

Two weekends ago Daddy had drill and there was a family lunch activity. Connor decided he needed to sit in sister's carseat in the stroller. 

Also that weekend i decided to make Evelynn some new accesories, mainly some cute bows to go with her outfits! They look pretty darn cute, don't you agree?

These are just a few of her new ones that she has worn since then...

 Here is our cute little Evelynn! She has been lounging around in pj's lately! 

I can't remember why i took this picture...probably cuz she's gosh darn adorable! 

Here is some more mischief from our Connor. He LOVES his lego's. He was building them as high as he could get them on the lego car. I think he did a pretty good job with it! 

Once again, here is Miss Eva.  She loves to talk to us lately. She's a chatterbox! We love her little face expressions. 

 And in a rare moment, Munchkin demanded pictures when he saw me taking one of his sister! 

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I didn't get the best angle of this picture, but behind the leg of this baby toy, you would be able to see him standing in there. I couldn't find him one day last week and walked into the room to see him happily playing in here! I laughed and got my camera to take pictures. He seems to want to play in everything Sister gets to use. 

 Here is another silly moment of proof of how Connor wants to use his sister's things... This is him in his sister's bassinet!

Connor and Evelynn love to play together. Evelynn loves to lay on Mommy's bed, and Connor loves to jump on it! I am always impressed with her patience with her brother when he is picking on her and playing around  without being careful. She never cries and seems to love him no matter what! 

I have been doing Zumba with one of my friends every Tuesday and Thursday morning. On Tuesday i was absolutely exhausted afterwards. I decided i needed to remind myself that its a GOOD thing to do, and i should smile about the fact that i have the chance to exercise and have fun! 

 On Wednesday Evelynn had her 4 Month Doc Appointment. She got 5 immunizations, 1 by mouth, and the other 4 by shot. She did SO WELL! As soon as Daddy picker her up she stopped crying. Her brother was so concerned when he heard her cry and wanted to comfort her. He didn't stop worrying until he was able to give her a hug and a kiss and see that she was ok! 

Here are her stats for 4 months:

14lbs 4 ozs, 60th percentile for weight

25 1/4 inches, 75th percentile for height

her head circumference was 39 1/2 cm

 On Thursday was Connor's big day! He got tubes in his ears! 

We were so proud of how well he did. We started our morning early and dropped Evelynn off with the babysitter and drove across town to the Surgery Center. Connor had been required to come in fasting so we were glad it was in the morning. At first Connor only wanted to be held and was a bit clingy, but we think he probably knew something was going on and was nervous and wanted comfort from one of us holding him at all times. 

When we got taken back to get Connor all ready and get bands on him and me, he demanded Daddy hold him and stand the entire time we waited. He wasn't very enthusiastic about sitting with  Mommy! He didn't like the bands around his ankles and kept trying to rip them off. 

 When the Nurse came to get Connor to take him back to surgery, i was sure he would have to be dragged off kicking and screaming. But luckily, i was wrong. They let him take his toy car with him and he told Daddy and I "bye" and reached over for the Nurse to carry him. I was so proud of him for it! 

We were then taken to the waiting room to wait for Connor's surgery to get done and for him to wake up. It didn't take long at all! We were surprised how quick of a process it was. 

Of course it took Connor a little while to calm down after they brought him to us, but he drank apple juice and we gave him some fruit snacks and then we were able to leave. 

We haven't had to do much with his ears besides putting drops in them. 

3 drops in each ear, 3 times a day, for 3 days. 

 Mommy had a sore throat the day of Connor's surgery. The next day all of us felt ill! I had a horribly sore throat, and my kids had yucky noses! We spent 3 days in misery and didn't start feeling better until Labor Day. My kids were sweet and helped bring smiles to my face when i was feeling yucky!