Sunday Funday!

Sunday is my favorite day of the week! I wish I could say it always starts with church, but sadly is doesn't. We are hoping once Evan gets a little older it won't be quite so tough. We battle Evan sleeping t0o late and not wanting to wake him up, to Evan getting up TOO early and us wanting to get a little bit more sleep. Regardless, we all eat breakfast together down stairs and say our own prayers. Evan usually eats eggs and banana. I think it is one of his favorite meals! It is just a nice time to spend together as a family.

Mark always makes lunch! Usually a delicious burger, football food!! It is nice to get a break from making all the meals. Then we always have a FULL day of watching football. Mark and I both play fantasy football, so every game is usually important to one of us. Evan cooperates most of the time. One of us always plays with Evan while the other gives a play by play. Occasionally, Evan even watches the games with us. Most of the time he is more interested in his toys, the dogs, or most likely, dangerous objects. Sunday is nothing really special, but for some reason it holds a special place in my heart as family day. I love the quality of time we all spend together. Our family, the football family!!

As a side night, the one cord left, really hidden behind the couch, was found today. Evan somehow managed to get the cord to the six foot lamp. He pulled the cord and the lamp swayed back and forth. I thought he was a goner. Thankfully, I got the lamp, and pulled the cord away from Evan, needless to say there was a lot of crying when I took it away. Mark did his best to distract Evan, but all he wanted was the cord. What is with danger and this boy???

Oh big news!! I got a new computer today! Thank you Mark!!!! Hence all eight million blog post! Also, you will see pictures of Evan tasting his first baked beans. He loved them. I think he liked the juice of the beans better. He was 'painting' his high chair with beans. Well actually, he painted EVERYTHING. He somehow had beans in his diaper and his arm pits. How does that happen?? Another first for Evan today, he received his first balloon. We were at best buy and our nice sales associate noticed Evan staring at the balloons and gave him one. Evan could not have been happier!!

Remembering Mr. Peppermint

Saturday was a wonderful day of remembrance for an exceptional man, Jerry Haynes, my cousins' grandpa, better known as 'PeePaw.' So much could be said about it him, and it was. So go check this link out:

http://www.wfaa.com/news/-ON-HOLD--JERRY-HAYNES-OBIT-130516373.html

As sad as it is to get together over a death in the family, it sure was nice to see family! Evan got to meet Glenda for the first time. They had a blast eating french fries together!! Evan also got to meet Sidney for the second time. It was so cute to see the two together now that they both can comprehend more. The first time they met, Evan was about 3 weeks old and Sidney was 5 months, I think! This time Sidney was trying to give Evan kisses, why he just stared at her. Soon enough their age gap won't matter, but for now it is very interesting to see their different stages of development! Poor Evan got a little over whlemed being around so many people, but being around family is all worth it!

Sidney and Evan "Who are you??"

Andrea, Sidney, Evan and Me!

Andrea and Evan

Molly and Evan

Glenda and Evan

Baseball Friday!

Oh my oh my! Mark and I were so excited for the Rangers to reach the playoffs. We knew playing the Rays would not be easy, but we did not quite expect to get creamed by them!! Mark got off work a little early, Evan was dressed to the T's in his baseball gear, and we were ready to watch the game. We were VERY dissapointed in our Rangers! Oh well, we can't expect to win them all! Thankfully on Saturday the Rangers redeemed themselves.

On a side note, Evan is almost sleeping though the night again. I have a feeling he is getting pretty close. Right now, he is going to sleep around 7pm, waking up at 3am for a paci check, and then at 5 or 6am for milk breakfast. We just need to get past the 3am paci check. Usually he goes right back to sleep after you put his paci back in, but not always. Sometimes he will even play in his crib for a while before he falls back asleep. I would be a much happier mom if I got to sleep a straight 5 or 6 hours! Yeah I know I should go to bed earlier, but I can't usually fall asleep before 11! So sue me :)

I love my lil' guy!

Evan's cute baseball outfit!!

Mommy and Evan waving 'bye bye'Daddy and Evan!

You are my sunshine!!

5 days without

Oh my! I don't even know where to begin, so I won't! Here are a bunch of pictures of Evan! About 5 days worth, minus Pat and Kasey's wedding pictures. Those are still to come! Enjoy!!

I guess I should mention: Evan is waving byebye, signing more, showing us 'touchdown,' and trouble as always!! :)

The beginings of his dare devilness..........

The start of Ranger fever!!

Mr. Dare Devil!!

WOW! Evan has become Mr. Dare Devil! Yesterday, I caught him chewing on the light socket. Don't worry we do have covers over it, but still, so carry! Let me just give you a look into the life of Evan.

5am Wake up!

6am Play upstairs: Play with toys for a millisecond then moves on to dangerous things he is not allowed to play with. For example: play under the side table, find any and all cords that are somewhat visible. jump on top of the printer, stand on the stairs, crawl EVERYWHERE, eat anything visible on the floor, try to eat the dogs toys, play with the dogs, stand up on the furniture, eat the couch, pull up on the table, grab everything off the table.

8am Breakfast: eggs, toast, and banana!

9am play downstairs: Play with toys for a millisecond, play in coffee table, swing the swing, crawl EVERYWHERE, play in the dogs bowls, play with the dogs, find any and all cords to play with, cry so mommy will hold him, practice standing, fall over, read a book.

10am nap time

11am snack time: yogurt

and so on......

I can not believe this boy has grown so fast! He is just pure trouble. Of course, I love him to death, but I swear I look away for a mili-mili-second and he has done something! I am afraid of what he is going to get into next!

Also, just want to say. My computer is not working. I am uploading pictures from my phone onto facebook for now. I hope to start uploading my pictures on to Mark's computer, but I haven't had the chance to try yet! So bare with me as I figure it all out! I promise I have a bunch of good pictures coming.

No computer = no blogging!

Our poor, sick baby...

Well, Evan is sick. Poor baby! It all started Saturday afternoon. He felt warm and had a stuffy nose, but overall was acting normal. Monday, he got a real fever (yikes!) and really congested. That night was pure hell. Evan was up every hour crying because he just couldn't breathe. I felt terrible for him. Apparently, kisses and snuggles weren't good enough medicine...He slept in bed with us, so poor Mark didn't get any sleep either. Somehow, we made it through the night. Today, he spent most of the day in front on the humidifier and it has helped tremendously. We tried to nap together a few time. I think he had one good nap of about an hour! His fever is under control and we are hoping all of this adds up to a better nights sleep. He has been in his crib (humidifier still going) for almost 2 hours now which beats last night by about an hour and a half. So here is hoping that tonight goes better! I don't like having a sick baby because it just breaks my heart.