First tooth

Such a little guy!

Supporting the Tigers from head to toe!

The Big Guy

Relaxing in Mommy & Daddy's bed

Keeping warm at the Gladfest

Our 1st Pumpkin Patch visit - Evan with his little Pumpkin

Riding the train at the Pumpkin Patch

Evan and Grandma H. at the Pumpkin Patch

Our Tiger

The big announcement for the week - Evan has his first tooth! I swear he has been teething since he was 3 months old, but it finally decided to show. It is mostly the edges poking out, at this point, but you can most definitely feel it! It is poking out of the bottom - the rest of his gums are hard to prepare for more.

He has now mastered rolling from his stomach to his back, and has had a few rolls from back to front. He is able to sit up for longer, but still unable to balance himself once he starts to sip. He LOVES his sippy cup and is actually using it daily. He has enjoyed moving to his 2nd foods and has yet to find a food that he does not like. His new favorite are Mangos! He has also started chewing on teething biscuits. The cutest part is seeing him after he is done eating it - it is caked all over his face, in his hair, eyelashes, and everywhere else you can think of. We have moved up to 6 oz bottles and are eating food twice a day! At our 6 month appointment, a couple weeks ago, we learned that Evan will be able to use a convertible car seat once he is 20 lbs. He is nearly out of his current seat and weighed 19lbs 6oz at this appointment. We are going to move him to his next seat around Christmas time.

He has his Genetics appointment at Children's Mercy on Friday. I am looking forward to this appointment - in hopes they will tell us we can stretch out his eating to every 5 or 6 hours, instead of every 4 hours. Waking up every 4 hours is taking a toll on everyone in this house. Evan is becoming a light sleeper, waking up at 4AM and staying up for Daddy (when I am at work). Flipping from nights to days, for my job, is really having an effect on me. I am constantly nauseated and having daily headaches. I am looking into possibilities to change my schedule, or maybe venture into a different field of pediatric nursing. This is a long, hard decision that will have to be made, so I am not wanting to rush the process. I need to find a solution that is best for my family, my marriage, and my health. Oh how I would love to have the freedom to work one day a week! :)

We are excited to celebrate Evan's first Halloween. My mom and I took him to the Pumpkin Patch, and he had a blast. We rode the train and hayride, picked our pumpkins, took funny pictures, looked at all the animals, and had a great time! I have been waiting to spend this special time with my own little person for a loooong time. It was how I envisioned it - he enjoyed himself. He giggled over and over again at the geese ... it was hilarious! Evan is going to get his Halloween pictures taken tomorrow, which I am super excited about. We have slacked on getting our pictures taken, since I take a million pictures myself. But, we are going to get his 6 month pictures taken and get some in his Halloween costume .... a Missouri Tiger costume! I had to make some major adjustments, but I am really excited to see him in it.

At this point, life is hectic and I have less time to update this blog. I will continue to do my best to keep it updated every couple of weeks - which means there will be plenty to talk about and many pictures to share. We like to refer to our life as sweet chaos. We are enjoying our little man and look forward to all the new things that we will experience in our lives!!!

Summer is over

Such an old man at heart!

Sitting on a riding toy - which is now a christmas present

Our Stud Muffin

Bath time sitting up!

Snuggling with Daddy

Our first swinging experience - he LOVES it!

So easily entertained.


From behind .. funny!

The summer has now come to an end, and so has the nice weather! We had a really busy summer and got to do all sorts of new things. We made a visit to the park recently, for the first time. He loved the swing and looked around at all of his surroundings. He is much more aware of things around him - people, moving trees, grass, the chain of the swing, etc. He had his 1/2 birthday and celebrated being 6 months on October 1st. Absolutely amazing that he is already 6
months old. Mommy and Daddy can't wait to experience all the new things he learns, but we love the age that he is at now.

We are still slobbering EVERYWHERE, but still have not seen any teeth break through. His gums are turning more white, so I am thinking maybe they are going to be popping through soon. He is sitting up more and more, although he is not 100% stable on own - but the time that he sits up is getting longer and longer. He has just learned how to hold his bottle, long enough to put it in his mouth. We are still working on holding the bottle, although he can do it for a few seconds.

He has a new bath seat that allows him to sit up! It is helping him work on sitting up, and he is now able to play with his bath toys. Although, playing to him is sticking each of them in his mouth! The child hates to lay down, so we are not rolling over and have not began to crawl. I need to get an area rug for our living room so that he can start to work on getting up on his knees. He sings all the time, and has learned all sorts of new sounds. He has a high pitched noise that will get your attention in a second. He has learned how to fake cough, which is quite hilarious! He will cough to get your attention, then smile and giggle once he has it and you look at him! Silly, just like daddy!

Lastly, we got the official results of the Genetic Testing and blood work from Evan's dr visit 3 months ago. They have identified both mutations and he does have MCADD, the enzyme disorder. But, the good news is that he has the 2 most common mutations, that they know, and it is the least severe case. His Dr. seems to believe that we should not have many issues, if any. Right now our hurdle is to keep him from getting sick, which can become quite a task with the flu, swine flu, and just winter sicknesses going around. If Jason and I were to have more children, we will have to go through Genetic Testing. We keep changing our minds, but we have plenty of time to decide. No rush .... we have a little angel to spend all our time with now! :)