Evelyn - 2 months

Evelyn had her 2 month appointment last week - it really amazes me how quickly she is growing up compared to Rex.  With Rex, I waited with great anticipation for each and every milestone.  With Evelyn, I keep thinking, "you're already doing that?" or "when did you learn how to do that?!"  She continues to be the sweetest, easiest, most peaceful baby I've seen.  She is much less active, much more sleepy and much MUCH quieter than someone I know (cough...Rex).  We love her!

Strawberry Picking

I took Rex and Evelyn strawberry picking on Friday with our business school families group.  Rex loved picking out his very own strawberries and putting them in his basket.  He also loved eating a couple along the way!  

Rex and his buddy, Julia, who he is going to miss dearly when we move next month :(

Evelyn's Quilt Is Done!

Remember that quilt I spoke of a few posts ago?  Well, it's complete.  My hand aches from all the snipping of seams, but what a fun reminder of all the love that went into this thing!  

A little back story on this quilt pattern:  I actually bought the pattern back when Rex was only a few months old.  I just couldn't leave it there at the quilt store - it begged me to take it home and drool over the possibility of needing to make this quilt for a little baby girl someday.  Well, at the exact moment the ultrasound tech told us we were expecting a girl, I started thinking of color combinations for her quilt!  It's been in the making for many years and it's so fun to see it finished!  Better than I could have imagined.  Thanks to my Mom for the work she put into it while she was here.

Happy Easter!

 

My Mom Is Amazing

So, here goes a little tribute to my Mom's time here in Durham while Evelyn was being born.  It was pretty amazing to have her here, it would have been SO much harder without her help.  I literally called her the morning I went to the hospital to let her know I would be induced that day.  She threw some things in a suitcase and caught a flight later that afternoon.  She made it in time to stay with Rex over night so Josh could be with me at the hospital. Superwoman, I tell ya.

In addition to cooking, taking care of me, taking care of Rex, dishes, cleaning, and running errands, my mom spent a good chunk of her time working on the quilt we made for Evelyn.  It is going to be darling!  She took the last square home to embroider Evelyn's name on it and then she'll send it back to me so I can finish everything up.  Once it's finished I'll be sure to post pictures.

And of course my mom spent lots of time cuddling this sweet little chick. 

 

Oh Mom, I don't think you check our blog often, but in case you see this I hope you know how much we love and appreciate how you dropped everything to come help us.  Since we got the royal treatment with Rex we knew what we were in for this time and we loved every minute of it.  It was really special to have you here, we love you SO much.

Someone turned 32!

In the midst of all our craziness at the end of February, Josh had his 32nd birthday!  It was especially great this year because (being a leap year baby) he could have had a day to call his own!  Unfortunately, it was completely jam-packed with finals and studying, so we ended up celebrating on March 1st. 

Since my mom was in town, Josh and I were able to go out for dinner.  We had sushi - Josh's favorite!  Then we came home and had a little party with the family and some delicious cake.  Durham friends, if you ever get to Nantucket Grill...definitely try the chocolate strawberry shortcake.

We are so grateful for Josh and so lucky to have him in our family!  Happy birthday!

Meet Evelyn!

Since getting into photography, I've been looking forward to the time I could photograph my own newborn.  Little did I know it would prove to be WAY more stressful than photographing other people's newborns!  Luckily, I have her around to practice any time I want.  Here are some of my favorites from when she was just 7 days old.