Monday with Mama

Mr. Ever and I spent the day at home today, playing inside, outside, and all around.

Waiting for Daddy to come home for lunch

Smoothie!

Playing outside on a dreary day.  Bright yellow monkey boots make it so much brighter!

Yummy

Yesterday, I was sitting on a chair in the living room and heard slurping in front of me. I looked down and saw this:apparently, anything that remotely resembles a cup must be full of tasty water....even if it's a Nalgene lid.

And continuing evidence of this corn addict:

Time to play catch-up

So I haven't blogged yet this month....I've been busy!! Warning: some of these pictures were taken with my cell phone (hence why there are some older pics in this post).

Brian had a triathlon this weekend: the Copperman in Copper Harbor, MI (get it? get it?).We also went sailing on Brandon & Lisa's boat:Brian got to go wind-surfing and then the boys had to try and take apart the mast thingie:Ev enjoyed walking on the beach:Some older pictures from July -
Ev likes ice cream:
Here's an old picture that I took to show the baby food making process. On top are peaches and on bottom is an acorn squash and some peas.Ev also enjoys corn...in fact, he loves it so much that he started gnawing on it while Brian was eating it:
And to show you how much Everett misses his daddy all day while he's at work - he rolled across the living room and wrapped himself up in Brian's biking shirt:

6 Month Birthday!!!!

The saga of Giant Baby continues! There is no slowing down this boy! At his 6 month checkup today (which was actually on his 6 month birthday - wow!), he had these stats: Weight - 18lbs, 8 oz (75th %ile), Height - 28 inches (90th %ile!!!), Head Circumference - 43.2 cm (25-50th %ile). He is a big boy and was a perfect bubbly little smiler for the nurse and doctor. (It helps that he doesn't get shots from them.) The nurse asked if he could sit supported and Brian said, "He can sit without support!" very proudly. As a 6 month birthday present, I think we'll head over to Wal-Mart (only because Target's so far) and get him his very own sippy cup to try.

Last night, the monster didn't want to sleep, so he ended up sitting up with us for dinner. The fussy monster went after Brian's slice of watermelon, so he let him try it. Let it be known, Everett looooves watermelon. He sucked that thing to a tiny stub. I'm assuming it felt nice on his gums too. I'll have to upload those pictures later today when we're back at home.

Tomorrow Brian has his first triathlon of the year and we're planning to leave home at 5 a.m. to get to Terre Haute in time for registration. (It's either that or Brian hitches a ride over tonight and I have to get Ev and myself up and ready to go and leave around 6 a.m.....yeah, I pick getting help.) I just need to make a large wetbag for diapers and make some adjustments to Ev's triathlon shirt (currently a turtleneck...) and we'll be ready to go...after we pack a couple of diaper bags full of stuff, that is.

A rusty swingset and new appliances

It's been a while again, so I'm sure I'm not going to record all the important things today.  Oops.

On Monday, we went out to dinner.  No, we didn't get a babysitter and have a romantic date - who do you think we are?  We went out with eight of our dear Purdue Triathlon friends.  (Impressed that we have that many, aren't you?  I am too!)  Unfortunately, I didn't bring my camera, but I might be able to post some if our friend Katie puts them on facebook!  It was a great time and Ev was as well-behaved as we could expect him to be.  We tried going to one restaurant, which was closed for the holiday, and ended up at a restaurant Brian's been dying to try.  It was actually a wonderful place and we had the best waiter I think I've ever had in my life!  He even brought Ev a little bowl of sliced avocado for free!  Ev played "pass the baby around the table" and had fun bouncing on everyone's laps and smiling (and trying to grab their water cups and straws, of course).

What else did we do over the holiday weekend, you ask?  Looked at washers and dryers.  I kid you not.  That is ALL we did.  Well, besides a few trips to the apartment playground and pool, that is.  And finally, after much adieu, we have our washer and dryer ordered!  Here are some pictures/links!  I am suuuuuuuuper excited about the washer - dreams.  coming true!  Oh, and don't mind the prices - of course we would only buy these things on sale. 

Ev has had some bad nights lately, so I did some research on amazon and the interwebz and then drove our bums down to the library to borrow The No-Cry Sleep Solution by Elizabeth Pantley.  Her views align with mine pretty well, so I'm excited to continue reading.  I have to keep some logs today and we'll see how that goes.  (But of course, Ev only woke up once last night to prove that I don't need to read the book...silly boy)  I've been trying to come up with a list of things to ask/talk about with Ev's pedi. this Friday and I was trying all day to think of a way to describe this wheezy thing he does (pretty sure he's just exploring his voice, but hey).  Last night, well, this morning at 4:30 am, it hit me.  He sounds like a rusty swingset!  No other way to desc

ribe it!  It's perfect.

And finally, here are some pictures!  This boy smiles for the cam

era better than anyone, and I love it!

Ever discovered this toy on his jumperoo the other day.  Now he likes to gnaw on it.

Here's some proof of his love of avocado, and his love of the feeling of avocado on his forehead.  Check out that awesome bib from Auntie Janelle.

When Everett gets tired of sitting, he will sometimes fling himself backward.  That's okay...when there's a boppy behind him...

We also tried his little mesh feeder with a piece of banana in it (bad decision - banana is impossible to get out of this thing!)  And he sucked on it so hard, it just stayed in his mouth when he removed his hand.

A new experiment

I have been scouring the interwebz this morning/afternoon for an appropriate teething biscuit recipe for the monster. I figured my favorite baby food website would have a lovely recipe to make biscuits out of nothing but fruits, baby cereal, and water. Fail. So I am in the process of making up my own recipe. I know it would probably be fine to give him biscuits made with flour, eggs, sugar, and oil, but I just don't want to, darn it! I have a list of ingredients that I'm going to try out (and that are age approved to some degree) and we'll see what happens. And just in case you are dying to know what those ingredients are, here you go: baby rice cereal, ground pearled barley, applesauce, banana, water, flax meal egg substitute (flax meal + water, boiled and simmered). I'll give you an update on how it works...

UPDATE: Not successful.  Might try again later this week.