1 Month Old & UGA Season Opener

Our little bulldog is getting life off to a great start! Evan turned 1 month old last Saturday, the very same day as the UGA season opener. Our youngest Dawg fan was decked out in his red & black to watch the Bulldogs crush UL-Lafayette a whopping 55-7. This little guy must be a lucky charm :)

At one month Evan is...

• a great night sleeper--waking up (actually usually being woken up!) only once at night to eat
  
• a man of structure--starting to get on a nice little schedule of eating every 3 hours, having some "awake" time, and then taking about a 1 to 1 1/2 hour nap...repeat.
• a hearty little eater!--he has exceeded his birth weight, by how much I do not know, because we don't go back to the doctor until 2 months. He sure does have some cute little rolls on his arms & legs though :)
• a heart stealer--this little guy has stolen his mama's, his daddy's, AND his big brother's hearts...we are so in love with this precious gift from God!
  

Here are some pictures of Evan at 1 month old...

I don't really know why Evan's hair looks reddish in the last 2 pictures. It's is still just as dark brown as the day he was born, but I guess the lighting is doing some funny tricks :P

Evan's Newborn Photo Shoot

My sweet friend Karen of Karen Baker Photography has blessed us once again with her gift of amazing photography. When Evan was 10 days old, Karen came and captured some precious newborn shots of Evan, some of Owen & Evan together, as well as some of the whole family. These are pictures that I know we will treasure forever. Thank you once again Karen, you are a talented photographer & a wonderful friend too! Though it was extremely hard to narrow it down, here are a few of my favorites...but who am I kidding, they are really ALL my favorites! :)

Evan's First Bath

I quite often hear mamas say that they just didn't take as many pictures once the second child came along...and I can TOTALLY see exactly how the camera falls by the wayside when there are two schedules to coordinate, two mouths to feed, two to play with, two to put down for naps....you get the picture, the list goes on! Even with that in mind, I am determined to make my very best effort to capture as many "firsts" with Evan as I did with Owen. I may not get these pics edited, blogged and/or printed quite as quickly, but I'm gonna do my very best to take them...I'll worry about the other details later (even if that isn't until my boys are in college, hehe!) So without further ado, here is Evan's 1st bath! (which by the way was WEEKS ago...don't worry folks, my 1 month old did not just have his first bath today!) Extra special to have big brother helping!

Evan enjoying his bath...kind of :) All clean! Getting warm & snuggly afterward

My Boys :)

...my boys...

Oh how I just LOVE saying that! Every time I say it or think it I just have to sing praises to my Lord & Savior for the showers of blessings He has rained upon our family! We do not deserve them, yet He continues to bless us beyond measure. Oh what an AMAZING God we serve!Evan all ready to go home from the hospital!

Leaving the hospital...Hooray!

Headed home as a family of 4 for the very 1st time!

This big brother stuff really tires a fella out!
Life as a family of 4 is wonderful! We have our moments of craziness, moments of quietness, and everything in between. Owen is absolutely over the moon in love with his baby brother! He wants to kiss him ALL the time. Big brother is willing & ready to help with anything & everything that has to do with "Eh-ben" (Owen's pronunciation of Evan, so sweet!) at all times. We occasionally have to remind Owen to be gentle, but it's really just because he's so enthusiastic :) Sweet brothers!!!

Silly boy!

Such a proud big brother :)

Tony is back to work now and while that has been an adjustment for sure, I have had plenty of help from both my mom & mother in law which has been a HUGE blessing! I just don't know how families who live far away from their realitives do it--having our family close by is a gift that we certainly don't take for granted!

Owen has started preschool now & he absolutely LOVES it! He goes 2 days a week for 3 hours--just enough time for him to get some energy out, play with his friends, & give mama some one on one time with Evan. Owen is attending the same preschool that I attended when I was little (just in a different location) which is pretty special to me. We are all thoroughly enjoying preschool! 1st day of preschool!

Excited about the car ride to school!

Owen's classroom

Evan is such a little sweetie! He loves to be held and cuddled and loved on--and this boy LOVES to eat! At his 2 week appointment he was back to his birth weight (8lbs, 7oz) after dipping to 8 lbs when we left the hospital. While I know it's not a huge weight gain, it's quite a change from big brother--Owen took almost an entire month to regain the weight he lost initially :) He is a great night sleeper too! I feed him at 10pm, wake him up to feed him at 3am, and then he doesn't wake to eat again until about 7am--1 night feeding at 3 weeks old isn't too shabby if you ask me!

I'm completely, madly, deeply in love with my boys--ALL 3 of them!!!

God is SO good!!! :)