While we were in Branson, Mike was busy at home. He completely surprised me by cleaning/organizing our storage room. You might remember the before pictures...
Here are the afters...
It is MUCH better! We can now walk in there! The good thing is that we can now go through it a little more to decide what we "really need" and what we can get rid of. It would be nice to finish this section of the basement so we could use it more! What a great surprise!!!! Thanks honey!
Ride the Ducks 
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This day 7 years ago, Mike and I started dating. I can't imagine my life without you...
:) Love you honey...
At 5 weeks old you:
Today was a day of firsts for Evan...just not the best "first" things to remember. The past few days Evan has been congested and wheezing a little bit and today I called the doctor to get him checked out just to make sure things were okay. It is a good thing we went in...Evan has his first cold :( but he also has bronchiolitis. He had his first xray, which he did not like being held down (by me) and he also had his first breathing treatment. Evan and I were sent home with his prescription, nebulizer and fish mask and the directions to keep an eye on him so it doesn't get worse. The good news is that he is still eating and gaining weight...Evan tipped the scales today at a whopping 10 lbs. 5 oz!!!
Here's hoping our little guy starts to feel better soon!
Wedding Bells!
December 28, 2002 I married my best friend. This weeks theme is wedding bells...head on over to see the other entries!
I've seen lots of other families take month by month pictures of their little one and I've decided to do that as well with our little guy! Here is month 1...I love this look on his face on the first picture, trying to act shy!
Happy 1 month Evan! Slow down a little will ya?! :)
Mike with our son on his birth day! I love this picture! Head on over to i {heart} faces to see the rest of the adult category pictures.
This week Evan and I have been laying low while Mike is at work. This is the first week we haven't had visitors or friends in town and as much as we loved having people visiting, it is nice to be able to stay at home and relax. Evan is seriously hilarious! He makes the most adorable faces and is having great sleeping nights! He is sleeping 2-3 hours at night and I am completely adjusted. I never realized that I only needed 5-6 hours of sleep. I'm not sleep deprived and things are going much better with feedings! Evan and I have met a couple of friends for lunch this week and are always excited when daddy gets home. I love watching Mike with Evan...it melts my heart! :) My parents and I both bought a webcam this week and are hoping to get that set up so grandma and grandpa can see their 1st grandchild much more regularly! We are headed to Mike's volleyball game tonight and are hoping that it cools off by tonight! It's hot outside! We'll definitely be in the shade and Evan will be sportin' a hat. Hope you week is going well!!!
This picture was taken when he just woke up...and I think it's a poop face! ha! Regardless...he is so adorable!
Finally my laptop cord came in the mail today so I could get these pictures up! We had a great time with the Indy Laughlins in town and we already miss them!
These are just some of the pictures from hanging out on Sat. I have more, but they are on my laptop and well...the battery charger somehow isn't working, so this will have to do for now. We had a blast hanging out, watching the boys play basketball, watching the girls play in the pool and loving on Evan. Even Jack and Jackson had a great time with the neighbor dogs too! Hopefully I'll be able to add the other pictures soon!!!!!
The Malones spent the night Wed. and Thurs. while traveling to/from Kansas City. Evan was so excited to meet them! :) We had a great time catching up with them...it's been awhile since we've seen them!
Evan has been having fun with his aunt and cousins this week! It's too bad he sleeps through most of the interactions though. ;) The girls are SO good with him and it's adorable to watch.
Today is Evan's 2 week birthday! Time goes by so fast!
Heading to church this morning...and we were only a few minutes late! Not too bad! :)
If I had been teaching these past few weeks, yesterday would have been my last day of school. I thought it was fitting for Evan to wear this outfit today...our 1st day of summer! :)
Evan is "too cool for school!"
Uncle Brad and Aunt Kelli finally got to meet their nephew. My dad and mom are finally grandparents and my grandma is finally a great grandma. It was so very nice of my mom to stay until today, she helped out tremendously and Mike and I are so thankful. Mike's parents have been a great help too. We are blessed with a wonderful family. Uncle Dave and Aunt Sarah met Evan in the hospital and we can't wait until Uncle Dan, Aunt Amanda and Madison and Mallory meet their new nephew and cousin. Evan is growing and changing everyday! He already has SO many facial expressions and we could stare at him all day, everyday!
Remember the expect net game? Well....I finally put in the information to declare a winner! Congrats to my Aunt Linda (who by the way is a labor and delivery nurse!) She came pretty close! Mike's cousin, Nicole, came in second! Way to go and thanks to all who participated! Click here to see the rankings.
