sick day ;(

evan is sick for the first time. ;( he started with a fever last night of 102.0 so he got tylenol & a cool bath & very willing for bed before 8pm usual. (730) at 1230a he started crying so I decided it was time for more tylenol. as soon as I gave it to him, he barfed everywhere. poor guy! time for bath two, cuddles & back to bed. he didn't wake up till 11am. he had a 102.5 temp this a.m. had motrine & formula then back to bed. so... we've had a cuddly but sick baby day off. i'm happy to report his temp is down to 101.7 now ;) end of sick report. ;)

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UPDATE 9-25-09: So it looks like Evan was TEETHING! crazy! I had not heard of a baby with that high of a fever till we experienced it ourself. The reason his fever went down was because i finally realized it could really be teething and started be more vigilant with our Hyland's Homeopathic Teething Tablets. It immediately helped and we are even more supporters of the product. He woke up yesterday as if nothing had happened and this morning woke up in THE BEST mood! ;) we are greatful he is not sick and doesn't have swine flu or anything like that (which is in our area). Thank you for all your well wishes. Evan says thank you! ;)

cuteness, teeth, stairs

below is a teething biscuit. surprised no one volunteered the CRAZY mess these make! wow. the rest of the pics of the 'cuteness' i promised. ;)

stuffed bear from great grandma nona in california. she was born in 1915, you do the math. ;) lol

The Cuteness.

TEETH, now, 3 confirmed (4th nubbing through the gums) on top, 4 on the bottom but I see more that will be trying to come through on top and bottom.

We were visiting Uncle Matt and Aunt Nanci's house in Nashville when Evan decided he was going to crawl up the stairs! He went up a whole step and I didnt' have my camera as we only went into their house for a moment. Uncle Matt recorded what he could but that wasn't enough so I had to try to recreate it. ;) he he he.

Random moments

a birthmark has emerged! i just noticed it last week!

what a good swimmer (in our back yard) ;)

first resturaunt high chair experience. almost ready ;).

we had california visitors last weekend, kathy and charlotte ludlow. they were great guests! they especially loved seeing evan and only held, loved and complimented him. perfect! ;) we hope they come back to stay with us again. and great job to kathy who ran in our Music City Half Marathon... What a woman!

"I love to read"...

beggers. (look how those sweet hands are folded. ;) sooo cute!)

momma's wishful thinking that we could buy this "$100.00" walker. it's sooo cute!

his first two teeth are even bigger than this now but you get the point. ;)

No reason but in the last couple weeks, here is Evan in random moments. (we don't own the sweet car walker but wish we did! we were at toys r us and couldn't resist a little photo shoot. he he. keep your eyes out for a 'combi' brand walker like this used and let me know!)

100th Post!

The last Winter storm before Spring (likely).

It SNOWED today! I was so happy that we finally got snow on a day I could actually enjoy it! I usually have to work the day's it's snowed really well here in Tennessee. So, it was enough that with our minimal snow accumulation in TN, we aren't prepared for caring for the roads = church was cancelled for us this morning. As much as I would have liked to go to church I was shamefully excited because this meant I'd get to make my first snowman in all of my 35 years! Seriously, I've never made one before even when I lived in Provo Utah for 1 1/2 years. So here it is...

more pictures:

Predators vs. Chicago Black Hawks this past Tuesday night. Matt and Michael got to sit with a friend in really good seats with perks (food) so our TN nieces got to come with Nanci, Evan and I in our regular season ticket seats. We are bummed we weren't at the game Saturday night when we 'killed' the Detroit Red Wings 8-0!

We're finally using our High Chair we bought at IKEA 4 1/2 months ago! Obviously Evan loves it and is displaying his newest adventure: eating rice cereal. Last week, he tried Bananas and pictured is Carrots he tried last night for the first time. He likes them both but really, I mix them with the cereal that I know he already likes so to get him used to it. Eventually I'll give them to him straight. This week I'll introduce a new fruit then a new Vegitable. I'm thinking either Prunes or Pears and the vegi, Green beans. So exciting experimenting with your kid! lol. Also, for your pleasure, you can see, he enjoys eating as many fingers as will fit in his mouth. ;) This causes many smiles from us and drool from him as he's 'teething'. I don't see or feel any teeth yet and don't anticipate any for a couple more months but still, he's definately chewing to bring them in. I'm pretty sure I won't be putting my fingers in his mouth when he does, without a little prayer first. :) Ouch! That can hurt

Finally... Bath Time! He loves it! Here he is in one of his 3rd most favorite place, a tub of water! (third after his bouncer and exerciser)He only gets a couple inches but he loves to splash splash splash in it! Also pictured is his favorite Pirate rubber ducky that tells if the water is too hot but Evan loves to stare at it. :) Thanks again Melody!

Miscellanious cuteness: