Day in, Day Out

I've been thinking to myself, I want to record every little piece of everything, in Evan's life, so I can always remember, everything, always! I realize that this is an impossible and a bit of a silly goal. I know that if I spend all of my time recording everything, I won't really have been present in my days with Evan. To that avail though, I wanted to record some snippets of Evan's world right now, at 10.5 months. Selfishly, I hope this will help me better remember things, when God-willing, we have another child. Possibly, it will help me maintain perspective. Luckily, I was out of town this weekend and had already typed up some handy notes for Eric, so I have most of this already compiled.

So this post is kind of boring and more for me, than you. But you are more than welcome to read along about our daily schedule and Evan's milestones. As always, I did post a cute picture of Evan, so you can at least get your fix of him :-)

Our Days

AM

630-700 Evan wakes up, Diaper change, Vitamin D: 1 dropper full. Evan nurses.

715-745 Evan plays in his room or secure safe area

745 We head downstairs to eat breakfast. Wash hands with cloth, warm water and soap. Give Medicine for reflux.

  Breakfast

  Some dry cereal that he can feed himself

  Oatmeal cereal 3-5 TBsps

  pieces of banana of some other bit of pureed fruit from jar

  Wipe hands and face after eating

830-845 Back upstairs for story time and rest, may need a diaper change. Sound machine on.

1030-11 Evan wakes up. I nurse him. Diaper change and help Evan get dressed.

11-12/1230 This is usually the time when we run an errand or get out of the house. 

PM

12/1230 Lunch time: Wash hands with cloth, warm water and soap 

  Lunch

  Puffs or mum mums or a piece of toast cut into small pieces

  1/2 jar of fruit

  1/2 jar of vegetable 

  Sippy cup with water

  Wipe hands and face after eating

1-115 Upstairs for story time and rest, may need a diaper change. Sound machine on.

230-330 Wakes up (this nap is usually shorter than the morning nap) Evan nurses, diaper change.

 

330-500 Play, Fun, Whatever we want to do

500 Dinner  Wash hands with cloth, warm water and soap 

  Dinner

  Puffs or mum mums or a piece of toast cut into small pieces

  1/2 jar of fruit (usually he'll finish whatever he didn't eat from lunch)

  1/2 jar of vegetable 

  Sippy cup with water

  Wipe hands and face after eating

545 Upstairs to get ready for Bed. Clean up toys in room.

  Bath (every other day).Night time diaper and PJs

  Brush teeth

  Prayers

  Turn on sound machine

What is Evan doing?

• Crawling rapidly
• Cruising on furniture and anything he can get his hands on
• Babbling, fairly consistently. Some consonant sounds, but not super regular yet. 
• Shrieking and laughing
• Plays peek-a-boo with me. Hiding himself behind a towel, blanket, chair or the curtains, then revealing himself and watching to see how I react. (I'm surprised, of course, every time :-)
• He has 3.5 teeth, the two front bottom and two front top teeth
• He gives hugs
• He gives kisses, but sometimes uses his teeth
• He is using his arms more to signal things that he would like
• He helps pull his arms out of shirts and can lift his head to take his shirt on and off
• He sleeps through the night!!!! About 12 hrs on average
• He naps consistently
• His voice can calm me down, when I am on a plane and feeling anxious
• He sometimes sings, when I am singing to him
• He is the absolute best thing that has EVER been given to me. Thank you God!