CAMPING!

a couple of weekends ago, jared and i decided to take eva on her very first camping trip. we realized once we got there that we would need to bring additional items the next time we went (matches for example : ) ) but all in all it went fairly well. we ate foil dinners and smores and went for a short hike in the morning. eva liked it, except for it being windy and waking her up. we went to tim and megans right afterward and set up their tent in the living room for fun i guess?? not really sure. here's a couple of pictures of her first camping experience.

Eva's first feeding!

I'm proud to say that Eva at least gets one thing from me....her love of FOOD! She has been doing everything possible to snag our food for about a month now, so i decided i'd try it and see how she did with it. she loved it! i've never seen a kid scarf food so fast. the only problem is she is really really helpful (*cough cough* JARED) which often proves to be more of a hindrance than a help. she thinks i can't manage to hold the spoon, or the bowl or basically anything without her help, but it's cute to see her grab the spoon with the food on it and shove it in. she's on target about 30 % of the time and the rest of the time she jabs herself in the eye. anyway, here's a pic and maybe a video if i can figure it out.

haircut!

jared has needed a haircut for like the past 4 weeks so after much bugging by me, he finally said "fine! you cut it". so i did. i think i did a pretty dog-gone good job if i say so myself. and i got a 10 dollar tip. thanks honey :)

boys and their toys.

so jared has been after me to buy this gun from his co-worker because it's a really good deal. so jared took eva and i to shoot it to try and convince me (i have to admit...it was fun!) anyways that weekend he took tim out to shoot it as well (i guess so they could BOTH bug me about buying it) and when they got back eva saw it and wanted it which tickled jared pink so being the good mother i am..i let jared VERY CAREFULLY let her hold it. here's some pictures to freak my mom out.

easter

We took some pictures of Eva on Easter and a couple turned out adorable. We didn't do baskets because I'm cheap and wanted to get stuff 75 % off on Monday. So we'll do those this Sunday and pretend it's Easter.

Jared's Freaky Neck

Lots of you have been asking how Jared is, how big his scar is etc, so I thought I would post the before and after pictures of his freaky neck. He's feeling great and doing well, just still trying to get used to the meds. I'll keep you posted on when the 2nd surgery will be and all of that.

sleeping babies

i would just like to state that sleeping babies are BEAUTIFUL babies.

Eva has improved by leaps and bounds over the last month or so. She went from a baby that slept 3 hours at a stretch at night for a total of maybe 8 hours with zero naps during the day to sleeping from 7 at night until 7 in the morning with 4 1 hour naps during the day. its great! i'm regaining memory, finding time to get things done, basically i'm really enjoying it now! not that i didn't enjoy it before, i just have no recollection of anything that went on before.

Might I recommend.....Healthy Sleep Habits Happy Child by Marc Weisbluth
Even if you don't agree with EVERYTHING he has to say, its a really good starting point on what your child needs as far as the amount and quality of sleep.