Adorable

If I do say so myself.

The Word is Fight, Fight, Fight...

[Evy always gets treats from my co-workers. Today she scored pretzels from Susan and M&M's from Jenn! Evy said the trombone was her favorite instrument.]


[You would never know that there was a MARCHING BAND playing 4 feet away from Charlie.]

One of the coolest things about my job is the annual performance of the Hawkeye Marching Band in my office building. I couldn't resist taking Evy in for the front row view today. We were all in the car by 7:30 a.m. to make it to our early morning pep rally. Go Hawks!

All Smiles

It's kind of hard to capture with my camera, but Charlie has started dishing out the smiles!

Keeps Me Guessing

Evy used to scream if I attempted to put her bike helmet on. Tonight, she chose to wear it to dinner.

Too Much Fun at the Fall Festival

[Evy spends a great deal of her time pretending to be Kiara from Lion King 2. Here, Kiara eats her breakfast.]


["Mom, look at the cute little bunny!"]


["Hey Man! Throw me some candy!"]


[Lots of fun jumping in leaves!]

The girls and I went to my hometown this weekend for the annual Fall Festival. We ate pancakes in the park, visited a petting zoo, went to Evy's first parade, and played hard when her cousins showed up for a last minute surprise! We were majorly off schedule and that resulted in parade candy for dinner and no nap. The fun hit Evy on the drive home in the form of a major meltdown. Too much fun!

Movie Watching With Evy

Reading a book to or watching a movie with Evy comes with lots of questions right now! I thought it would be fun to make a transcript of a 10 minute period while watching Ratatouille tonight.

"Why's that little guy a mean guy?"
"What he trying to do?"
"Why?"
"Why's he getting carried?"
"Why?"
"What's he doing now?"
"Why he's going in there?"
"Why he's going on the cart?"
"What?"
"Why?"
"Why's he UGH?"
"What's he trying to do?"
"Why's the guy looking at him?"
"Why's he trapping him?"
"What?"
"Why they looking at the girls?"
"What the lady saying to him?"

17 questions in 10 minutes. Very impressive.

5 Weeks

Charlie will be 5 weeks old tomorrow. Where has the time gone? Everyone is doing great. I just went for my first long walk since delivery and feel mostly good. I am sleeping on a futon in Charlie's room since our master bedroom is on a different floor. She is doing really well, only waking at 3 a.m. to eat, but she is the noisiest sleeper I have ever heard. Grunting and groaning all night long so that wakes me up several times in the night and I might as well be sleeping on the floor, the futon is so hard. Oh well, this will pass soon enough.

We are on the go a lot and Charlie sleeps well in the car and in the stroller so that has made it pretty easy to keep up with big sister's activity level. Many people warned us that the adjustment from 1 kid to 2 is more difficult than the adjustment from 0 to 1. I am happy to report that has not been the case for us. This adjustment has been relatively easy. Evy is great with Charlie and is always excited to see her, help feed her, and put her "binky" in if Charlie is crying. We're keeping our fingers crossed that this trend continues!