The Perfect Storm

Sorry folks, no time to post pictures. In fact, I don't think I've taken a picture of Evy in days. We've hit a rough patch, the perfect storm if you will which has left mom and dad struggling just to get through the days. Here's the summary:

Growth Spurt: Evy is going through a growth spurt which means she wants to eat about every 1.5 hours.

Technical difficulties: Right now I am only able to feed off of one side which makes keeping up with the 1.5 hour schedule quite challenging.

Fungal Intruder: Evy has a yeast infection in her mouth which means mom has a yeast infection on her parts that go in Evy's mouth. Too much information?? Sorry, this blog is about being honest. We're both on prescription drugs and everything (pacifier, bottles, breast pump parts, etc) has to be boiled regularly.

Ah, Freak Out: Our precious child has started screaming quite often. Even when fed and dry Miss Evy likes to show us how powerful her lungs are.

No Rest for the Weary: Evy has decided she doesn't like sleeping. We can get her to fall asleep and then the second we set her down in her crib she starts screaming. Last night I slept from 4 a.m. to 8 a.m. holding her in a chair. It's the only way I could get her to stay asleep.

I am sure that our love for Evy will get us through this rough patch. That, or a fifth of tequila.

Best Thing Since Sliced Bread?

This is my first "kid tested, mother approved" product endorsement. We received the Swaddle Me (Kiddopotamus brand) as a gift from Nancy whose daughter Robyn recommended it. Evy loves it, which means mom and dad also love it. Evy sleeps in her swaddle me every night and it does an awesome job of calming her down.

I had to post a picture of Evy in her crib. She is so small and wrapped up in her Swaddle Me she looks like a little bean. This cuteness helps mom better accept the 3 a.m. feeding.

Groundhog Day

I feel like Bill Murray's character in Groundhog Day. Each day I wake up and repeat the same set of tasks. But, Bill at least got 24 hours to repeat each day and I'm pretty sure he got 8 consecutive hours of sleep each night before he awoke to "I got you babe" on his clock radio. At our house we're on a 3 hour cycle of feed, wake, sleep....Repeat...Repeat...Repeat...you get the idea.

Four Generations

Here's Evy with her great-grandma Maxine and grandma Joan. Oh, and her mom too...but you already knew that.

I'm Coming Home

Here's a picture of Evy getting ready to come home from the hospital on Thursday. When we put her in her seat her eyes got huge and she had a "what in the heck are you doing to me" look on her face for a good 15 minutes. It was pretty funny. She kept that freaked out look for most of the car ride home.

Happy Halloween

Tear Jerker

Get your Kleenex handy. Evelyn is named after Scott's grandmother who passed away 3 years ago. The original Evelyn was a wonderful knitter and knitted lots of baby clothes which she donated to many causes. Many of her older great-grandchildren are lucky enough to have blankets knitted by Evelyn. When Scott's sister Julie visited us today she gave us a lovely sweater that has an even more lovely history: When in high-school, Julie asked her grandmother Evelyn to knit her a sweater for her future daughter. Julie saved the sweater, but never had a daughter to give the sweater to. Today, she gave that sweater to her niece, Evelyn. How's that for Karma? Pictured above I'm holding Evelyn and Julie is holding the sweater.