Eliana Meets Nan & Poppy

Picture of a Picture

Evan taking a picture of Daddy, and Daddy taking a picture of Evan.

Two Months Old!! -post by mommy

Our gorgeous little princess is 2 Months Old!

At two months old my precious little baby still has the softest skin ever (it's the softest thing I've ever felt in my life), still sleeps A LOT, and still laughs in her sleep. She's beginning to laugh more while she's awake, but nothing like the belly laughs she has while asleep. She's spending a little more time awake each day. Evan let's us know when she's awake by saying "baby sister eyes ope!" It's a rare sight to see baby sister's eyes open, but when you see those little eyes "ope" you can't help but smile. And she always smiles the biggest smiles right back at you. She smiles so big that her mouth opens wide and her eyes turn into upside down smiles. She has sunshiney eyes. Her whole face lights up and and just beams. When naming her a name that means daughter of the sun I didn't realize how perfect her name would suit her. She is the happiest baby ever.

She loves to watch Evan dance around and bat at her mobile. Just three days ago she started rolling over from her tummy to her back. Evan has been trying to help her roll over by pushing her over. He's been a great big brother. A few weeks ago when she opened her eyes he introduced everyone to her by pointing to them and saying their name. "Baby Sister! Nana... PopPop..." And just the other day he taught her how to use the jumpy seat. When she cries he asks her "what happened?" and he'll give her a "kiss and hug" and put her binky in her mouth for her. If she continues to cry however, he covers his ears and yells "no baby no!" Thank goodness she doesn't cry much. She is such a good good baby. She is perfect in every way. She is only two months old and already I cannot imagine my life without her.

Evan, 22 Months.

Evan gave me some good shots today. Click on picture for larger image.

Pretty + Happy = Pretty Happy

Some pretty and happy things we found in the garden today...

This mommy loves her pretty happy babies.

Playdate

Yay! A playdate!! And boy did we need it. We needed to get out into the sunshine, run around and spend some time with friends. Especially after a very long and very rough bedtime the night before. But as soon as Evan's little feet hit that grass all was forgotten. We had such a good time. In between running after Evan I got to spend some time with some old friends from grade school, high school and meet some new friends. And even better I got to meet and play with their wonderful boys! There was another beauty there, her name was Elizabeth and she along with Eliana spent the day sunbathing in her stroller while the boys ran around like, well, like boys. Evan had a blast. He talked about his new friends all the way home. One of the boys was just a few days older than Evan, and strangely enough his name was Austin. Evan calls him "Awesome" which I think is just awesome. I wonder than if that means that Evan considers himself "Elvan Awesome Burtk" I tried to teach him his last name today, I don't think he understood the whole first name/ last name thing, I think he was just amusing me by repeating what I was saying. We had such a fun day, I hope we get together with our new friends soon!




Evan checking in on his baby sister.

It was funny to see how protective he is of her. When it was time to go home Evan's new friend "Awesome" started to push Eliana's stroller as if he was going to take her home. Evan jumped right up, waving his finger, crying "no no! no no! MY baby sister!" I don't even know where he picked up the finger waving thing because it's not something any of us do! He is too much.

Walk

We (Mommy, Evan, Elvis and Lucy) took Eliana on her first outing today. The doctor's office doesn't count as an outing. It was beautiful outside the weather was perfect so we went for a walk. I think we were out for a few hours and we only went around the block. When we got back we all needed a nap. Eliana enjoyed her ride in the stroller, or pram as Pete's parents would say. I don't think she minded or noticed the crazy dogs attached to her stroller tripping her big brother and stressing out her Mommy. Luckily for all of us, Elvis included, my parents just happened to be driving by and was nice enough to take Lucy home with them. They said they were driving down the street and slowed down to see what all of the activity was on the sidewalk. It was us. We stopped by Elvis' doggie friend's house so that Elvis could say hello to his little dog friends, and Evan could watch and laugh at Elvis and his friends sniff at each other. Lucy took the opportunity to act like a rabid squirrel on a leash. She's crazy. Our walk was a lot calmer once my parents took Lucy home.

We also came across two little boys selling lemonade. Evan told them all about the little dogs although I don't think they understood anything he was saying. When it was time to go Evan tried to give both boys a hug goodbye. One boy accepted his hug no problem, he probably had little brothers at home. But the other boy looked at me as if to say "please don't let him hug me!" and hid behind his lemonade stand, I'm guessing he's at that age already where boys do not hug other boys. So Evan just high fived him and he was fine with that. As we were leaving Evan turned and waved and said "Bye friends!" We've been teaching him about friends this week. I'm really glad that Evan is a happy friendly kid and not a mean bully.