First Christmas

Eva's first Christmas was wonderful!
We spent xmas eve night at Jeremy's mom's. We had a great time and even had a visit from Santa (Jeremy's brother Abrahm). As you can see from the picture though, Eva was a little scared of Santa. We also had another surprise guest...a four week old piglet! Jeremy's mom had picked it up to bring to a neighbor who raises pigs when they drove up north to jeremy's grandma and grandpas the next day. This pig was still so small its being bottle fed, so we had a classic photo op for me to feed Eva while Abrahms girlfriend Tracy fed the pig. Classic!!!
On xmas day we went to my parents to celebrate with them and my sisters and their children. We had a lot of fun there and it was neat to see all the kids having a blast. I'm going to love to watch Eva grow and get excited about her presents each year too. She is starting to enjoy some toys like the play gym she is on in the pics. I can't believe she'll be toddeling around next xmas!!! There are 5 grandkids now at family gatherings and we learned that my sister Kari and her husband Jeremy will be adding to that number!! They have started the adoption process for their second child which they should be able to go and bring home from Ethiopia in 2010. Soo excited!

Santa Claus

" Santa, I want a new pacifier and another bottle and a new diaper
cause I peed a little when I first saw you...."

One Month

Eva turned one month old last Sunday!
She's doing really well! She is awake more and more. She usually falls asleep around 10:30ish and sleeps until 1 or 2, then stays awake for an hour or so and then back to sleep until 5 or 6. She stays awake for a few hours between naps during the day.

She has become fussier and has some bad gas issues so we've switched her to a soy formula and that seems to be helping a little. She is on formula now all the time although she still nurses a little too. She's not getting enough from nursing to live on though, hence the formula.

She had to go get an ultra sound done on her hip to make sure that its tightening up in the socket (she had loose hips from being a breech baby) and that is looking good but she'll need a follow up ultra sound at 6 weeks. She had to have her diaper changed before her ultra sound and when her diaper was off she poo'd all over the ultra sound table, so that was pretty funny! It was such a mess I ran out of wipes and had to have the ultra sound tech go and get me more.

I bet she's around 8 lbs now, so she's finally fitting into some of her clothes better!
I will be starting to pick up personal training clients again starting after the new year so that will be when she starts to go to her sitter. That will be hard for me! But i really like the lady I am bringing her to so that helps. I will slowly be adding clients so i will get to ease into having her not with me which would be easier than just going back to 40 hours a week right away too.

All in all we are all doing good and we are looking forward to the holiday!!