WeberFamilyJourney

New years day museum trip

2011-01-01T13:51:00.001-08:00

Vinny's first museum trip!

Xmas 2010

2010-12-25T09:50:00.001-08:00

First Snow

2010-12-04T09:08:00.000-08:00

Trick or treat 2010

2010-10-31T18:16:00.001-07:00

Vinny 6 weeks Eva 23 months

2010-10-05T18:28:00.000-07:00

Vinny is doing great at 6 weeks old! He is still up a LOT at night, but that should start to improve now. Evalyn loves to help take care of him and definitely knows that he is part of the family. If I put her in the car or a stroller first she always reminds me to go get vinny too!

New edition

2010-09-11T19:01:00.000-07:00

Our family has grown to 4 with the birth of our son 2 weeks ago. I love him so much already! Eva has accepted him without complaint and loves to kiss him and touch his hair. She continues to amaze and delight me every day!

Discovery World

2010-07-11T18:57:00.000-07:00

4th of July

2010-07-11T18:51:00.001-07:00

Eva sprinkler fun

2010-05-24T19:58:00.000-07:00

Enjoying the hot weather with a little water fun!

Zoo 2

2010-05-02T19:06:00.000-07:00

First time Eva's been to the zoo since she was little! Lots of fun, but the animals were kinda scary! Our camera died half way thru, but since we got a zoo pass for this summer hopefully we'll be getting there lots!!

18 months

2010-04-28T18:52:00.000-07:00

Eva thrives as always. New words: bear, bee, mommy, bless you, juice, shoes, and probably more I don't remember! She makes all kinds of animal sounds, even though pigs, ducks and dogs all sound the same for some reason. She understands SO much though. You can say stuff like 'go get your shoes' and off she'll go. I am now 6 months pregnant with her brother! I feel him move all the time, he's so much more active than Eva was. Still no name yet for him, but we're working on it.

16 months Spring Weather

2010-03-19T18:26:00.000-07:00

Finally able to get some fresh air!!

Dress Up

2010-03-16T18:20:00.001-07:00

The girls playing dress up!

15 months

2010-02-24T17:57:00.000-08:00

How could I have been so remiss in my postings!! 3 months without a post! Thats shameful.
BUT I will try to get back on track! Eva is doing great! Her latest accomplishments include finding her belly button, asking for 'more', calling me mama and dancing to her favorite songs ('wheels on the bus', 'old MacDonald' and 'She'll be 'coming round the mountain') . She continues to be a happy child and knows what she wants and doesn't want! She loves our cats and is much better at petting them now. She hates having socks or shoes on. She loves bathtime, especially when you turn the shower on to rinse her off. She also loves eating crayons. A fine list of hobbies if I do say so myself!
The first picture is of Eva's brother or sister which I am currently cooking in my belly!

Birthday party and beyond

2009-12-15T17:26:00.000-08:00

How lazy am I to get this up over a month after!! Oh well.
We have been very busy with having two more friends join us here during the day to be watched; 2 year old Brianna and her 4 month old brother Christopher. They are loads of fun and we love having them. Eva is adjusting to having more kids around and that can be tough, but I think there are a lot of good things that can only be learned through interactions with other children so I'm happy she is able to have that opportunity.
She is growing so fast and already not my baby any more! She looks like such a big girl. She loves to climb on top of things and is a total dare devil. I am trying to grow out her hair but its at this crazy stage right now. Its never been cut and I can't bear to do it yet! Hopefully she will have her first word soon....I think it might be 'cat'. She says something very close right now when she sees the cats. Lord knows she has enough opportunity with us having three of them!

12 month Bday

2009-11-28T18:09:00.000-08:00

Finally one year old! It went faster than I could ever imagine. I'm so proud of her, she's doing so well. Walking, running and climbing like crazy, but no words yet. She's learning to make friends and share with the other children I watch at home and still loves reading books best. She's 30 inches tall and 21 lbs. Her favorite food is mac and cheese and also frozen green peas (thawed, of course!). She still hates bedtime so often gets up at 3 just for some company! So bitter-sweet, her growing up. I wish I could freeze each phase to have it forever, but I can't wait to see the person she's becoming.
She had a great bday party with all her family. She ate butterfly cupcakes (thanks michelle!) and rode around in her new Cozy Coupe car. She also had a great thanksgiving at her Boucha's (my moms) house and loves to look at the xmas trees up in our house now. Can't wait to post xmas pics!

11 months and Trick or Treat

2009-10-25T18:56:00.000-07:00

One month to that magic one year! SOO fun. We trick or treated a little early this year, but I hope you enjoy the pics!!

Rocking out her leopard pants:

Right after getting dressed in her french poodle costume:

She was a little scared of her first candy giver!

Pumpkin Picking!

2009-10-09T07:33:00.000-07:00

First time in a forward facing car seat!

Packer game with papa.

Pumpkin picking! Watch for pumpkin carving pics to come!

10.5 Months

2009-09-29T18:14:00.001-07:00

Colder weather reminds me of last year this time when I was really starting to get excited for Eva's birth. I can't believe she's almost a year old!
I've started watching some children in my home and it's a lot of fun. Eva loves to have the playmates!
She is really walking now! It's very slow but she can walk all the way across a room. The other day I was in the kitchen and she walked in and it was just weird, seeing her turn the corner and just walk in!
Thanks to my sister Tricia we now have a play thing in our back yard with two slides. So fun! We'll try to get lots of use out of it before it gets too cold.

Apple Picking

2009-09-13T12:32:00.000-07:00

Eva and her cousin Alayna

So my sister Kari and her family and Eva and I went apple picking today! It was so much fun! We got to walk out into the orchard and pick which apples we wanted and everything! We also got to see some goats, but Eva thought those were pretty scary.

Almost 10 months and walking!

2009-09-12T18:34:00.000-07:00

It's official. We've taken our first unaided steps!!
It's only two or three at a time right now, but she's doing it! I love it.
She still crawls when she wants something fast, but she practices her steps all the time.
Other milestones....turning book pages as you read to her which is too cute. She's very impatient though and if there are more than a few words on the page she tries to turn it again right away. She has eaten lots more 'real' food now too! She had her first grilled cheese sandwich and her first mac and cheese. She LOVES peas and will eat them by the handful. I think my mom fed her pizza once (sigh, grandmas). She has three teeth, two tops and one bottom, which she has started to grind together. I'm a teeth grinder in my sleep so i wonder if she gets this from me?? The sound makes your skin crawl though! She hates sleep time as much as ever and fights it to no end. She has herself down to one nap already, usually midday and that one is less than an hour. It's so not cool. She should be sleeping WAY more.
She's doing so great though and looking more like a little girl and less like a baby every day. I love to watch her grow, but I lament her babyhood coming to an end!

9 months plus

2009-08-24T19:09:00.001-07:00

Finally getting another post up!
Evalyn is now 9.5 months old. She is still totalling along furniture and standing on her own, but no walking on her own yet. Her little two front teeth come in more every day. She's eating so many new foods too....today she tried mac and cheese! She loves to eat! I think she'd chose to eat over a bottle almost always.
Her grandma Babb bought her a pony she loves to ride and a kitchen! She can only reach the lower cabinets so far, but loves chewing on the play food!
I live for her smile and feel her anger or sadness like my own. I can't believe there was a time when she wasn't here....how did I get up every morning without her insistent squeals or go to bed without checking for her steady breathing under my hand?
I can't wait to see what the next months and years bring for her.

Standing Tall

2009-08-02T11:42:00.000-07:00

Watching Evalyn has been so amazing this month. She learns so fast, it's just incredible. She went from crawling to pulling herself up to stand in about 3 days. She's a master crawler now; I think she could do about a 7 minute mile, at least that's how it feels to try to keep up with her. She's pulling herself up on anything that will stand still long enough including animals, our legs, and typically things that will fall over and land on her. She loves standing and looking out our living room window. I think she probably knows all the neighborhood gossip from watching everyone out that window.
She loves being just a little scared and squeals with delight when she's spun around fast or swung high on the swing or when her papa crashes her little push cars into the walls.
She is sprouting two front teeth as well, just barely out of the gums as of this post. This perhaps explains some crabbiness and sleepnessless as of late.
She's been watched all summer by a mix of her grandmas and her aunt Kari (thanks guys!) but will be going back to Michelle's soon. I loved having her spend time with my family, but I'm sure she'll enjoy being with all Michelle's kids again! Next post she'll be nine months old! I can't believe I'm already thinking about her birthday party. Didn't I just have her yesterday?!?

Crawling!

2009-07-08T11:50:00.000-07:00

Eva declared her independence this fourth of July by learning to crawl!

7 Months

2009-06-16T18:54:00.000-07:00

Finally summer! Eva has enjoyed getting out into the world! We've been all over in our stroller on walks, and now we got a jogging stroller so we can go for runs too! She is such a great sitter. She can sit forever and just play. Now that she can sit so well she HATES to be on her back. It's either sitting or standing (with help on the standing of course!)
She eats both lunch and dinner now. Loves her some veggies and rice and that Yo-Baby yogurt. She's tried birthday cake at her cousin Brian's birthday and had ice cream too! She still doesn't want anything more solid though. I tried scrambled egg and she thought that was way yucko.
We tried to go into a little kiddie pool this weekend, but I think the water was too cold, because she didn't like it much. I think I'll try in my mom's big pool when the weather gets warmer.
My mom is watching Eva for me all summer, so that will be fun for all of us! My parents are also moving nearer to us within the year, so that's exciting too!
I love to watch all of Eva's little victories; her sitting and eating and getting so much better with her hands. She is trying to rock herself into a crawling position all the time, so I think she'll be crawling before the summer is over. She really has given me a different perspective of and a deeper appreciation for the gift that is our life.

6 months

2009-05-22T11:06:00.001-07:00

Finally Spring!
We have loved getting outside. This is the nicest weather Eva's been out of the belly for!! We've spent some time outside in the yard and walking in our stroller. We also went to the zoo for the first time! She really like the big fish and the leopard that was pacing close to the glass. There as also this rope thing you walked through that was her favorite! I put a pic of it above.
Evalyn can sit on her own now for minutes at a time. She is rolling over all the time too. Sometimes when I go to her when she wakes up in her crib she'll be all the way on the other side of the crib and on her tummy!
She is eating baby foods very well now too. She loves sweet potatoes, carrots, squash, yogurt and peas. She tried the chicken last night, but she hated it. We'll try meat again in a month or so, but maybe she just won't like meat like her mama.
She's finally getting more hair, but its still thin. And her little ears still stick out like crazy, but I love them! I got her ears pierced for her 6 month bday. She was very good for it and barely cried. She has totally left them alone since then, so that's good!

5.5 Months

2009-05-02T18:47:00.000-07:00

Lots of milestones! Eva can now turn over and stands and sits while supported. She loves to bounce and jump. She eats 'real' food once a day now. She loves yogurt and has also tried peas and sweet potatoes and apple sauce. She also loves oranges! I'm not sure I'm supposed to give them to her, but she sucks on orange slices and loves them! She sucked on a grape once too, but I don't think she ate any. She is finally sleeping better. She goes to bed at around 830 and typically sleeps until 4 or 5. Sometimes she still wakes up around 2, but rarely. She is very vocal and does a lot of yelling and high pitched screams. I think she is starting to reach up to be picked up too, which is sooo cute.
She met her Great Grandma and Grandpa Weber last week (pictured above) and we were so happy they got to see her. She is one of the few girls in that boy dominated side of the family, so they had fun seeing all her girly things. Her Grandma Babb also bought her a new swim suit with an awesome tutu which is pictured above. How ridiculously cute is that?!?

Almost Easter!

2009-04-11T18:55:00.000-07:00

Eva's first Easter is so much fun. Grandma Maggie bought her a beautiful new outfit to wear to Easter visiting, which is a huge help to us since we would not have been able to afford that this year. We've already gone visiting at Grandma Babbs' and Grandpa Webers' house, but she still has to wait to find out what the bunny left her at Grandma and Grandpa Niewolny's.
I had her first professional pictures taken at Sears and I think they turned out sooo good. I wished I could have gotten every pose they did, but I did get a few which I've posted above. Eva will be 5 months old in just a few days...how the time is flying. A good friend of ours just had a baby boy yesterday and we got to see him today.....was Eva ever that small?!?!? I guess she was, but it doesn't seem like it!!
Enjoy the pics and have a happy Easter!

Almost 4 Months

2009-03-10T06:51:00.000-07:00

I can't believe that Eva's almost 17 weeks old. I remember at 20 weeks of my pregnancy we found out she was a girl. That seems like so early in my pregnancy but she was technically older than than she is now! Crazy.
She's doing so well. She is getting much better at holding her head up and being on her tummy. She still can't completely support herself with her arms, but I'm sure that's coming. She's had a few nights now where she has gone down for her long sleep without the hour or so or crying. I really hope that it's a sign she might be growing out of that. It's not a big deal, but it would be nice to put her down with out it. She still wakes up most nights once, but usually just to eat and then goes back down. We tried cereal twice, but I don't think she was ready for it. I might try again in a week or so. She loves her Johnny Jump Up. It hangs from a door frame and supports her weight while she bounces on her feet (thanks boucha Niewolny for the awesome find!) She can grasp and bring toys to her mouth now and she ALWAYS has her hands in her mouth. She is a drool queen. Not sure if it's the beginning of teething or if she's just a drooly girl. She's rolling side to side, but not over yet.
Despite the awful economic times and financial hardships, I am so blessed to be able to spend more time at home with her, blessed just to have her and with her the sence of peace and fullfillment she brings me.

Baptism

2009-02-17T09:37:00.000-08:00

Eva was baptized February 15, 2009 at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in Milwaukee. She wore a dress that was made from my grandmas, her great grandmas, wedding dress. My dad, my sisters and me and my sisters children have all wore the dress to be baptized.
We decided to do an immersion baptism so she was dunked into the water with no clothes on, but got to put on her dress right after. She was a very good girl! The water in the font was heated so I think that helped. I was so nervous she was going to have an accident without her diaper on, but we got lucky!
There were a number of odd coincidences we found about later. I had been church shopping since we moved to Greenfield but hadn't found a church I felt was really 'me' until my sister Kari suggested I try St. John the Evangelist. Something about it right away let me know this was the one so we joined there. After my aunt heard about the baptism and where it took place she told us that St. John the Evangelist was the church my grandma Himmelspach attended as a young woman before she was married. So Eva was baptized in her Great Grandma Niewolny's wedding gown at her Great Grandma Himmelspachs church! AND the little girl she was baptized along side was named Lucille, which was her great great grandmas name! Weird or what?!

2 Months Old

2009-01-18T09:46:00.000-08:00

Eva just turned two months old!
She's doing great and getting big. She's 11 lbs and growing out of her newborn clothes. She has more emotions now and is starting to coo and smile more. Not sleeping through the night yet, but that will come. Her eyes are still blue, but they are going to change for sure. Probably to her moms brown eyes. But her hair is much lighter than mine and so reddish! Crazy!
She had to have her first shots and that was traumatic for both of us. At least we don't have to face that again for a few months. Next month is her baptism!

Happy New Year!

2009-01-02T10:03:00.001-08:00

Goodbye 2008!
I think the only wonderful thing I'll take from this year is Evalyn. Other than that I'm happy to close the door to this year. I am so hopeful that there are good things to come in 09!
Eva's doing so good! She is smiling more and she also HATES going to sleep now. She just wails before the falls asleep. I think she is starting to realize that she'll miss things when she's sleeping. She's eating much better now that we have her back on the soy formula. I think we'll have to stick with that one for a while until her stomach is less sensitive. Hopefully we can go on the cheaper stuff when she's older.
She is just a joy!

First Christmas

2008-12-26T17:38:00.000-08:00

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

2008-12-25T06:47:00.001-08:00

" 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

2008-12-17T10:01:00.000-08:00

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!!

Thanksgiving

2008-11-28T09:28:00.001-08:00

So much to be thankful for. Eva is doing real good, practicing getting her nights and days straight. It's so nice having Jeremy home right now and having an extra pair of hands. We went to my sister Kari's for my familys' thanksgiving and had a lot of fun! It was the first holiday where me and my sisters all had children to bring, so that was special. Eva stayed up a really long time with all the holiday excitement and was a very crabby button that night but I'm so glad she got to visit with everyone. It was also her first time wearing a dress! It was a little big on her, but super cute. I couldn't put her in the onesie and shoes that go with the outfit, and the tights were a bit baggy, but maybe by xmas she'll fill it out better. Make sure to check out the Thanksgiving album for more pics.
In the next week or so I'm going to try to bring her to the mall and get her picture with Santa! I checked out the Santa at Southridge mall and he looks pretty tame and not creepy, so we'll see! : )

Home!

2008-11-19T08:07:00.000-08:00

We and Eva came home Monday night! We were released from the hospital at around 3 pm. It had been cold and sunny all day. Just as we were being discharged this freak blizzard blew in and it snowed like crazy while we were leaving! It only lasted for about 10 minutes, but we'll be able to say we took Eva home in the first little blizzard of the year.
She's been so wonderful, such a good baby. She is a little jaundice, but she went to the doctor on Tuesday and he said he thinks that it will clear up on its own. She sleeps A LOT! More than I thought she would! She hardly cries, but every night around 8 she'll start to cry and then will cry for hours! But then she sleeps almost through the night. She only wakes up once or twice, but she stays up then for an hour or two. I'm having to supplement her with formula right now until I have a milk supply enough for her by myself, so feeding her takes forever since I have to breast feed her and then give her a bottle too. I'm hoping that soon we'll be able to take out the bottle. She lost a little weight but now is on the way back up and currently weighs 6 lbs 6 oz.
Jeremy is already going back to work tomorrow and I will miss him! My mom is coming to help me out for the next few days. I am healing nicely, but still need the pain meds to get around.
Make sure to check out the newest photo album 'hosptial and home'!

Happy Birthday Evalyn!

2008-11-14T15:08:00.000-08:00

Evalyn Brooke Weber was born at 7:46am today. She weighed in at 7lbs and was 20" long. She is absolutely gorgeous and has amazing lung power! Mom and baby are doing fantastic!

Check out the album marked Birthday! for tons of pictures!

1 day

2008-11-12T18:42:00.000-08:00

Tomorrow is the big day! Our baby's birthday should be November 14. I am so nervous. I really want to meet her, but so nervous about the procedure and worried about knowing what to do with her! I am so glad that I will have so much support from my and jeremy's awesome families.
I think now that this pregnancy is almost over, I will really miss it! I will miss having her so close; its almost like she's been all mine for this whole time and now I'll have to share her. I am so excited for her to be her own person though and to watch her create who she'll grow up to be.
The image above is a progression from 22 weeks, to 28 weeks, to 32 weeks, to 35 weeks to today, 39 weeks. Please continue to watch our picassa album for pics of her this weekend!

One Week

2008-11-08T10:03:00.000-08:00

Last week Tuesday the Dr's discovered that our little one is breach! Typically this is discovered a bit earlier than now, but we decided to try to do a procedure to try to rotate the baby into the head down position. Unfortunately, she's just too big and has too little room to move and they were unable to turn her.
SO
That means we are going to have her by cesarean! They have made an appointment for me on Friday November 14th at 730 am. We're very excited and nervous! I can't wait to meet her.

6 Months and Couting!

2008-07-31T10:30:00.000-07:00

Jeremy and I can hardly believe we are starting our 6th month of pregnancy! So much has happened in the last half a year....new house, new jobs....but we are thrilled with it all.
I hope that this can be a place we can keep everyone apprised of our goings on, so check back often!