Above picture was taken on Saturday February 16,
the very day that Cousin Alex turned two!
Evie amazes me with her ability to be flexible!
She exudes contendedness...(for the most part).
Such a sweet little bundle.
Current favorite baby body part: the hands
This picture is taken just two days before Evie turns 16 weeks.
I have lost count of her 'weeks,' but thankfully, I have dear friends with babies who are more up to date with their daughter's age (in terms of weeks). So, depending on the friend, I can ask them how old their baby is ... and then subtract 5 weeks (from Ruthie's age) or add 5 weeks (Landry's age).
The above picture makes me laugh. I was holding Evie and I noticed she had her arm around my neck. I asked Matt to take a picture.
I felt like Evie's "trophy mom."
I can imagine Evie being interviewed,
Evie: "Yes, this is my mom. Mmmhhh, absolutely."
(I'm just throwing in the word absolutely here because it seems like EVERY INTERVIEWEE on television is always using this word. When asked a question, the response will usually begin, "ABSOLUTELY, .... bjdljsdlsjld."
An unplanned visit from Evie's two "valentines" on Valentine's Day - Hosea and Timmy. Hmmm...I guess Simon and Timmy were too busy playing for me to catch them with the camera! The two moms had a fantastic time catching up and continuing the now traditional Valentine's Day visit.
So sad that the above picture is so dark ... but I must post it for proof that Simon and friends can and sometimes (breathlessly) do cease running around and can have calm moments!
On IKEA, Matt remarked to Simon that IKEA was like "STUFFMART," but Simon didn't seem to understand the Veggie Tales allusion ...
HAPPY VALENTINE'S !
Yesterday Simon was licking the back door (glass) and he explained to me that he was "making a picture with his tongue." Hmmm...
Simon and Evie took turns holding a valentine they received in the mail from Gigi and Pops. They also received valentine from Nana and Papa and have heard that their Aunt KayKay also sent them a Valentine!
Fun tip for mixing natural peanut butter:
Sometimes it is difficult to get all of the oil mixed in ... leave it sitting upside down over night which will help the oil distribute itself ... AND ... use a hand mixer (with only one beater in it) to mix the jar. Caution: hold peanut butter jar VERY securely...we tried this and though it mixed well, we were cleaning up peanut butter from odd kitchen crevices later that day. Also, I can't remember if our jar was glass or plastic, so ...
We continue to be blessed with Simon's sweet disposition towards his little sister.
I took this picture because I felt like I was getting to look back in the past to see how Matt might have looked as a child. His facial expression, sitting position, even the little orange part on his socks all combine in a most youthful way.
And he REALLY LOOKS like Simon ...
Making valentine candies together for our peanut-butter lovin' hubbies :)
Skills: "distribution of clean silverware"
The other day I walked into Simon's room after naptime to wake him up. He said he was "thinking of a story." (dream)
I asked what it was about.
Simon: "I was shopping with dad."
Mommy's thoughts: "Why is my son dreaming of shopping. That's a bit of a gender mix-up."
Simon: "We had to get the bears."
Mommy's thoughts: "Ahh...that's more like it. Hunting bears in the store."
Simon: "The yellow bears. In the box."
Mommy: ???
Simon: "Gigi said I can have them. I need them."
Mommy mystery solved: Golden Teddy Grahams
Blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside ...
Simon and Daddy
(Believe it or not, Matt is playing at the request of Simon who loves to watch. Lucky Matt. He gets to have fun AND be a fun dad! Matt usually sets Simon's timer for 5-10 minutes, and they have a fun little techy break together.)
Matt commented the other day, "I'm into finishing books now."
Overheard telling our friend Heidi, "I finished a book."
Heidi remarked that the book must have 'primed his pump,' as he immediately began another book with the intention of finishing it.
The book he read was a children's biography on John Wesley.
225 pages. Fairly large print. Smaller that a 4 by 6 postcard.
Matt was online trying to find out where to buy more of these children's books - he wanted one on Watchman Nee and Hudson Taylor. We were laughing together that he likes the children's books so much, but I really am the same way. I prefer the children's version of Operation World rather than the adult one (thankfully I discovered last weekend that one of my adult friends shares the same preference for "You Can Change the World"._ Matt is currently reading C.S. Lewis' Mere Christianity and when he is finished, we're going to read Tozer's The Pursuit of God together. I've been reading Tozer's collection of essays/sermons entitled I Talk Back to the Devil which I unintentionally 'borrowed' from Matt's parents over Christmas. I was reading it from their bookshelves, and I guess Matt thought it was ours and packed it. So, I might as well finish the stolen good before its return.
Every child and mommy has "their song."
For Simon, I always seemed to sing, "We Fall Down" when I was hugging on him in his nursery during pre-nap moments. For Evie, her song is "Come Thou Fount."
I didn't purposefully choose either song, it just came to be.
We also have a "family song" for Evie.
During her first sleepy, sleepy days we sang, "Wake up, Little Evie." (to the tune of "Wake up, Little Susie)
BUT, her "family song" has pretty much been, for a very long time, as follows,
"Evie, what you wanna do
I think I could stay with you
For a while, maybe longer if I do."
(taken from the chorus to Pure Prairie League's song "Amie")
Matt's blueberry pie as described in the last blog post.
Funny story: When calling upon friends to share our pie feast with that evening, one friend (Heidi) already knew it was going to be a blueberry pie as she'd read earlier that day of its creation in our kitchen from the blog post!
Fun after Pie.
Matt had Simon's shirt tucked into his boxers,
and I couldn't resist immortalizing that moment.
(Simon helping load the dishwasher.)
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