So You Think You Can Dance?!

Since "Dancing with the Stars" is over with, Evie's new favorite show is "So You Think You Can Dance". I think I have a dancer in the making. I wouldn't mind her following in her mother's footsteps. For those of you who don't know, I was on Danceline in High School (Yes, it is a sport). Although, I never had formal training, I could bust a move! LOL I was taught by my sister and other patient s who were formally trained since almost birth. I have two life long friends that I owe to Danceline (Amy and Angie), but all the s were good, quality people!

Milestone: Evie just started clapping her hands together intentionally.

Evie Checking out Donnell

Ah ha! She really wanted his headphones!

Garden is underway!!! Hooray!

Well, the garden is almost complete! My dad and hubby did an amazing job helping me clear the grass, tilling the ground, mixing in top soil and manure. I almost have all my seeds planted. I'm attempting to grow:

• Corn
• Broccoli
• Sugar Snap Peas
• Green Beans
• Carrots
• Cucumbers
• Zucchini
• Lettuce
• Cilantro
• Basil
• Parsley

If everything grows like it is suppose to, I'll have way too matter vegetables for this little family! All that is left to do is putting up a fence to protect my precious produce from those Cute but devilish little rabbits that live under the shed. I'll post progress pictures in a couple of weeks.

Memorial Day weekend was great! We had a lot of fun hanging out with my FAM at my mom's cabin. Evie really enjoyed all the kids. Even Henry is starting to show some self-restraint when it comes to Evie. He thinks for a second before he starts grabbing her and trying to chew on her. They had fun playing side by side and looking at each other. Evie also slept really well. I'm so happy she's so adaptable. This is not my doing, it's just her personality. She's a Sweet Baby!

I just want everyone to know that I have good intentions of updating the blog a few times a week, but I find myself going several days without getting online. I think the beautiful weather has something to do with it also.
It might help if my viewing/reading audience would make more comments. I know you are out there because you tell me you check in on us all the time. It would be nice to hear from someone else besides my hubby.

Hope your week is BLESSED!

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High Maintenance No MORE!

Which one of these two are no longer a high maintenance sleeper?So if you have been following this blog for a few months now, you should know that Evie has been a high maintenance sleeper. It started as an infant when she had to be moving continually. She loved her bouncy chair and swing. Then she loved being swaddle. Oh, and then how can we forget the CD of running water and finally at last resort the vacuum cleaner running on high. These were all aids that we used to help her to get and stay asleep. Sometimes we'd use a combination of them and other times we'd use all of them just so everyone could get some sleep.

Well, I'm pleased to say that Evie is no longer a high maintenance sleeper. First we broke her of the vacuum cleaner (Our electric bills we too high). Then we broke her cold turkey from sleeping in the swing (This was not as hard as we though it would be). Next it was the CD of running water (We just replaced this with a fan). Finally, breaking her of the swaddle was probably the most difficult. We tried about a month ago, but she would continually wake up and cry, so for the sake of all of our sleep we kept swaddling her. Then last week I started putting her down for her naps without being swaddle and just handed the swaddle to her so she could hold onto it. This worked perfectly. She took several 2-3 hour naps, so last night was the first night where she was totally unswaddle and she slept straight thru till 8 AM!

Her only vice would be the fan, but I think that's an acceptable form of sleep aid. Especially since she goes to bed so early, it muffles the noise we make while we are still up. She actually has less sleep aids than Christian and I.

My husband is a high maintenance sleeper and I'm trying to not let that go to the next generation of Wharton's. Hooray for Evie! Now, let's see how she does sleeping at the cabin next weekend!

Evie enjoys "Dancing with the Stars"

She likes "American Idol" also, but "Dancing with the Stars" is her favorite. We've gotten into a morning routine where I get her bottle and my coffee ready. Then we head downstairs to watch last night's Tivo'd shows. She drinks her bottle...I drink my coffee and we watch Kristi Yamaguchi tear it up on the dance floor. It's a fun Mother-Daughter bonding time. Evie especially enjoys watching the pasa doble. It's her favorite dance, at least it's the one that holds her attention the longest.

Picture of me and my s on Mother's Day morning

I had a great Mother's Day!

So my 1st Mother's Day was fabulous!

I got to sleep in, ate Breakfast in bed, took a nap, had a massage, and did not change one dirty diaper! What more could a Mother ask for?!

Evie, Christian and I are all doing great! Our new grass is coming in and I'm still thinking about planting a vegetable garden. We're both serving at church again. I'm working with the one year olds and Christian is working at the information desk. Evie is showing major signs of wanting to crawl. She's eating tons of new food and is as sweet as can be!

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Evie is 7 months old today!

Happy Birthday Miss Evelyn!!!!

Evie's 1st Cheerios

My Alarm Clock

What's New

Well, we’ve made a little backtrack into winter. It's snowed and more snow is also being predicted for this weekend. Hopefully that changes as we get closer to the weekend. Its so hard to go back.

Ever’s is battling some cold symptoms, but she’s still a really happy baby. I’m so blessed. She is also eating cheerios now. Well, mostly just playing with them. She’ll eat them if I put them in her mouth. Her fine motors skills need to develop before she'll be able to make a cheerio in her mouth.

Evie also got to spend the night at Grandma's house this weekend. She did very well. She missed us in the evening and new something was up but by morning we were to her. She could have cared less if we were there or not. She had complete attention from Grandma and Grandpa. I guess she played my mom once or twice but overall my mom really enjoyed snuggling with the Cutie Pie Christian and I celebrated our anniversary on Saturday night while Evie was at Grandmas. We went out to eat at Fogo de Chao and then to a movie. We saw Expelled No intelligence Allowed http://www.expelledthemovie.com/. It was a very interesting and thought provoking documentary. I would recommend it for a matinee movie or a rental. It was so weird coming home Saturday night and not having a baby in the house. It was weird but also very, very relaxing. It was like I was back to my responsibility free life BC Before Child. Then I went to sleep and woke up the next morning and that life was gone again. Don’t get me wrong...I would never go back but it’s nice to visit every once in a while. Hope everyone’s week is BLESSED