kindergarten physical

On Wednesday, Scott's Mom came to watch Andrew while I took Evyn to the doctor for her 5 year well visit & kindergarten physical. Can you believe we have a school-aged child?!

Evyn was very nervous about the immunizations she needed for school. She didn't remember her last shots, which were at her 3-year well visit. She told me she wasn't feeling brave.

She did enjoy most of the appointment - the vision test, reflex check, and the play area in the waiting room. The office is in the midst of upgrading to an all-electronic filing system, which meant we had a 45 minute wait between the physical and the shots, while the staff figured out how to enter in our data. We killed the time with lots of silliness.... thank goodness I had my camera with me, to get Evyn's mind off the wait!










She did great for the first shot, but the next three -yes, 4 sticks! brutal- didn't go so well for her, and she told me on the way home (to a very hungry baby) that she's "never, ever going back there and doing that again!" We did stop at Rita's on the way home for a Cotton Candy Gelati, which soothed her spirit a bit.

5th (!) birthday party

My 4 year old (I had to say/write that one last time!) had her 5th birthday party on Saturday. Her actual birthday is Monday - 4:18 am.

5 years old, wow, unbelievable.

action shot

I asked her to take pictures of the party.
What I got was a dozen or so self-portraits like this.

audio =
Evyn: so, what do you want to play?
Emily: uh..... ...... I dunno. (shutter snap)

Andrew slept through the first half of the party

After the party, eating more candy

I have a special weakness for chubby baby hands & feet

- instant sleep -

just add baby!

I'm still having a little trouble getting Andrew in my sling in the cradle position - but once he's in, he immediately falls asleep. Then the problem becomes, how to get a sleeping baby OUT of the sling without waking them??

it sold!

Saturday was the auction of Grandma & Grandpa Martin's house and belongings (Grandma moved into an apartment this winter, after Grandpa died in November).

Scott went first thing in the morning to register, be with the family, and help a little. Evyn, Andrew & I didn't get there until just before 1pm, when the house was scheduled to be auctioned. Evyn had a great time hanging out with her cousin Lizzy, and Andrew did great (despite the damp, cold weather) for an hour or so.

I'd love to post some pictures from the sale, but someone erased the memory card for my camera! Neither Scott or Evyn is claiming responsibility, but they were my two photographers for the day. Hmmmpft. Thankfully I did have all the previous pictures transferred to my computer, or wow would I be heartbroken!

Andrew is doing well, although I made a mistake. On Thursday we had a follow-up appointment with his pediatrician, whose advice for dealing with our nursing issues was to STOP waking Andrew during the day for feedings.
Up until then, I'd been getting him up every 2-3 hours, because I was concerned about him sleeping too much during the day.

So, Thursday and Friday I followed her advice, and let him sleep as long as he wanted to. Big mistake! My good sleeper is now pretty much refusing to sleep between 8am - midnight, except in short (say, 30 minute) increments. Sometimes he sleeps as little as 5-10 minutes over the course of several hours. And, of course, when he is awake he thinks he wants to nurse... constantly.... As I type, I have a wailing infant on my lap. Assuming I can get him back to a good sleep routine, you can bet I won't be letting him sleep long periods during the day any more! No matter how great his Pediatrician is, that's one piece of advice I am not gonna take again :)