All 8 lbs. & 10 1/2 oz. of him! What a BIG BOY!
Mommy's First Time Holding Evrett
Precious!
Daddy's First Photo with Evrett
Does he look like a proud Daddy, or what! :~)
My little Cheeser =)
Eoin was not sure what to think at his first time sitting in the Little Red Chair.
He wants to see himself in the camara. (He knows that he can see his picture in the back of the camara. Smarty Pants!!)
I asked him, "How big is Eoin?" 
"Maybe I' ll pull out ALL the books!!"
Eoin likes to bang his measuring cup!!!
Mommy decided to be brave and make her first attempt at homemade cinnamon rolls on Friday. I never work with yeast because it makes me soooo nervous. My Mother-in-Law makes the best cinnamon rolls in the world, so I never even wanted to try because I knew mine would pale in comparison. The kids ask every day what we are going to do that is FUN. I decided that we would do this for fun and if the rolls were yucky that was O.K. Other than forgetting to put in the butter and egg they tasted okay, just were a little tough =). I made WAYYYY too much icing. I just started following the recipe never even processing that 9 cups of powdered sugar was a whole bag =} I said, "Oh, well, we will just have to make more rolls."
We made another batch on Monday using my new hand mixer with dough hooks, and remembering the butter and egg. They were much better =). I don't know if I will ever make them as well as the Master Baker next door, but we will have fun trying!
We still have half the icing left after 2 batches, and sharing the icing with Mimi (this is what the kids call my Mother-in-Law) for the cinnamon rolls she made. Maybe we will make some sugar cookie cut-outs and dye the icing fun colors?! Guess we will just have to wait and see what the week brings.
Thanks for the new PJ's Annie (Aunt Anna)! Princess, Fireman, and Sherriff Who knew wearing PJ's in the middle of the day could be soooo much fun!!
Annie I Oakley with her little pet dog "Floxie" (She plays that Eoin is her dog Floxie at least once every day. He follows her around crawling and carrying his toy in his mouth. Soooo cute!)
One handsome cowboy!!
Annie I Oakley (This is what Elysia named her cowgirl character?And you better not leave out the I !!) & Cowboy Adam riding their helicopter (Not a horse, or bucking bronco, but their own personal helicopter??!!)
Get Ready!
Get Set!
And He's Off!!
"I won!!!"
This photo was taken less than 2 weeks before Eoin's arrival. We were READY!!
1 month
He was driving my parent's little car up to meet us at their house in Michigan for Easter weekend. My parent's picked up the kids and I in Lima, OH the Sunday before. They drove our van up and left their car for Josh to drive back up on Friday. There was a random snow storm that day. Josh was 5 miles into Michigan when he hit a patch of black ice. He lost control and spun around into a tow truck parked on the side of the highway facing on-coming traffic. His head hit the driver's side window. He was taken to The Toledo Hospital, and was in and out of consciousness for over 2 hours. He was relesed that same night, but we were unable to go and pick him up because of road conditions. The section of highway that he wrecked on was shut down only 10 min. after his accident. There were over 27 accidents in that same stretch of highway over the course of 1 hour. Joshua walked out of the hospital with me on Saturday afternoon. My Grandpa, my little brother Connor, and I were finally able to get through to pick him up around noon. Josh had scratches on his scalp, very bruised ribs, and bad whiplash. We continue to PRAISE THE LORD for his protection!!!
After over a month of bedrest and being in and out of the hospital the Dr. finally delivered Eoin at 11:18pm. by c-section. I was scheduled for my 3rd c-section June 26th. The Dr. decided it would be best to take him early, since I was hospitalized for severe pain from my "gallbladder". Since then I have had numerous tests and procedures, and they have determined that the "attacks" I have been dealing with since May 2005 are not from my gallbladder. We still do not know the cause of the pain. However we certainly did not mind Eoin coming 3 days earlier than we planned =) .We LOVE our baby brother!!!
Meeting Eoin
Holding Our Brother =)
Ethan and Elysia were and still are THRILLED with their baby brother. They LOVE him, and enjoy watching him reach every new milestone, no matter how small.
1 month old
Life is exhausting!
1st Laugh Outloud =)
Elysia was ecstatic the first time Eoin accidently touched her face, while she was staring only inches from his =).
I Love Eoin's Fat Cheeks!
Oh, Yeah? Take that, Elysia!!
1st Rice Cereal
Rolled Over for the 1st time in my crib, while no one was watching!! Sneaky =)
1st Veggie Hmm...I'm not sure about Green Beans?
Now the kids love that Eoin is able to sit up in his Bumbo seat and "play" with them. Mostly Eoin loves to watch the chaos ;) . Elysia is determined that Eoin needs to walk. "C'mon O'n-O'n (she calls him Eoin-Eoin, but it comes out more like this), like dis. Watch a'me!!", she squeals as she repeatedly "shows" him how to walk and sometimes even crawl. I am always amazed Eoin is able to do anything as he has SOOOO much "help" =) .
Elysia insisted on tasting Eoin's 1st green beans. I think she may be cured of wanting to taste Eoin's food ever again. At least until he is eating table food =) .
My First Snowman!
Shy Girl?
Big Tease!
Mr. Fix It
Wild Woman
I Love Being Messy!
Being Mommy
