Dressing up :)

Just two of the cute pictures I have taken of Evie lately for your enjoyment! :)

Watching the "Wiggles"

One of Evan's favorite television shows is the "Wiggles." He just loves all of the dancing and catchy songs. While I was trying to get some cute pictures of the kids together today the show was on and looks like Evie is a fan too! :)

We did get a picture of them actually looking at the camera too! This was before the show began...priorities start young apparently. :)

Activity Center Play Mat

Evie has recently been enjoying her activity center play mat. These pictures were taken on Tuesday, February 23.

She doesn't stay under it for too long at this point, but she seems to like it about 5 or so minutes at a time especially if brother is playing with it too. :)

Big Brother - Little Sister moments :)

Evan is already quite the big brother and is enjoying showing Evie some of his tricks as well as his toys, specifically his cars. Here is a great example of him teaching her how to high five and blow kisses.

Good job Evan! :)

Booties

Here is Evie posing in her booties made by Shana Gysen! So adorable. Thanks again Shana! :)

6 Weeks Old

Time is flying...our little girl continues to grow and turned 6 weeks on Saturday, February 20. She is almost out of her newborn diapers and into size ones. She is very alert and has the most beautiful eyes, which we think are staying blue. She enjoys watching her brother and receiving his kisses and hugs, however, she was a little fussy during the picture below. :)

She is so much fun and already becoming Daddy's little girl.

We all just love her to pieces! Yea for Evie Joy! :)

Happy 6 weeks darling!

Hairbows :)

I am having just too much fun with my little girl! I think she likes it too from her smile above and cute poses below.

Grocery shopping with the kids

We made our first venture to the grocery store today at Safeway and made it out alive thanks to this cart! :) However, if I had taken much longer Evan was starting to build up some road rage and things could have gotten ugly if we didn't get out of there soon as you can see below. Evie did great by the way and slept the whole time. Gotta love it!

Our love day festivites...

Valentine's Day at the Knight household was not too eventful with a newborn in the house. Nevertheless, we made the best of it and celebrated with the kids. We actually decided to open presents on Saturday just because we were eager for Evan to open his Valentine so he could enjoy it all weekend long. He got some brand new Cars figurines and a new Cars rug with roads for him to drive on, etc. to add to his collection.

Evan was very excited to open his gifts. He loves doing this now and knows just what to do! :)

Here are Evan and I with one of his new Cars, Tex Dinoco. :) He was waiting patiently for me to get him out of the package.

Here is a picture of the rug and a close up with the figurines. We are missing "The King," he hid it around the house somewhere. Hopefully he turns up soon. :(

Daddy held Evie during the festivities; she rested! :)

Evan was having so much fun with opening gifts he helped open Daddy's too! :) However, was disappointed when there were no cars in the package.

Evan also got some additional Cars characters from Grandma and Grandpa Thompson on the Wednesday before Valentine's Day. He was in heaven!

On the official Valentine's Day the family ventured to The Fountains in Roseville. The weather was amazing and it is the perfect venue where Evan can run around and look at a variety of attractions. Here are Daddy, Evan, and Evie looking at the fountain.

Here is a close up of my men.

Here we are walking around. Evan gets such a charge being able to walk or should we say run free on his own.

Evie enjoyed the adventure too and slept most of the time. She just looks so cuddley and cozy.

Then when we got home, I attempted to get a picture of my little Valentine's together and happy, which seems like it might not be too hard, but let me tell you it is tricky. However, we accomplished the task. Evan thought it was fun to sit in Evie's car seat and well Evie was okay with Evan holding her for a little bit as Mommy and Daddy made funny noises and jumped around trying to get the kids to look at us and smile. Here are my two favorite pictures we captured! :)

Hope you all had a wonderful love day with your family and friends! Thanks for reading about ours. :)

Mommy and Daddy's two favorite Valentines!

These pictures all feature them sporting their love gear.

Here is Evie looking just absolutely heartlicious. (Thank you to Cousin Becky, Brandon, Emma and Andrew for her cute outfit!) :)

And Evan looking super studly and full of energy as he runs in this picture for Daddy!

In this shot he is sitting still for a moment so Mommy can take his picture! :)

Look for the next blog update to talk about our love day festivities! Hope you had a wonderful holiday with the ones you love! God Bless and lots of love from the Knights! :)

One Month Old

Our beautiful baby girl turned one month old yesterday, February, 9. She is growing each and every day and continues to be such a delight. We couldn't be happier with her. She is getting to be on a pretty regular schedule of eating, sleeping and awake times. The bonus is that she and Evan even have a somewhat coordinated nap in the afternoons which means Mommy has a little free time most days. Yippee and Praise the Lord for this! :) She is starting to really watch things now like her fish on the swing, people, her smile is developing, and she is putting on a little weight meaning she can wear more of her adorable wardrobe friends and family have blessed us with. As you can see I am excited about this. Her fussiest time is the late evening (around 7:00 p.m.). Jim and I have to be on duty to hold her. She lets us know that she has had it with being in the swing, bouncy chair, and bassinet. She enjoys movement when you hold her, a kind of bounce in your step movement. This keeps Jim and I on our toes. We look forward to when she will go to bed at the same time as Evan. :) Nevertheless, she is a pretty decent sleeper and is allowing us to get some good chunks of rest during the night. Overall, we love her to pieces and appreciate all that she is bringing to our family.

Here are a few additional pictures for your viewing pleasure.

We love you Evie!

Our One and Half Year Old

Where has the time gone...our boy turned 18 months old on Sunday, February 7. Evan is just growing like a weed and gets bigger, wiser, and more fun each and every day! :)

These days he can be found doing just about everything or so it seems that way at times. Some of his favorite activities include: rolling around on the ground, climbing on any object that will hold him (especially chairs, his high chair, tables, and large toys), spinning around until he falls over, wrestling with Daddy, Mommy and friends (especially his good buddy Tyler), kissing and hugging little sister Evie, buckling his straps in his stroller, car seat, high chair, etc., blowing kisses, reading books (his favorites include anything with Lightening McQueen and "The Going to Bed Book," playing with cars, and watching his favorite movie "Cars", along with some of his favorite television shows, "The Wiggles," "Caillou," Sid the Science Kid," Sesame Street," and "Make Way for Noddy," to name a few. :)

He is a pretty good eater. He continues to enjoy cheese and fruit. He has been expanding his pallet which is fabulous. The hardest part is sometimes you have to just stick things in his mouth because he won't try it if he doesn't know what it is...

This is a particularly funny picture...he feel asleep during eating his super healthy lunch of Taco Bell. :)

He finally is drinking more milk again. Yippee! :)

He loves playing outside or purely being outside. Especially going to get the mail and the park. He can go down the slide all by himself now too. Such a big boy.

Pushing buttons of any kind is a big thrill lately too, especially opening the garage door and turning on the lights on or off in the house.

He also is very stubborn and can throw a good tantrum any day of the week. His favorite lately is throwing himself on the floor when he doesn't get his way. Below is a picture of him in action (his Aunt Alison took this during their visit). :)

Evan has been an excellent sleeper lately. Which is a huge blessing since we haven't had the best amount of sleep having a newborn in the house again.

He continues to fascinate us by his knowledge. He can put his shapes in the shape sorter all by himself without much help, can turn his toys on and off, and he comes up with new words and actions every day. He loves saying oh oh and whee, along with No (still a favorite), however, yea has been added into the vocab..he knows yes, but it still doesn't sound like yes unless you are around him a lot. He also continues to use his signs and is pretty good about saying thank you and please. He usually has to be reminded, but will do it! :)

Overall Evan is just a super fun kiddo that we love to pieces and can't wait to see excel more and more. It is especially going to be fun now that we have Evie for him to interact with. He currently gets a big kick out of her and gets this special little giggle when he sees her. By the way he made up a new laugh too. So funny! It is kind of like a high pitched cackle.

Here are just a few more shots of our baby boy for your enjoyment!

We love you Evan! :)