Sunday, February 14, 2010

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! :)

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

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! :)

Saturday, February 6, 2010

Forever Footprints and more...

Today we took Evie to get here footprints and handprints made at Forever Footprints in Roseville. We had a special plaque (similar to those pictured behind us) made with both her right and left foot and hand prints. We also got footprint ornaments. In the picture below you can see the family was all there and I am holding the footprint ornaments.

In this picture is the special plaque with both hands and feet.

As you can see we did this with Evan at another ceramics company in Orange County called Footprints 'n More just about a year and a half ago.

The kids don't love it as the clay is cold, but it doesn't hurt them. They just like to make a fuss. Evie reacted exactly the same as Evan. You can see how the prints were made in the pictures below.

Here is Evie in action...

And Evan.

Can't wait to get the final product in a few short weeks.

Thursday, February 4, 2010

A Couple of Cuties! :)

Look at these two you just gotta love them...we sure do! :)

Bath time fun! :)

Here is Evie having her second bath. :) We didn't get pictures of the first only because it was super late one night and Jim and I just didn't have the energy. However, it looked pretty similar to this. She really enjoyed it and didn't cry at all. I think the water was nice and relaxing, and what girl doesn't like to get all clean and pampered! :)

Such a little cutie!

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Some of Evie's recent visitors

Evie has been blessed by meeting so many of our wonderful friends and family. Here are some of her most recent visitors and pictures of our time together.

Good friends Natalie and Tyler with me and Evie, on Monday, January 11.

Grandma and Grandpa Thompson with Evie on Tuesday, January 12

Evie with GrandDeb and Pops on Tuesday, January 12.

Visit with Great Grandma Shirley on Thursday, January 14.

Rachel Cusimano came over on Friday, January 15 and I forgot to take a picture. She looked beautiful though and it was so fun to hang out and have her meet Evie.

Moon Family visit on Saturday, January 16 , the best is this is how their family will look in a few short weeks! :) Baby Brooklyn is due very soon.

The Fasani family on Wednesday, January 20.

The Sutherland Family also visited on January 20, but we didn't get a picture because half the family wasn't feeling good and they were waiting in the car. We love you guys!

The Pray Family on Monday, January 25.

Shana Gysen with me and Evie on Tuesday, January 26. She made this adorable hat for our little cutie along with several other amazing crocheted items too. She is so talented! If you are interested in getting any of her stuff check out her website: Blue-eyed Bobbles.

The Cunningham Family on Wednesday, January 27, minus Travis. We missed you Travis!

We also had Paula Isham visit on Friday, January 29, but didn't get a picture. So sorry Paula! Awesome to visit with you - love you! :)

Grandma Knight and Aunt Alison were able to visit us during the weekend of Saturday, January 30th. It was so great to see them and to have them meet Evie. Here are some pictures of our time together.

These are just some of the amazing people Evie has had the privilege of meeting and having in her life. She can't wait to get to visit with more of you in the near future!