Evan Lee Stahl: 2009

I'm a little new at this blog thing. I just noticed some of you had commented on the first and are probably wondering where is the second! Well, here it is - A summary of Evan's 1st two months:

We came back to my apartment on September 7. Before Grandpa took off for SoDak, he made sure he got in a good deal of Evan time. Grandma stayed behind to help out and to be there for the drive back to SoDak. Aunt Beverly had to be the first to come see Evan even though she probably spent more time in the car than holding Evan. Grandma was huge help while I had a break to do a little shopping and cured my fix of having to have a pair of jeans that fit even though I wouldn't wear them long.

We left for SoDak at noon on Thursday (September 10) after Evan's first doctor's appointment and the doc giving the go ahead. Evan was in 3 states before he was one week old! I did end up getting a little sick and was on antibiotics for a week (which I later passed on to everyone else in my family...oops!). Great Grandpa and Grandma Stahl were the first of MANY MANY visitors during Evan's first month.

I enjoyed watching the new Grandpa and Grandma with Evan. Grandpa sang his many songs to Evan in the rocker, and Grandma became a speed eater so that she could Evan while the rest of us ate. Evan was also showing his personality early on as we were trying to keep his hands warm. He would not leave them under the blanket at night. His hands were always up by his face in some manner. So I decided to put him in a sleeper that had mitts sewn into the sleeves. Well, Evan out fooled me as he took his little arm out of the sleeve and up through the neck hole by his face. The sleeper is a bit big, but it did show me that I may have a lot on my hands...

At 2 weeks, all the aunts and uncles came to visit and for Mallory and Sam's wedding. We picked up Aunt Heidi at the airport and then went shopping for a dress that I could wear to the wedding without the buttons bursting open. We also had our first eating out experience which had Evan and I hanging out in the pick up while I nursed - I'm just not that into the public nursing. Uncle Justin and Wade came later that Friday and began discussing with Evan their strategy to pick up chicks at the wedding. From what I hear, this may have been successful for Wade, but we will have to wait and see!

We enjoyed watching Mallory walk down the aisle at the wedding and then we were off to eat as Evan demanded being fed during the ceremony. However, not before he ripped one during a quiet moment. We had to make our presence known! Then, being a new mom, I forgot to grab everything including a blanket before hightailing out of the wedding. So trying to nurse became a little bit of a predicament, but I found a rocker and toddler bathroom that no one would use.

Uncle Don and Aunt Sarah told everyone they wouldn't be able to make it home that weekend and surprised us by showing up Saturday night. Grandma got a little nervous when her house called her cell phone when no one was home. She thought it was a robber informing her that someone was able to break into our unlocked house! (PS for those of you that live in the cities, we country folk don't always lock when we are out in the middle of no where). So by 2 weeks, all the aunts and uncles had met Evan.

Evan also met mom's best friend from childhood, Margaret, who took TONS of pics of him whenever she saw him! :) We also met Margaret's new niece Carrissa. According to Carrissa's mom, they are going to be boyfriend and girlfriend. We will have to wait and see.

The weekend before we left SoDak a baby shower was put on by Sarah, Beverly, Megan, Mallory, Brenda, and Heidi. We got so much stuff that some of it had to stay back at Grandpa and Grandma's until Evan is big enough to use it. Right before we left at exactly one month - October 5 - we had our first big smile that was for sure not at gas.

We made the drive back to Wisconsin with only a little trouble from Tomah to Madison which was the last 100 miles. It took awhile to re-adjust to the apartment: unpacking, making meals, laundry, and Evan just figuring out where he was. Evan did have a cold that took a little bit to get over but we made it. Hope Asprey came to visit that weekend which was a life saver as she brought home made frozen meals for when I go back to work and helped me do some cleaning that I was putting off (the fun stuff like dusting, the bathroom, etc.) Her help made me realize that this is do-able.

On October 25, we started having TONS of smiles and we haven't stopped. You could really get him going by doing leg kicks and "So Big." The next weekend we went to Minneapolis for a wedding. Grandma came up to and helped out at the hotel. We met a few of my friends and showed off our smiling tricks. Grandma for sure got her smiles and pictures of the big wide mouthed smile.

We are now getting ready for me to get back to work. Evan has spent 3 days at Mary's while I did training for work. It really helped me get ready for the big day tomorrow: November 4. Evan had his check up today where we found out that at 2 months he is 13 lbs. 5 oz. and 20 3/4 inches long. We still have some gas troubles, but it is becoming more and more manageable as we learn new tricks to help out. The nurse's expression when I told her how long he naps on an average day informed me that we need to really work on this napping thing. The swing from Megan is helping out right now as we speak. He really fights going down for a nap some days! I watched even now as he was falling asleep and kicked himself awake and tried to fuss only to fall back asleep.

Well we made it through the first 2 months - which really FLEW by... I'll continue to share more memories (hopefully I don't forget any!). Until next time...

Evan Lee Stahl

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Where has the time gone?!

Sunday, November 1, 2009

Pictures from 1st 2 months

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