Evan's Nursery

Tomorrow is Evan's two week birthday! On his two week birthday I felt that everyone should get to see where Evan has been living. Ian and I worked hard on dismantling our guest room and putting together his nursery. I love all of the bright colors! I think my favorite part is the pictures of all of Evan's family members that I had them send to us. We converted them to black and white, and I painted the frames to match the nursery. I've already seen Evan looking at them (or at least looking in that direction). I also included a couple of pictures of Ian and I doing nursery assembly. It was definitely a labor of love.

The mobile over Evan's crib...

The horsey from Ian's room painted and remade for Evan...

Evan's family pictures over the dresser...

A view from the doorway of the nursery...such a sunny, happy room...

Ian spending some quality time with the dresser...

Katy finally putting her stuffed animal collection to good use...

Baby or Puppy? Adventures at Pike Place Market

Yesterday we went on one of our first major outings as a family to Pike Place Market in downtown Seattle. It was a beautiful summer day, and the market was the perfect place to go. I think I was nervous the whole time we were there, but it was still fun. I was so excited to eat at the market again after all the dietary restrictions I had while I was pregnant--love the cinnamon sugar donuts!

It was really interesting to see what comments we got from people in the market walking around with a baby and a small dog. Certain people would comment on how cute Evan was and make a fuss over him. Other people would bend down and lavish attention on the dog. People at the market were definitely either baby people or dog people.

The picture is of dad, Ian, me, Evan, and Rip in front of the market. Notice the little baby head poking out of the arm hole of the carrier. Looks like he'll have to grow into this one a little bit.

Welcome to the World! Evan's first two weeks

Well, my sister says I needed a blog. Since Evan's arrival there has been a call for lots of e-mails with pictures of him, so we decided that Audra was right, and we needed a place to put all of our pictures and updates so that everyone could just log on whenever they wanted and get their Evan fix. It has been wonderful to hear from so many people in these first couple weeks of Evan's life. He's lucky to have so many people that care about him already.

So, as my first attempt at the wonderful world of blogging, I will try to get you caught up with the first two weeks of Evan's busy life.

Here's our first family picture with Dr. Foltz. This was right after Evan's birth. He's looking red-faced, but adorable, I'm looking a bit tired and delirious, but Ian and Dr. Foltz are looking fresh-faced and happy. We were all just glad that everything went smoothly and that Evan Bitler Davis had finally arrived.

Bath times are not our favorite things. Here's a picture of Evan recovering after one of his baths on his daddy's lap. Maybe he'll like real baths better, but until his umbillical cord stump heals, he's stuck with sponge baths.

When we're not getting a bath, we also spend a lot of our time just laying around. He're we're trying really hard to blend in with the blanket on the couch. He thinks if he is really, really still, you might not even know he's there. Notice the lovely shade of Duke blue that Evan's wearing.

The other thing that consumes most of our time is eating. We sleep, we eat and we fall asleep while eating and playing. Evan is not the neatest eater in the world as you can see, and eating definitely does wear us out.