Who's a Big Girl?

Evelyn is 8 weeks old now and wants to act like a big girl already...

She loves to ride in her car seat now.

Lounging with Daddy

She loves sitting up like a big girl. 

Here she is taking a 5 minute snooze on the couch. 

She loves watching the lambs circle overhead.  (Look at those chubby neck rolls!) 

Watching TV with Mommy 

Very contemplative. 

She also loves stretching out in her crib and watching her other lamb mobile go in circles. 

Walking practice with Daddy.  Such a big girl! 

Final Bows

This past weekend marked Eddie's last big performance with Nashville Ballet, and both of us got to take our final bows on the TPAC stage.  Lots of family came to visit and help us celebrate our 13 year careers.

Thursday night, Eddie's sister, Jackie, and Grandma came for dinner and a visit with Evelyn.

On Friday afternoon, Eddie's family visited with Evelyn.  Here is Aunt Gert.

                                                                     Aunt Marilyn

Wendy and Rick

Chris

Saturday morning after Pap pap and Grammy had Evelyn for the night.  Who's more tired?

Saturday visit with Aunt Jackie, Grandpa, and Grandma

Family photo on the stairs

Stretching out with Daddy and Aunt Jackie

The Texas Rennie's arrived Saturday afternoon.  Here is Grace, Aunt Michelle, and Evelyn

Hanging on the deck in the nice weather.

Watching the birds fly in and out of the side of the house from their nest in our bathroom vent.

Grace has great taste in beer.

Time for bed and one last nighttime snack with Tommy.

 Reading the paper with Pap pap on Sunday morning.  Tommy sees a picture of hockey puck players.

Grace goes through the recycling.

Tommy helps with Evelyn's bath before we go to the show.

Backstage with Ms. Sharyn

Sharyn, Allison, and Stu admire Evelyn's yellow sundress at intermission.

Posing in the dressing rooms for the last time.

Backstage

Evelyn got to bow on stage as well.  She was so well behaved and may have enjoyed the spotlight too much!

Our traditional after the show trip to Blackstone.  Evelyn slept through most of it.

Grace tries on Christopher's sunglasses.  It's a good look on her.

Playing with Grandma on Sunday night

One more game of golf hockey early Monday morning

Evelyn sleeps in in the big bed after one more late night with Grammy and Pap pap.

Grace enjoys her Cheerios.

Reading the pig book with Grammy

Being silly with Pap

Grammy and Grace

Outdoor family photo

Thanks to Gram and Pap for trimming all of our shrubs and mowing the grass.  The yard never looked better!

What an amazing and busy weekend!  Thanks to everyone who came and helped us celebrate 13 great years with Nashville Ballet.

Evelyn's First Mention

Evelyn had her name mentioned in the Tennessean last Sunday, along with her mommy and daddy.  Here is the link to the article:

http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/201204220210/ENTERTAINMENT05/304220048

Circle of Life

So it was back to the pediatrician last Wednesday because Evelyn had been fussier than usual the whole week.  As it turns out, what we thought was acid reflux is actually just plain colic.  Since I put my mom through the joys of colic as a baby, the circle of life is complete now that I have to deal with it!

Here is our return from the doctor.  Evelyn finally fell asleep in the car seat, and I didn't want to lift her out and wake her.

The good news is that she is putting on weight very well...she is up to 8lbs 11oz!

I did some research and found that chiropractic can be helpful with colic.  Here is our longtime chiropractor, Dr. Dedmon, checking out her spine.

She got 3 extremely gentle adjustments and was much calmer overall.

She normally has her colic crying fits anywhere from 3 to 8 in the afternoon.  Here she is finally settling down   with Daddy yesterday.  Those cheeks are getting chubbier every day!