Archive for 2009

The Irony of It All

Today we ventured out in the cold and wind for a break from home. We went to the library, where I discovered they have a Muzzy series for Italian. I grabbed that promptly

Emmaline's Two Year-Old Photos

By Eva On 11:31 AM with 0 Comments

Just wanted to show everyone the photos we had taken of Emmaline. Emmaline was very eager to please this time around, trying out different "poses" she made up of her own. And she

Fun at the Park

By Eva On 7:55 AM with 0 Comments

We went to the park yesterday afternoon. There is a park a few miles down the road from us, but it has been torn up for construction. So we had to go further

Visit to the Zoo

By Eva On 7:21 AM with 0 Comments

I forgot all about this visit! My friend Lisa invited us to go to the zoo with her and some other mothers from our church a few weeks back. David decided he needed

Sorry!

By Eva On 8:38 AM with 0 Comments

A few nights ago I decided that we should play a board game as a family. We decided on the game Sorry. We didn't get very far...Emmaline had a rather different idea of

Goings On

By Eva On 8:12 PM with 0 Comments

We went to my sister's house this weekend. It was a lovely time together. I hadn't seen my two sisters since Ian was born and both my brothers-in-law had yet to see Ian

Something Funny

By Eva On 3:25 PM with 0 Comments

We have been in the process of potty training Emmaline for a few months now. We've finally gotten her to wear she will ask to go to the bathroom while naked. However, we

Pictures of Emmaline

By Eva On 12:26 PM with 2 Comments

Here are some pictures I took of Emmaline a few days ago. She was out wandering around our back yard.

Ian Squirming

By Eva On 3:14 PM with 1 Comments

Church Birthday Party

By Eva On 8:59 PM with 0 Comments

The church we attend has six children that all have turned or are turning two really close to one another. We had two in August, one in October, and three in November! So,

A New Dress for Emmaline

By Eva On 8:53 PM with 1 Comments

In case you haven't noticed, I haven't really posted a lot lately. I have been super busy knitting and sewing. I have a lot of gifts I am trying to work on at

Ian

By Eva On 8:42 AM with 2 Comments

Here's a video of Ian cooing and laughing. Lately Ian has been sleeping through the night, but for about the last month he had been getting up at 3:30 every morning. When I

The Joys...

By Eva On 6:29 AM with 1 Comments

The joys of living in the country, on the side of a horse pasture...Waking up at five in the morning hearing loud thumping somewhere around your house. Worrying whether someone is trying to

Good News!!

By Eva On 8:10 PM with 2 Comments

David just caught the snake that I saw in our house about three weeks ago!!!We were getting ready for church Sunday morning when I walked down our hallway holding Ian. I saw this

Domestic Abuse

By Eva On 1:08 PM with 1 Comments

All right, now before anyone freaks out, Ian did this to me last night. In his desperation to suckle himself to sleep he latched onto my jaw and went at it. This is

By Eva On 8:03 AM with 1 Comments

It has been raining here all weekend, and Emmaline has enjoyed playing in the puddles that collect on our back patio.

Emmaline's Headband

By Eva On 9:02 AM with 0 Comments

Here is another of Emmaline's new hairstyles. She doesn't seem as keen on the headband as she is on her pigtails. Oh well.Sorry it's been so long since I posted anything. I've been

Ian at Week 7

By Eva On 8:54 AM with 1 Comments

I took Ian in to see my midwife at six weeks, and he had already grown two inches and weighed eleven pounds and three ounces! He's growing so quickly!I forgot to mention that

Ian's Ensembles

By Eva On 5:23 PM with 1 Comments

My mother bought these outfits for Ian. I figured I should post some pictures of him in his cute little outfits, since she will not be able to see him in them any

Emmaline's Kitchen

By Eva On 5:13 PM with 0 Comments

David went through a bit of a guilt trip after we had Ian. I think we both felt like we had betrayed her somehow. As an attempt to restore ourselves into her good

Emmaline's First Attempt at Dressing Herself

By Eva On 4:48 PM with 1 Comments

That's a skirt as a shirt and a pair of pants!

Ian's Newborn Photos

By Eva On 7:19 AM with 2 Comments

I took Ian and Emmaline to Portrait Innovations yesterday to get some photos taken. Here are Ian's newborn photos and some with Emmaline too!Let me know if you want one and which one

Potty Training

By Eva On 10:49 AM with 0 Comments

Well, I have started the potty training process with Emmaline! She has been fighting me more and more just to change her diaper, so I decided I was sick of it. Yesterday I

Watermelon Eating continued

By Eva On 10:19 AM with 1 Comments

Watermelon Eating

By Eva On 10:15 AM with 1 Comments

My older sister came over for the weekend to help out with some of my household duties (Thank you so much, Erin!). While she was here we sat outside eating watermelon, and Emmaline

Sunday Fun

By Eva On 9:13 AM with 0 Comments

Here are some pictures from yesterday!

Daddy and His Little Boy

By Eva On 10:01 AM with 2 Comments

Ian's Birth Story

By Eva On 7:20 PM with 0 Comments

I went into labor Friday, July 31, 2009, sometime in the morning. I had contractions the night before, but they were very far apart and stopped by the time I got up Friday

Ian Farina

By Eva On 6:21 AM with 0 Comments

This is all I have the energy for right now. I'll write more later. He was born July 31, 2009, weighed 7 pounds and was 20 inches long!

Brother is Coming

By Eva On 7:18 PM with 0 Comments

Emmaline told me this afternoon that "Brother is coming", so we'll see how good her sense of timing is... Emmaline told me this afternoon that "Brother is coming", so we'll see how good

Emmaline's Hair-Do

By Eva On 6:14 PM with 2 Comments

I put Emmaline's hair up in pigtails for the first time ever in her life!!! I am so not the type of person to fuss over her hair. However, I realized today that