One Month

Today Evelyn is one month old. She had her check up and the doctor said she was eating well. She is now 7 pounds 10 ounces and is 19 1/2 inches long.

We now have graduated to the larger bottles since she sometimes takes 5 ounces at on sitting. Faster flow bottle nipples are a must since she doesn't like to eat slow. New born diapers are beginning to fit better and some of her new born clothing now fits :).

Below Rusty is giving Evelyn birthday kissies.

Busy Weekend

The Perkins family had a very busy weekend. Grandma Jones (Gram) came from Greensboro for the weekend to help out while daddy (Daniel) was in the recording studio. Dad left bright and early before 7am on Friday to go to the recording studio while Evelyn and I stayed in bed. Grandma, Evelyn and I went to Concord Mills mall Friday afternoon........Evelyn's first of many shopping adventures. After 6 hours of walking the entire mall, shopping for non-maternity clothes for me, trying to find small enough clothes for Evelyn, and trying to find a bathroom to change Evelyn's diaper (we had to walk almost half the mall to find one)...........we headed home around 6:30 for dinner. Luckly I had put dinner in the crock pot that morning.

Saturday we went shopping again.........but this time to Northlake Mall. This trip was a little bit shorter since we were tired from the day before. We had so much fun in the baby Gap. I can't wait until she can wear some of the clothes in that store. I know they grow up fast and you shouldn't wish they get bigger, but I'm ready for her to be a little bit bigger so I can buy some cute clothes. We ended the day with a bath (she hates baths a this point). When do babies begin to like baths???? I'm ready for that stage.

Sunday.....church, lunch, nap, the second star trek movie, nap, hitch hikers guide to the galaxy, and bed time.

What an exhausting weekend. I wonder what we will do next weekend........stay tune.

New Pics of Evelyn

Relaxing with a full tummy!



Happy Baby!



Watching tv with daddy.



Hanging with mommy.



Rusty keeping an eye on Evelyn.

Sunday

Today, Daniel left really early to go run sound at our church. Evelyn and I spent the morning naping and getting ready for lunch. Daniel came home at noon and we all went out for Japanese. Evelyn was asleep the entire outing (even while we were in the grocery store with the noisey cart). By the way, Harris Teeter has redesigned their carts and a baby carrier/carseat doesn't fit very well (bad design).

Today was also a new direction/though process in Evelyn's schedule. We are following a book called Baby Wise that helps you get your baby on a schedule and sleeping through the night (sleep is important). About night 3 at home Evelyn was sleeping for 6-7 hours straight at night, but that didn't last long. Now we are getting up 2 or 3 times at night :(. After struggling to keep her wake during feedings and trying to stay on a 3 hour feeding schedule, I called Lori for some support. The main theory of Baby Wise is to Feed your baby as soon as they wake up and then have some awake time....then sleep again. So instead of focusing on the clock, Lori suggested we work on the order (Feed, Wake, Sleep, repeat). So, we will see how this goes. Hopefully she will begin to sleep better at night. In the mean time, I have to learn to be more flexible :).

Evelyn Awake

Grandma Sandra got a good picture of Evelyn awake today.

One Week Old

Evelyn is officially one week old and thriving. She seems to be eating, pooping and sleeping all the time. Daniel and I are also doing well. We are trying to get into a routine since Daniel goes back to work on Monday. Below are some more pictures.