Swimming Again

Over the 4th of July weekend we went to Uncle Robert and Aunt Sissy's house for a family pool party. Although Evelyn decided she wasn't ready for the big pool, she did like the baby pool. Here are a few pics from the pool experience. It's amazing how many pictures you take when your a parent.

First Tooth

While playing with Evelyn today, I discovered that her first tooth finally came in. Yay.....!!!!! Last week we had a couple of rough nights with her due to the pain. But today it was all worth it when I got to see her first tooth. One down, 19 more to go...ahhhhh! Hopefully the next one won't be so painful.

Happpy 4th - a little late

Yesterday was a fun day. Each year we go to the Harrisburg 4th of July celebration. This year Daniel was a judge for the battle of the bands. The bad thing about this was he had to be at the park at noon and judge from noon to 5pm. The good thing was we got a special parking pass and parked extremely close.

So we went to Chic-fil-a for lunch and dropped Daniel off at the park at noon. Evelyn and I played at home and took a nap before heading to the part around 5:30pm. When we got there they were calling for a bad thunderstorm and asked everyone to seek shelter. We hung out in the car until 8pm...ugh. But we got to eat our picnic dinner, Evelyn took a nap, and chat with Dave C.

It continued to rain until the fireworks, but we had a fun time at the Kinetic Church booth handing out goodies. The best part was my friend Allyson Hodges asked if she could hold Evelyn. I always warn people that she will probably cry when they hold her, but she said she didn't care. Boy did Evelyn like Allyson. They played together for like the next hour and a half. It was so wonderful to get a break from holding her and for her to be happy with someone else. Thank you so much Allyson! Your Amazing!

It finally stopped raining and we watched the fireworks. This was Evelyn's first fireworks show and she was just facinated by them.

6 Months!

Evelyn Jade Perkins is 6 months old. Wow, time flies by fast. Allot has happened in the pass couple of months.

Evelyn's Stats:

Hight: 25 3/4 inches

Weight: 14 pounds 7 ounces

Head Circumference: 42 1/2 centimeters

Evelyn is doing all kinds of new things lately. She can roll over from back to front and front to back. This is a big accomplishment for her since she has refused to lay on her tummy since she was born (this is due to her acid reflux). So she will even stay on her tummy for a few minutes and sometimes we even find her sleeping on ther tummy.

She is trying to sit up on her own and can do it for several seconds, but she usually falls over. Her favorite thing to do is sit on the floor with mom and play with toys or play in her excersaucer. We have a sassy jumpy seat thing that we will be introducing to Evelyn soon. Can't wait to see what she thinks about that.

Evelyn is talking up a storm and loves to squeal really loud. So far none of the talking makes any since but to her it does and I guess thats all that matters.

We will begin to adventure into new foods this week. Evelyn had some fruit last week because she was teething so bad and I was going crazy. This week we will actually try baby food...rice ceral first and then maybe some vegs. She already tries to hold the bottle, so it will be interesting to see if she wants to feed herself baby food too.

Hilton Head Pics

Last week Evelyn and I went to Hilton Head. Below are some pics from the trip.

(From Left to Right) Aunt Melissa, Evelyn, and Aunt Megan (They are actually my cousins, so they should be Evelyn's second cousins. They didn't like that title)

While at the beach Evelyn was teething really bad. So anything cold made her happy. Here she is enjoying her first peach. (People food before baby food...oops)

(From Left to Right) Aunt Megan, Evelyn, and Me (Steph)

A spoon dipped in ice water seemed to make her happy. Whatever works, right?

Peace of Mind

Some of you may not know that I'm a weather freak. I come from a line of weather freaks (My dad is always watching the weather channel...and I am too). When I was a little girl, my dad and I got stuck on the golf course during a very scary thunderstorm. Ever since that day, I have been very conscious about the weather around me.

Since the birth of our daughter, Daniel and I always check the weather before we go to bed. Daniel also warns me of the type of weather to expect for the day each morning whether it be a air quality alert or thunderstorms in the afternoon. Now that we have another life that depends on us, new fears arise such as weather issues.

After waking to thunderstorms a couple of weeks ago and learning the morning after that there were tornados that touched down not to far from our house, we decided we needed to do something to insure our safety. So my gaget crazy husband suggested a weather radio. At first I was skeptical because we have bought a weather radio before that didn't work. But I agreed with my husband and we bought a Midland weather radio.

This is by far the best "baby" purchase we have made. The night we turned it on Daniel had band practice. And guess what, the radio went off and we had severe storms that evening.

This week my husband has been in Kentucky playing bass guitar at a church camp. I can't even begin to discribe to you how relax I have been about the weather while he as been gone compared to other times he has been away. It's nice to know that if some bad storms or tornados are in the area, that I will be woken up and warned. One of my biggest fears as a mom is for something to happen to my daughter and not having the ability to help her. The weather is one less thing I don't have to worry about thanks to this inexpensive purchase (http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=90128246&listingid=1348708&dcaid=17902).

Last Week Evelyn Pics