7 months old

Evelyn Jade Perkins is 7 months old today. Wow does time fly by.

All is going well. Evelyn loves that she can sit up on her own. Her favorite thing to do is sit on the couch and bounce up and down. She's begun to roll around to get where she wants to go since she can't crawl. See just about rolled of the bed this weekend...oops. Her appetite has finally kicked in and she is drinking most of her bottle and baby food at most meals. This is a great relief for me who is always worried that she isn't getting enough food.

I don't have any stats on Evelyn since we don't go to the doctor this month. But I do have some new pictures. This week she discovered the curtains and blinds while being in her excersaucer. It's so fun to watch her do new things.

Hanging with Rusty

Over the weekend, we got some snapshots of Rusy and Evelyn hanging out. Daniel very often will put Evelyn with Rusty to test him to see what he will do. Most of the time he just licks her, as you can see in the last picture. We are trying to get him use to little things like this because it won't be long and she will be pulling on his tail and ears. He just loves his baby sister.

Playing with Jonas

Over the weekend, we got together with the Jacksons and the McLeans at the dog park. While the dogs had fun playing, so did the kids. This was the first real time that Evelyn and Jonas played together. Hopefully there will be many to come. (Just so you know, Evelyn is 6 months and Jonas is 11 months).







Thanks Lori for taking these wonderful pictures.

Cereal with Bananas

Evelyn has a favorite food....rice cereal with bananas. Here are some pictures of eating her favorite food this week.

Tummy Time

Evelyn likes her tummy!!! Just recently Evelyn has discovered that playing and sleeping on her tummy isn't so bad. This is a big deal since she hasn't done this at all. I'm sure this will lead to more mobility.....ahhhh.

Smaller Blanket

At four months we bought Evelyn an exersaucer to play in. At the time she was really small and skinny, so we put a thick blanket around her. This kept her from falling forward or backward.

Well this week we were finally able to graduate to a smaller blanket. She is still small and skinny for this toy but now she has learned to stand up better and keep her balance. Below are some pics. One day we will be able to remove the blanket.

Before: (see the pink fluffy blanket around her)



After: (much smaller blanket, you can bearly see it)

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.