A couple more pics of Emma

Emma Elizabeth

Emma Elizabeth Jeffrey was born today, Dec 27, at 1:32 AM. She weighed 8 pounds and was 21 inches long. Here are a couple pics with her grandmas.

And what does Evan think of this new addition?

"Sure she's cute but can she do TWO pacifiers at once?"

 "Or how about sucking the applesauce right from the cup?"

What's wrong with this picture?

What's wrong with this picture? (Taken at Grandma Jane's house, with all the Jeffrey aunts and uncles and cousins.)

If you said, "Someone bought Evan an electric drum kit (BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!)," you'd normally be right, but no, that's not it.

What's wrong is that pink-shirted bump on the right side of the picture. That's the baby, still wrapped warm and snuggly inside poor exhausted Amy. Both of her due dates have passed (different docs came up with different due dates), and still the baby dreams on.

I wonder if maybe she's waiting for 2013? (The baby, that is, not Amy. Amy does NOT want to wait that long!)

We'll see what happens over the next week.

Baby Bump

Since the new little one is due in about 2 weeks, I figured it was about time to get a baby bump picture up here. This is actually the only baby bump picture we have for our little girl so far. I kept meaning to take them as the months went on, but it's amazing how time flies. I can't believe she's almost here! Yay!

Playing around at Coast Guard Beach

We took a little pre-Thanksgiving-lunch trip over to Coast Guard Beach to let Evan run around and check out the waves. It was beautiful weather. Even though it was a little windy, since the temp was in the 50s, it didn't even feel cold. What a wonderful way to enjoy Thanksgiving on the Cape!

Can you tell the sun was a little bright?

And... he's off

Evan had fun "jumping" over the fence

Watching the trains at Snow's

The department store near Grandma Nancy's house put out their Christmas train display. We took Evan down to see it and he LOVED it!

The two boys, mesmerized by the trains

Random Evan Pictures

I've gotten behind in my blog posts, so here are some random pictures of Evan from the last month or so. Enjoy!

Playing in the leaves with Daddy

Wearing the Elmo sweater that Grandma Nancy made for him

Peeeeek!!

Jumping in muddy puddles

We have a routine on weekdays where I go get Evan from daycare, then John meets us in the garage and takes Evan out to get the mail and run around outside while I go in and get dinner ready. Well, this past Friday it was pouring rain, but that didn't deter Evan from wanting to go outside to play after he got home. So John was a very good sport and they ran around in the rain (jumping in puddles, going on the slide and the swings, everything). Evan loved it!

"Seriously, you're going to let me jump in puddles?!"

"Cool!"

And he's off...

"This is the best!!"

Simsbury Fly-in

We took Evan to the Simsbury Fly-in, which is a little fair at the Simsbury Airport. They had lots of airplanes out on the field so Evan got to see them up close. We also saw quite a few airplanes fly onto the runway and we were just leaving when the Lifestar helicopter came in, but it hovered right above us before landing, so Evan got a good look at it. OH! And we had a pancake breakfast there too! That was the highlight for me. Pancakes (with butter and syrup) and sausage and I didn't have to make it myself! Evan loved the pancakes too. I like when we go out and he eats what we're eating and enjoys it. It makes life much easier (and also makes me feel like a more capable parent - I'll take all the help I can get). Anyway, we all had a great time!

Evan and John watching a plane land (it's the yellow plane out on the runway). The planes looked much closer when were were there. It was pretty cool actually.

This was the Lifestar helicopter coming in to land as we were leaving. You can tell Evan was a little sleepy, he was more interested in his Lovey and his pacifier than the helicopter.

Choo choo train!

We went to Septemberfest today and Evan and I got to take a ride on the train! This was Evan's first train ride. I have to admit, it was faster than I thought it would be and bumpier because it was going over grass, so Evan got a little freaked out, but he hung in there! My brave little boy.

Trip to Schroon Lake

Jess and Ian came over to visit for 2 weeks in August! We had a wonderful time (hope they did too!) Evan loved having them here. He played it cool, but he kept looking for them if they weren't in the room and by the end of the visit, he'd go find them to give them hugs before he went to bed. Very cute =)
Most of the time we were off doing things and just wanted to enjoy the moment, so there aren't a whole lot of pictures from 2 weeks worth of fun, but here are a few from our trip to Aunt Jodi and Uncle Barry's summer house on Schroon Lake in the Adirondacks.

A little tentative about the water...

May, Ian, Jess, and Emily

Barry took Ian out in the motorboat and Jess, Emily, and May went kayaking. They're all out there somewhere!

Ian driving the boat!

We all took a ride on the lake in the pontoon boat. It was a beautiful day.

Ian and Evan entertaining each other...

Since everyone else in the house wasn't ready to get up at 5am with Evan, John and I kept him occupied with his favorite shows on the tablet. He was so good about hanging out in the pack & play, watching shows until everyone else woke up.

We took a hike to another little lake. Evan made quite a bit of the walk on foot, which was very impressive, but he got a hand in some of the rockier spots. Here, Uncle Barry is taking a turn giving him a ride.

My two boys!

Contrary to what most pictures show, Daddy isn't the only one that plays with Evan! Although this doesn't look like the best game, Evan likes jumping off of things, so he was having a blast jumping off of the little rocks.

Evan loves throwing rocks (on the driveway, into lakes, wherever). He always says "More ROCKS!" when he runs out of rocks to throw. And, of course, the sippy cup in the bottom left of the picture ended up being thrown in the lake too! I suppose it's not fair to expect Evan to know what he can and can't throw in a lake quite yet. Good thing Ian acted quickly and was able to fish it out before it floated away!

We had such a great visit to the Adirondacks and an awesome time with the kids for the two weeks they were here. I wish they were here more often!