e is for easton and evea

October already?!

2010-10-04T13:02:00.002-05:00

So the last time I posted was apparently 4 months ago! Sorry all! It's been a BUSY summer! I think we're on the downhill slide now, resting up before the holidays start! Lord knows how we run in December!

Let's see...what's new? Well, Evea's been crawling for a few weeks now. She's not getting into too much yet, which is nice. But it's only a matter of time! She's got the master to teach her all those naughty things to do! It won't be long, I'm sure! She got her 2 bottom teeth right at 6 months, but no sign of any others since. She has her drooling days, when we think something might be coming, but then nothing shows up. Oh well. We're in no hurry!

Easton can ride his bike now, and he's pretty darn proud! We've hauled his bike with us every weekend now for a month! Sometimes in his nightly prayers he even blesses his bike! I guess he knows what he's thankful for!

We're all thankful because Elwin got a new job. I guess many of you may not have know (since I've slacked off on posting!), but Elwin got laid off because his company was so slow right at the beginning of July. So he spent a few months doing odd jobs here and there, and being a much better housewife than I ever am! Honestly, I already miss him being at home! But, a real paycheck is better for everyone. He's now working for a framer from Leonardville. He's the 3rd man on their 3 man crew. So far he seems to like it and his boss and coworker...which is good, since there's only the 3 of them!

We got Dana all married off last weekend! It was a great day and went so smooth! I'm very happy to have a "new" brother-in-law, even though I've considered him one for years now! Dana looked beautiful, and the weather was perfect. Couldn't have asked for more! Well, okay, I think maybe they would have like to not have a tropical depression go thru Jamaica while they were on their honeymoon, but the wedding itself was perfect! Chelsey and Andrew up next!!!

Well, here's some pics from the past few months.

Evea's 7 month photos
Dana & Justin's wedding
September
August
July

Evea is 3 months old...and Easton is 2 years! Holy cow!

2010-06-07T20:40:00.003-05:00

Time sure does fly!!!

Things are going great here in the Dunstan household. Evea's all smiles and coos, and Easton's all scraped up! But that's just cuz he goes, goes, goes! He's good help and likes being a big brother. We've been back home a few times lately, so all he's talked about for the past few weeks are horses, cows, tractors and such!

We had Easton's 2nd birthday party a few weeks ago. He sure does have a lot of people who love him! What a lucky boy! We had lots of family, friends and neighbors come over for supper, gifts and cake. Not to mention there was a pigme goat to play with! Thanks Martha! And the fun continues cuz the goat is still at Martha's house (the kids babysitter), so he gets to play with it every day! It thinks it's a dog I think.

Easton and I went to the pool in Osborne yesterday and had a great time. I'm pretty sure he has absolutely NO fear of the water. Which is good, mostly. I think a little fear of the water isn't a bad thing, especially since it is dangerous at times. So Momma definitely has to keep her eyes open! We should be starting swimming lessons in the next week or two. It'll be his second year.

Not too much new with Evea right now, other than she is sleeping thru the night!!! Pretty great for Momma! She's been doing that for a few weeks now. She's smiling lots and cooing quite a bit. She loves to lay flat and kick and stretch. But she never passes up a good cuddle either!

Here's a link to the May album, which has Easton's birthday party.

Here is the link to Evea's 3 month photos. And here's a preview.

New pics and short update

2010-04-30T15:40:00.002-05:00

New pictures are up on Facebook in the March/April album.

Everyone is doing well. Evea is growing and weighed in at 11lbs 6oz the other day. She's also 23 inches long now. Easton has also grown and is now 33lbs!!! He's in the 94th percentile for weight now, which just amazes me since he came out in the 5th percentile!!! But he's tall too, so he's proportionate.

Evea is starting to smile and is very alert. She eats well and is very happy most of the time. She tolerates Easton very well! She likes to watch him, which is good...he needs watched!

Easton has been enjoying the nice weather and I'm sure cannot wait for the pool to open!

I started back to work on Wednesday, which was very hard. It was much easier coming back last time. But since Easton is so much more conversational now, and fun to be around, it's been a rough week being away from him. So I'm gonna cut this short now, cuz it's time to go home. We have a busy weekend ahead. Going to Osborne cuz Andrew asked if we could come mow the cemetery. Sounds like a good enough reason to go see Grammy and Pappy! And on Sunday we'll go thru Mankato and see Elwin's Grandma Dunstan, then meet up with Nanette and her family. They just had a new baby girl on April 21st, Kalli Lynn!

Anyway, happy weekend!

Baptism planned for March 21st

2010-03-05T18:37:00.002-06:00

We're planning to do Evea's baptism in Osborne on Sunday, March 21st at 1:00pm. All family and friends are welcome. We'll probably do cake or something at my parents house afterward, although we haven't worked those details out yet. If you think you can come, please let me know (janie_s@yahoo.com). We'd love to see you all!

Evea is 2 weeks old

2010-03-05T18:20:00.004-06:00

Here's the link the Evea's hospital announcement.

There's also more photos uploaded on Facebook in the Evea Louise album.

Things have been going really good. Easton has adjusted well (after only a few rough days). He loves his sister and gives her kisses as often as he can sneak one in! He's a little rough with her, especially when he's done with her. But he's much gentler than I thought he'd be! There's some good pictures of him with her in the Facebook album.

Evea is such a good and easy baby. She doesn't make much noise, unless she's hungry and I'm not moving fast enough! And she's perfectly content to sleep in her bassinet or bouncy seat. If Easton weren't home with me I think I'd get a lot more done! But it's kinda fun to get to spend time with him again, although it's nice when Daddy gets home and can give me a few minutes to myself! She's had her days and nights a bit turned around, but she's getting that fixed little by little. She's awake a little more every day, and I can't complain too much about the nights. It's been nice the past few days, so we've loaded her up in the sling or her car seat and have gone outside. She hasn't seemed to mind at all and sleeps right thru. But Easton has loved it. And I certainly have spring fever now!

Grammy Dene was here from Monday thru Thursday of this week, and Easton sure loved that. This morning he woke up and asked over and over, "Grammy? Grammy??" I think he misses her already! We certainly got spoiled while she was here. We weren't quite sure what to have for supper last night since she left and didn't have it all fixed up for us!!! Can't beat her cookin! Thanks Momma! She did leave us with a freezer full of yummy homemade egg rolls and beirochs though, and some homemade bread, pumpkin bread, and cinnamon rolls! And a breakfast casserole that was great this morning! She sure spoiled us!

Going home today

2010-02-22T15:16:00.002-06:00

Well, it's Monday. Easton went back to daycare today, so hopefully that puts him in a good mood. Elwin went back to work, too. So it's been a pretty normal day for the two of them. Hopefully that makes for a good evening, as we'll be going home whenever Daddy gets here to pick us up. Mondays are usually good days for Easton. He gets to play with his friends and run off some energy from not having other kids around over the weekend. And this weekend has been especially strange and out of the norm for him, so I'm really hoping to pick up a a happy boy at 5:00! He's seen Sissy thru the window, but I think he'll be even more excited to meet her in person. Even though we have nothing planned, other than going home, I have a feeling it's gonna be a busy evening! Wish us luck!

I started a new album on Facebook, so here's the new link. This blog keeps breaking the last link up, even though it's whole when I type it in. So if you can't view the photos by just clicking on the link, try copying and pasting the WHOLE link into your browser. That may be the problem some people are having. If you only click on half, it won't work. Who knows why it keeps doing this, so you may just need to copy and paste. Or join Facebook. It's wonderfully addicting....right Betsy!?! Enjoy!

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2330613&id=17021036&l=f507444347

Evea Louise Dunstan

2010-02-20T22:19:00.004-06:00

Evea Louise made her appearance yesterday (Feb 19, 2009) at 1:20pm. We were scheduled for c-section on Monday, 2/22, but I got kinda sick (like flu-like symptoms) on Wed, with a fever and all. I was feeling pretty miserable, and my dr had told me earlier in the week we could move it up if we wanted. I called on Thurs morning and they checked and the hospital was full on Fri. But, we got a call in the afternoon and they had an opening, so....here we are! We got to spend Fri morning with Easton, have breakfast and hang out a bit. Then dropped him off at daycare around 11am and was to be at the hospital at 11:30. C-section was scheduled for 1:30pm, but the drs ended up being free sooner, so they sent us down the hall around 1pm and at 1:20pm our little Evea Louise arrived! Almost a full 2 lbs heavier than Easton was at birth, she weighed in at 7 lbs 8 oz. and was 20 inches long. (Easton was 5 lbs 10 oz and 20 2/3 in.)

Grammy Dene made it down shortly after we were brought back to our room. Sadly, there's a tight restriction on visitors, due to the flu and sickness of this past year. Understandable, but hard on a Momma missing her busy little guy. No kids under the age of 12, and only 2 visitors total your whole stay. Luckily, Easton was able to come to the lobby today, and we held Sissy up to the window so he could see her. And I was able to go out and have lunch in the lobby with him and Daddy. I'll be looking forward to his reaction when we bring her home!

Finally tonight I got some photos uploaded to Facebook. The link is below. Tomorrow I'll try to upload some more...probably to a new album, so I'll post that link then. But enjoy these for now!

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2302700&id=17021036&l=40db85dc5b

Preggo Pics

2010-02-17T10:43:00.003-06:00

Here's a link to my new album on Facebook. They're photos that Dana took for us for some preggo shots. We decided to save our money and just have her do them. Then our regular photographer ended up volunteering to do it for free cuz she'd never done any. So I'll post those when I get them back.

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2329863&id=17021036&l=73063fae0d

Long time, no posts! Sorry!

2010-02-03T09:13:00.004-06:00

Since I'm getting too lazy to upload pics on here AND on Facebook, I'll just upload them to Facebook, and then paste the link on here so you can view them. I can post more on Facebook anyway, so it's actually a better deal for all. You should be able to view these without having a FB account, but if you have problems, please let me know and I'll go back to doing it the other way.

January was a busy for us. We started out with Christmases the first two weekends of the month. When we were home Elwin was usually down in the basement. He's been working really hard to get half the basement finished, at least far enough that we can play down there during my maternity leave. Easton needs more room to run, since I probably won't be taking him outside a lot with a new baby in late Feb/early March! So now half the basement is closed off, wired (thanks Pappy for helping!), and sheetrocked. We bought a little heater that seems to be doing a great job on that half, despite it being fairly small. Although, I'm not as excited to see what the electric bill is after running a space heater for days on end!

Here's pics from January/February:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2327485&id=17021036&l=d6fad0d1b3

February has started off busy with dr appts, haircuts, Elwin has jury duty tomorrow, and we're headed to KC to see Dana and Justin this weekend. I think (*HOPE*) we'll be home the next two weekends, as those are our last weekends before the baby comes! Speaking of the baby, everything is looking great! Even though I'm on a medication which can cause growth restriction (it's to help control my migraines), Sissy is growing just fine. Compared to Easton, she's gonna be huge! Easton was 5lbs 10oz...yesterday Sissy weighed in (according to the sono) at 6lbs 6oz! And she still has 2 1/2 weeks left to grow! She may be very close to an 8 lb baby! I'm kinda hoping she'll stay on the smaller side, but we'll take her however she comes! I'll post a link to her Facebook album as well.

Sissy's album:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2302700&id=17021036&l=40db85dc5b

And just cuz I haven't posted in a while, here's stuff from December also.
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2318145&id=17021036&l=bcf8e91627

I promise to TRY to keep up better, but we'll see what happens once there's 2 kiddos in the house! Hope you're having a great year so far!

Funny videos

2009-12-22T15:14:00.003-06:00

This is Easton's newest phrase, and he says it a lot! Usually it's a little clearer, but he really was stuck, and a little upset by the time I started filming.

We were sitting in the car this morning waiting for 7:30 to roll around so Easton could go to daycare. He was telling me what Santa says, so I thought I'd share it with you!

Visiting Santa

2009-12-22T15:07:00.002-06:00

We went to see Santa this last weekend. Easton wasn't scared of him, but he wouldn't sit on his lap. The best we got was a high five! Cousin Cayden wasn't scared at all though!

After visiting Santa, we saw some beautiful horses giving carriage rides outside the mall. We didn't go for a ride, but Easton got to pet the horses.

In preparation of meeting Santa, I had gotten Easton a few books with Santa in them. This one is very large and doesn't fit on the shelf, but it has fun tabs to open up. Last night I found Easton sitting in my chair reading to himself.

Big boy bed

2009-12-22T15:01:00.002-06:00

We got Easton a big boy bed two weeks ago. Thought we'd get him adjusted to not sleeping in the crib before the baby comes. Just one less thing that he has to adjust to at that time! Baby alone will be a big enough adjustment, I'm sure!

He really likes the bed since he can get in and out of it himself. He's fallen asleep in it every night (except maybe one), with Daddy or I (ok, only me once!) laying down with him. At night if we ask him if he's ready to go night-night, he'll tell us yes and go to him room and climb in bed after giving us hugs and kisses. Of course, he won't stay there himself yet, so we do have to lay with him. But it's better than me rocking him to sleep every night. We're making progress!

Easton found Mommy's cowboy boots the other day. He's all about wearing our shoes around, or making us put them on whether we want to or not!

Big Barn

2009-12-22T14:47:00.002-06:00

For Christmas, Elwin built Easton a barn. It's not a little barn, by any means! It's a big barn! It can fit Tonka trucks and large tractors. If he tried, I'm sure Easton could get in it too! We got him some farm animals for Christmas too, and he just loves them. He carries the sheep and horse around. Apparently they're better than the pig and the cow! And at night, sometimes he'll put everything back in the barn to go to sleep. Sometimes.

We had a couple snow days, so we piled on the clothes and decided to try out the snow. The last attempt wasn't too successful, but this time it was a little better. Elwin pushed him around the slick driveway on a shovel, which he thought was pretty great for a while. It was in the single digits that day, so we only stayed out about 10 minutes. The sitter takes them out and pulls them on the sled and he loves that. We haven't made it out to sled yet, but it looks like we might have another chance in a day or two! Not much for timing, but when is snow ever timed just right?!

Thanksgiving Day at home (in our pj's!)

2009-12-03T10:00:00.000-06:00

Photo album for Christmas cards

2009-12-03T09:00:00.002-06:00

I just uploaded the photos we took at Thanksgiving so I can get them ordered for our Christmas cards. The link is attached so you can view them all. Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving and the Christmas season is starting out swell!

I'd like to share my Clark photos with you. Once you have checked out my photos you can order prints and upload your own photos to share.
Click here to view photos

Facebook or not????

2009-11-19T13:58:00.003-06:00

So I've been posting the same photos and videos on here and on Facebook. I'm wondering how many that view this blog also belong to Facebook and are seeing them twice. It's much easier to upload to Facebook, it seems. So, if you don't belong to FB, and would like me to keep uploading everything here, please respond in the comments section. If there are more than a few people, then I'll keep doing both. But if everyone is also viewing them on FB, then I'll just post links on here to let you know when there are new photos. Thanks!

Silly videos

2009-11-19T13:24:00.003-06:00

Easton has been yelling "GO!" a lot lately! Sometimes it's "Ready, Set, Go!" or "Set, Go!" But GO seems to be the main point of it all! Sometimes we help him out and cheer him on (with hopes that it will tire him out!!!)

We've been working on animal sounds a lot lately. I'd been trying to teach him "Nay" for the horse for weeks now, but to no avail. All the sudden, on Monday, he points to the horse and says this:

I guess it's way more fun to say it that way!!! Maybe next we'll work on snorting instead of saying oink. He seems to smile and giggle more when ya snort anyway!

DOWN!

2009-11-09T13:39:00.003-06:00

Easton's big thing right now is to do "touchdown" (hold his arms above his head as if signaling a touchdown). I'm sure you can imagine where he learned that! Anyway, he does it at random now. It's so darn funny. But lately, he's been doing it when he gets to the bottom of stairs too. He makes it all the way down, then throws his hands up and yells "DOWN!" This is the first I've seen him do it on the slide, and I'm so glad I left my camera on long enough to catch it on video. Cracks me up!!!

Frucks and Combines

2009-11-09T13:23:00.003-06:00

We went to Osborne after the wedding on Saturday night, mainly because it was closer. But also because we'll be back up north all of this next weekend for Opening Pheasant weekend. Easton and Elwin took naps and played while Grammy Dene and I sewed a purse. We (mainly SHE) finished it in a couple hours, so we had some lunch and headed home.

On the way home we decided to make a couple pit stops in Beloit, as it was a beautiful day and seemed a waste to be in the car the whole time. So we stopped at Carrico's and looked at frucks (tractors) and combines. Apparently looking was okay, but touching didn't go over quite as well.

Another weekend, another wedding!

2009-11-09T13:17:00.002-06:00

This weekend we went to Beloit for Elwin's cousin Jerry's wedding. Easton had a good time dancing and running around with cousin Kayla and the million other kids there. We were all pretty wiped by the end of the day! We made a small attempt several times to get a photo of the 3 cousins (Easton, Kayla and Cayden), but never got that accomplished. Hopefully at Christmas...

Finally remembered to take a photo of Crystal and Earl with baby Cayden. He was a very good sport for being passed around to as many people as he was! And of course, he tolerated Easton's hugs like a trooper!

Right before we left, so probably not the most flattering point of the day! Should've taken this one in the afternoon!

Silly Drummer Boy

2009-11-09T13:09:00.002-06:00

Easton is a silly, silly drummer boy.....kinda.... If wearing the drum on your head counts! This is a favorite activity these days. Last night he brought me a sand bucket, and was very upset because it wouldn't fit down over his head! He brought it to me like I could do something to fix it! Sorry kiddo!

Football Game and Spooktacular

2009-10-26T14:19:00.002-05:00

Vernie and Dennis gave us their tickets for the game this last weekend against Colorado. We had a great time. Easton made friends with the people around us and got to practice his touchdown motion. Although, when he was really getting into it, no one was scoring! But it was still fun to watch! And we won! Can't get any better than that! Oh yeah, unless you get to take a mid-game nap!

After the game we took Easton to the zoo for Spooktacular (trick or treating). We didn't care much about the candy, as we don't really feed him much yet. But we'd never gone to the zoo with him, and it was a nice day. Manhattan Zoo isn't huge, so we saw about everything in an hour. According to Easton, everything we saw was a kitty-cat, including the wallabys. I think he enjoyed the little monkeys. They were about the only animals that moved much while we were there! And we did see a baby chimp too! Hopefully next summer we can go to a bigger zoo.

This video is from last week sometime. Easton is really into all sorts of cars and trucks right now. Basically anything that has wheels. Even if it's foam and stationary, if he realizes it's a car, he'll drive it around! And hauling things is even better. (He gets that from his Daddy!)

I got a new camera today, so maybe I'll be a little better about taking pics and posting....MAYBE!

Early October

2009-10-26T14:09:00.003-05:00

Here's a few photos from early October. We've spent a few evenings at the park, since our days finally seem to be calming down a bit now and we actually seem to have time to go. So on the nicer days, we try to stop by for a few minutes. The sitter has a new slide at her house that they play on inside, and he is LOVING that! So at the park the other day he told Momma and Grammy Dene "go down". That was the first time I'd heard him say 2 words together like that! He's much better about going down on his bottom now, but sometimes he'll even surprise ya and go head first! He's even mastered the big slide at the park, and even waits til you're behind him to climb up!

Easton gets naked time for about 5 minutes after a bath or shower. We're certain he's peed in the shower, so one would think he would be good to go for at least 5 minutes! Right? Well, so far that's proved true. But one day last week he hadn't even been out for 2 minutes, when he peed on my blowdryer on the floor in my room!!! Thank God he missed my shoes! And luckily I have a backup blowdryer!!! He sure does enjoy this "free" time though! We can't let him run around in only a diaper anymore, cuz he knows how to get that off! So it's 5 minutes after a bath and then the pants are back on. Darn Mom and Dad!

Pictures from the farm

2009-10-06T14:27:00.003-05:00

This last weekend we made a trip back to Osborne. It was a planned trip for my 10 year high school reunion. We did, however, end up going back a day early for my great uncle Math's funeral. So on Saturday, after the reunion lunch, we made a trip out to Uncle Math's farm. We got to see the house that my grandma and her brother and sisters had grown up in. I thought it was in surprisingly great shape! Easton had fun playing in the grass. It was a little tall and kinda hard for him to walk in. But he enjoyed himself anyway.

Oh, and before anyone emails to ask...those are mosquito bites on his head! Those buggies just love to nibble on him.

On the way back to town we decided to detour out to Uncle Ralph's farm, as he mentioned he had some new baby kitties. He also has a couple turkeys...one is rather large!!! Easton had a great time trying to chase the turkeys until I distracted him with the sighting of ducks. He chased those instead. Mom has some not so great memories of being chased by Grandma Sigle's turkeys!!!

I'm pretty sure Easton needs a baby kitty, but we really don't want another cat in the house. Ellie wouldn't like that. She's kinda a one-cat cat. Maybe someday we'll get an outside kitty...

Baby Cayden is here!

2009-09-24T11:26:00.002-05:00

We got to go see baby cousin Cayden last Saturday evening for a short time. Easton was pretty excited to hug him...repeatedly! I wish I had a photo of that! He had to get up in Daddy's lap too when Elwin was holding him. Other than that, he didn't seem to be jealous of the baby at all. Hopefully he'll stay that way when his new brother or sister comes in February! My favorite part was when Easton was trying to hug him while Cayden was in his swing. The swing just kept going and bumping into him, and I don't think he understood that it didn't work too well! But he's all about the loving and I have no doubt that he'll be a great big brother!

I didn't think to take a photo of Earl, Crystal and Cayden! What a dummy! I'll get one next time.

We have babies everywhere! Good friends Carolyn and Brock just had their fourth last week, a little girl named Coy. And some more good friends, Jess and BJ, are having their third TODAY! I'm still waiting for the news there, but they know it's a boy. Another classmate and friend, Angela and her husband Kurt, will be having their first in a few weeks. And we're anxiously awaiting another new baby boy cousin to Auntie Kristen and Uncle Jeremy....hopefully in the next 2 weeks also! We should be all practiced up with the babies by the time little brother or sister arrives!

Finally some new pictures!

2009-09-24T11:15:00.004-05:00

We tried to do our own little summertime (well, late summer) photoshoot. It was kindof a spur of the moment idea. We were in town with no major plans for the day. So we went to the park to take a few photos. Well, I've decided he doesn't like to take pictures for me. When we have Kristen (our professional photographer) do it, he sits so nice for her and looks at her....but not me! Luckily, I think Dana has some better pics on her camera, but she hasn't sent them to me yet. So maybe I'll post more when I get some from her.

I just thought this first picture was hilarious. It's the first one on my camera, and I think it's one of my favorites...it's just silly!

He didn't want to sit for pictures at all. Come on, we were at the park! Ya gotta run around!

And that's what he did! Run, run, run.... I wish I had HALF that energy!

Picture from Dana from 7/25/09

2009-09-03T08:25:00.003-05:00

Dana sent me a couple pictures last night. And since I haven't posted anything in a while, I thought I'd share them. They're from the weekend of July 25th, when we were in Kansas City to visit Dana and for a friend's bridal shower. Elwin, Easton, Dana and Justin went to Cabela's while I was at the shower. Thanks for the pix Dana! I'll try to get some stuff downloaded from the camera and up on here soon, although, I haven't been very good about taking pictures lately.

Lovewell Lake

2009-08-11T09:57:00.002-05:00

We headed to Lovewell Lake this last weekend for Auntie Kristen's baby shower and a family campout. It was Easton's first camping trip and he had a great time! He's an outdoor boy, so he loved every minute of it. Had so much fun during the day that he even slept great in his pack n play all night long (which he usually won't stay in there more than a couple hours).

This was our VERY FULL car on the way to the lake. We like to cook over the fire, so we always have so much more stuff than everyone else! Not to mention we were the only people camping in a tent, so we have all that extra stuff to bring along also.

It was a warm day for Kristen's shower, but it was windy enough that in the shade it felt pretty good.

Uncle Aaron had a friend who also camped with us who had a deck boat. So we got to go for a ride on both Sat and Sun. Easton seemed to enjoy that. He took a nice nap while on the boat on Sat. We were out for a couple hours, so it was a good spot to get in a good nap! Then on Sun we got him in the water and he seemed to really like it once he got used to it! After he played in the water it was time for nap. I think the two naps he took on the boat might have been about the only naps he took the whole weekend!

Just a random photo of E. I didn't ever think to get my camera out at the campsite, so no photos of Easton in the tent or anything. Darn it!

The only bad part about the whole weekend was that Easton got bit by something. We weren't sure what it was, because we couldn't see any bite marks. But his hand swelled up HUGE! It was red and hot and looked horrible. We went to Superior, NE to get him some liquid Benedryl, but it didn't seem to help too much. When we got back home yesterday afternoon we called the dr and they had us bring him in. The swelling had gone down some by then, and you could see a puss pocket and an obvious bite mark by then. Dr thinks it was probably a brown recluse spider. So now we have to watch him and make sure he doesn't get a fever or the bite area start to die. Brown recluse are famous for leaving "craters" in the skin. He's on an antibiotic now, so we'll hope for the best and for no holy fingers! The swelling was a little better this morning, but it's still not quite back to normal.

Splish Splash Sunday

2009-08-05T13:01:00.001-05:00

On Sunday, we tried to go to the pool. It was closed. All the lifeguards are in 4-H and it was Fair time. Ok, I can forgive that. So we went home and got out the Splish Splash Mat from Melissa. We hadn't tried it yet, cuz Easton didn't like the wading pool too much last time, so I didn't figure this would be any different. Boy was I wrong! He LOVED it! It's a very cute little thing and we will certainly be using it again!

Misc June & July

2009-07-31T08:07:00.004-05:00

Here are a few misc June and July photos that I haven't posted yet.

First two are from swimming lessons in early June.

We've only used the baby pool once so far. We've discovered that it's impossible to get the water warm enough for him to want to sit in it! I filled it an hour before we went out and let it set in the sun, then I brought out 2 or 3 pitchers of HOT water from inside. Still cold. I guess maybe it needs a whole day out in the sun. So the only way to get Easton to sit in it was to let him play with the spray nozzle!

A couple weeks back, we were in Osborne for the weekend. Grammy, Dana and Justin took Easton out to the farm (Elwin and I were already out at the farm mowing the cemetary.) They went to a farm neighbors house (Ronnie and Dorene's) to pick cherries! Ronnie was a good playmate while everyone else picked cherries.

Then the next day we went out to the field to help cut wheat. We weren't much help that day, but it was still fun. Apparently there was too much to look at to bother looking at the camera for a picture in the combine!

And finally...the 4-wheelers. Instead of riding his, Easton pushes it around most of the time. And since Daddy couldn't get Uncle Earl's 4-wheeler to start, they were both in the same boat!

I think that catches us up thru July now! I haven't been taking many pictures lately, and need to do a little better job. We're hoping August is a bit calmer than July was, so maybe we'll get some nice relaxing pictures at home. Here's hoping...

Mess Maker

2009-07-31T08:01:00.002-05:00

The other night Elwin was cooking up some minute steaks for supper. I guess Easton thought he should help, cuz he grabbed the bowl of flour and pulled it to the floor. This is what I saw when I walked in!

Great Park Weather

2009-07-21T21:35:00.002-05:00

The weather was so nice this afternoon that Easton and I decided to go to the park. Who can beat 75 degrees in July?!?!

Almost Walking!

2009-07-21T20:45:00.005-05:00

Easton is almost walking! He's been working on taking a step or two for a couple days now. But today he's gotten a little gutzier and is taking a few more steps. I'm thinking he'll be going pretty strong by the weekend, but I guess we'll see. Sorry the tv sound is so loud in the background.

Ever since he was a little baby, Elwin has been doing this little song and dance to the $5 Footlong Subway commercial. I probably have a video of that somewhere, but that would take some digging! We'll see. Anyway, yesterday that song came on tv and Easton went nuts. So tonight we tried to get a new video of him dancing. He wouldn't look at the camera and dance for us, but the video we got is hilarious. At least I think so! Not sure where he's going so fast, but he was sure in a hurry to get there! Silly guy!

4th of July - Day 2

2009-07-07T21:12:00.004-05:00

On Sunday, Nanette, David, and Kayla were in town. So we shot off some more fireworks and played outside for a while.

4th of July

2009-07-06T20:33:00.000-05:00

We had a very busy, but good 4th of July. We stayed in town, as it was the big Randolph Independence Day Celebration. We spent a few minutes watching the 4-wheelers in the Mud Bogand eating sandwiches and homemade pie from the Church, but mostly we just spent a lot of time outside and with friends and family. I was in charge of the Kiddie Parade, so Elwin decorated Easton's Cozy Coupe and entered him. He got 2nd place! And the two of them walked through the whole parade! I think they had a blast!

Easton seemed to enjoy the fireworks.

Easton turned one (many weeks ago...)

2009-06-10T13:31:00.002-05:00

Many weeks ago, our little Easton turned one! I've had photos on Facebook for a week now, but forget that many people don't use Facebook, or can't view it from work. So I'm finally getting around to putting on the pics. It's easiest to do it as a slide show, but if you want any of the photos, please email me and I'll send them to you. I will be sending everyone a copy of their photo, as well... whenever I get around to doing the thank yous!

Since many weeks have passed, I suppose we should do an update too. Easton has been pulling himself up for months now. And now he's finally starting to let go without scaring himself. His favorite thing to do is stand up and clap....especially in the bathtub. Which, last night, turned out to be a mistake! He slipped and before I could catch his head, smashed it into the edge of the tub. I didn't understand why he wouldn't stop crying until Elwin told me there was blood in his eye. He must've landed on the edge of the tub in his eye socket, and hit it just right. It's not bad, but there's a small cut.

We started Parents/Tots swim lessons on Monday, and he loved it from the start. The temp was probably in the 60's that first night, but the water was 80 degrees. He was all smiles (and a few shivers...but he wasn't complaining.) It rained out class yesterday, but we'll be there tomorrow. And looking forward to it!

This weekend will be Easton's first campout, so I'll try to get some photos posted next week...but no promises! I do promise to take some at least! How fast they make it up is an entirely different story....

But for now, enjoy the birthday pics and enjoy your summer!

A year ago today

2009-05-19T13:15:00.006-05:00

A year ago today, we woke up at 3am with great anticipation. We waited all day to meet our little man. I didn't get to hold him right away, but the second he grabbed my finger and held on so tight, I knew he was the greatest thing that would ever happen to me. A year has never gone so fast in my entire life! I'm certain I'm going to blink and before I know what hit me he'll be graduating from high school! This has been the best year of my life and we're so, so very blessed. Thanks to you all for being a part of it!

Happy Birthday Easton!

Birthday Boy!

2009-05-18T09:11:00.004-05:00

I didn't take many pictures at the party for some odd reason. Couldn't find my camera half the time (which really, I think it was in my back pocket!) But that's okay, Kristen (our wonderful photographer) was there, and we'll have some great photos to post next week.

Here's a cute one of cousin Kayla and Easton, early in the day.

I slaved for hours and hours on his cake, which turned out to be pretty amazing, I would say! And then I forgot to take a picture of it! So I guess we'll wait for Kristen's pictures. They'll be 10 times better than any that I would've taken anyway. Easton fell asleep right before we were going to do cake, so we don't have a photo of him with the cake. We let him nap for about a half hour, then woke him up to have his cake and open gifts. He made it the rest of the day after that...just needed a little powernap!

He didn't get too messy or care to much for the cake. He had more fun trying to feed Dad I think. Granted, he'd only been awake a few minutes when we stuck it in front of him! So he kinda had a disadvantage!

He had lots of help opening presents though. Which was a good thing, or we've been there all day!

I'm pretty sure the directions said "Do not use a hammer..." Hmm...

Thank you all for coming to the party! I'm sorry I was a stress ball there for a while! We had a great time and hope you all did too. Thanks for all the gifts and thanks to those of you that brought salads, helped cook, clean up, and move tables. We couldn't have done it without you! It was a great day! Happy Birthday Easton!

Random Fun

2009-05-12T13:26:00.003-05:00

After Easton has been outside crawling around on the driveway for awhile, his knees must start to hurt. He starts crawling on his hands and feet instead. It's pretty funny to watch. I can't seem to get a good picture of it though.

I bought this cute little outfit on clearance at the Gap last summer, thinking it would fit this summer. Well, he's too long. It fits, but it's awful tight around the legs! Guess he won't be wearing it. At least he's a good dolly and lets me try clothes on him without much of a fight.

Easton has a strange fascination with the dishwasher. He is ALWAYS trying to pull the door open if it's not latched, or pull stuff out when we're trying to load or unload it. He's figured out how to crawl up on it, but can't get back down yet. I'm hoping this is a sign that he will like doing dishes when he's older!

Melissa's boys, Anthony and Dalton, are such fun. Easton gets SO excited to see them. He'll almost jump out of our arms with excitement if he sees them downtown or somewhere out of the ordinary. They all play together so well. We're very lucky to have such a great daycare situation. Thanks Melissa!

Elwin's Birthday

2009-05-12T13:17:00.002-05:00

Easton needs a haircut...there's no ignoring it anymore. I think he can pull back a pony tail longer than me!

Easton rarely falls asleep in random positions. But he was fussing one day so we laid down in our bed. He wouldn't lay still. Finally he just bent forward and before I knew it he was asleep. I think it looks painful!

For Elwin's birthday, he and I took a day off work and went to Topeka to spend our hard earned garage sale money. For lunch we found our inner child and went to ChuckE Cheese. Neither of us had ever been before. We did feel kinda funny being the only people in the place without a kid, as we had left Easton at Melissa's. But we got over it quickly and had fun.

No No

2009-04-27T12:57:00.001-05:00

Easton has mastered No No. He doesn't say it, but usually he gives you the most serious face and shakes his head back and forth. Sometimes though, he knows he's cute, and just grins from ear to ear as he's doing it! And if he knows he's being naughty, sometimes he's start shaking his head before we can even tell him no!

Easter weekend at home

2009-04-13T09:43:00.005-05:00

We stayed home this year. We've been on the road a lot lately, and will be again this coming weekend. So no extended family this weekend. But we had fun. Elwin was working on some sheetrock for the Sr Citizens Center, and it was nice out. So Easton and I went for a walk to the park. The video isn't too exciting, but he was having fun. By the way, the shirt he's wearing here...Minnie Mouse...that was Elwin's when he was a baby!

I pulled the Johnny Jumper back out. I just had a feeling that he would appreciate it so much more now. Boy was I right. He loves it. He bounced for 45 minutes on Saturday. We had gone outside to look at something in the garage, and I came back in thinking he was probably mad and crying. But nope, he was still happily bouncing away. I love it. He's happy, and he can't get into anything! Best of both worlds!

Easter Sunday Elwin was dressing Easton. He brought him out looking like this! I think this was his ploy to convince me to cut his hair! And it worked. We're trying to get him an appt this week before Jill's wedding. Se we went to church, to lunch, to Home Depot and Wal-Mart.....everyone stared. Everyone laughed. Most people commented. It was funny. Except in church. I wasn't too thrilled about it for church. But it was cute everywhere else. Elwin had put enough product in it that it still looked like this when we got home at 6:30pm! Hopefully the next mohawk won't stand quite so tall!

Into everything

2009-04-13T09:38:00.004-05:00

Here are some random photos from the last few weeks. The kid is into everything these days!

Oh yeah, this last photo is for my mom and Betsy. We had supper with Ray and Melissa and the kids one night. Ray mentioned that he liked Lemon Merangue Pie. I had never made one before and I like it as well. So thought I'd give it a shot. I was pretty darn proud of how well it turned out. Looks ALMOST as good as my moms! Hey, for a first timer, I thought I should gloat a bit! Oh yeah, it was delicious!

First black eye

2009-03-30T09:30:00.000-05:00

I had been taking advantage of the fact that Easton has never tried too hard to roll or crawl off the changing table. Until now. I turned to grab his clothes from the dresser, and turned back around just in time to see him roll right off, head first, down to the hard wood floor. It left a nice shiner. Elwin was first to tell everyone that I did it, and not him!

This is what it looked like on Saturday shortly after it happened.

When he woke up on Sunday it had a nice bruise forming.

And on Monday it was nice and black and blue.

There is now a foam mat next to the changing table, just in case!

Eating dirt

2009-03-21T09:25:00.002-05:00

Once again, I'm way behind on posting photos. So I'll try to catch up a bit. We have been busy, busy people this last month. When we get the chance though, we like to play outside a bit. And Easton wants to taste EVERYTHING!

Easton is starting to pull himself up to a standing position. Not too interested yet in the walking motion, but getting the hang of standing. Before long he'll be running everywhere!

9 month photos

2009-03-12T08:20:00.004-05:00

Here are a few of Easton's 9 month photos. There's more on my Facebook page if you'd like to see them. They just get better each time!

May 17...be there!

2009-03-09T08:14:00.000-05:00

So for those of you who I haven't told, we've picked the date for E's first birthday party...May 17th. There are no major plans set yet, but we're thinking lunch and cake. Probably do lunch around noonish then cake at 2pm or something. We have reserved our wonderful photographer for a few hours, and instead of doing his usual shoot, she's going to come shoot his party. So we plan to do some family pics, especially with the little cousins and grandparents. So I hope everyone can be there! We will, of course, take some time to do our own little shoot with just him (and maybe some with Charlie!) Anyway, mark it on your calendar...Sunday, May 17.

Cheryl's Wedding

2009-03-01T07:57:00.001-06:00

We stayed with Uncle Earl and Aunt Crystal over the weekend for Cheryl's wedding. Here's Earl and Easton at lunch on Saturday before we got ready to head up to Nebraska for the wedding.

Crystal sure does have a fun face to pull on! Oh wait, EVERYONE has a fun face to pull on!

He's on good lookin little man in his new suit jacket! The pants are still too big...but that's okay. I think the khakis kinda make him look like a used car salesman! The jacket with jeans just looks pimpin!

Easton was pretty excited to crawl around after the wedding. All the boys were running circles on the dance floor while everyone was eating cake. They kept sitting in a circle around him "so he wouldn't get hurt", one of them told me! Whatever the reason, he loved it!

Cousin Kayla and Easton

Congratulations Cheryl!

Grandma Nancy with her grandbabies

New Wedding Attire

2009-02-26T08:50:00.002-06:00

Easton got a new outfit yesterday for some weddings we have this spring. I'm very excited because the lime green will match Jillie's colors! We got a size too big, so I need to exchange it. I'll post some pictures after the first wedding this weekend. I'm sure it'll be much cuter when it fits a little better!

Another day home with Mom

2009-02-19T12:57:00.002-06:00

Easton spent the first 3 days with me this week. Dalton (Melissa's youngest son and Easton's best buddy) had his tonsils taken out on Monday. So Bubs and I had some great bonding time at work on Monday and Wednesday, and we stayed home on Tuesday. He's so much happier now that he's mobile! It's a huge difference. I feel like I can do stuff again. He does follow ya room to room quite a bit of the time, but he can get there himself! And often, he'll play by himself for a hour straight and not even notice where you are.

On Tuesday I vacuumed the floors, and he just thought the vacuum was so fun! He chased me around and had a blast. When I put it down, he kept trying to move it like he was vacuuming. Of course, when I got the camera out, he just sat there and stared at me! Maybe I'll have a little helper in a few years!

When he wakes up now, instead of just laying there crying, he's sitting himself up. Sometimes he'll get on his knees and hold onto the edge of the crib. We need to lower it down so he doesn't tumble over once he starts pulling himself up!

It's all great until Mommy catches him knawing on the edge of the rail!

New PJ's at Grammy and Pappy's

2009-02-17T13:13:00.002-06:00

Someone was not thinking when we packed to go Grammy and Pappy's this last weekend....and we forgot Bub's jammers. Yes, I did it. I forgot. So, since he's almost outgrown most of his anyway, we stopped at Dollar General on Saturday to buy a new pair. And for DG, I'd say they're pretty cute. Maybe it's the child in the pajamas that makes them so cute! We'll stick with that.

Apparently Pappy was pretty interesting. He's sure got an audience!

Ellie Belly Rotelli Noodles (and Easton)

2009-02-16T21:19:00.000-06:00

Easton loves Ellie. (Or as Dana calls her: Ellie Belly Rotelli Noodles....don't ask me why.) He absolutely loves to chase her around the house. Charlie's no fun, cuz he just sits there. But Ellie tries to get away, so then the chase is on! On this particular day we found her asleep in my recliner, and when I set Easton down, she actally stayed for a minute. At least long enough for the picture...then she was off...and so was Bubba.

Bubba's Crawling!!!

2009-02-06T08:33:00.004-06:00

Bubba's crawling! And not just backwards! I spent the whole day at home with him on Thursday, and he just scooted around all day. I guess he was waiting for Daddy to come home so he could be there for it. Around 7pm I looked in the living room (I was fixing supper), and saw Easton actually crawling...and guess what he was going after? No, not the dog, not the cat, not a toy....his SOCK! Who would have ever guessed he'd chase a sock!?! So we threw the sock around the room a few times and he'd chase it. Even more fun than throwing a bone for Charlie! So here's a few videos of the first few forward movements. We didn't think to turn the light on in the room the first time (it looks darker on the video than it really was in there....we're not mean and make him play in the dark!!!).

First week of February

2009-02-05T22:07:00.006-06:00

February started off good. Grammy Dene was in town for meetings, so she came up on Tuesday night for a little Grandma time. Easton showed her how he can crawl backwards and sit himself up from his tummy. Grammy is sure he'll be crawling (forward) by the time we go to Osborne next weekend.
On Wednesday, Bubba got himself backed into his basketball goal. It was quite humerous for us all, as it got stuck on his pants and he couldn't get himself out of it! He kept trying, but he just kept pushing himself backwards into the wall. Eventually he worked his way out, but it probably took 5-10 minutes. We all got a good chuckle out of it!

On Thursday, Melissa had to be out of town, so I got to stay home and work from home for the day. I love days like this, but usually don't get a ton of work done. But Easton is finally getting better about playing by himself, and I assume that's because he's a little more mobile. So I actually got a lot done, because he played by himself so much. Here he is playing in his crib. He didn't spend much time in there, but it seems that's the only time I pulled the camera out.

Finally tuckered out...but only for a short time.

Visit with Jillie & Krista

2009-01-22T08:25:00.003-06:00

On Sunday we got to go to Salina and see Jillie and Krista! Jill was down from North Dakota to have a fitting on her wedding dress. So we met for lunch and then went to Krista's house to get the wedding invitations designed. The wedding is going to be here before we know it!

First bandaid (excluding those from shots)

2009-01-21T15:28:00.002-06:00

Easton had his first bleeding boo-boo on Sunday. We had got a few items at Target, and left them on the bed with him, not thinking about anything being dangerous. I came back in and saw spots of blood all over him and the bed and ALL his toys and socks and clothes. I swear he touched everything he possibly could in just a matter of minutes! He wasn't fussy or phased by it, but he had cut his middle finger just enough to make it bleed. We're pretty sure he cut it on the flour sifter, which is aluminum with semi-sharp pieces on the inside. Obviously, we're not in the correct mindset quite for a child who will soon be mobile and is already getting into things. His poor finger kept bleeding for more than 20 minutes. Probably because he kept sucking on the bandaid! Thank God, all is well! And Mommy and Daddy learned a valuable lesson!

Apology

2009-01-21T14:05:00.001-06:00

I just wanted to apologize for not keeping very up to date on the pictures lately. I do have stuff from other Christmases, but it's all on the other computer. So that'll have to wait. I'll do my best to get more posted and to do a better job of keeping current!

Streit Christmas in Salina

2009-01-21T13:50:00.003-06:00

For the Streit Christmas, we all gathered at the Holiday Inn in Salina. This was fun because they had a pool, and Easton is finally old enough to go swimming. So we got to take him for the first time! Plus we got to see almost everyone and play some cards and open some gifts.

Easton was pretty tuckered out after supper, gifts and swimming! Elwin thought he matched the pillow, so now we have a picture of sleeping Bubba with a pillow! We're very clever, let me tell you.

Getting into the cute little shart swim trunks didn't go over quite as well as the swimming did. He was pretty skeptical of the water at first (probably because it wasn't colder than the bathtub and much larger!), but he seemed to be having fun after he got used to the idea.

Chuck got a KSU chair! Too bad Elwin stole it from him...I bet his heart was broken!

Easton got to help Grammy Dene open her gift. Paper is so much fun!

Bubba loves to play with my necklaces. Sometimes the only way I can keep him from choking me is to just put them on him. Unfortunately, we've discovered that there are a few necklaces that shouldn't be chewed on, as the little wires pull apart and then we find beads and wires in his mouth! Thank God we caught that right away! But this particular necklace in the photos seems to be his favorite.

Our own little Michael Phelps!

2009-01-20T09:21:00.005-06:00

Our little mister may be the next Michael Phelps! Ever since we took him swimming for the first time he's really enjoyed bath time to the fullest extent! And he enjoyed it pretty well before! Now he's not satisfied until we, the floor and the dog are fully drenched. And he's pretty good at getting that accomplished in a short amount of time. His new favorite thing to do is play on this tummy in the tub. Which works out fine until he decides to try to chew on whatever toy he is playing with...which is usually under water! And if he's not on his tummy, then he's doing the new version of the backstroke. Check it out in the video below!

6 month photos

2008-12-19T10:47:00.000-06:00

This and That 2

2008-12-19T10:29:00.004-06:00

Grammy had some fun lizzards for Easton to chew on. Who knew they would be the greatest chew toys ever!

Just a little lovin on Charlie. They're definately best buds.

Playing with Godfather Chris at his house.

The lizzards were such a hit at Grammy's house that we found some for him to have at home. $1 little treasures at Toys R Us. Can't beat that!

Spending some time with Uncle Andrew at Thanksgiving.

Thanksgiving/Christmas at the Vetters

2008-12-19T08:47:00.002-06:00

This was Easton's first experience opening presents. It might not have been the best time to judge his excitement about it, as it had been a long napless day. He did rip a few pieces of paper and chewed on whatever he could get to his mouth. As soon as all his gifts were opened he went right to sleep! Good thing he has many more Christmas get-togethers to practice the art of opening presents!

This and That 1

2008-12-19T08:39:00.002-06:00

Well, Rebekah got on my case for not posting any new picture in the last month. Sorry about that! I keep downloading them with every intention to post them, then time just gets away from me. So I'm gonna try to make up for that today.

Easton has graduated to the big boy tub. Not sure he really cares, as long as he's got something to chew on while he's in there!

Feet have been the new discovery lately. He found them a while ago, but lately has really started to play with them and chew on them a little more. One night he was in the tub and tried to stick his face under the water to chew on his toes!

Blocks

2008-11-18T11:26:00.002-06:00

So Easton has these wonderful colored rubber blocks that he loves to play with and chew on. These were going to be in his 6 month pictures on Sunday. Problem was, I couldn't figure out what outfit to put him in and we weren't going to buy another outfit just for pictures. So we took some test pictures in and out of clothes. Here's just a few. I'm not sure the outfit we finally (and at the last minute) decided on really works, but oh well. You'll just have to wait to see it when we get the 6 month pics back in a week or so.

Hunting Weekend

2008-11-12T18:29:00.003-06:00

Wow! I'm getting all kinds of photos posted tonight! This is the last of them. The first weekend in November was opening pheasant weekend. So we were back in the Scandia area for some fun. We stopped at the Depot Market on Sunday to take some pictures with the pumpkins. Easton wouldn't look at the camera, just kept looking back and forth and back and forth...
I made Easton a bright orange hunting vest and hat. It ended up being way too hot though for the hat! It also ended up being way to hot for much successful hunting. I'm pretty sure the guys had a good time though.

Halloween

2008-11-12T17:54:00.002-06:00

We didn't really take Easton trick-or-treating, but we did dress him up Halloween night before we left town and headed over to the neighbors. Here he is with Vince and Sandi.

We had to dress him up back in Osborne when we were there the week before Halloween.

Weekend with Jillie (late October)

2008-11-12T17:30:00.002-06:00

A couple weeks ago, in late October, Jillie was home from North Dakota. We got to go for a walk with her and Grandma Jeanne and then later out to supper at Duffy's in Smith Center. Grandma Jeanne had Easton laughing harder than I've ever seen him laugh before (or since). Apparently she's pretty funny!!

Krista was home for the weekend too, so she went with us to Duffy's. We had a great time! Need to get together with old friends more often.

A week at home

2008-11-12T08:09:00.003-06:00

Aunt Cle and Uncle Ed were in the area visiting Grandma Dunstan this last weekend, so they stopped by on their way thru to meet Easton. We had lunch and a good visit.

Charlie and Easton are best buddies. I imagine that all too soon Easton will be big enough to go for a ride all on his own! Charlie wasn't too big on being used as a horse and kept trying to turn around to see what was going on!

Melissa was out of town this whole last week, so Easton and Mommy got some quality time at home for a few days. Nanette and David picked up an exersaucer for us at Kid to Kid in Wichita, so that was great entertainment all week. It amazes me how happy he is playing in this thing. Finally we've found something that keeps his attention for more than 30 seconds!

Easton is sitting up VERY well, but still not interested in rolling over. We've been working on tummy time with him, and every now and again he seems to enjoy it for a bit. I suppose it depends on whether or not he's being entertained.

I still need to post pictures from Jillie's visit. I thought they were on my camera still, but they must've been downloaded to my computer at home. Also on that computer are the hunting photos. So I promise to get that stuff up soon. Sorry for the giant gap in time, but like I said, we've been home for a week and internet is pretty slow there since we don't have high speed. One day....

Halloween at Famous Dave's

2008-10-30T08:25:00.003-05:00

We took Easton trick-or-treating last night...kinda. We dressed him up and went out to supper with some friends! It was a treat for us anyway! We went to Famous Dave's. It was Kids Night, so they had their pig mascot running around. We snagged him for a quick picture with Easton, who wasn't very thrilled to be stuffed back into the costume again! I don't blame him though. We'd had him at the doctor earlier to confirm our suspicions of an ear infection. Poor guy is in a bit of pain. I hope the drops help and it heals up fast. Daddy has big plans for him to go hunting with us this weekend! Hopefully I'll get some better Halloween pics this weekend.

I made Easton a hat and some longer pants this week! And I must say, they're not terrible! I bought some bright orange fleece, so tonight I'm gonna try to make him a hat with ear flaps and a little vest for hunting this weekend!

Eating Ice & Lovin' on Charlie

2008-10-22T09:11:00.004-05:00

Grammy gave Easton some ice on Sunday. He liked it a lot! Must've felt good on those gums and new teeth.

Last night, Easton and Charlie had a good time lovin' on each other. Easton likes Charlie and giggles when Charlie kisses him, but he's never shown this much excitement for him! I think they'll be great buds.

Weekend at Grammy Dene & Pappy Scott's

2008-10-20T10:42:00.007-05:00

Elwin's a big fan of spiking Easton's hair. Pretty sure at some point the boy will have a mohawk!
We visited lots of family this weekend. Kristen was home from Colorado, but I forgot to take pictures. Sorry Kristen! We had supper with her and Marilyn and Jenny Flavin on Friday night on the way to Osborne. Easton was out cold by the time we got to Oz. Here he is all passed out with Grandpappy.
Vernie was also visiting this weekend. Here they are trying to get him to eat some cereal. We tried putting him in Grandma Anna's old high chair, but he's too little yet. We had to tie him in so he wouldn't slide out, then he hit his head on the back and wasn't happy! Maybe by Christmas he can use it!
And asleep again... with Grammy Dene this time.
Elwin went out to the farm to help all day. They dug footings for a new grain bin and finally got in the field to cut some soybeans in the late afternoon. They made it home in time for some fried chicken and homemade cherry pie! (Easton had milk and cereal....yum!)
Uncle Andrew with his usual smirk...

Sunday we went over to Lucas to the K-18 Cafe for lunch with the boys. Here's some spit-up just for you, Pappy!

We had a fun weekend! And we'll be back this coming weekend to see Jillie! Can't wait!

Just some pics

2008-10-15T10:10:00.002-05:00

Gamma's Birthday Weekend

2008-10-08T12:34:00.007-05:00

We traveled up north for Gamma Nancy's birthday this last weekend. Before the surprise party we made a pit stop at Great Grandma Dunstan's. Here's Easton and cousin Kayla with Great Grandma.

We finally got to meet cousin Dakota. She's about 2 months older than Easton.

Gamma Nancy, the birthday girl, with her two grandbabies. Happy 50th Gamma!

I had to hide in the doorway so he wouldn't clam up for the camera. This is what we've all been listening to the last couple days. At least it's a happy squeal!

Easton has been working on sitting up on his own. This is the longest I've seen him sit unsupported. He doesn't seem to interested in rolling over, but certain is in sitting up.

Wordle

2008-10-07T13:11:00.006-05:00

So Betsy had this fun site (www.wordle.com) on her blog a while ago and I just discovered it. It's fun! You can certainly waste some time on there though! I just linked it back to this blog and it pulled words out. Would be kinda fun to make a family names thing.

Jumpin

2008-10-07T11:00:00.004-05:00

On Sunday we pulled out the Johnny Jumper. We still haven't gotten him one of the exersaucers, but I remember that we had this in the basement. And sure enough, he seems to like it! It's not quite as entertaining as Melissa's toy, I'm sure. Especially since he can push everything on the floor and then has to wait til someone picks it up again! But he likes to bounce and spin around. We'll see how long he likes it before he decides he's done and moves onto something else! That seems to be the norm. He liked the bouncy seat for a few weeks, liked his pacifier for a few weeks, liked the swing only a couple times....pretty much he just likes it if you sit in front of him and dance! Too bad we're too busy for that! Thank God for Dalton, or I'm sure Melissa would hate us!!!

Standin' and Gigglin'

2008-10-03T10:21:00.000-05:00

Easton has been getting stronger and stronger. Last week he barely put weight on his legs for 10-20 seconds. Now he'll stand there for what seems like minutes! Melissa (our babysitter) has one of those exersaucers, and he just loves it. She says he bounces and giggles, and it has obviously helped a lot to build strength. We need to get one.

Elwin and Easton play this new game where Elwin rubs Easton's belly on his head. Easton seems to think it's hilarious and laughs and laughs! I tried to get a video to post, but every time I put the camera up, he freezes up and stops giggling! He'll smile, but not laugh...like he knows it's on video instead of photo! Little turd! One of these days I'll have to be more sneaky! Happy Friday!

Lovin the Bumbo

2008-09-26T09:02:00.003-05:00

I got Easton a tray for his Bumbo so he could play with is toys on it. When it's not on he just grabs the middle and tries to shake it! At first he just tried to get the tray off, but I think he's used to it now and just plays with his toys. The first two photos are from our neighbor Logan's junior high football game last Thursday.

On Tuesday we tried giving Easton rice cereal for the first time. He went right for the spoon. Then again, you put anything in front of his mouth and he tries to chew on it! The cereal didn't go over as well as the spoon though.

Godfather Chris and Jen's Wedding Weekend

2008-09-26T08:44:00.004-05:00

Godfather Chris and Jennifer got married last weekend. We had a great time hanging out with old friends at the rehearsal. It's funny, cuz in my group of friends from home, most of them are on their 2nd or 3rd kid. But in this group, we're the first to have a baby!

He was happy the entire night until we decided to take a picture with the bride and groom!

The wedding was a long, fun day for all of us! Elwin was a groomsman, so he partied all day! Easton and I hung out some at Dana's between the wedding and rehearsal, so we were a little more rested up for the dance. Easton tried his hardest to stay awake the whole time. He did take a little catnap around suppertime, and then a little one a few hours later. But a few little 30 minutes naps, and that boy was good to go the rest of the evening. He danced and wiggled and giggled and met all kinds of new friends. We all had a great time and are very, very happy for Chris and Jen! Easton was the only lucky one who got to sleep on the way home!!!

Our purple family

2008-09-19T07:42:00.002-05:00

The lady that did Easton's 3 month photos did some family shots for us as well. We took these at the KSU Gardens.

Dress up

2008-09-15T12:55:00.004-05:00

We have been clearance shopping and to the consignment sale, searching desperately for fall/winter clothes. Easton has lots of summer stuff that he still hasn't worn, but the weather isn't cooperating very well to allow him to wear them. So, I guess they wait for the next baby (NOT on the way yet), or maybe a nice 85 degree day in late Sept or early Oct. Luckily, Easton seems to enjoy playing dress up. Even Daddy gets excited to make him try things on from time to time. The hat and sunglasses are all courtesy of Elwin. I'm not sure when he'll need a fuzzy snow suit with bear ears, but just in case, we now have one thanks to a great sale at Old Navy and my lack of self-restraint!!!

Working boy

2008-09-11T08:25:00.005-05:00

Easton came to work with me a few days this week. Melissa's youngest had a fever, so we had no babysitter. So on Monday he came to work most of the day, and Tuesday was shuffled between Cousin Melanie, Aunt Dana, and work. He somehow managed to stay pretty happy between all the hands he was passed thru. He was certainly a fun helper, and I wish I could bring him every day!

Busy, busy boy!!!

2008-09-10T12:43:00.005-05:00

Our little man has had quite a busy last few weeks. He has been to a wedding, a birthday party, shopping, apple picking, and even to work with Mommy a few days! We've seen grandparents and cousins and friends galore! It's been good times! And we're anxiously awaiting Godfather Chris's wedding next weekend! Easton is giggling lots, especially if you stick his feet up to his mouth. He thinks that's the best! Soon he should be rolling over...although I won't complain that he's not doing it yet. At least he stays where I put him for now!

Purple Saturday

2008-09-02T15:53:00.003-05:00

Easton was all smiles most of the day for his first ever Purple Saturday. And the Cats pulled thru to make it a great day. We had supper at the new Kites Bar and Grill and listened to the game with Auntie Dana and Unkie Justin.
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3 month photos

2008-08-29T11:07:00.002-05:00

Howdy!

2008-08-20T09:24:00.003-05:00

Well, I've never had a blog before! I guess ya have to start somewhere. The email thing was driving me nuts, cuz I have too many people on my list and Yahoo didn't want to send it to everyone. So now you'll all just have to visit the blog on a regular basis, and I'll do my best to keep it updated.

As many of you know, Easton is a miracle that Elwin and I waited and prayed for for a long time. And we cherish him dearly and love to brag on him lots and lots! Thank you all for sharing this wonderful journey with us!