Its been too long!

Oh my goodness, I knew I was way behind with the blog but what a mess I've made of the spring and summer! We have been very busy here, I took a job about an hour away so I have not been home nearly as much as I'd like. The good news is that I have taken a new job as a Starbucks Store Manager, and my store is 10 minutes from our house! Woo hoo!! I will be home with the boys in the evenings so we can have family dinners and bathtime and bedtime and all of those important things we've felt like we're missing out on. Any how, since we're so behind I'll get to the good stuff.... life with Everett!!

He is getting soooooo big! And busy :-) He will be running in a matter of weeks so for now he just follows along the furniture or walls to get where he wants to be or he uses his truck walker. Sometimes he even gets fed up and just walks a few steps to the nearest toy.
He was also baptized last month at St. Roch, the church where we were married and attend mass (when mommy's not working Sundays) and I was also baptized there which made it extra special for me. Everett was so wonderful during the ceremony and only fussed a little when daddy wouldn't let him hold the candle (yes he's getting to that age) He was absolutely fascinated with Father Wilmoth throughout the whole thing. Emily and Uncle Dylan stood up as his godparents and helped take part in the ceremony too. It was very special and we were very happy to have so many people celebrate it with us at the church and then at our house for lunch and cake. Everett is one lucky little guy to have so many people that care about him.
Speaking of people that love the little man, The Nickolaus gang came to visit! Grama & Grampa, Aunt Melissa, Uncle Eric & Sydney too! It was so nice to have everyone together and really special for Brian & Melissa's grandparents to have the chance to meet Sydney. It was fun being together again and I hope they enjoyed it as much as we did. I know it was a great chance for them to see how big Ev has gotten since February. Also, Grama was the first person to realize that, wait a minute, does Ev have a tooth in there?! While they were in town his bottom right tooth showed up!
Also, we were able to travel to West Virginia for a family reunion, my grandpa's family, and we were very excited to introduce the little guy to all of our family there! We did a little hiking and alot of visiting. Everett was good for the most part and even took his first steps while we were there! :-)
Other than these big events we have been keeping busy with all of our wonderful friends and family. The little guy is a new adventure everyday and I cant wait to see what the future holds as we round out his first year with a celebration of the big UNO!!

Everett & Sydney playing together!

Sydney, Aunt Melissa & Everett

Playing with his buddy Olivia and cousin Sydney

Everett with Mommy, Daddy & all nine of his living grandparents, pretty impressive!!

The Nickolaus' (we missed you Aunt Susan & Uncle David!)

Us with some of our best friends!

Hanging out with Grandpa

Everett loved visiting with Grama & Grampa

He melts my heart!

Everett and his truck

Maybe my favorite picture of the boys Ever!


his favorite way to chew on a straw!

Peek A Boo is our new favorite game, Mommy & Daddy are sure we played it about a 100 times on our way to West Virginia! Here are the action shots-




flirting with Mommy in the mirror

Papaw & Everett

Hiking with Daddy
Our little family after our hike to the falls
Everett loved this chair that Great Great Aunt Patti had at her house, it was just his size!

Attacking Charlotte.... again

Mommy & Everett at Aunt Patti's house
While we were on vacation, Emily housesat for us and as a thank you we bought her a life size Edward.... and hid him in our dark hallway. Ha! Sorry we missed seeing her face in person. I have to admit, they are my three favorite 'E' people :-)


Brushing the Toofers is serious business!


So thats our summer thus far stay tuned and thanks in advance for your patience :-) as we get ready for fall and September 4th. Love you!

Easter Blessings

Hope everyone had a great Easter weekend! We spent it with lots of friends and family. Easter morning we watched Everett investigate his basket from The Bunny before attending mass with a very good little baby :-) Then we stopped at my parents so Everett could check out his basket that The Bunny left there. Then we all went on to Mamaw and Papaw's (my grandparents) for lunch with Aunt Suzie, CT, Jennifer & Charlotte. Where The Bunny left three more baskets for Everett. That is one busy Bunny!!

I think the Easter Bunny did good!! I love how sleepy he looks ha!


Ev & Daddy playing with his new car keys at Grandma & Grandpa's!

An Easter nap, doesn't that look nice?

Checking out his Easter basket from Aunt Suzie


Also, an update on my boys and their Cubs. (this post has alot of important animals in it!)

I just love this one I mean, they match! Everett and The Cub

This is his "Its opening day!" face

Time flies!

Hello! I hope this post finds everyone well! So much has happened since our last update. First things first, our house is starting to really come together! Brian and I are so proud of what we've been able to accomplish since we got here. We are finishing up our kitchen tonight, hanging the last bit of trim. Whoa! What an adventure, it was Brian and I's first home improvement project. We make a great team though luckily!

Scary scary wallpaper and ceiling fan in before:
Mommy & Daddy are pretty pleased with after:


Other than that there has been alot of visiting with friends and family. Movie nights, lunches, birthday parties and we even get to meet a new cousin this week!

We want to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY to our niece Sydney Paige! We can not believe she celebrated her first birthday this week on April 1st! Get a load of our favorite picture from her first experience with birthday cake! hahaha

Here is Everett with his Great Grandma Darene, they met for the first time and were both all smiles!

Also Everett enjoyed a visit with Great Grandpa Bob & Great Grandma Shirley! The three of them can cause quite a ruckus!
Here are some photos of our other adventures:
Everett & Mommy at the Children's Museum

Everett & Bugs, best buddies.

Everett trying to wake up his buddy Olivia after lunch out with all of our friends!

Beth, Everett & Rob at lunch!

Natalie and Everett during their first adventure in babysitting!

And lastly my boys have been preparing all week (or in Brian's case 27 years) for tomorrow. The start of their first Cubs season together.
This year is here.... ? Mommy prays so.

Love you!

*edit* Mommy has been informed the phrase is 'Next year is here', hey what can I say, I'm just here for moral support and to say very important things like 'ohhh who's he? He's good looking.'

Greetings from Indiana!

We are here in our new home and finally getting settled in!
(And we have internet access WOO HOO!!!)

What an adventure it was!

Mommy and Everett flew into Indy on Friday morning the 27th. Everett slept during takeoff and landing and played the whole time in between. He did great for the most part except for one strange incident with the plane being out of bottled water. Seriously? 'Have mercy on these people' is all mommy thought as the little guy started to cry. They did have some juice however which held him over until we were on the ground (poor guy!). Grandma and Grandpa were there to greet us and ooohhh and aaahhh over the growing little guy. He was just a little bit bigger since the last time they saw him! haha.

Here is Everett in his winter coat because it was COOOLLLLDDD!!!!

Daddy and two of his Dallas buddies drove over night to get to Indy with all of Everett's toys (and the rest of mommy and daddy's stuff too!) A whole gang of folks were there to unload that stuffed truck and try to shove it all into our new house. Everyone laughed about Everett's room, saying you could tell which was his because the glow of the paint carried out into the hallway. Mommy thought they were being just a little dramatic, but not too much.


Ev sure was happy to see all of his stuff!


Since getting here we have had the chance to visit with lots of family and friends. Everett has been quite a hit! He loves JaKobi and Mike and thought that they were awfully funny. And he loves watching Uncle Dylan, he thinks he's pretty funny too. I'm sure we will have lots of photos and adventures to post so stay tuned. Next week is going to be great grandparents week as we meet up with Grandma Darene for breakfast on Tuesday and dinner with Grandpa Bob & Grandma Shirley on Friday. Mommy will be sure to bring the camera.

Goofing off with Great Aunt Suzie! Two of a kind.

Mondays are Dancing with the Stars nights so Grandma and mommy watch it together and dish.

During Dancing Uncle Dylan and Everett hung out and distracted us with their good looks.

Here is Everett with his godmother Emily, she comes to visit on Thursdays for Grey's Anatomy and sometimes in between episodes if we're real lucky!

We will also be posting photos of the house as we get everything together. Want to keep everyone 'in the loop'! Until then,
love you all!!!!

Long time no... blog?

To say that Mommy has been slacking is an understatement! I had no idea it had been so long. I guess so much has been going on with us that we have been a little side tracked. As all of you now know we are moving home to Indiana the last weekend of February. Everett and I actually leave in 20 days. 20!! I still cant believe it. For the record I am going to go pack after this. :-)

Everett & Daddy just hanging out!!

Mommy & her little man!!

As far as Everett goes he has been changing so much. Its unbelievable to see him transform into this little person. He continues to have such a wonderful personality. He's always so happy and those big blue eyes make him quite the charmer too. He is now taking rice cereal before bed and a few days a week he will have a breakfast of veggies with his bottle. So far he is loving carrots, peas and green beans. Our pediatrician warned that we should probably start off with veggies at first so that he doesn't get hooked on everything tasting sweet, so fruits are still in our future!


He is also growing like a weed. At his four month check up he weighed in at a little over 15 pounds and measured 25 1/2 inches long. He continues to be basically at the 50th percentile being just a bit longer for his age. He is loving sitting in his bumbo and playing in his high chair.
Most of all he is FINALLY getting comfortable with tummy time especially since he started rolling over so that way he spends no time actually on his tummy. Silly guy!


Around Christmas he caught on to a noise I was making with my mouth. We now call it blowing bubbles and since he started mimicking it, it has become his favorite thing. When he wakes up in the morning and is waiting for someone to get him he blows bubbles, when he jumps in his jumper he blows bubbles, and he LOVES when you blow bubbles back at him. It is absolutely hilarious and he loves that it gets a laugh most of the time. Speaking of laughing he has started doing a ton of it. And its the best kind of baby laughs, the deep in the belly that was the funniest thing ever kind of laugh. So satisfying!

Blowing bubbles yet again!!!

Mommy's newest favorite!!

We will update as soon as possible, which most likely will be March! AGH! We will be sure to post photos of our new house and especially some photos of Everett's new nursery and him visiting with my side of our family! He hasnt seen them since he was 6 weeks old and he'll be 6 months old. WOW!