My First Mother's Day

I do realize that Mother's Day is back in May, but I am still playing catch-up with my blog posts, sorry!! I had a wonderful first Mother's Day and was treated like a queen by my sweetie, Cory. He got me lots of fun gifts which included a deluxe spa pedicure and a massage! He knows what girls really want; to be pampered!!! Thanks babe! And Owen gave me a little book titled Mommy Loves Me! So cute! Here are just a few fun pictures of my little man dressed up for church on Mother's Day.





There are no words to truly describe the joy and love I feel being a mother to Owen. He has changed my life so much and it just keeps getting better each day. I love you with all my heart my sweet Owen and am so blessed to by called your momma!

"Being a full-time mother is one of the highest salaried jobs in my field, since the payment is pure love." ~Mildred B. Vermont

4 Months...

I know that this is 2 months late, but I am just trying to update you all on Owen and his milestones. I wish I had been better about writing things down each time Owen did something exciting and new because now it's so much harder to just try and remember things off the top of my head, especially with a memory like mine.

Stats from his 4 month appointment...
Height--25 1/2inches (above average)
Weight--14.3 (average)

After his check-up I knew I was ready to start him on some rice cereal because I wanted to get him sleeping through the whole night and I thought maybe filling him up on more than just milk would do the trick. He actually did really well his first time and quickly became a pro at eating from a spoon!

Also, by this time Owen had been rolling over a little...meaning that he only would go from his tummy to his back and it didn't happen that often. I would always joke that he is just plain lazy and his mom would come get him if he got to upset with being on his tummy too long. Which sadly was very true! So up until about 2 weeks ago Owen really wasn't showing much interest in being mobile at all, but now he is rolling and scooting in circles all the time! Sometimes I miss not having to worry about putting him on the bed while I run to get something in fear that he may fall off, but I am glad that he has finally wanted to be a little more of a rollie-pollie these days :)

Here are some pictures of Owen trying out that rice cereal for the first time and then some of him in the awesome car stroller his Papa Dunn takes him for walks in.

Ya thats right...I'm a college graduate!

Wishing the title was pertaining to me, however Cory is the one who graduated from SVU this past May!!! Hooray, what an accomplishment! The week leading up to the big ceremony on May 1st was a BUSY one. Lots of packing and cleaning to get ready for the cross country move to Seattle for the summer. As well as crazy me wanting to throw Cory a last minute Grad Party just two days before we left! But we were so glad we did so we could spend a little more time chatting and playing games with some of our wonderful friends we'd made while living in Virginia. Moves are always a bittersweet thing, and we sure miss all our BV friends!! But we both agreed that it was time for us to move on to the next phase of our lives, whatever that may be...hehe. We have truly loved our time spent in Virginia and all the experiences Cory had while going to SVU. Virginia will always have a little special place in my heart because that's where we made some of the sweetest memories so far for our little family. Some days I just miss that small town feeling :) Here are a few pictures of Cory graduating and us in front of our house we lived in this past school year.






Thank you, thank you, thank you Mom and Dad for coming out and supporting Cory, and helping us finish off the huge task of moving! We couldn't of done it without you!


And we're off!!!

A BIG Shout-out To Cory

Its been about three weeks now and most of you probably already now this, but Cory finished off his last year of college basketball by going to the NAIA National Tournament and got 2nd!! Also at the tournament he was awarded 3 different awards... Academic All American (for the 4th time), Honorable Mention All American, and All Tournament Team! Way to go Cory! It has been so much fun being able to watch and support him these past 2 years doing what he loves so much. I will definitely miss it. Here are a few shots of him at the tournament. I do love a man in uniform :)

Love This Little Face!

I have been meaning to post these pictures of Owen for a while now, so he looks a little older now than he is in these pictures. Oh well! I was trying to get a good one of him smiling and was able to get a couple really cute ones. Enjoy!





Sneeze!

I'm a Baller!

TIME FOR AN UPDATE!!!

So I decided that my valentines gift to all my family and friends would be to update my blog!!! I know its been forever since my last post and of course you are all dying to hear about and see the new addition to our family!! So I guess I should start from the beginning...

I will spare you all the not so pleasent details of the whole labor and delivery story and just give a short recap of the big event. It all started early in the morning of the 28th. I woke up at around 4:00AM to contractions about 5-6 minutes apart, but not too painful. After an hour of timing the contractions that were getting closer and more painful, I decided to wake up Cory to ask him what we should do and in just a few minutes I heard my mom get up to the bathroom probably because she heard us talking and moving around. As soon as I told her I was having contractions she immediately said we need to go to the hospital right now! (hehe she was an anxious grandmother) So then I called my midwife and off we went around 6:00AM. After we got all situated at the hospital my midwife checked to see were I was at and sadly I was only dialated to a 1. Then from 7 in the morning to 2 that afternoon I didn't have any progress so they sent me home on some pain meds that would help take the edge off the contractions that were consistantly 3 minutes apart. Well by this point I was very disappointed and exhausted. I did not want to go home (which is 45 minutes from the hospital) and try to sleep when I could still feel every contraction and they kept getting worse. Once we got back home I tried to get some sleep but after an hour and a half of suffering through those stinkin contractions I said we are going back to the hospital now! The ride back was the longest ride of my life! So miserable! Cory told me later that he was going around 90mph the whole way when the speed limit is only 65! hehe I guess he didn't want me having this baby in the car. So once I got re-admitted around 5:30PM and the nurse checked me I was now dialated to a 5. They asked if I wanted the epidural now and I said YES PLEASE! And what a relief that was once it kicked in. When they checked my progress at 9:00PM I was at a 7 and they decided to break my water then. That certainly moved things along because by 11:00 I was completely dialated and ready to push. And after a little over an hour our beautiful boy was here!!! What an amazing experience! He is such a little miracle, and we jsut couldn't be happier!On December 29, 2009 at 12:24 AM Owen Cory Evans came into the world and joined our family! He weighed in at 7 lbs. 13 oz. and was 21 inches long. Absolutely perfect healthy, handsome baby boy!


FIRST FAMILY PHOTO!

LOVE THIS PICTURE!

WE ARE SO IN LOVE WITH OUR LITTLE BOY


READY TO GO HOME

FIRST BATH...NOT SO HAPPY. (CORY'S FOOT COMPARED TO OWEN! HAHA)

LOVES HIS BINKIE


Owen is now 7 weeks old and already looks so different. At his one month appointment, that was a week ago, he weighed 10.6 lbs and was 22 3/4 inches long! He has been such a joy in our lives and we have been enjoying every minute with him. He has been smiling and talking now for a good two weeks which is pretty much the sweetest thing in the world to see! Cory and I just can't get enough of our sweetheart! We love you Owie!

ALL READY TO PLAY IN THE SNOW! HEHE

GO DUKE!

WE HAVE BEEN WANTING TO GET A FAMILY PICTURE REALLY BAD CAUSE WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN ONE SINCE THE HOSPITAL BUT OF COURSE OWEN WAS ASLEEP WHEN WE DID. OH WELL :)

HOPE YOU ALL HAD A WONDERFUL VALENTINE'S DAY! I PROMISE NOT TO GO ANOTHER 2 MONTHS BEFORE I POST AGAIN!