It was a very fun day and Melanie over did it! But I can't blame her, it's so fun to shop to shop for kids. At Nathan's first Christmas, she surprised us with a very large wooden rocking truck. It is very cool (did I mention large?) and Nathan has really enjoyed it inside and out. This year, she contacted us early and we chose wooden rocking fire truck for Evan. Also large but not quite as much so maybe the company decided to scale back just a little. We were touched by her generosity (those things aren't cheap!) and I was really impressed because we are trying to do the same things for both boys - to an extent. It's something my parents really instilled in me through their example. I often heard Mom stay "what we'll do for one, we will do for the other." It worked out in my favor often when I was growing up.
There were many things my sister wanted that I wasn't interested in. I wouldn't say we were exactly opposites, but definitely different in our desires. Lucky for me, my sister had expensive taste! :-) Often Mom would tell me "we did "x" for Melissa, so we need to do it for you too." and I would say great, but could we do "y" instead. Sometimes y was a little bit cheaper too and we all ended up happy. So as I look at my two growing boys, I have the same thoughts when it comes to the things that we do and buy. Nathan had "x" so we should get one for Evan too.
So it really touched my heart when Melanie offered to get a rocking toy for Evan too. Now, we have to find a place for both of them ! :-) But with the Christmas tree out of the way, our front room has opened up a little and we enjoyed some extra space.
Evan was all smiles when he woke from his nap and saw his new truck!
Nathan got a super cool pirate ship with all the accessories from Grandma and Grandpa Vandever!
And after all the excitement and everyone went home, Evan and Nathan enjoyed giving each other rides!
We also had Evan's 9 month well check this week. It was mostly a good report but Evan is a little anemic and had not gained much weight (almost 19 lbs). I am wondering if he is just working it off with his super fast crawling - he's a super active boy - or if he inherited Grandpa Beebe's metabolism! The doctor sent us home with some samples of formula because I told him how Evan has been refusing to eat anything but milk, juice and cheerios. The doctor didn't seem too concerned about his eating habits and thought he might just be showing some independence. But nothing we try seems to work.
Evan really likes the cheerios and will eat a lot of them in one sitting, but nothing else. It's a fight or we have to trick him to get a spoon in his mouth and then most of the food comes right back out. I even steamed some foods to make them solid enough to pick up but really mushy and he wouldn't have them. The stinker even knew when a cheerio had a little food on them, even just in the center and spit those right out!
But kudos to my hairdresser Anna who suggested putting rice cereal or oatmeal in his bottle! Lots of people suggested that to me when the boys were under 6 months which I knew was a bad idea since they would not be old enough to digest it. But it never occurred to me that we could do it now with Evan to get him to eat something more than just milk! It worked like a charm. I have gotten two bottles with lots of rice cereal dissolved in them down him and at least we are getting some iron, vitamins and calories in him! That formula can just stay on the shelf until our next dr visit when I plan to return them!
So, overall I would say it was a successful weekend! They boys had lots of fun playing, our house looks a little more normal without the Christmas decorations and I am ready to retreat back to work! Here's just a few scenes of our weekend fun, playing together and laughing a lot.
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