One Month

On the course
A Loon, which is the MN state bird.
Family Picture, Evan even looked

So Evan is now one month. Time really does fly. He is doing great, eating like a champ and definitely growing. The nights are getting better. He is only getting up twice and is going back to sleep right away which helps.

Tom had a conference for his work last week and wives were invited to attend. Since Evan was so little they told us we could bring him along as well, so we did. It was at a resort in Northern Minnesota where most of the 10,000 lakes are. It was beautiful and I am so glad we made the trip. The high temp one day was 65!! A little different than St. Louis in August. Evan did great and was the hit of the meetings, he got spoiled being held so much. We even had our first non-family babysitter so that I was able to have a break and go on a boat ride. Evan also had his first experience on the golf course, he slept through 7 holes so mom even got to play! He has become a great car rider too, he slept the entire time(5hrs) both ways. We are hoping this gets him ready for the trips to St. Louis.

We are basically unpacking to repack. Evan and I will be flying into St. Louis on Tuesday and then Tom will drive in and join us on Thursday. We are so excited to make the trip in so he can meet everyone. We have a few things planned but are planning on blocking out Saturday afternoon so that people can stop by to see him at my parents house. Tom's parents are also having an open house on Monday afternoon. Please feel free to stop by either one to meet Evan.

Pictures

On our own

We are officially on our own now. The first week Tom was home and then last week my mom was here with us. Having my mom here was sooo wonderful, I don't think I will ever have my laundry as caught up as she had it. We had a great time just spending time with Evan and getting things back to normal at the house. We had a few outings to Target and the Grocery store, went to a event in downtown Rochester one afternoon and even had our own mini photo shoot with Evan. I am so lucky to have such a loving and caring mom who would spend a week with us. We both miss her already!!

The rest of the family came up on Friday. My dad, Matt/Liz and the kids and Bridget all made the trip up here to meet Evan. We had a great time and even went to the Mall of America on Saturday. It was nice to all be together(we missed Uncle Kyle though). Evan was excited to meet his new cousins Daniel and Ava and I think Elway was even more excited to have some attention from them.

Tom's mom and sister Molly will be coming up in two weeks for a few days and then we will be heading home for an extended Labor Day weekend so that Evan can meet the rest of the family and our friends.

He has become more alert during the day time hours and is still getting up about every 2 hours in the night time. We usually have one 3-4 hour stretch early in the morning which I take full advantage of! We are planning on having a playdate this week with a friend that has a 7 week old, not sure how much playing they will do but its an excuse for the mom's to get together.

I think that is it for now. I will post some pictures very soon from our photo shoots last week.