Evie's Best Night Yet

Evie had a rough day yesterday--she wanted to be held almost constantly and was crying a lot even when held, and after being changed and fed, etc. She finally calmed down by 9:30 p.m. so we all went to bed.

She only woke up once during the night--at 2:30 a.m. and didn't get up again until after 6, which is awesome! We think it might be from all of the crying herself into exhaustion, but who knows?

Evie also got her first bottle from daddy yesterday. She did well with it and we will keep trying bottle once or twice a day until she really gets the hang of it--then we can try a date night for us and not have to worry about her not eating. She still does not seem to like pacifiers much and I am at a point now where I am thinking maybe we should stop trying to use one--if she doesn't like it and can be soothed in other ways, why not use those? Every time she has taken a pacifier she only hangs on to it for a few minutes anyway. She keeps trying to suck on her hand (her entire hand) so maybe she'll figure that out and do it instead?

Over the weekend, Evie and I went to two restaurants and I managed to discreetly breastfeed her at both, so it is nice to be able to go out and about and get everything done without having to come home. I think we are getting the hang of all of this!

Here are my new favorite Evie Pics:

Left: Evie in a sling///Right: Evie 'tude

Pretty Evie

So yesterday turned out ok. Daddy ended up going to work and coming home early really sick so it was truly a girl's day 'alone' for most of the day. We did good though and Evie took some nice naps where Mommy could relax and get chores done. I have seriously had to do laundry at least once a day since she got home from poopie blow-outs and her peeing when I am changing her diaper or the few major spit-ups she's had. It is crazy.

She got her first 'real' bath yesterday where we completely dunked her and didn't just sponge bathe. It went better than the sponge baths but she still hated it. Hopefully she will grow to like them ok?

More pictures up on the Voellmecke's website. Here are two of my new favorites:

Evie and Mommy's First Day 'Alone'

Daddy is at work today for the first time, so it is just us girls and the puppies today. I think Evie is starting to establish a 5:30 & 7:30 a.m. feeding routine because she's eaten at both times pretty much every day since we got home.

I must have been really tired at the 5:30 feeding because I put a diaper on Evie but it completely failed to cover her butt so we had a bit of a blow-out. My bad! I felt awful when I saw the mess my sloppy diapering made:(

New Pics!

I don't plan on posting every time I've added new pics to her galleries, so make sure that you're checking out Evie's photo galleries at:

• Evangeline June
• Evie Fashion Show

They're both already multiple pages and will keep growing as we add more and more stuff. We're pretty picture-crazy, but can you blame us? She's so gorgeous:


Yesterday Evie visited her Great Grandma T and Great Aunt Mary. Great Grandma has especially been looking forward to meeting her, because Evie is the first little girl on my Dad's side of the family since my Aunt Mary (my dad's older sister), and she's been really hoping to have a new baby girl in the family. Evie was happy to oblige!

Evie's Actual Due Date

So today was Evie's actual due date, but she very kindly came 9 days early. We have been having a good time with her--lots of exciting stuff!

Here she is doing 'tummy' time:

She can move her head from one side to the other and the doctor said she had good arm strength because she can already lift herself up using her arms. She is a crazy girl!

I went to the doctor today because I keep getting really bad headaches and my blood pressure is still high, which is the likely cause. He thinks I have chronic hypertension and said my blood pressure spike from the pre-eclampsia should have gone down by now. I am totally bummed and hope he turns out to be wrong, but in the meantime I have to take something to try and bring it down. I swear I have been on more medications since I got pregnant than I ever was before--it is insane.

In good news on my health I have lost almost all the weight I gained during the pregnancy which is awesome since it has only been 9 days! Thank you Evie:)