Easter Sunday

We had an enjoyable Easter Sunday. After church, we headed down to my parents' house. But, before that we made a stop to see Seth's Great Grandma (my only living grandparent). He was the highlight of her day! He gave her a couple smiles, which melted her heart and made her feel good (since she doesn't see him, or us, very often).



After that we arrived at Grandma & Grandpa's house. We had an Easter egg hunt (which we watched from the window) and searched for our Easter baskets (only for the kiddos). Seth had a basket heaped with new clothes and even got a few candy bars! Seth told us that he was so happy with the clothes that we (me and daddy) should enjoy the candy bars. Isn't he so thoughtful?! :o)
Do you like my bunny slippers?

Just playin' around

Seth loves his exersaucer! Almost every piece bends down to his level where it inevitably ends up in his mouth. I've noticed that his legs are stronger since he's been using this too. Fun!

Our kitchen redo

This weekend, as the snow came down, we spent our time indoors fixing up our kitchen. When we bought the house 4 years ago, we didn't change the kitchen floor...mainly because there were so many other things that were more important. So, now was the time. Evan did a great job doing this basically by himself. I helped in small ways during my breaks...someone had to take care of the 3rd Hammersmith!

Of course we were so anxious to get started that I forgot to snap a true "before " photo, but you'll get the idea with these:

BEFORE:
This is the floor with most of the tiles pulled up. I'd say about 80% came up with no effort. The next is a close-up of the old color scheme. We had selected that paint color to go with the existing tiles. It worked for awhile, but it was time to change.



This is Evan getting the last of the tiles up. There were 4-5 that were pretty tough to remove.


AFTER:
I think it turned out great. It looks so much cleaner! Not bad for around $100.

A close-up of the color scheme:

Snow Storm: Cleveland

Well, we all know that a state-wide snow storm blew through Ohio the past couple of days leaving behind several inches of snow. Evan and I spent the weekend replacing the flooring and painting our kitchen. I will post the before and after photos tomorrow or Tuesday.

Anyway, here's a photo of my car this morning after the snow had finally stopped. Enjoy!

6 Months!

Seth is 6 months old already! He is such a happy little guy. We had his check-up today and all is well.

Weight: 15 lbs. 9oz.
Height: 27.25 in.

He gained 3 lbs. and grew 2 inches in the past 2 months (since last check-up). He is getting to be long enough that the nurse suggested we look into the next car seat. Apparently 28 inches is the max. height of car seats like we have currently. He needs to remain rear-facing until he's 1 year old, butI guess we need to look into getting him more space.

Eating: We have the go-ahead for increasing the solid foods . Seth is currently getting about 35oz. of formula per day, which the nurse said is a little much. She suggests we back him down to 30oz. and increase the amount of solids per day. We have been giving him solids at breakfast and dinner, and now we can begin a lunch feeding as well.

Sleeping: Seth tuckers out at around 6pm each night. He awakens for a feeding around 3:30-4am, then goes back to sleep until 7am. We thought this was pretty good. The nurse said she'd like to see him get rid of the 3:30am feeding. So in order to do that, we would need to wake him at around 10p for a feeding so that he can go straight through to 7am. Sounds good, might be interesting for the first couple nights trying it. Not sure when I will begin to implement this change. The problem is is that I am usually in bed by 10p...but I guess getting up to feed him at 10p is better than 3:30a!

Play: Seth is enjoying his toys more and more. He now sits upright in his exersaucer and enjoys having toys all around him. It's good for him to use his legs to stand up and move around in it too.

He got 3 shots today...and didn't even cry! He started to fuss a little at one point but then the shots were over. He is so good! I think we'll keep him.