evan gives daddy a massage

Kyle wanted a backrub, so I offered to hold Evan over his back so that Evan could stomp on him.

Jell-O No Bake Cherry Cheesecake

There was a time when I wouldn't have been caught dead buying or eating a Jell-O No Bake Cherry Cheesecake. Call me a food snob. I really enjoy good quality food, and I am a better cook because of it. Which reminds me, Central Market (only the BEST grocery store in the entire world) is opening a store here in our neighborhood in 2010. My wildest grocery dreams have come true. Anyway, along came Evan...welcome to the world of frozen and quick meals. Oh I'm embarrassed but only partly so because there's just not enough time in the day to commute, work, make & clean up dinner, and have quality play time with our son, so something had to give. I just whipped up this no bake cheesecake and put it in the fridge to chill for an hour, it was so easy! It won't be as delectable as one made from scratch which means that I'll have to eat twice as much to be satisfied, not good for those last 5 pounds.

It has almost been 2 weeks since my last post and Evan has come a long way. We had his 4 month check up (1 week late because of 4th of July) and here are his stats:

weight: 15 pounds 11 oz. 50-75%tile
length: 26.5" 95%tile
head circumference: 40.5 cm 10-25%tile (a tiny head!)

Evan got his first trim around the ears. The hair on the top of his head still sticks straight up like a mohawk. Evan has found his left thumb and loves to suck on it all the time. He also loves to jump up and down in his jump-a-roo. Evan sleeps from 8p-6:30 straight, and then he wakes still a little tired and grumpy, so we give him his binky and he'll fall back asleep until 7 or 7:30, at which point he wakes up very cheerful and happy. :) Oh yeah, and big news, he started eating rice cereal with his breakfast 2 mornings ago. He opens wide for the spoon but then doesn't know what to do with the food once it's in his mouth. Funny boy. Evan LOVES to play peek-a-boo with Daddy.

deep breath, cold turkey

Yup, on the urging of my assistant Patrina, we put Evan down tonight without swaddling and without his binky, gasp! There were 24 minutes of nearly constant crying, with just a few minutes of rest here and there, then finally the little guy fell asleep! That wasn't so bad. But we'll see what the rest of tonight is like.

Evan rolled over from his back to his tummy a few days ago!!! I thought that they usually don't do that until about 5 months, but he did it the day he turned 4 months old, and he's been doing it ever since. Every time you lay him on his back, he immediately rolls over. It's so cute. He hikes up his legs and just rolls over onto his right side, always his right side, and then he sometimes gets a little stuck and then he throws his hips over to get the rest of the way over. At first his right arm would get stuck under his body, but now he's good at getting his hand back in front of his body. At night and in the morning we go into his room and find him on his tummy!

I can't concentrate on my blog anymore because I'm watching I Survived a Japanese Game Show.

first fourth

Evan woke up super happy and smiley today because he slept for 12 hours. No, not all at once, he woke up at 4:20, 5:30, 6:40, then finally at 8:10am. For some reason he has a hard time staying asleep in the early morning. A-gong and A-ma came to visit us after his morning nap and Evan showed them his new trick, rolling over from his back to his tummy!!! He just learned how to do this a few days ago, and he seems like a pro now. This morning when I went in to get him out of his crib he had rolled over onto his tummy, I was SO surprised! And a little frieked out, so now we have to raise the sidebars on his crib so that he doesn't roll out!