04 August 2010
By alison
In Evan, Family
I’ve been wanting to start updating our blog to share pictures with family and friend, but the idea of playing catch up is intimidating. Instead, I’m just going to pick up where we are now!
Evan had his two month appointment last week and it went really well! After gaining about a pound of week for the first 6 weeks of his life, his weight gain has slowed down a bit. Evan now weighs 12 pounds 13 ounces and is 23 1/2 inches long. And he is still just as adorable as he was when he was born :)
Even though we had to wait a long time for the doctor to come in, Evan did great once she came to check him out. He was smiling and talking to Dr. Taylor, and tolerated all of her inspecting and checking. She said everything looks great! 
He has to get 4 vaccines- 1 oral and 3 shots- but he did really well. He started screaming after the first injection, but didn’t regain his breath until the other two were done so I’m not sure he even realized how many he got. He settled down quickly and slept just about the entire rest of the day. We are so thankful he didn’t have any reactions and tolerated everything so well!
We were especially thankful he did so well with his shots because on Saturday we traveled to Illinois to introduce Evan to his extended family on Tony’s side. We rode in the car with Tony’s parents, so we were able to sit in the back with Evan and help keep him entertained. He ended up sleeping a lot which was a blessing! And Tony and I sang You Are My Sunshine numerous times in numerous versions to keep him happy when he was awake.
We had a great time hanging out with Jody’s side of the family at Tony’s Granny’s house and at the hotel.
On Sunday we traveled to Tony’s Aunt Gail’s house to visit with Scott’s side of the family.
It was a great, memorable weekend!
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05 April 2010
By tony
In Adventure
It was a great weekend of adventure and intrigue. Okay, well, mostly adventure. My father in law and I decided to embark on a voyage down the Clinton River in Rochester Hills, MI. It was a beautiful warm day, a pleasant deviation from the chilly winter days past. After some careful planning we managed to fasten the canoe to his new Ford Escape’s roof rack. (We had a bit of trouble finding good mounting points for the front and rear tie downs under the vehicle. Our 6 mile river run took about 3 hours and had more curves (resisting lame simile) then I can even remember. The water was a bit shallow for our 16′ Old Towne royalex canoe. The shallow water and protruding rocks definitely left their mark on the canoe. The water was cold and surprisingly clear. Despite the suburban neighborhoods lining the river we did see a good amount of wildlife; white-tailed deer, wood ducks, mallard ducks, Canadian geese, and a few fish. By the end of the trip we were both pretty worn out, and the weather quickly changed from sunny to strong winds and rain. Thanks to the cool Google Android app, “My Tracks”, you can check out our tracks on google maps. It was a great advanture.
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29 September 2009
By alison
In Construction
Almost 11 inches! And at least a couple pounds, I’m sure :)
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02 August 2009
By alison
In Construction
Spent the morning at church worshiping and listening to a great message.
Scored some great deals for my classroom at Staples (Just a warning to my family that it’s 1 cent folder week at Office Max so I’ll be requesting some help!)
Bought a $35 lamp that I’ve had my eye on for $15 after remembering about a gift card I’ve had for at least 2 years.
Great lunch of baked veggies over noodles.
Awesome, long nap on the couch with Tony.
Happy hour slushes at Sonic.
New fishing pole from the sporting goods store (for Tony, not me.)
Reading on the canoe around Reed’s lake and on the grass on the shore of Reed’s lake.
Catching a fish (again Tony, not me.)
Ready to tutor and work in my classroom tomorrow!
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15 June 2009
By alison
In Home
Last year, as an end of the year gift from a student, I received a beautiful planter filled with colorful flowers. I found the perfect place for it on our back deck and enjoyed looking at them until they died…about 4 weeks later. Apparently flowers do well when watered, something I only remembered to do every couple days or so.
This year I am determined to prove that I can keep plants alive, not only because I want something pretty to look at on our deck, but because I want to prove that I can be trusted with the plants I’m hoping to plant in the front of our house this summer.
So I headed to Meijer for some potting soil, then grabbed a shovel, the empty planter, and some flowers given to me by a couple students this year and started planting!
Here is the final product.
I realized once I finished that I should have added more soil before I put the plants in because they look pretty low in the pot, but I didn’t think pulling the plants out and trying again would help my chances of keeping them alive.
I watered the flowers yesterday after planting and again today, but only after Tony came home from work and reminded me. The potting soil I bought says Miracle Grow on the bag. I’m thinking that’s what it might take for these flowers to make it to the end of the summer!
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