The Skarin Family Blog

For quite a few weeks now we have been waiting and waiting for Evan to start crawling. He had all the right pieces, he just wasn’t putting them together. That is until this morning! Maybe he just wasn’t motivated enough. Well today he was! First to get to the lamp cord, then to get to some paper on the ground...

As I think back about February, I think it has been a relatively low key month. But as I look back at pictures, they indicate otherwise. It started with Evan pulling himself up to standing for the first time on his exersaucer and being so proud that he was able to do so. Then we had a play date with...

Every night after Evan goes to bed, I spend a few minutes cleaning up his toys. I like them to be neat and orderly so that they do not take over the entire house.Although I am not sure why I bother because it only takes a few minutes the following day before they look like this.<img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px;...

In order to make the transition from a bottle to a sippy cup easier, we have been trying to give Evan a sippy cup of water or juice at the end of each meal. We often forget but when we do remember, Evan often wears more than he drinks. “They” say it is ok to let babies play and explore...

Today was Sean’s first birthday! Hard to believe how quickly the year has past and that just one year ago when I held him for the first time I was pregnant! We have had so much fun over the last year watching Sean and Evan grow into the sweet little boys that they are. We had a great time celebrating...

Yesterday we went to the pediatrician for Evan’s nine month well visit. We were quite anxious to see how big he is. Here is what we found out: Height - 29.5 inches (81st percentile), Weight - 22 pounds, 14 ounces (79th percentile) and Head circumference - 47.5 centimeters (94th percentile). The doctor continues to be thrilled with Evan’s progress and...

Now that Evan has four teeth (which is apparently enough to get broccoli stuck in them), we decided we would try to brush them. Easy, right? I mean, he puts everything in his mouth normally, so why not a toothbrush, right? Right! Easier said than done. I think it was more the toothpaste that Evan didn’t like rather than the...

Today was the best birthday I can remember in a long time! And the best part about it was just spending time with my two best boys! We had a relatively low key morning, complete with french toast for breakfast. My boys surprised me with a emerald and diamond pendant for my birthday. (You can see it pretty well in...

Tonight we attended the fifth annual soup swap at Mark and Christi’s. This was our second year attending and Evan’s first. It was a fun time and great to see (about half of ) the Kavanagh cousins as always. This year we made Oma’s homemade noodles and chicken soup. It was a little last minute but it turned out great!...

Evan and I FINALLY did something we have been meaning to do for a LONG time…we went to see Daddy at work. Bruce moved into a new office a while before Evan was born and I had never been to visit. So we took advantage of a sunny, albeit cold day and went to visit for lunch. We spent a...