No Naps?

Evan has been having trouble falling asleep at night, so we decided to try letting him not take a nap in the afternoon. As you can tell from the pictures below, he still needs a nap! He falls asleep on his own almost every day! (On a good note, we are using melatonin at night, which helps Evan to fall asleep in a reasonable amount of time and sleep longer each night.)

Evan's New Room

I realized that I never got to write about Evan's new room, so even though he got a new room last fall, I am FINALLY going to write about it!

In October Evan got a new big boy room. All of the baby furniture and decorations came out and he got new furniture and decorations. Evan now has a full size bed, a new dresser, a new toy box, and a new book shelf that will be able to hold LOTS of books. He chose a cool space ship bed spread and pillows, along with space decorations for his wall. He has a special bulletin board to hold lots of his school work and other fun papers. His hermit crab, Justa, lives on his dresser and Justa's warming light makes a great night light for Evan. The coolest part of Evan's room is probably the cool Star Wars painting that Daddy made for him.

Evan loves his new "Star Wars" room. We are happy he likes it and we are excited for him to be a big boy. (Evan happily donated his old furniture to Preston. It was really sweet!)

Evan's Name Plaque

Evan's New Big Boy Room

Evan's Dresser and Justa Crab

Evan's Star Wars Painting (Thanks Daddy!)

Preston Matthew Koontz

We have decided to name our son Preston Matthew Koontz. We chose the name Preston because we like it a lot and it is not very common. Matthew was chosen because many names on the Swann side of the family start with M and so does Matthew. Also, my mom particularly liked the name Matthew, so that helped us make the decision.

So far I am feeling really good. I have had some pretty bad heart burn and indigestion, but nothing that is unusual with pregnancy. I was VERY tired in the first trimester, but now that I am in the second trimester, I have much more energy. I have already gained quite a bit of weight compared to when I was pregnant with Evan, but Dr. Evans says it is the right amount to be gaining. (I didn't gain very much weight with Evan due to breast cancer.)

I had an ultrasound last week at 23 weeks gestation. Preston looks great! I am so happy that he is healthy! Right now his size is average, but somewhat small. I am interested to see how big he will be when he is born! (Evan always measured as larger than average, so it seems sort of strange to me that Preston is not large too!)

Here is a 3D picture of Preston. I think he looks quite a bit like Evan, but we will have to wait and see what he looks like when he is born in a few more months.

Here is a picture of me that was taken at 20 weeks gestation. (I look a bit bigger now, but not too much.)

New Year's Eve 2011

This year we decided to celebrate the new year at home. We started the day by watching the U of L vs. UK basketball game with the Congletons. Although U of L lost, we had a great time hanging out with our friends. In the evening, we made cookies, played with trains, watched Star Wars, made a cave, played with dinosaurs, had a silly string battle, played Star Wars, and bounced in the bounce house. It was a really fun evening!

Evan LOVED the silly string battle! It was lots of fun!

We played LOTS of Star Wars! Here is Evan dressed a "good storm trooper."