ever and steinway

my mom came by with steinway today after finishing up at her vet visit.  it was the first time for ever and steinway to really meet.  the big fluffy girl didn't really seem to be too interested in the baby until ever made some of her signature loud squeaky sounds....then steinway looked at her a little different and wondered what she was.  i decided it would be a perfect time for a little photo shoot of the two beauties but since a wiggly baby and dog are hard to photograph this is what i ended up with.  my vision of perfect backgrounds and equally perfect poses didn't really happen, but i still love all of the billions of pictures i got of these two....

i love how steinway is looking at her in this one

ever's favorite thing.....riding on steinway's back.....

the day ever was blessed

well i'm just going back a few months with this post.  

on may 6th we had ever blessed at church.

she was just 4 days over 1 month old and so tiny.

looking back at these i get a little sad because i miss the tiny version of her.  

i can't help but laugh at myself in the pictures.  when our rescued mama kitty had her babies we always talked about how exhausted and disheveled she looked for the months following their birth.  now we call my post ever's birth pictures my mama kitty pictures because i have that same exhausted disheveled appearance.

it's better to just laugh about it.  

we had dr. taylor bless her.  he has been our friend for quite some time and he was the doctor who delivered ever.  basically we would have been lost without him during the last year.  he's totally been there for us in more ways than one.  her blessing day was lovely.  i saved the details for her baby book but i've been meaning to share pictures from this day for ages so here they are.....  

remember the dress fiasco.....luckily our friend dona is a seamstress extraordinaire.  she made ever's blessing dress after discovering that my dress wasn't salvageable.  she added sweet details to it so that it would resemble my dress. 

i laugh every single time at this picture.  us smiling and pretending everything is great while ever screams with wild fists of rage.

yeah she was hungry.

i love how her and brandon have the same expression.

brandon doing the lion king pose.

and now here are a billion pictures of our girl being her expressive self in her sweet dress:

august sixth

today my mind keeps going back to one year ago on this date, because that is when we found out ever was going to be joining our family.  i have an extremely detailed recollection of that morning when i saw a positive pregnancy test, and everything that happened during the day.  it was a very emotional, and to be honest scary thing for me.  i've always wanted to be a mom but in that moment i didn't feel ready at all.  now i can't imagine my life without ever in it.  my famous first words after realizing i was pregnant are still something we quote and laugh about regularly.

between tears......"now we can't go to disneyland."  

it was something we had been planning since our first wedding anniversary trip we took there in november of the previous year.  now i just can't wait for ever to be old enough that we can take her with us and enjoy those fun moments as a family of three.  i sometimes can't believe how much our lives have changed in the last year and what is even more unbelievable is that it all happened so fast.  

the four month old

ever is four months old today.

one major thing i've noticed about her lately is how much happier she is.  

she was such a fussy newborn but now she is happy without being held every minute.  

she laughs, smiles, and "talks" every moment she is awake.

yesterday at her 4 month check up she had the entire office falling in love with her.  one person working there said she won the cutest baby of the day award.  she was so animated with everyone especially the doctor, she loves her.  our pediatrician said...she gets bored easily doesn't she.  why yes she does.  as she went through the checklist of typical four month old milestones i answered yes to every one, and when she asked about rolling from tummy to back i answered with she's already rolling back to tummy.  dr. lafredo just chuckled and said oh that's typically a six month milestone.  yeah well once again proof that our girl doesn't like being limited by her baby body.  after the discussion ever got a couple shots and i heard a cry from her i've never heard.  it was even worse than the last round of shots.  she actually screamed like a scream from a horror film.  i felt so bad for her.  it took her a few minutes to calm down but then she was back to her adorable busy happy self.  

i can tell she isn't really feeling well today but it's fine because it gives me extra time to cuddle and kiss her....she is still being so sweet. 

flashing that cute tummy.

visiting yaya after her terrible ordeal and looking rather grown up.

showing off her battle wounds.

our little four month old weighs 12 pounds 11 ounces and she's 25 inches long.

i love this baby girl way too much.

oh and her dad.....well he's equally if not more obsessed.