Our Lafko Family

Our Leah Lou

2011-09-10T21:15:00.000-07:00

Yes that is what we call her. And according to Marty we have far fewer pictures of her at this age than we do of Evan. I have been trying to be better about it. Here are some recent pictures of our precious baby girl.

Evan and his Bob Bob

2011-09-10T21:08:00.000-07:00

Evan's favorite person is his Bob Bob, which is his Grandpa Evans. He doesn't really see him as much as his other 3 grandparents but when he is with him he is like his little shadow. Here are some pictures of them from this summer.

Helping his Bob Bob fill the bird feeder.

Leah's Room

2011-09-10T21:03:00.000-07:00

Well it took us long enough but in the last month we have finally finished Leah's room. Here are some pics.

Big brother

2011-08-30T12:00:00.001-07:00

I am way behind in our blog, but was writing an email today that I though I should include part of on our blog. We have recently started feeding Leah cereal and Evan is more excited about it than she is.
Email - "Funny story - Sunday when I was feeding her, Evan said he wanted some too. So I told him to try hers to make sure he liked it before I made him his own. Well he quickly tried to spit it out and then gagged on what was left in his mouth. Marty and I were surprised he didnt throw up. LOL Last night when I was feeding her he said 'Leah likes cereal, I dont like it'. ;o) I stopped feeding her about half way through to start our dinner. I turned around and he was sitting in my chair trying to feed her. He actually did pretty well. He put about 3 times to much on the spoon and in her mouth so a lot came out. But he was so proud of himself!!!! I hope he will always be an awesome big brother."
Marty and I are amazed everyday by the awesomeness of our kids. God is so GOOD!!!!!

Evan Community service 7-14-11 at OneTrueMedia.com

2011-07-15T13:56:00.001-07:00

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Leah's first trip to Disneyland

2011-06-17T11:53:00.001-07:00

Before I went back to work we wanted to take a quick trip to Disneyland to use our annual passes one last time before they expired. As usual we had a wonderful time.

Easter

2011-06-17T11:41:00.000-07:00

Easter is always a special time at our house but it was so wonderful to dress everyone up to go to church this year. Leah had her 1st fancy Easter dress and Evan was as handsome as ever.

Evan and his friend Emily were great in helping each other find eggs.

This is what Leah did while everyone looked for eggs.

First Family of 4 Pictures

2011-06-17T11:27:00.001-07:00

Yes I would be crazy but we went and had family pictures done 2 weeks after Leah was born. I never had Evan's 2 year pictures done so I wanted to get them done as well. Evan did not want to have anything to do with it. Here are some of the picture we got. Yes we tried bribing Ev with toys, not much helped.

This is probably what I look like most of the time.

Introducing Baby Leah!!

2011-06-17T10:28:00.001-07:00

Well 9 weeks after she arrived I am getting to our blog. Wow what a difference going from one child to two.
Leah arrived on Friday April 8th at 12:56pm. She was 8 lbs even and 20 1/2 inches long. Her labor and delivery was a piece of cake. Even her recovery seemed to be easier than Evan's. She is a very laid back easy going little girl. She pretty much slept for the first 6 weeks. After staying up all night with Evan when he was born I was a little worried, but have come to the conclusion that she is just one laid back easy going little girl. She definitely takes after her mother. Not only does she look like me more than Evan did but her height is currently in the 90% for 2 month old at 24 inches. She is going to be one tall girl.

Evan on the other had is right on track for a 2 year old. He loves his sister and has been a GREAT big brother. He always needs to know where she is and is already translating for me by letting me know when she needs a bottle. ;0) He is not very fond of his parents right now. We have lots for yelling and tantrums when he is told no. He is obsessed with Monster Trucks and watching Monster Jam on TV. We are really enjoying his imagination, he has many "stories" to tell us. He is very verbal with a vocabulary of words that are to many to even count. His favorite word this week is - favorite. He is often telling me that something is his favorite. He is very social, he has lots of friends and likes to spend time with them. He is very attached to his Grandma Evans and being that she spends the night with us often he gets up every morning and asks for her. They have a very special relationship.

Evan testing out Leah's baby gear.

Evan always has to have Leah sit next to him at dinner.

New Year

2011-01-02T12:09:00.000-08:00

Well it's a new year so I guess this blog can have a new start. There is no way I can go back and catch us up so here is Evan's year 2 in review. ENJOY!!!

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4th of July

2010-07-29T05:21:00.000-07:00

As usual the 4th of July celebration was at our house. We had a great BBQ and the city of Surprise did a great fireworks show. We had a great time with family and friends.

Palm Desert

2010-07-29T05:07:00.000-07:00

The end of June found us in Palm Desert for a week. Grandma and Grandpa Evans as well as Uncle David came to join in the fun. As you can see we had a good time!!

Read to hit the pool

Evan and Grandma

Evan and Uncle Dave

Carousel at the Living Desert

At the Palm Desert Children's Museum

Writing his first novel

Doing a little shopping

Looking for dinosaur bones

Fathers Day

2010-07-29T04:59:00.000-07:00

Father's day found us at Grandma and Grandpa Evans' second home in Williams, AZ. We had a great weekend of relaxing and playing golf. Mommy even got out on the greens on Fathers day for 9 holes. Boy it had been a long time!!!

The boy and his BOB BOB

This is Evan's Grandpa Evans at 20 months. We sure think Evan looks a lot like him!!

Trip to Wichita

2010-07-29T04:51:00.000-07:00

Our second trip of the summer took us to visit the Smith family in Wichita, Kansas. This was a first for both Marty and Evan. We had a great time with Aaron, Laura, Maggie and Amanda. Below are some highlights from our trip.

A fun night at the zoo!!

Hey Amanda how did you do that??

Maggie LOOK OUT!!!!!

Evan and Marty's first trip to the circus!!!

Evan's first trip to Disneyland

2010-07-29T04:22:00.000-07:00

What a fun and busy summer it has been at this Lafko house! We started the summer by taking Evan's first Disneyland trip. It was so much more than we ever expected. Evan loved every minute of it. But his favorite has meeting all the characters. He would spot them from a mile away and immediately bring them to our attention. He always ran right up to them and gave us a big CHEESE!!! He did great on all the rides he went on but his favorite ride was the carousel. He had to ride it at least once a day. We went to Goofy's Kitchen one morning for breakfast and he was the star of the show. He danced with the best of them and was even Goofy's partner. It was such a special trip and we can't wait to take him back.

Will I ever catch up??

2010-04-28T15:02:00.000-07:00

When I started this post I thought it was a great idea. But wow now that Evan is on the go all the time I am hardly ever on my computer at home. I usually get about 5 minutes then he comes in and wants to "help". He is becomming such a little man and is a riot. His personality is definitely shining through. He is very active and doesn't sit for very long, he is always on a mission. He went in 2 weeks ago for his 15 month check up and was in the 75 percentile for height and head but only 25th for weight, he had actually lost a pound since January. He eats like a horse!!! Sometimes I have to wonder where he puts it all but he also never stops. He is constantly climbing on something or running down the hall just to turn around and run back. And should we even talk about he dancing, I have never seen a 15 month old with so many dance moves. I need to get it on video it is quite funny!!! I only have 3 more weeks of school and am looking forward to being home with him. We have 2 family vacations planned and lots of playdates with friends. I hope that over summer break I will be better about posting to our blog. Until then here is a picture from Easter and Evan's first bike ride.

So far behind!!

2010-03-07T16:53:00.000-08:00

Is it really March and I haven't blogged since before Christmas???? Lots of catching up!! Since the last blog,Evan had his first Christmas, turned one ( had a great Wonder Pets party), is walking well most of the time running, has been to the Grand Canyon, played in the snow, and discovered that being outdoors is his place of choice. Here are lots of pictures to catch up.

For Evan's birthday Marty took the day off and we went down town. Evan had his birthday lunch at Friday's Front Row at Chase Field and then we spent the afternoon at the Children's museum.

Evan's first year at OneTrueMedia.com

2009-12-23T21:53:00.001-08:00

Wow putting this together reminded me what an incredible year we have had!!! So many special moments.

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Getting ready for Christmas

2009-12-22T08:16:00.000-08:00

Best Buddies - Evan had the best time with Santa and Santa loved Evan as well. When it was time to go Evan wanted to stay with Santa, I have a feeling it that may not be the case next year.

Here are some pictures of Evan getting ready for Christmas.

First Pony ride

2009-12-22T07:57:00.000-08:00

We are on the count down to Evan's first Christmas and birthday. What an exciting time it is in this Lafko home. The last few weeks Evan has been pretty sick but been quite the trooper. He got sick with a nasty virus the day before Thanksgiving and 2 weeks later he was diagnosed with pneumonia. But through most of it he continued to be a pretty happy kid. Evan went to a pretty neat birthday party a couple of weeks ago, it had a farm theme. There was a petting zoo and pony rides. Evan's daddy quickly told him not to get any ideas. Here are some pictures and video of the pony ride.

Happy Thanksgiving!!

2009-11-24T17:44:00.000-08:00

This is what happens to you when your mother has been teaching for 15 years and waited a long time to have a child of her own.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!!!

Evan's First Air Show

2009-11-24T17:38:00.001-08:00

This weekend was a big event for Evan, he got to go to his first Thunderbird airshow!!! Here are some pictures.

He actually slept through most of the air show. We have such an awesome little boy!

New Yard Service

2009-11-19T11:59:00.001-08:00

Since the weather has cooled off we have been spending lots of time outside. This video was from about a month ago. It was to cute not to share.

Better Late than never

2009-11-19T11:51:00.000-08:00

We continue to be busy over here at this Lafko house. I have finally downloaded our Halloween pictures. Evan had a great time trick or treating with his cousin Bryce. Evan continues to be a busy boy. He is all over the house and faster than you can catch him. We are going to Las Vegas this weekend and taking Evan to his first Thunderbird air show. His bob bob, my dad, is very excited to show Evan all of the great things in the Thunderbird hanger. Here are some pictures from the last month.

Fall Carnival

2009-10-25T12:11:00.000-07:00

Every October my school as a Fall Carnival. This year we took Evan and Bryce. The boys had a great time especailly Bryce who got to Trick or Treat. After we got home we put the boys in their PJs and started to settle down for bed. Bryce asked to give Evan his night time bottle. Here is the video from that!!!! Being that David and I didn't have any cousins I love the fact that Evan is growing up with his living so close by. Bryce can turn an Evan frown upside down in no time flat.

First Hair Cut

2009-10-25T11:38:00.000-07:00

Evan has been through many stages with his hair. The first being when he was born, we were shocked by the head of DARK hair that came with Evan. Then by April it started to thin and by the end of May he was our bald baby. Well that didn't last for long - by Sept he had a full head of hair again, though not as dark as he had begun life with. Through all of these stages I had done a few little trim ups on my own and with Carole's help. But by the beginning of this month I decided it was more that I could do and he needed a real hair cut, so when fall break came around I found myself with some extra time and Evan and I headed over to Snip and snaps, a place that specializes in children's hair cuts. The hairstylist ask if she should just use the scissors or the clippers. I said by all means the clippers, the sooner we get him used to them the better and as you can see below he was a trooper!!!! What a great little guy we have been blessed with!!!

The final product:

Dancing boy

2009-10-09T09:16:00.000-07:00

One of Evan's newest tricks is dancing. We just noticed it the other day. This video is from about 2 weeks ago. this week he mastered the art of standing and doing the knee bend dance. Enjoy the video!!!

9 months

2009-10-04T21:07:00.000-07:00

Yes again I have been lagging behind on the blogging. What a busy month we have!! Evan turned 9 months old last week and it wasn't a very exciting time, he was sick with croup! And who knew that the mommy could get it too? So most of last week Evan and I spent hanging out together at home, thank goodness for my mom who took mercy on us and stayed over a little longer to help out!!
The biggest new of the month is that Evan is totally mobile and no where in the house is immune from him. He has been crawling for about 8 weeks now but has definitely mastered the art, even the poor dogs are not safe. Evan is no longer entertained by his stationary toys, he like things that move or that he can push. He loves to follow us from room to room and has mastered the stairs earlier than he should of out of his love for the dogs. They sit at the top of the stairs and wait for us, well when he figured that out it gave him the desire to climb the stairs and get the dogs. Marty and his friend Pat had to fasten all the bookcases in the house to the wall a couple of weeks ago and the wine rack has now been moved to an area that Evan can not get to because you see about 4 weeks ago Evan mastered the art of pulling up to stand and what fun is it to crawl when you can hold on to things and walk?? I was completely amazed at how quickly that happened. The first few times he pulled up he was so wobbly but within about 2 days he was pretty sturdy and by the end of the week was walking along while holding on to the furniture. He is cute because he will even crawl over to us and pull up to a stand on our legs. This week he has started letting go and standing unsupported. I have to learn to stay quiet because it always takes me by surprise and I scare him and he sits back down. Evan started taking swim lessons at the beginning of the month and is a natural swimmer!! Even his instructor was amazed. She told us to be ready for him to cry and swallow a lot of water but neither was the case. Every baby in the class cried but Evan and he was the new guy. When we put him underwater he held his breath just like he had been swimming forever. At the end of the night we let him go down the slide by himself and he LOVED it! We are so excited that we has taken to the water like a fish. We hope to get some pictures posted from the next class.

Yes he crawls through and under things that are in his way.

We are very excited about October. The weather here in Phoenix has really started to cool off and we have been doing more outside. We are frequently found at the park and walking the neighborhood after dinner. Last night we took our 2 nephews and neice to the pumpkin patch for some fall fun!!! Marty's birthday is tomorrow and we have already been celebrating for a week. My parents had a little dinner party for Marty last weekend where Marty received a new set of Ping golf clubs, the smile has not yet left his face. Evan went to spend the afternoon with his girlfriend Holly today and Marty and I went to see Star Wars the Concert. Tomorrow night we will have Marty's family over for pizza and cake. It is always fun to get the kids all together. Evan continues to be very social. He loves his time with his cousins.
Next up for us is Halloween. So until then here are some pictures from the past few weeks.

Careers

2009-08-29T12:09:00.000-07:00

We are teaching Evan that it is never to early to start thinking about careers and job choices. I think he would be great at Hot Dog on a Stick, he is definitly going to be great at customer relations. ;o)

Another possible pilot??

2009-08-23T19:11:00.000-07:00

While at my parents this weekend my dad was working with Evan on his flying skills. Evan was very into the propeller going around and around. Here are the pictures.

Born to be a Cardinals fan!!

2009-08-23T18:59:00.000-07:00

Yes we fully believe that Evan was born to be the ultimate Cardinals fan and plan on supporting him in those efforts. He attended his first Cardinals game last night and was so good. He sat in Marty's lap for the whole first half and his eyes never left the field. The second half he was entertained by the kids behind us and then he eventually fell asleep on the woman sitting next to me. Here are some pictures of the night. We can't wait to take him again!! Thanks Uncle Dave and Bob bob.

What a cute Cardinals family!!!!

Evan with his dad, Pappap, and Uncle Mike

Night Night

Bath time

2009-08-17T20:49:00.000-07:00

The other night I was doing dishes and Evan was fussy in his highchair. It was bath night so I thought, well I will put him in the sink while I finish the dishes. My 2 year old nephew was over that night and thought that was pretty neat and well the video tells the rest. We think they are pretty darn cute!!!!

Back to School

2009-08-17T20:39:00.000-07:00

Well the mommy has gone back to school, and yes there was a little kicking and screaming involved, by her, but she has made it through the first 2 weeks and is already counting down to summer vacation. Evan continues to be a lucky little boy and doesn't have to go to daycare. His Grandma Evans retired in May to help take care of him and he is loving it!!! Before I had to go back to school we took one last family vacation and went to Santa Fe for a few days. The weather was fantastic and daddy got to play golf with Grandpa Evans every day!!!! Everyone was very happy. Here are some pictures from the last month. Evan's big milestone is that he is offically crawling!!!! He has been rolling and scooting around for 2 months now but as of 2 weeks ago he finally got the hands and knees crawling down. He keeps grandma on her toes all day.

Our little Traveler!!

2009-07-27T09:53:00.001-07:00

Evan's six month picture.

Our summer is going to fast. I can not beleive that it as been a month since I have written and only 2 weeks until I return to school. Evan is following in his mothers footsteps of being a summer traveler. As you know we started the summer in San Diego, well since then Evan has spent a week in Atlanta, a week in Las Vegas and on Wed. we are heading to Santa Fe. He is so go with the flow and is always a hit on the airplane, flight attendants take turns passing him around.
He still continues to love the pool and bathtime, we think he will be a swimmer. He has started crawling and will hold himself up while standing but has yet to pull himself up. His hair all fell out in May and we can not believe how quickly it has come back in, its thick and no bald spots, he continues to be quite the cutie. He is definitely Mr. Personality!!! He thinks that everyone is here for him. He smiles, coos and laughs at everyone. He is such a sweetheart and a total joy!!! There have been some days that I have had meetings at work this month and my mom has come over to watch him. She can't get over what an easy baby he is. He will keep himself totally entertained. My mom calls him the scientist as that he is very focus and serious when playing with his toys. It is funny to watch.

Here are some pictures from our recent adventures.

Grandma's Retirement Party

Father's Day

Evan off to Atlanta

Mr. 4th of July

Evan's first breakfast at the Bellagio

Ready to hit the lazy river!!

Busy Boy

2009-06-19T07:15:00.001-07:00

Evan has been a busy boy over the last month and so has his mother. My last post was on Mother's day. We have so many pictures to share since then that I created a slide show. For Memorial weekend we went to San Diego and had a blast. What a great way to start our summer vacation. I am loving being back home with Evan and I think he likes it too. Highlights this month; he has started sitting up on his own this month and thinks that he is something special,his grandma bought him a highchair since he has become such a good eater, he holds his bottle and sippy cup on his own and he hates being strapped in, yes that includes the highchair, car seat and stroller, we are in big trouble. :o) He continues to be the happiest baby I have ever met. We love him so much!!! And yes this is the same baby he has just now lost all his hair and become the bald blonde baby that we thought we were going to have.

My 1st Mother's Day

2009-05-11T20:52:00.000-07:00

All I can say is that I feel more and more blessed every day!!! After 35 years on this earth I celebrated my first mother's day as a mom. I was so emotional the whole week before. Every time a friend or coworker would wish me a happy first mother's day I would smile a great big smile and shed a tear, it was a day that I had waited so long for. Evan, with help from his father, spoiled me rotten!!! The gifts started arriving on Thurs!! We had a wonderful weekend spent with both sides of our family, but my favorite was the quite moments that the three of us spent together. I took this video Sun morning. Evan has begun sleeping later and later. Mothers day I think he slept until 7, Marty and I of course were up at our usual 6. So I grabbed the camera and was ready when Evan got up. I have to say that it is truly my favorite part of the day. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do. And a happy belated Mother's Day to all you mommies, especially all my friends celebrating their 1st one - there sure were a lot of us!!!!

Bathtime

2009-04-29T18:14:00.000-07:00

As you can see Evan's favorite time of day continues to be bathtime. Marty says the pool is 78 degrees this week, so swimming is not to far off!!!!

4 months today

2009-04-29T18:00:00.000-07:00

WOW - Evan is 4 months old today, yet I can't remember a day without him!! I knew that I was always meant to be a mother but this is better than I ever could have imagined.

April was a big month for Evan. It started with him being dedicated on April 5th. What a special day!! We continue to thank God every day for the blessing that he has given us and pray that we will raise Evan to become the Christian man that God intends him to be. Other biggies for Evan this month was his first Easter, finding his feet, finding his voice ( he is definitely going to be a big talker like his mom), sleeping through the night, starting cereal and learning to live through the day without mom, while she goes to work.

We love every minute that we get with him and every day is something new and full of surprises. And yet there is still so much more to come!!!!!

Evan LOVES his cereal !!!

Evan Easter Bunny

2009-04-12T20:49:00.000-07:00

He is so stinkin cute, I can hardly stand it myself!!! This was taken Easter morning before we got ready for our busy day. Unfortunately Evan got stiffed by the Easter bunny as that his mom and dad had been fighting a loosing battle with the stomache flu. The good news was that he really didn't know it and we promised to be on top of it for next year. We have lots of other pictures from today but I have yet to download them. I hope that everyone had as great of an Easter as we did. I cannot wait until Evan is old enough to share with him the story of Easter and what Jesus did for us so that we could have eternal life.

Getting ready for Easter

2009-04-07T09:44:00.000-07:00

We have a bittersweet week here are the Lafko house. We started the week Sunday afternoon with Evan's dedication, then Monday we went and saw the Easter bunny and had his spring pictures taken with his cousin Bryce. Wednesday mommy goes back to work kicking and screaming. The good news is that daddy will be staying home with him the first week and then he will be going to Auntie Carole until the school year is over. We are very excited for Evan's first Easter and have big plans with both sides of the family. It should be a great day!!

Bryce wasn't so sure about holding Evan in his lap but did a great job!!

Jumping Boy

2009-04-03T12:56:00.000-07:00

Evan really is the big boy this week. We put together his jumperoo this morning and thought that he might still be to little. But we put him in it and he went to town. I can't believe how fast he is growing. We went to visit a friend that had a baby a couple weeks ago and it was so hard for me to remember Evan being that small.

Evan is such a big boy!!

2009-04-02T18:33:00.000-07:00

Evan turned 3months old on Sunday. His grandma bought him a bumbo chair. He definitely thinks that he is something special when he is in his chair!! He is becoming such a big boy!!!

Shamous O'Leary

2009-03-29T21:29:00.001-07:00

For Evan's first St. Patty's day we were in Vegas. He spent the day as Shamous O'Leary with his cousin Patrick Flannery. This was him by the end of the day.

Bath time with cousin Bryce

2009-03-12T10:54:00.000-07:00

Evan is lucky to live close to 3 of his cousins. He loves hanging out with his cousin Bryce on Tues nights. Here they are during Evan's favorite time of day - bathtime!!!

Welcome to Evan's African Safari

2009-03-12T10:45:00.001-07:00

Welcome to Evan's African safari. While trying to catch up on Evan's blog I realized that I never posted pictures of his nursery. So here they are and the best news is that Evan is finally fully enjoying his room. He officially moved from the bassinet to his crib this week and much to our surprise it was a smooth transition. We had been told to let him cry it out and sooth himself but so far we have been able to lay him down and he stays down just fine. He really is a good boy!!!!!

Evan's best friend

2009-03-12T10:33:00.000-07:00

Here is video of Evan and his best friend. It is kind of dark, I will try to put up a better one soon.

Spring Training

2009-03-12T10:27:00.001-07:00

Here is Evan getting ready to go to his first spring training game. As you can see below, he was excited to be there.

Mr. Smiley!!

2009-03-09T21:40:00.000-07:00

Evan has become Mr smiles and giggles and it consistantly surprises us the things that make him laugh.

Hawaii Pictures

2009-03-09T21:27:00.001-07:00

OK I know I promised these sooner, but I forgot. Here are some of our favorite pictures from Hawaii. Thanks Ellen for a fabulous trip!!!

More pictures

2009-02-15T19:14:00.000-08:00

Here are some more pictures from the month.

7 weeks

2009-02-15T19:02:00.001-08:00

Evan will be 7 weeks tomorrow and I thought it was probably time to post again. I have to start by saying how much we are enjoying parenthood. What a blessing Evan is and we are enjoying every moment with him, even the evening crying sessions!!! Evan is grow and getting bigger every day. At his 1 month appointment he was 9lbs 11 oz so we figure is well into the 11 lb mark now. He is in the 50% of all areas except for length where he is in the 70%. Marty figures Evan will be tall like his mother. At least he got something from me being that he looks just like Marty, infact we call him Little Marty. He still has lots of hair but has lost most of the dark hair and is becoming blonder and blonder everyday. This week it is kind of on the red side. His grandma Evans is calling him little Oppie.

Evan's big news for the month is that he got to go to Hawaii at 5 weeks of age. Yes you read that right. Evan's ever crazy mother won a contest and was on the Ellen show where she won a trip for the family to Hawaii and the NFL probowl game. We had a wonderful time and when I get the pictures downloaded will post some. Evan was an absolute dream on the trip. He slept through most of the 6 hour plane ride and most of the trip. He got compliments every where we went as did his parents for their bravery of traveling with a 5 week old.

Here are some pictures from the last month. As you can see he is quickly growing and changing every day.

Evan"s first week

2009-01-11T22:43:00.001-08:00

Here are some pictures from Evan's first week!!

He has arrived!!

2009-01-11T22:14:00.000-08:00

Evan Martin arrived Dec 29th at 1:23 AM weighing 7lbs 6 oz and 19 1/2 inches long. We were pleasantly surprised by all of his hair. We came home New Years day and are quickly settling into life as a new family. We never knew that we could love someone as much as we love him. Except for the sleepless nights we are LOVING parenthood!!!

Maternity pictures

2008-12-06T13:05:00.000-08:00

Here are some of our favorite pictures taken a couple weeks ago.

Getting close

2008-12-06T12:55:00.000-08:00

Well we have entered our last month and are finishing up our last projects around the house before the arrival of baby Evan. November seemed to have breezed by and it is hard to believe that December is already here. Evan is doing well, at our last ultrasound in November he had hit the 5 pound mark and from the picture has a good set of chubby cheeks on him. I am hanging in there with one week left to work. Marty and I have been trying to get all the Christmas details finished; the shopping, cards and decorations. Our doctor seems to think he may come before Christmas but if not will take him on the 29th, our due date. We packed the hospital bag this week and Marty is putting the car seats in the cars today. Everyone is definitely getting excited. We had some pictures taken a couple weeks ago and I will attach those as well as the chubby cheek ultrasound. The next time we post it will probably be with the big news. Please keep us in your thoughts and prayers over the next few weeks as we try to complete all of our last minute preparations and bring home our new baby boy!!!

Sweet Boy

2008-10-20T17:46:00.000-07:00

Here he is in 3-D !! Doesn't he look sweet and innocent. He was actually being a little booger. He was so busy playing and sucking on his fingers that we had a hard time seeing his face. This was the only picture that didn't have his hands in front of his face. Notice his hand touching his forehead.

We had a great report on him. He is about 3 lbs and should gain about 1/2 a pound a week from here on out. Putting him at about 8lbs at the end of December. His head measured on the large side, an Evans trait, have you ever seen the size of Grandpa RD's head?????

I continue to do well. Still nauseous but handling it better. To my surprise I didn't gain any weight this month, I feel like I am eating ALL the time!!!! So I have still only gained 11 lbs which makes us all very happy. So far no swelling and my blood pressure is still good!!

I guess that is about all from here. We start going every 2 weeks now but expect everything to continue to go smoothly. We hope you like the picture of Baby Evan as much as we do. Don't hesitate to leave us a message.

More Shower pictures

2008-10-16T19:03:00.000-07:00

Here are some more pictures from the shower.

Baby Showers

2008-10-16T18:45:00.000-07:00

Yes I promised to blog after the shower 2 weeks ago and have yet to do it. But here I am and really hoping that I get better at this blogging thing. Since I last wrote we have had 2 great showers. The first was Oct 4th. Two very dear friends threw me the most wonderful shower. It was SO much more than I could ever have wished for. Showered we definitely were!! Baby Evan is one lucky boy!! His grandmothers went over the top as I am sure you can imagine. And Marty and I's friends were more than generous!!! The girls had some great activities for the guest to do that were great. They created a suggestions book for me and a wish box. The wish box is all wrapped up and we are to take it to the hospital with us. While in labor we can open it and read all the wishes that our friends and loved ones have for us and Evan. I think it is wonderful and can't wait to take it with us.

Marty had to come and help haul all of our gifts home and it completely filled the nursery!!! My mom came over last weekend to help me make sense of it all and I think that we have have some sort of order put back in there.

Marty had jury duty Oct 6th and has been assigned to a jury. It is a big case and he will be there at least through the end of the month if not into Nov. He has been able to go to work on Fridays as that there is no court on Fridays. Well to his surprise his work had a shower for him last Friday, I guess they feel like he might be stuck on jury duty forever. Anyway he came home Friday with lots of blue balloons and presents!!!

Marty and I feel so blessed to be surrounded by such love and support during this special time in our lives. We are so excited to be having Evan and love that we have so many people that are just as excited as we are. We sit back and are amazed everyday at how great God is and how He continually blesses us.

We go on Monday for our 3D ultrasound and can't wait to share that with all of you!!!

Oct is already here!!!!

2008-10-03T14:16:00.000-07:00

Yes I have gotten some flack about not keeping up with the baby blog. But really things have been pretty normal and uneventful. Everything with baby Evan is GREAT!!! He and I are both getting bigger and bigger everyday. His nursery is almost done. Marty and his dad painted it early in Sept and we moved in the furniture and hung the valances a few weeks ago. Baby Evan has been very lucky so far, his cousin Bryce moved to a big boy bed to give Evan his crib and his cousins Jonathan and Jadyn both got new bedroom furniture and Evan got their changing table. This also made Evan's mom and dad pretty excited.
Our first baby shower is tomorrow and I am getting very excited. We have had so much love and support from so many friends and family that it is almost overwhelming. Now if I can keep my mom under control with the buying, things will be good. She is starting to get so excited and hoping that he will be here for Christmas.
Our next appt is in a couple of weeks and we will have our 3D ultrasound so I will definitely be posting those pictures. We can't wait to see our little boy!!!!

It's a BOY!!!!!

2008-08-05T06:36:00.000-07:00

Well the big news is in, we are having a boy!!! Evan Martin Lafko. We went for our 18 week ultrasound last Wed and he was ready to show all. As soon as she put the wand on my belly she announced it was a boy. She found it so quickly I ask her if she was sure. It was on the screen plain as day. We are very excited. We went right over to Babies R Us after our appointment and started our registry. We are going to do his nursery in a safari theme. We hope that he has the same love of animals that his parents do.

Updates on Marty and I. We celebrated our 1 year anniversary in Vegas. We went for a week and had a wonderful time!!! Marty has started working 4 days a week with Fridays off. It is longer hours but he is looking forward to an extra day off to golf and get the nursery ready. I start back to school tomorrow and am excited about the new school year!!

That's all from here. Our next Baby Evan appointment is the 15th. We go back to the perinatal doctor for another HD ultrasound to measure all the bones and check out Evan's organ development. Hasn't health care come so far????

Baby pics

2008-07-11T18:00:00.000-07:00

It has taken most of the week but I finally scanned in 2 of our ultrasound pictures. One is better than the other but I had to put in the "not so great one" because it makes us laugh. You can already see how big the baby's mouth is and its smiling. Definitely its mothers child! Enjoy and have a great weekend!!!!

Love,

Kelly and Marty

The pressure!!! :o)

2008-07-08T09:57:00.000-07:00

Welcome to Baby Lafko's new blog spot. I was hearing some grumblings and requests from friends far and near that we had not put together a blog spot recording and reporting updates on the progress of our little baby Lafko. So I have given in and here it is.

As most of you know we are expecting our first baby this December!!! We are pretty nervous but most of all excited. I am just starting my 15th week and the baby is doing great. We have been fortunate to have 6 ultrasounds so far and had lots of opportunities to get some up close peaks. ( I will scan in the latest and post it later in the week.) I, on the other hand have been sick as a dog!!! Drugs help but are not the ultimate cure. My doctor is funny because he kept telling me to wait until 12 weeks and the morning sickness would subside. Well 12 weeks came and went and I am just as sick as ever. When we went in last week he told me that by week 15 things would get better. Yea right!! But ultimately it is a small price to pay for such a huge reward.

We have been slow to start on the nursery. I have been working most of the summer and the room which is to be the nursery is still housing items from the wedding last summer. Our goal this month is to get that room cleaned out and things started. We are still 5 months away and have lots of family and friends who are ready to help.

Well that's all from the Lafko house for now. My next step in the world of blogging will be up upload some ultrasounds pictures. Look for those in the next day or so.