Ewan at about six weeks

When I asked Josie what she wanted to do this summer on vacation she said she wanted to get dunkin donuts and go to the beach really early. This came about because last year we did just that because the girls were getting up soooo early in the morning so I thought it might as well take advantage and go get some of that nice morning light. Plus coffee. Apparently she thinks of it now as tradition as that was what she repeatedly asked me to do. So one morning I got us up and out and we went. Problem was we barely had any clear skies. I literally took about 5 minutes of pictures with some sun and then the whole place was covered in clouds again. Which doesn’t make for such pretty beach shots (yay lightroom). Thankfully they decided to cooperate for those five minutes. They loved jumping off the ledge and making sand castle ‘cakes’. But without any shovel or buckets (I had my hands full enough with food and three kids) the morning was short lived and we came back to bring the rest of the household back to it’s normal loud level.

For the photography geeks. These were taken with my 35mm DX lens because I didn’t want to have to step back far from Ewan while the girls held him. But now on my full frame camera it produces a vignette (the black around the edges and corners) which I’m actually finding to be kinda cool and a neat vintage effect. Or perhaps I’m just too captivated with the instagram look like everyone else. Maybe Santa will bring me a 50mm that’s for full frame.

when will we go back to vacation? She really liked it apparently. Not hard to imagine why! One of our favorite things to do is have a picnic on the beach for dinner or just have an early dinner and play on the beach after dinner. Most nights there was wind, although not for a few of them oddly enough. Unfortunately on our last night Celia was flying my dad’s kite and let it go and it went into the power lines. This time we got a backup system so that won’t happen again!

Down on the cape we had some more shots with Ewan included on our windy morning on the beach. Josie took some time to make another picture this year for the lifeguards on the beach. She did one last year too. She’s always a fan of talking to life guards and the teenage girls are usually quite fond of little girl admirers! Ewan just wanted out of the wind.

Super cute feet on my 2 year old! The  toes look so perfect they look painted!

Celia tried  to convince us multiple times that she didn’t need sun block because she had the sand to cover her and then she’d proceed to bury her legs in the sand. Which made the sunblock application… oh so much fun. We got the hang of it by the end of the two weeks at least!

I had fun in cape cod in our bedroom, dramatic light to say the least. I was trying to capture a range of emotions.

don’t squeeze too hard!

At his one month appointment (four weeks really) Ewan was 22.5 inches long and weighed 9 lbs 6 oz. He’s had a cold almost two weeks already and that has not been much fun. It seriously interferes with him trying to breath, hot showers help. He is starting to smile when he’s awake which is so darling! He’s not a huge sleeper unless he’s sleeping on top of me which is always his favorite place. He does well at night, doesn’t get ‘awake’ more than just for a quick feed and back to sleep. Hopefully when we can get rid of this cold he’ll get some longer stretches at night. He LOVES his sisters and adores when Josie reads to him. He also likes to be outside and watch the world go by around him. He’s starting to enjoy some baths and adjust to the world in general. He also likes to swing to help calm him when I have to attend to things for me and the girls. He’s growing great, loves to eat all the time and cuddle. This time is going by quickly! I’m trying to cherish it as much as I can.

Today we took Ewan in for his 1 month appointment, which happened to be exactly on his 4 week birthday. He has grown another 12 ounces in 14 days making him now 9 lbs 6 oz and grew another inch. The doctor is very pleased especially considering he’s had a cold for the last week, he’s definitely still getting his fill. Here’s some pictures from earlier this week of him.

 

All three kids together down at Magnolia park last night!

Ewan has been doing very well these first two weeks and the doc said he’s in fantastic shape physically at his last exam. He was born at 8 lbs 10 oz, by day 3 was down to 8 lbs even and by yesterday was back up at 8 lbs 13 oz, which was over an ounce a day weight gain from the previous check! He’s also grown from 21 inches to 21.5 inches long, and his head has grown a quarter inch as well.