Allergies

Grandpa Kato and Tracy left yesterday after a nice visit with Eva. It was a rough day not having any help. We were spoiled with back to back visits, one from Aunt Naomi and then Grandpa Kato.

I called the Dr this morning because the rash that Eva has on her body has not gone away yet. It first appeared early last week and the Drs office thought it was heat rash. Since it hadn't gone away I called again. They had me bring her in and they believe she has developed some kind of allergy. I now need to take dairy products out of my diet. We won't know for 2 weeks if the allergy is dairy or not. If that doesn't work then the next step is soy products. I am not good with dieting or modifications to my diet so we will see how well I do. I may have to give up and go to formula, which would suck since Eva is doing so well. As of today she is 11lbs 2ozs!!

I found a babysitter for Fridays until October to help me out so I have some dedicated study time. I hope that Fridays are enough to get my homework done. Tomorrow Eric goes out of town for the day so I am hoping the Eva has a better day than she did today.

Belly Buttons and Smiles

The pediatrician had told us that it would be anywhere from 7 days to 7 weeks for Eva's embilical cord to fall off.

Well 6 weeks and 9 days the embilical cord was still on and looked like it wasn't going anywhere anytime soon. Funny enough, it decided to fall off the morning of 7 weeks when Mommy was walking around trying to calm down a crying Eva. I didn't realize it had fallen off until I was changing Eva's pjs (spit up!) and saw it missing. Ends up it fell through her pjs and onto the carpet. Don't ask me how! Anyway, I'm glad it is gone Eva's belly looks so cute without it (pictures to be posted soon) and we were able to have our first bath in the tub!

Eva also started to smile. Though we have only seen 3-4 smiles with her eyes open they are adorable and we look forward to seeing many more (picture to be posted soon).

Eric and I went to go look a cars today, we need to replace the Civic with something a bit bigger and family friendly. The Acura is already feeling small so we know the Civic will be even smaller. Unfortunately, we had baby brain and didn't realize all dealership are closed on a Sunday! We did get to check out all the cars we were considering though and hope to make it back out for some test drives while Grandpa Kato is still in town to watch Eva.

I have my second class tomorrow night, the first one on Friday was hard. All day from 9am to 5pm. By 3pm, I was practically falling asleep in my chair. Hopefully it will get easier as Eva gets older.

What's in a name...

Eva is going to kill us as parents when she gets older.

We pronunce her name Ava or Eh-Vah but spell it with an E. Similar to Eva Mendes or Eva Peron. Every where we go though people are saying Ee-vah. The poor girl will be correcting people all her life just because her parents wanted to be difficult and spell it with an E. She will have the unfortuante luck of also correcting them not only on her first but also her last name. People always say K-toe not Cot-toe :)

Oh well....we still like it! The meaning of Eva is life but Ava means birdlike. Our little drama queen is nothing like a bird so I am glad we choose Eva! Plus she gets to carry daddy's initals EMK!

Running Water

Eva loves the sound of running water or the rain. She calms down almost every time she hears it if she is crying. Lucky for me today is a rainy day in Cleveland so Eva is sleeping soundly right now and is not demanding to be held (which is a nice break since Daddy is out golfing, don't ask me how you do this in the rain!)

I finally got a good shot of Eva and included them below.

Brown Eyed Girl

Every picture I took of Eva was blurry :) Guess Mommy needs more sleep before using the camera. Here are a couple okay ones of her at 1 month (can you tell I'm not the photographer in the family). The other photos are on Eric's expensive camera and I have no idea how to get them off! So those will be posted once Daddy has more time in the day.

I can't believe I've been off for 5 weeks already. I could not imagine going back to work after 6 weeks and am so glad I am taking the full 12. I'm dreading starting classes in 2 1/2 weeks, that alone will be an adjustment.

Eva is doing well, she had to go for a heart check and everything turned out okay. She also had to have an eye exam because I saw a mark on her pupil. Ends up the girl has a cateract which will have to be monitored closely but sounds fixable if it causing any issues with her vision. The dr confirmed for me that her eyes are indeed turning brown. She is definately daddy's little girl with her hair and eyes.