These pictures were taken on Evan's actual first birthday - October 8, 2008. Although not the greatest pictures because it was dark and Evan was on the move.... they sure capture his personality and phase of life right now. He is one wild and crazy man who has learned to literally RUN through the house. I couldn't not blog about this fun thing that he does called "Yea Evan"... all you've got to do is say "Yea Evan" and the arms go straight up and he grins from ear to ear running about celebrating. It is a riot! This sweet boy provides hours of entertainment for all of us! He is learning so much these days, here are some of his milestones:
1. He can say and wave "bye-bye".
2. Says Mama, Daddy and Bubba.
3. Says ball, doggie, thank you and milk (all in his slang of course!)
4. Loves throwing things and saying "uh-oh"... not really an "uh-oh" in my book, but he's getting good at using the phrase even when he sees other people "uh-oh". It's pretty darn cute!
5. Loves saying and playing "boo" and makes the cutest face as he prolongs the word "boooooooooo". Adorable!
I know there are so many other tricks and antics, but these are just a few highlights. He spends his days running around, exploring, figuring stuff out and trying to make you laugh - he loves an audience. And he is a flirt, when someone pays him attention he does his little head sideways and gives them a sweet smile. We took the pacifier away a couple of months ago, and the bottle too and he is down to one nap a day.... big boy stuff! Sniffle, sniffle. We gave him a blanket to start sleeping with at night, but with these cold nights we still do what we call "double bag" him (put on a thick set of pjs over a thin set of pjs) because he throws his blanket out half of the time and still loves to play "Spartacus" where he takes one arm out of his pajamas! Crazy kid!
He loves his milk and still loves grilled cheese sandwiches and grapes, and he now loves pizza and downed a cheeseburger at Wendy's the other day! :) We had his 15-month check-up yesterday and he is still tall and trim - the doctor said we could feed him five meals a day if we wanted since he is tall and active and burns through those calories. These two growing boys are going to eat us out of house and home - and we love it! Preston has now officially moved past the kids meals at restaurants - they are not nearly enough food for him; he ate four slices of pizza the other night! Wow! It is so awesome having boys, truly. They are a joy and easy to please!
Dr. McDonald was very pleased that Evan has our immune system genes and has not been to see him one time in the last 15 months except for well-baby check ups. Evan got one little cold right before Christmas that lasted about a day and a half and that's been it. We are blessed to have healthy children and that Erick and I stay pretty healthy ourselves... although this crazy hot/cold weather sure doesn't make it easy... okay, Texas!
I'm in the process of selling all of Evan's baby stuff - sold most of the baby equipment (bouncy, swing, etc.)... now it's time to sell the clothes, my maternity clothes and all the stuff that he's just too big for now. Again, sniffle, sniffle. But he is moving on to bigger things, no more baby. Hopefully we won't do what we did last time.... decide that we were not having any more kids, give everything away and then decide that we needed another! :) Another baby... Hmmmmm???? :)
Love to all!
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