Evan's on the Move!

At Mackenzie and Steven's Wedding

Givin' Grandpa Bill Love

Pushin' his truck

Sleepin' and Eatin' (1st time this has happened)

It's hard to believe that it's been a month since I last updated the blog! A lot has been going on! At the end of Aug./beginning of September Grandpa Bill went to the hospital and needed a new Aortic Valve. Needless to say we have been going back and forth between Brea and the San Diego/Oceanside area a lot this month. Grandpa has needed lots of get well hugs and smiles from Evan! They are very therapeutic. :) Bill is doing remarkable! We praise God for his goodness! We are so thankful for all of our friends and family that have helped out, encouraged and most importantly prayed for us! We are so thankful for all of you!

Evan has been very busy too! None of this has slowed him down. He has been learning how to walk whereever he is. At the hospital he was pushing around chairs and at home he was pushing around his truck! He has recently figured out how to balance without either! It has been fun to watch him 'toddle' around! It seemed like it would be a long time before I had a toddler! His speach is constantly developing. It seems that his favorite thing is still Horse! He loves his animal sounds and the animals too! He makes fun sounds when he loves something he's eating and smiles a ton! We are continually blessed by this little guy! Evan is going to get a hair cut soon, so I will post the pictures and video as soon as it all goes down!

I just updated the web album too!

Summer Fun!

Evan is one!!

The little cowboy with all of his horses!

Evan loves to ride any horse he can find!

Lily, Kris, Aly, Michelle, Heidi and Me! So Fun to have us all together!

Hannah and Evan taking a wheelbarrow ride!

Having fun in the water!

At the OC Fair!

Looking cute in the cupcake beanie Miki made for him!

This summer is flying by and we have had so many fun things going on! Evan is also growing and learning so much each day. We have finally edited the birthday video so that I can post a few little clips of Evan and his cake. I forgot to post his stats from his one year check up too! Evan was 31 inches tall and 19 lbs. 4.5 oz. The doctor told me that I could not turn Evan's car seat around until he is 20 lbs. and that may not be until he is 14 months! He showed me Evan's weight chart. Evan is doing really well. He is healthy, tall for his age and his vocabulary is advanced. The doctor was very impressed with him. First word out of Evan's mouth was horse. Shocker!

Evan's current favorite words: Horse, Mom-mom, Mama (for daddy or mommy :) ), yes, noi, noi noi (no no no), no, mmmmm (moo for the cow), woof (for dog), Nyan (Ryan), bloon or boon (balloon), bir (bird), more, wawer (water), ba (ball), baa baa (the sheep says...), onk (the pig says oink), emo(elmo), O's (the name of his favorite cereal), nana (banana), blewbr (blueberries), wamen (watermelon), whas tha (what's that? he'll point at an object)

Last Wednesday Evan took his first 3 independent steps to Dan. Super fun. He hadn't taken any other steps until today when he took 2 steps to Auntie Michelle. He's getting it here and there. We'll see if he's walking by the time we leave for Maui! (Sept. 18th)

Evan is also waving to everyone coming and going. Mostly if he thinks you are leaving. He also points and laughs at people thanks to Grandpa R. They do it to each other, but Evan does it to everyone passing by. It makes for good times in the grocery store. :)

Evan is 1!!

It is hard to believe that our little guys is already 1 year old! This year has flown by! We have enjoyed every day of every month with him. Evan is not quite walking on his own yet, but will walk along furniture and if he is holding your fingers. He is a quick little crawler! He loves to eat! He loves bananas, blueberries, watermelon, sweet potatoes, carrots, chicken, fish, garlic, yogurt, o's and a ton of other stuff! He loves to look at books! He loves the horse!! He says "Horse" hundreds of times a day! He can moo for the cow and woof for a dog. He can say wawer and sign water too! He says fis and signs fish too! He says boon for balloon and now points at things and says whats that! He amazes us constantly! He truely has been a blessing from the Lord! We love and adore this little man.

I will post more on his stats today. We are going to the Dr. for his 1 year check up this afternoon. I will also try to post more birthday party pictures when I get them.

Family Fun Friday's

Loving the water!

'Our Herd'

'Our little Calf'

Cute little biker

Lovin' the ride!

A lot has been happening with the little man this past month... one thing has remained the same...HORSE! Horse is still Evan's favorite word! He says it all the time and loves to visit the horses throughout the day!
Evan also says mom-mom or momma a ton. He says it in his super cute little voice too! We are loving the little guy more and more and just adore him!
Dan has recently been required to take every other Friday off of work, so we are having Family Fun Friday's! We recently went bike riding at Irvine Park and downtown Long Beach (on the Sat.). Last Friday we celebrated Cow Appreciation Day and dressed up like cows. We got 3 free meals at Chick-fil-a, Breakfast, lunch and dinner. :) We did not pay for much on Friday. :)Who says we are to old to make our own fun. Dan and I laughed a ton on Friday.
On Friday we also went to the Wild Animal Park. We saw the cutest little baby Elephant. Evan called them Horses! Silly Kid!
Evan is trying to walk around with help too!
On the 4th of July we went to the Brea Country Fair. We entered Evan in the Republican Women's Beautiful Baby contest. Evan took 1st place in the 9-12 month olds. Evan thought that it would be fun to eat the trophy! Here is the link to the article in the local paper.

I also just updated the pictures on picasa.

HORSE!

Look who is on the dishwasher!!
Had to document it before it never happens again...

Evan loves to carry the carrot out to Peanuts. He shares with her too!

Evan loves to pet Peanuts. She is so good with him too.

Evan's word of the week is Horse. It comes out like hhh-or-se. It's pretty cute. On Sunday he was sitting in his chair eating and turned around to glance at the bathroom window. He often does this to look for Peanuts the horse. Only this time he said "Horse". Dan and I looked at each other as if to say 'did he just say that?' He didn't stop. He continued to say it. We got him out of the chair and while Dan was holding him he continued to say horse. So Dan took Evan outside to see Peanuts. She wasn't cooperating too well, but Evan kept persisting with Horse! All week he has said Horse and Roll-ee of course. It's pretty cute. Whenever we get home he looks at the horse stall and says horse.
Evan's other new word is mom. :) Yaa!! He actually says mmmommma! He holds his m's. Once again his cutness has won me over. :)

Evan's vocabulary currently consists of...Daddy, ball, wawer (water), bir (bird), nana (banana), Roll-ee( rolly the dog), horse and mommma
Of course he only says the words when he wants to say the words, but he is pretty regular with DADDY, Roll-ee and Horse!

Reading!

I caught Evan reading his book! It was so cute. He often gets his books out and flips the pages, closes the book and then starts all over. He loves books! This morning I caught him talking while turning the pages. It was so cute! (unfortunately I grabbed the camera at the tail end, but it is still cute)

Swimmin'

Here's a little swim video of Evan. He loves the water and loves to make splashes! Dan loves to be in the water with Evan too!
Happy Friday! :)

9 Months

He loves to play with the dogs!

Playing at the park!

Hamming it up in the spa!

Here is our 9 month birthday celebration. We decided to use something that Evan could eat!
He is crawling around and pulling himself up on the furniture like crazy...could he be cruisin' around soon?? Here are a few other pics of Evan to enjoy. I love his big smiles.

There are also some fun family pics from our vacation on our picasa page.

Little Glimmer...

Evan is now 9 months and so much fun. He is so full of expression and energy. It is amazing to us how much he learns each day. It seems that we are constantly saying "He can do this today or that!"
Yesterday morning was one of those moments... I was sitting down taking care of something and Evan was playing with his toys. He started to CRAWL to the coffee table to get the coasters probably. I said, "Evan don't touch the coasters." He stopped and looked at me. I said, "Go play with your toys." He turned around and headed over to his toys. This happened a couple more times and each time he listened and went back to his toys! We have been working on Don't touch for quite some time....It was fun to see him get it.
While I was still sitting there he also crawled over to the couch, pulled himself up and played with a few pillows. It was fun to watch him explore the couch and calculate his adventure. He quickly went to the other end of the coffee table (where there are magazines and more coasters to get distracted with) and pulled himself up. Standing at the coffee table he reached for a few of his books and tossed them on the ground. He then laid down on the ground and flipped through the pages of the books numerous times. It was so cute to see him looking at the books. That just brought me huge smiles. I love those little moments. They make the times where he won't go to sleep all worth it! :)
We recently got back from a vacation too! We had a great time. I will have to post a few pictures soon!
In the mean time here is the Watermelon Baby...

8 Months!

Tuesday, April 7, 2009 Angels vs. Oakland A's

The little Angel Fan!

Petting the deer with Auntie!The little butterfly!

Grandma's string looks far better than the butterflies!

Time continues to fly by! Evan is getting bigger and bigger. He is getting so active too! He rolls everywhere, scoots backwards and lunges forward. He may have even taken a couple of crawls forward recently. I bet he gets going really soon!
Evan has been teething like a mad man. His sad top gum is soo swollen. I thought for sure those teethers were going to come in soon, but sure enough he cut a tooth on the bottom! He now has three teeth on the bottom and what looks like a huge swollen top gum that is ready to cut four teeth any day! Which probably means that he is going to cut another tooth on the bottom too! Yikes! I may be in for it soon! He is so sad sometimes I wish they would just hurry up!
Other then the teeth we have been having fun with him! Evan went to his first Angels game last week. He is a great little fan! He was waving his arms and screeching with the rest of the fans. He wore his little red Angels onesie and Angels ball cap!
On Tuesday we went to the library and had story time with the other babies. It was a lot of fun. Evan was really interested in the other babies and enjoyed the singing and reading.
Last Friday we took him to the Wild Animal Park. Evan got to pet some little deer and goats in the petting area. He seemed to enjoy it. He really has taken well to animals. He loves dogs and cats, fish and ducks and seemed to like the petting area too! He has recently enjoyed feeding our horse Peanuts carrots and apples too! We took Evan to the butterfly exhibit. He didn't notice the butterfly that landed on his head, but he could track the other ones flying around.
Just when you think he can't get any more fun, he does!

7 Month Celebration!

Evan is now 7 months and 3 weeks, but here is the birthday bash! We had a little help this time. Evan smiled the first time we sang to him, but we forgot to hit record. The second time around was not so good... just watch for yourself.
Evan is definitley on the move more and more. He is scooting around and rolling all over the place. He often gets frustrated when he can't crawl to something. He's going to figure it out soon... We recently put up a swing in the backyard. He loves it! It's a favorite daily activity. We also got him a huge purchase, a blue ball for $1.79. He LOVES the ball! Probably one of the best purchases ever! I'm glad that this guy is easy to please. Other toys on the top of Evan's list would be sweatshirt strings, the brim of hats and telephones!
Other things that are going on....I have returned to the working world. Only per diem and only two shifts a week if they need me and only 5 hour shifts. I'm back at Yorba Linda PT. I guess they couldn't get rid of me. :) They are in need of some extra help and so it works out for now. The little man is hanging out with my mom and Uncle Ryan. He seems to be doing well with it and has been on his best behavior. :) I get choked up a bit when I leave and on my way to work, but I seem to be doing well when I'm there. I was pleasantly surprised when I remembered how to do everything. I feel like I just slipped right back in to things, so that was good.
Here are some fun pictures of the little man...

Evan playing with his blue ball!

Loving the new swing!

Being oh so cute!

Trying to eat Heathers Bike Basket!

My new "niece" Lily! Born March 12th!

7 Months!

Evan's new fun toy!

Superstar!

Our little man is 7 months!! Wow! This week has been full of physical progress as well as some....learning. Evan is rolling from his back to his stomach and his stomach to his back! Evan loves to suck on his big toes, it's hilarious! He is also pushing off of anything and everything with his legs. His hair is getting thicker and longer too! He is still very much learning about food. One day he will take lots of bites of his food and the next time he will take zero! God is definitley teaching me patience. Although the food thing is frustrating at times, his smiles and giggles definitley make up for it. :)

6 Months!

6 months!

Evan and Great Grandma Nielsen!

Evan was looking cute while mommy got a haircut!

Having fun with the cute baby!

It's hard to believe that Evan is already 6 Months! He is so much fun. He is playing more on his own and laughing and giggling a ton. At his recent doctors visit he was 17 lbs. and 28 inches long! His weight is in the 40th percentile and his height is in the 72nd percentile. He sat on the exam table and quickly attacked the paper. The doctor was very impressed with Evan's ability to sit on his own. He said that that does not usually happen until 7-8 months. Sitting up is actually Evan's preferred position.

We have had a lot going on lately. We went to Bakersfield to visit our friends the Franklin's and then Great Grandma Nielsen came out to visit. Evan has been pretty flexible despite his teething. His top teeth are what he is waiting for. He is so cute with his little bottom teeth.