Stairway to Heaven

we do not have stairs in our apt. evan has never been on stairs. we dont know where he learned how to do this...earlier, he was also climbing down.

our little longhorn

the other day i'm putting evan to nap which usually just means i lay him on his loveseat, put a barrier so he doesn't fall off, and leave the room... he's usually good about going to sleep on his own but recently we catch him playing when he's supposed to be sleeping... and he's being sneaky about it... he doesn't make any noise so we don't come in and check up on him...

so i put him down... silence... i think "oh great he's sleeping"

15 minutes later
room: GIGGLES
me: huh?
room: muffles giggles

5 minutes later
silence
i walk in to check and evan fell asleep sitting down with bevo sitting next to him


friday i put him down... same thing except this time the giggling ensues...
i walk in his room and evan is laying down... paci on the floor... stuffed bevo on top of him...
and he is poking bevo's head giggling (cute but weird)

yesterday paul texts me with this: evan fell asleep hugging bevo
apparently paul says he just laid before down next to evan and he fell asleep rather quickly

so i tried the strategy yesterday afternoon and evan ended up playing with bevo for 30 minutes (bevo = little rascal's partner in crime)
when evan woke up i showed him bevo and he quickly hugged him...

we have yet to see if bevo is friend or foe (when it comes to naptimes) but can i just say how proud i am that at such a young age evan loves our UT mascot... go little longhorn

Evan's Birthday Celebration

man, we feel really lucky to have such awesome friends and family. there were those that drove down from dallas just for the couple of hours that his party lasted. crazy. thank you to all that came to the party. it was a good time, and evan will be able to look back at the pictures from this party and know that he was loved.

it is times like these when you know that you are not raising your child on your own, and that there is a community of people that love our son. it means the world to me and k.

i will let the pictures do the talking now.

this was my first birthday...

this is evan's...

e was getting so tired by the end of the party...he crashed when he got home.

here are some bonus pics from the day after...

Evan's First Birthday

evan is one! wow, time flew by this year and we thought we'd never make it (hello, 6 hour crying sessions!?!??! post partum blues!??!?! no sleeping at night!?!??!) but here we are... thank God

to celebrate we bought evan a cupcake... all they had was red velvet so we took it... of course with our luck he had an allergic reaction to the red dye they use (i think) but he enjoyed it so much that i didn't really feel too bad

i wish you could have seen the entire video because it captures so much of evan's personality... part tiger, part foodie, part ravenous glutton (he really is! he cried over potato chips the other day and he now yells until we give him food that he wants to eat) part ham and part laugh monster (he LOVES to laugh and crack up things we cant even decipher)
alas, the batteries ran out and you only see a glimpse of his love for food... later on he squeals and makes grunting noises and laughs and yells

we are thankful for evan

astroboy

can you believe it? evan is almost 1! we're slowly planning and getting stuff ready since paul and i have pretty packed days... i work til 12 he works from 12-dinner time usually and then we try to take evan out or meet up with friends (and their kids) in the afternoons, make dinner, and by that time we're wiped out

lately evan has been moving around A LOT, surprising us by how close he is to where we are or by how far he has gone... he likes to take a trek to his room to mess with his sound machine or steal a paci from his crib (since he doesn't get to use one unless he's in the car or about to sleep)... or to the bathroom to flush the toilet or spin the toilet paper... or to our room to get to paul's office/our closet... or today he heard me cooking and he immediately made his way over to see what's cookin'

here's a pic of our own little mobile astroboy

Saturday Night Fever

yesterday evan woke up with a fever of 101.7. this is the first time he has had any kind of sickness. he stayed at that temp all day. this morning he woke up and was still feverish but had a lower temp of 100.9. we took him to the pediatrician b/c he it didnt seem that he was getting better. the last temp we took read at 102.7...ok time to make an appointment with the pediatrician.

we go to the doc, and they took his temp and it was only at 100. then the doc proceeded to tell us that there was nothing he could do as it seems it is a viral infection. it just has to pass. booooooo! i dont think we have gone to his pediatrician and had a solid answer for anything yet.

he seemed to be doing better today than he did yesterday, and he laughed as we were eating...(laughter...always a good sign). apparently he thinks the word "disgusting" is hilarious.

Easily Amused

a few things evan like to do.
1. smear food on his face and hair when he eats.
2. go to the playground and swing really high on the swing.
3. find bits and pieces of who knows what on the floor and put it in his mouth.
4. move around to get to any piece of technology.
5. try to get to places he shouldnt get to...like the fireplace.
6. play chase while one of us is holding him and the other is chasing.
7. pulling books out of the bookshelf.
8. opening cabinets and taking out his old bottle equipment.
9. standing up in the bathtub while leaning over the side to make it impossible for me to give him a bath.
(notice none of these have anything to do with his toys)
10. laugh

evan loves to laugh. he will find any excuse to do it. in the video, he looks ginormous...especially that 20th percentile head of his.