Bye Bye Bye

e and i went to einstein bagels the other day before school for a quick father son breakfast. as he was eating his bagel nsync's bye bye bye was playing in the background...here is the result.



so in the last post we told you that e learned to do the robot...well he put a variation on that after dinner tonight.

Dance Dance Revolution

we had some indie dance music on one night and evan started to dance. so we joined him. k thought it would be funny if we taught him how to do the robot. here are the results...

Top Chef

e has always loved to cook. here he is cooking alongside mama. pay close attention to the spices he puts in...the dish was worthy of tom colicchio and his panel of judges.

You're A Good Man Charlie Brown

so for halloween, e was...charlie brown.

 we already have his costume for next year picked out...its going to be awesome...any guesses?...i'll give you a hint...luchador.

the weather is also getting cold outside, and we were afraid that e would refuse to wear something on his head.  well, we finally found something

k was tired one saturday morning, so e and i went to kerbey for breakfast.  this kid is eating so much.  he ate 2 eggs, 1/2 a kerbey pancake (they are dinner plate sized), and a cup of fruit.  how does he fit that into his body?...who knows.

i guess e can communicate with squirrels b/c he likes to gather acorns.  he will go out into the lawn and pick up a few acorns and give them to me.  he can do this for 20 minutes and will out gather the squirrels.  he learned to put them in his coat and pant pockets too, so now we have to check his pockets before we do his laundry.  here is his stash from gathering a couple of days.

the big news so far this fall is that e got a haircut.  i guess he thought he was like samson or something b/c he didnt really like getting a haircut...i suppose he thought his strength would go away b/c he looked very concerned as the lady was cutting his hair.

we are really thankful for our family.  it is still weird to us that we are married...much less have a kid.  i know...i know, we have been married for over 3 years and e is 19 months old now.  all of it feels like a blur.

me talk pretty one day

evan is so into communicating these days... for the most part he can communicate simple requests with signs or pointing or words... but he also likes to think he can speak eloquently especially when he is playing pretend.

family portraits

hopefully not one to go in embarassingfamilyportraits.com

my mom insisted on taking family portraits when i was in high school all the way up to the end of college which is when it all stopped... wait that is not true... i believe we took one when i was already working and thank goodness my college graduation photo (taken post college) did not show the 20 lbs i gained my senior year eating chocolates for breakfast and a sonic wacky pack for lunch...

i thought it would be fitting to continue the tradition and since we didn't get good photos of evan when he was born, we took family pics for his 1st birthday

(thanks ylkphotography!)

summer fever

yes yes we know we've been delinquent BUT we also had some adventures this summer...

1. Paul's first wedding in Lake Tahoe
thoughts: loved the weather... loved the 3 night sleep over at a gorgeous house with friends... did not love Evan's chapped face or almost missing our flight back or being charged $$$ for a dirty rental car

2. the waco wedding
thoughts: evan had loads of fun messing with stuff around the house while everyone was busy with the wedding ;-) and the best steak/fish entree i've had at a wedding

3. the toronto wedding
thoughts: loved the weather... loved spending time with family... loved having evan meet and play with his cousins... loved chinese food in toronto... loved that veal and eggplant parmesan sandwich at the farmer's market
did not love evan screaming at the top of his lungs while we were having our anniversary dinner... did not love that we missed "the best sushi" in north america or susur lee's restaurant

4. the family group
thoughts: we've been putting together these family get togethers at church and absolutely have enjoyed getting to know them and learning from people who have more experience with this family thing than we do

5. the 15 month milestones
thoughts: love that the tooth fairy is now in business at our house albeit 2 teeth is not much of an invite... love that evan is showing us more of his goofy nature (blowing raspberries on our legs, spinning til he falls, playing hide and seek)... do not like the teething pains or the dropped morning nap or that he seems to know how to push our buttons and be rebellious (what? you said, "come here," i think i'm going to run the other way now while i laugh at you chasing after me)

and because you know you came here to see a video... here's one of evan laughing at rocks coming down a slide..