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..

Eh?

our lives are about to change drastically. no, k is not pregnant. e is walking. thats right...e is walking. life as we know it will change forever.

we were at my cousin's house in canada, and e had been getting more and more brave about taking his hands off the wall when he cruises around. well, he decided to go for the gold and just do it...



that was taken about 5 days ago. now he is walking up and down the hall from our room to the living room. he also has an opinion about where he wants to go. he no longer has to go where we want him to go. sad day for us...good day for e.

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