Christmas morning

Evan had fun opening his stocking and presents Christmas morning. Santa brought him a new toy box, a basketball hoop, toys, books, and clothes. The basketball hoop was definitely his favorite. In his stocking he got socks, books, tooth paste, a tooth brush, a new bib, and a sippy cup. Mommy and Daddy had cinnamon rolls and then started cooking breakfast for Adam's family.

Twas the Night Before Christmas

On Christmas Eve we went to church with Adam's family and then had Christmas Eve dinner at his parent's house. We had prime rib, mashed potatoes, rutabaga, carrots, and rolls. Evan got to try some rutabaga mashed together with carrots and potatoes. He seemed to like it- next year he can try the prime rib!

After dinner Evan got to open a present, new pajamas. We are going to start the tradition of getting new pajamas on Christmas Eve.

Mommy says "Merry Christmas! Sleep through the night so Santa can come !!"

Christmas with my Mom's side

We started off the Christmas holiday at my parent's house. We were supposed to go to PA first to see my grandma, but the roads were icy, so we decided to postpone that part of the trip. We celebrated Christmas with my mom's side of the family on Tuesday night. Evan did a great job opening his presents and playing with his cousins.

Pulling up

On Christmas Eve Adam and I both left Evan playing with his new truck. When I came back in the room I saw Evan doing this:

I called him to get his attention and he gave me a little "Look mom one hand wave."


Later in the day I laid him down for a nap. I went up a few minutes later because he was screaming and found him sitting up in his crib....we are in trouble!

New hat and mittens

It has been FREEZING here lately. Now that Evan doesn't get carried in his warm and snuggly carrier, we needed to get him a warmer hat and some mittens. He was pretty excited to try them on!

Tonka Truck

Evan got his frist ride on/push toy from my parents for Christmas. According to the box, he is supposed to only be at the pushing stage.....but he proved us wrong and showed us how he can already ride on it. He likes to bounce on it while sitting and scoot himself backwards. He has also been pulling himself up to his knees while holding on to it.

This past week he has also started getting up onto his hands and knees and rocking. He is soooo close to crawling forwards. Right now he just scoots himself backwards and turns around in circles.

Growing up

Evan is really growing up. In the last week we lowered his crib and changed to his big boy car seat. Look at the difference in sizes between his seat that we could take in and out of the car and carry and the new one. I was a little sad to make these changes....he's getting big too fast!

Evan looks sad too.......

actually he is just grumpy. He had his second ear infection last week. He's feeling much better now and luckily it hit before we started traveling for the holidays.