Baby Bruce Lee

Brian is training Evan for a future career in martial arts movie. I believe in those films sound effects are more important than technique...true?

Handful

Evan is really giving us a run for our money these days. Between the crawling, eating solid foods and the FOUR new teeth coming in, there is no shortage of personality (strong willed, shall we say...) around here!

When I am getting Evan's bath ready, I take off his diaper and sit him in the middle of his bedroom floor while I run the water. Last night, he decided he did not want to wait for slow old mom so he decided to take matters into his own hands...

Making a break for the bathroom.

No longer content to just sit on Dad's lap, Evan needs to be involved in ALL extracurricular activities.

Finding new uses for the Exersaucer.

Sweet potatoes. No wonder I find crusted food behind his ears!

Conventional use of the pacifier just bores him senseless.

Playgroup

We had our first playgroup today for our Scottsdale Parenting Group. The moms meet for class every other Thursday and the alternating Thursdays we get the kids together to "play". I use that term loosely since Evan was the youngest there by 8 months and none of the kids even really took notice of eath other!

We went to a mall that has an indoor carousel. Evan LOVED it! He rode the tiger and he even held onto the post like a big boy. Unfortunately there is no photographic evidence since everyone was holding onto their own kid and couldn't take a picture of anyone else! After the carousel we went to a play area and there were kids everywhere. I got a couple cute pics of Evan but you can't really see where he is or what he is doing since I had to hold onto him or risk him getting trampled by one of the random heathens playing there. So, all close ups! He had a great time watching all the big kids.

PS - How rad are those pants??

Wednesday

Getting his snooze on this morning.

Playing tug-o-war with his best buddy Pearl. Pearl will gently place the toy near Evan and wait for him to grab it before she start yanking on it. So far, she is undefeated but I think Evan enjoys it more ;)

Nascar Baby!

Evan is REALLY taking after Uncle Evan now!

The Mover & Shaker

Our speedster was still for a minute today.

We have a crawler!

Evan is officially crawling! I wouldn't say it is necessarily graceful yet, but he is getting from Point A to Point B and that qualifies! It is a BIG day for us. Evan gained a bit of freedom and I lost some...no more sticking him on the floor of the bathroom while I shower. I guess I will have to get a harness and a tether now...

Playing on the bed

Evan helped me change the sheets today and we took a break so we could play on the bed...

Walk Hard

Evan's walker finally arrived and MAN...what have we been missing?? Pearl's life is forever changed since now Evan can follow her!

Ride 'em cowboy!

Evan is warming up to his Galloping Jumperoo. He still prefers the hanging "johnny jump up" but in a pinch (or no door jams) this will do!

More Bath Time

Evan loves bath time because it gives him an opportunity to splash mom and taste his bath toys!

Gratuitous Sitting Picture

Prison Break

Evan trying to make a break for it after his morning nap. It is a good thing we lowered the crib mattress this weekend!

Big Weekend

Matt, Nelson & Joseph came to visit this weekend from Boston & NYC. It was a great weekend of hanging by the pool and eating too much!

Hanging by the pool in his pack-n-play. Joseph administering the ice feeder bag.
Nelson & Pearl relaxing after 8 hours of fetch in the pool.

Matt & Evan lifeguarding.

Mom, Dad & Evan at lunch.

Matt testing out Evan as date bait at the mall.

Val to Andre, "I want a baby"

Andre to Val, "You crazy"

Mmmm, teething rings.

Of course, Wii was played. Please notice the 232 that Nelson and I team bowled.
Guitar Heroes

The Tooth Fairy has a SICK sense of humor

Evan has THREE teeth coming in up top right now. Poor little thing is drooling and about yanking his ears right off his head he is so uncomfortable. Not to mention the fact that the three teeth that are breaking through are not consecutive per se...please refer to the diagram below.

Currently Evan has his two bottom central incisors. The teeth coming in are the top left central incisor and the two lateral incisors. He will be able to (as his Uncle Evan says) "eat corn through a chain link fence".

That's ok, for all who knew me before my extensive foray into orthodontia can attest to the fact that ANY teeth issues can be fixed with a little metal and some rubberbands. And in the case of Brian and myself, a head gear with a denim strap ;)

Evan enjoying ice in his mesh feeder bag. As I am sure you can imagine, he ends up sopping wet, but MUCH happier!

Randoms

I just thought these pictues were cute. And it's my blog...........so there.

Evan is starting to take interest in the remote control already! Another man to fight with for control of the tv!!

Lil' Bundles: Take Two

Today we warmed up with "Getting Jiggy With It". Who wouldn't want to party after that??

Just swinging and bouncing!

Please notice the Rick Astley playing in the background.

Football Season

Evan is SUPER excited for his first football season. He got all dressed up last night, just like Daddy, so he could cheer on the Vikings.

Practicing the huddle.

If anyone saw the Vikings game then you can imagine that our evening went straight downhill after these pictures were taken. The jerseys ended up on the floor and Brian was in a decidedly sour mood. Ah well, at least Evan is too young to understand the expletives Daddy was yelling at the tv ;)

Six Month Check Up

The 6 month check up went well. Evan is now 18 lbs 12 oz (60th %) and is 27 1/2" (80th %) tall, which means he is built just like his dad, tall and lean!

The NP noticed how well Evan sits up and also how well he uses his hands and how strong he is. She advised me to go ahead and lower the crib mattress because before too long, Evan will be able to grab onto the bars and hoist himself up. She also said that is is ok for Evan to sleep on his stomach now which is a relief since that is sometimes how he ends up in the morning.

He got more shots, which he was not too pleased about but he bounced back quickly and was in pretty good spirits the rest of the day.

Most exciting is that Evan is going to be starting baby food in the next week or so. We have to try oatmeal starting tomorrow and see how that goes for a few days and then we will be introducing carrots and sweet potatoes. The NP said that by 9 months, Evan will be eating all baby foods and maybe some table foods. She described what she called "baby stew" which is the pureed leftovers from adult food. So I will be taking leftovers from the week (anything that doesn't have a lot of salt and other spices) and throwing them all together and then feeding Evan the mush. Sounds good, eh? Brian had better be on his best behavior or else he will be sharing Evan's baby stew!!