Evan's afternoon away from home!

Yesterday Eric had plans to take his Dad out on the boat and I got invited to a party, so I called up our friend Karen to ask her if she would want to watch Evan for the afternoon. She has offered several times to watch Evan if we ever needed her. Evan had a GREAT time. He was asleep before we barely got out of the neighborhood on the way home! Bryan and Karen are expecting their first child in July. This first picture shows Evan trying out the new baby-to-be's crib! The crib will be perfect for the new baby:-) Karen got a great shot of his first two teeth. CHECK THEM OUT(you may have to click on the picture to enlarge it, so you can see those new chompers)!!! The fashionable bib is used to prevent his shirt from getting soaked with drool that flows out of his mouth:-) Thanks again Karen for watching Evan and the great pics!

Luau Anyone?

Last night we went to a luau out at the island. We again forgot the cameras...so this is a picture of Evan and Eric in their cute Hawaiian shirts taken with my cellphone! We had pulled pork sandwiches and coleslaw for dinner. They had games for the kids with prizes. In a couple years Evan will really have a great time. He did enjoy watching the kids do the limbo and swat at a pinata! He did get a chance to go for a ride on the swing. He did sleep from 8:30 last night until about 8:00 this morning, so he was a great sleeper last night!

More fun with Evan!

Last Saturday my parents and brother came over to celebrate father's day. Eric got to try out his new grill that is his Birthday/Father's day gift from me. Bob was up north on a boat trip, so Eric will be taking him out on the boat on Sunday. It is so hard to believe that Evan is 8 months old! He's not crawling yet, but he does roll around to get around. Here are some recent pictures of Evan.

He is starting to be able to support his weight a little bit with help from Mom and Dad
Evan loves his fish bowl that his Grandma Gay bought for him. He puts all of his fish and some balls in it and shakes it to make lots of noise and tips it over to try and dump everything out.
He loves to pull out the balls and chew on them.

Happy Father's Day Dad!!

When do I get to drive the boat Daddy?!


This weekend Evan started saying dadadadadadadadadadadada. Not in reference to anything in general just babble, but he is a lot closer to saying dada to Eric than mama, because there are no MMMMM's coming out. Just eeeeee's(he'll probably say Eddie...before Mommy) and now dddddaaaaa. I'm told that it'll come soon enough and then I'll want him to stop talking!



Enough with the pictures...Mommy the flash is hurting my eyes:-)

LOVE YOU BABY!!!

Evan starts swimming lessons

Last night Evan had his first swimming lesson! The first picture shows him right before the lesson began. He did really well and didn't cry at all. There are 3 other kids in his class two are older(older than 2) and one is the same age. Eric and I could see the importance of starting him this young. You could see the fear in the kids that were a little older and Evan and Gavin just went with the flow and didn't fuss a bit. Swimming class involves songs like twinkle twinkle little star, itsy bitsy spider, ring a round the rosie and humpty dumpty. Evan just loves music so when he hears the songs he has a great time! They will do the same activities each week, so it will be fun to watch and see how is reaction changes as he gets used to the water. He did really GREAT!

A day with Evan

Daddy got his swing hung on the swing set, so he got a chance to try it out. We'll have to get a better picture when the sun isn't in his face.

Evan decided he wanted to feed himself. He doesn't eat very much when this happens, because the spoon doesn't go far from his mouth. He usually ends up gagging or hitting himself in the eye. His two bottom teeth have just made an appearance, so he likes to chew on everything.

Self portrait of Evan and Mommy playing in his room.
Evan isn't crawling yet, but he can sure roll around to get places. Can any of you lay like this and put your foot up by your mouth(yummy foot)?

Fun at the Island!

Evan has more fun swinging out at the island! He likes looking at the other kids on the bigger swings next to him.

Evan eats broccoli out at the island!
ummmmm yum?
Evan has fun playing with the straps on his life jacket.
More swinging!!

We had a wonderful 3 day weekend. Eric was happy that we got to stay two nights out on the boat!! Back to work tomorrow:-(

Evan swings out at the Island

Last weekend we stayed out at the island. Evan did really well sleeping on the boat. It got a little chilly during the night, so we bundled him up. We even had a visitor on board during the night! A raccoon came on board and ate a bag of licorice(there was about 10 strings left...I bet he got a bad tummy ache) and a few crumbs of potato chips Eric left up top. Eric heard something during the night and thought it was rain, but it wasn't constant, so he went up top and scared him off to shore. He said the raccoon stood up on the shore and looked back at him almost like he was laughing at Eric .....HAA HAA! Evan went on his first swing ride and really enjoyed it. He liked it so much he got the hiccups:-)