Progress and Projects

When we were initially referred to Physical Therapy for Evan he was not getting from a lying to sitting position or pulling up on any furniture. Since then he has made a lot of progress. He has only had 2 sessions so far, so hard to believe it is all related to the therapy. Either way, I find myself shocked and proud of the many different positions I find him in lately.

He often enjoys snacktime standing up now. I think just because he thinks it is cool that he can coordinate it standing up!



So proud of himself!


Saturday, we were busy with outdoor projects and Evan kept busy too...playing in the water bucket, helping daddy lay wood chips, and trying out the new swing.




Watching intently as Daddy hangs his swing!

Swing = fun, Mommy pushing me with my hat on her head = extra fun


You'll notice Evan has received some great new accessories lately as well! The hip shades usually stay on for about 10 minutes before he gets sick of them. Thanks for the great belt, Oma. My pants stay on so well when I do my Army Crawl.

Lately...

We are excited to see all the signs of "newness" and Spring outside and it seems Evan is getting into it too with several new things of his own.

He has started to use a few "words" consistently. "Hi" and he waves very readily for "Hi" and "Bye" now. "Da" for Dada, and today he gave his big lip and started to shed a few tears when Daddy had to leave for work...it is tough for Evan and Mommy after those nice weekends with the 3 of us together! And finally, "Caa" for car or truck - last night Evan heard the word "truck" in our conversation with friends and he chimed in immediately with "caa caa". When we look out the windows for cars, I say "zoom zoom" and he will usually respond with "caa". These developments have been very fun to see.

We continue to introduce Evan to all kinds of new foods too...he loves waffles, Gerber chicken sticks (so does his mommy :)), and most recently he tried Spaghetti O's for the first time. What a mess!

Finally, he has learned this great new way to make a unique noise with his mouth!

Happy 1st Birthday, Sweet Boy!

Hard to believe a year has passed! He is looking less like a baby and more like a little boy every day. We had a great day of celebration - a balloon (can't keep his eyes off it), visit to the aquarium, and first taste of ice cream (I think he will take after his mommy :)). Talk about some great dreams tonight!

Park

The warmer weather is welcome and yesterday's temperature with the sunshine was a great gift! Evan and I have started taking our almost daily stroller walks again and yesterday we went to the park for the first time. I was so excited to take Evan and he was even more excited to swing and watch all the action at the park. This is the same park Jeremy went to when he was little. Can't wait for many more visits to all the great local parks!



As you can see, the swing really blew his hair back. Evan's hair is increasingly hard to tame these days. If I decide to tackle it, it proves futile because after his nap it is back to wild again. His hair really has a mind of it's own.

Mommy makes some great yogurt pie!

Parade Wave

Grandma and Grandpa visited this past week and Evan decided to really impress them by waving to them at dinner time. We love the new "trick" and encourage Evan to wave everywhere, but, so far, he seems to limit it to eating time only.

On the move

Although he is not crawling yet, Evan is definitely figuring out more and more ways to get around and get to what he wants. He does great on the carpet and can really move on the wood floor!


A few of Evan's current favorite things are looking out the window to watch the cars go by, turning the pages of his board books, and "playing catch" with Daddy. Oh, and he's still sportn' some wild hair!