Evan With His New Sled

Evan really enjoyed the snow and his sled. He is too cute. Check out the huge gloves. Evan is wearing his Daddy's gloves.

Christmas Day

Here is Evan with Pappy. He is opening a present from Grammie and Pappy. It is the Leap Frog maracas. One maraca just shakes and the other one lights up and says colors, counts numbers, and plays classical music. It,also, says colors and counts in Spanish.

Evan and Uncle Zach

Evan and Uncle Zach were great buddies. Evan loves his Uncle Zach... maybe it is the beard??!!

Christmas in Port Clinton

On Sunday, we had Christmas in Port Clinton with Pappy's family. Evan did not get a nap the whole day. In this photo, Uncle Zach is trying to rock Evan to sleep. It almost worked, however, there was just too much action. Kuddos to Uncle Zach for his best effort.

Christmas

Evan's Aunt Bon and Uncle Charlie

Sledding with Evan

We all wanted to go see Evan go sledding on his new baby sled Grammie and Pappy got him for Christmas. We pulled him around in the snow and then Evan's Daddy took him half way up the snowy hill, and let him go down the hill. Grammie or his Mommy were waiting for him at the bottom. Evan had a big smile going down. When his Daddy asked, "Do you want to go down again?, Evan answered, "yeah!!" Too cute and so much fun. Aunt Laurie and Uncle Zach had fun, too.

Family Breakfast

Today we were able to do our family tradition of a breakfast at Scrambler Marie's in Perrysburg. Pappy and I arrived a few minutes before the rest of the family to get a table. The hostess looked at us and said "2?". I answered, "9, 6 adults and 3 children-- 2 booster chairs and a highchair." It was a funny moment. Pappy and I had 5 minutes to have a relaxing coffee. Then, Zach and Laurie arrived. Three minutes later, Alisson and Terence and Evan and the 2 kiddos arrived. Alisson and I entertained Evan and all went well. It was busy at our table, however, no one else was aware of 3 children 5 and under. It was a very fun time. As always, these family times together are very special to me. Evan ate some of my scrambled eggs, potatoes and he loved apple butter on a cinnamon raisin muffin. Evan thought it was very funny to hit his sippy cup of water on the table because the water sprayed out on him. We were there for 40 minutes and I only had to hold Evan for the last 5 minutes. He is such a good little boy and so cute, too!! Uncle Zach carried Evan out as we got the coats on the other 2 kiddos. Evan has really become attached to Uncle Zach during this visit. They have been best buddies. I praise and thank God for family times we have had during the Christmas season!!!!!!

Hi from Evan (with Grammie's Help)

Hi Family and Friends,
This is my first Christmas that I know what is going on. I am having a great time. Uncle Zach and Aunt Laurie are in town for Christmas. We had a great spaghetti dinner at Grammie and Pappy's house. On Christmas Eve, I went to the Children's Service at Grammie and Pappy's church with my family, Grammie and Pappy, and Uncle Zach and Aunt Laurie. I really liked the puppets. Then, everybody came to my house for pizza. Puppets and Pizza... it can't get much better. Uncle Zach fed me my bah bah (bottle) before bedtime. I love my Uncle Zach and Aunt Laurie soooooo much. Christmas morning Grammie and Pappy came over to see us open our presents. Grammie got me out of my crib and I had a special Christmas surprise for her. She had to change my diaper. As she changed my diaper, Grammie sang Joy to the World, Go Tell It on the Mountan and Silent Night to me. I loved it. In a little bit we are going over to Grammie and Pappy's house for Christmas dinner and presents. Yeah!!!'
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!! Love,
Evan

Grammie Time with Evan

Since I am on winter break, I got to play with Evan at our house yesterday for a couple of hours. He is at such a fun age. He understands a lot and answers "Yeah" (of course I would rather have him say "Yes") and turns his head for "No." Evan is definitely walking now. He can get himself to stand from a sitting position and takes off walking. After his lunch today, I gave him a piece of a cookie. (I asked Alisson first if it would be ok). Evan smiled a big smile. I said, "Cookie" and he repeated cookie. Evan likes Ritz crackers, too. He said, "Cracker." He is starting to work on the computer at Fisher Price where he can tap anywhere for cause and effect. Since he is so on the go, Evan is not really interested in his toys. He just wants to go, go, go. We watched Sesame Street and he repeated Big Bird. I remember Zach and Alisson at this age.... such little sponges with language development. I love being a grandma!!!!

Evan Wearing a New Outfit

Evan is wearing a new outfit that his Mommy's good friend Veronica gave to him. He looked so cute and I just had to take a picture.

Evan Walking Part 3

Evan Walking Part 2

Evan is More Stable Walking

Evan chooses to walk more now. He is more confident and is more stable. What a difference in just 3 days. I took these videos on Tuesday.

Evan's Visit

Evan visited with us this evening for a couple of hours. He loved eating Pappy G's leftover spaghetti. We put the lights on the Christmas tree last night just for Evan to see tonight. I told him "pretty." He kept repeating "Pretty". Aunt Bon Bon heard him say "Pretty" on the telephone. Evan is so amazing to just look at all of our Christmas decorations and not touch them. Tonight he heard the garage go down and I thought he said Papa. Maybe that is his name for Pappy G. Evan still is not calling me anything. He looks at me when Pappy says "Where is Grammie?" I just want to be called something. He understands so much more than he can verbally express or least so we can understand what he is saying. I asked Evan, "Do you want your bottle?" (He only takes a bottle at bedtime). He said, "Yeah" and crawled over to me. Evan still likes to throw balls and just about anything else. Oh, he likes to bang things, too. Tonight he signed "more" for more spaghetti. Of course, I love seeing him do that. Evan brings us such joy and makes us laugh.

Evan Walking

Evan visited with us this afternoon for a couple of hours. He is a walking machine now. In one week, he has become more confident and wants to walk. Pappy G is kidding when he says that Evan walks like Herman Munster. You can see we are still being very careful with his new skill of walking. We do not want him to get hurt at our house. With our kids, we just let them go but we are different with our grandson. Enjoy the video.

Bedtime

Alisson and Terence went to see the movie The Blind Side. We offered to watch Evan. Around 8:30 Evan sat with Pappy G in the rocking chair. Evan fell asleep and so did Pappy G. When Alisson and Terence came home and saw Evan sleeping in Pappy G's arms, she said, "He has not done that since he was a tiny baby."

Pappy G Feeding Evan

Pappy G came home while I was feeding Evan the other night. So, he wanted to finish the feeding. Evan really liked the leftover turkey, sweet potatoes and cranberry sauce.

Evan at Playtime

Here are two photos showing two sides of Evan as he played at our home. The picture with his tongue out is his silly one. We say "Wow, doesn't he look really intelligent with his tongue out?!!" The other photo is our darling Evan. He is wearing one of the outfits we got him for his birthday. His Uncle Zach had the same OshKosh overalls when he was little, however, Uncle Zach, also, had a train cap. I could not find one for Evan.

We Are Thankful

We had such a wonderful Thanksgiving on Saturday and other family times with Zach and Laurie and Alisson and Terence and the kiddos!!! Evan's Great-Uncle John, Great-Aunt Joey and Evan's 4 year old cousin Taylor stopped by to see us, too. We are so thankful for all of our family and the times we can share together.


Dear Heavenly Father,
Thank for the family time we had on Saturday. What a joyous day!!! Thanksgiving and Evan's 1st birthday. Thank you Lord for our grandson and how he has developed during his first year. We ask that You bless and protect Evan and continue to have him develop and be healthy. We give all praise and thanks to You for our many blessings.
In Jesus's Name.... Amen

The Birthday Boy

Here are pictures of Evan with Aunt Bon Bon and Uncle Cha Cha and Great-Grandpa and Great-Grandma. What brave people to get so close to Evan covered in chocolate!!!

Evan and His First Birthday at Grammie and Pappy G's House

We made a turkey cupcake for Evan to have for his 1st birthday. At first Evan was not sure what to do. However, after his Daddy gave him a taste of the frosting, Evan then got into it. We had a towel around him, but Evan had cupcake all over him. Afterwards, we put him right into the bathtub. What a fun, messy time!!!!!

Evan's First Birthday

Alisson asked us to make a turkey cake for Evan's 1st birthday. Well, here is Evan's turkey cake. Happy 1st Birthday, Little Turkey Evan!!!!

Evan Loves Uncle Zach

Here is Evan with Uncle Zach. Evan has been experiencing some stranger anxiety recently and does not like to go to unfamiliar people. Evan had no problems with Uncle Zach. They were good buddies at our family Thanksgiving gathering and at our family night out for pizza at Pagliai's. Evan took a nap and Zach and Laurie's dog, Hayley was in her cage in the same room as Evan's crib. When Evan woke up, I got him and said, "See the doggy". Evan said, "Oh boy." It was too cute.

Evan is ONE!!!

Today is Evan's first birthday!!! He is visiting his other family for Thanksgiving. We will see him on Saturday for our Thanksgiving. Evan was with us for a few hours last night. He now claps his hands together and says "Yeah!" I bought him (in addition to other birthday gifts, of course) the CD Happy Birthday Evan from Captain Zoom. This has been a tradition in our family for 30 years and still continues. Look for a new post and pictures after Saturday! Happy Thanksgiving to all!!!

Evan's First Holiday Parade

Today was our Holiday Parade. Each year Rainbow has a float. I remember last year, we were waiting for the arrival of Evan. When I was on the float last year, I was ready to hop off and get to the hospital. Well, this year was Evan's first BG Holiday Parade. Since Grammie was in the parade, Pappy G hung out with Evan and his Mommy and Daddy. Evan really liked the bands and just stared and all of the floats. Here is Evan with Pappy G and a picture of the Rainbow float. The float committee did a great job!!! The weather was wonderful today, too!!!

After Evan's Bath

I gave Evan a bath at Aunt Bon and Uncle Charlie's. They laughed at how much Evan likes his bath. He kicks and splashes a lot. When I took him out of the tub, he had one of his bath ducks. Aunt Bon then got all of his ducks for him. This was a real treat for him. As you can see in this photo, Evan really liked the ducks. I just thought this was too silly and had to take a picture.

Evan's Visit

We had Evan and took him over to Fremont to visit his Aunt Bon and Uncle Charlie. They really enjoyed seeing him. We took his play quilt and some of his toys and he wasn't interested in any of Aunt Bon's knick knacks (and she has a lot and some are expensive!!) Evan just played with his toys. What a good boy!!!

At the Apple Orchard

Evan seemed to have a great time at the apple orchard with his family a few weeks ago.

Evan Plays Peek a Boo

When you sing "Where is Evan, Where is Evan?" he covers his face to play peek-a-boo.

Evan at a BGSU Football Game

Here is Evan with his Mommy at a BGSU football game. I love the smile..... you can see some of his teeth.

Evan With His Lion

Evan is doing so well walking with his lion. He pushes it down the hallway, into our bedroom and back down the hallway to the family room. Tuesday night, he did that several times. We were tired just watching him.

Evan and the Trash

Evan is pulling himself to stand at just about anything. He was very interested in our wooden trash container the other night when he was with us. He really wanted to get the wooden knob to get the lid off. I know it won't be long. We remember when Zach and Alisson would throw anything in the trash. When we could not find something, we would say, "Check the trash." It must be something genetic since Evan has the same interest in the trash.

Evan the Falcon Fan

Evan was at our house playing Tuesday evening. How appropriate that he was wearing his A Falcon Fan Since Birth shirt!! The BGSU Falcons were playing Buffalo on ESPN. BGSU won!!!! We had a lot of fun with Evan. He has a little cold now and I had to wipe his nose frequently which he does not like at all. Evan really objects to having his nose wiped. He is all boy with his dirty face which he doesn't like wiped either. We still love him, though!!!

Evan with his New PJs

We got Evan new jammies for Halloween. After Alisson took off his turkey costume, I asked if he could put on his new pajamas. They are size 18 months and fit him perfectly. Evan is just hanging out playing with the family and our good friends Dick and Kathy. We had a little get together after trick-or-treating.

Our Little Turkey

Here we (Grammie and Pappy G)are with our little turkey.

Evan as Our Turkey

Evan was the most adorable little turkey for Halloween this year. He loved wearing his costume and everyone thought he looked so cute when he was trick-or-treating.

Evan Playing

Evan was at our house playing on Saturday morning. He now is putting objects into containers, etc. Here is Evan putting the ball into one of his Baby Einstein toys. This is a new skill. He used to just want to throw the balls.

Who Me???

I caught this cute picture as Evan looked outside. I said, "Evan," and he looked right at me. He is just so precious to us. His look is almost as if he is saying "Who me?" or "What?"

Busted but So Close

Evan was playing by the sliding glass door. He liked just banging with his hands on the glass. I have waited so long to have little fingerprints on my sliding glass door. Evan, however, noticed the pulley and of course he wanted it. Well, Grammie, is never very far from Evan. He did not get the chance to pull the curtain. He listens so well. I just say "Evan, no, no" or "Evan, just lookey." I have a lot of stuff around and he knows what he can touch and not. He loves the Boyds teddy bear.

Did I Not Feed Evan Enough???

Silly Evan. Is he trying to eat a block?? You would think that I did not feed him enough. For dinner, he ate 3 jars of Step 2 foods... chicken and noodle dinner, peas and Hawaiian Delight. I,also, gave him some graham crackers and Ritz crackers for a snack. Evan is a good eater. Unlike my two children. I had to play airplane with them to eat. It is so refreshing to have a grandson who is a good eater.

Evan's Walking Toy

Since Evan has started to take walking steps, we wanted to get him a walking toy. After checking online, we decided to get the Fisher Price Lion Walking/Riding toy. We decided to give it to Evan as an early birthday present. He can use it now. These photos show him when he first got it. He really liked the Lion and the music it makes. After a few minutes, he started to push it around and walk with it. It was too cute. We are going to keep it at our house for him to use until his one year old birthday on November 25th. Tomorrow he is 11 months old. Evan spent the night with us last night. We had fun.

What a Big Boy!!

Evan was over today (Tuesday) for a few hours. The weather was wonderful. We went for a walk and we sat on the patio watching birds. Evan loves the outdoors. I took this picture because I was amazed by how much he had increased his balance in just one week. He stands for 20 seconds and takes at least 5 steps now. We heard him say "Got up" today when he pulled himself to stand at the couch. Evan is too cute!

What' s New

Alisson told me that Evan took 4 steps yesterday. Wow!! Today she received his Halloween costume. Since he was born just before Thanksgiving, we have lovingly called him our little turkey. Well, of course, he is going to be a turkey for Halloween. It is hard to realize that Halloween will be his last first special occasion. Next month, Nov. 25th Evan will be 1 year old. What a fantastic year we have had with our grandson!! Each day I thank God for Evan and for his health and development. It is all amazing.

Evan and His Cards

You have probably heard about the program Your Baby Can Read. Well, I started my own program with Evan at 7 months. I introduced word cards with objects that were meaningful to him. For example: ball, bottle, car, toy. He can now choose the correct word card when shown two cards. I do not know if I would call it reading. It shows Evan has a good visual memory. He recognizes ball, bottle, toy, car, eat, walk, bird, rain, red, dog. Evan really enjoys doing the cards or I would not have continued it. I even let him have the correct card and wrinkle it up. I can make more. Pappy took this photo as Evan and I were doing the word cards. I show the cards and ask, "Evan, where is the word "dog" and Evan touches the correct card. It is pretty neat. A few weeks ago I showed Alisson. She said, "Terence has got to see this." Terence had to do the cards and tried to trick Evan. He was amazed at how well Evan did. Terence told me "Good job" and wanted to know how Evan was doing it. I just explained that it was my version of Your Baby Can Read. I look at it as a research study and Evan is my subject.

Evan and His New Toy

I got to play and cuddle Evan today for about 3 hours. It was a lot of fun. He even let me hold him and dance to music. He is repeating so many words: bottle, a ball, up and he waves bye-bye. When I say, "Where's Grammie", Evan looks at me. Yeah!!! In this photo Evan is playing with a new toy Pappy G brought home for him today. They are stacking cups with different colors and numbers on them. Evan explored them and then just liked throwing them. He likes to throw everything. Evan is in his pajamas after having a fun bath. Evan is at such a fun and adorable age. Oh I forgot, he is taking two steps and is so proud of himself.

Last Night's Sleepover

We had Evan, J and M last night for a sleepover while Terence surprised Alisson with a 5th anniversary stay at a hotel and a couples' massage Saturday morning. We had fun but Evan woke up at 12:30am after going to bed at 7:45pm. I don't know why. I just held him for a few minutes and put him back in his crib. Around 1:00 he started crying. He would cry for 5 minutes and then fall asleep for 10 minutes. He cried for 5 minutes again and then fell asleep. I thought I would give him until 2:00am to fall asleep for the night or rather morning. At 2:00, I went in to his room. First I checked the diaper--- he had a dirty diaper. Then, I gave him a bottle. Evan drank 6ozs. After burping Evan, I laid him in his crib with his aquarium and music on. I do the same routine as Alisson does. When he sleeps over, I have Alisson & Terence bring his alarm monitor, his aquarium and his Johnny Jump Up. Well, he cried for a few minutes and then went to sleep. He slept then until 8:00am. Evan is going through a stage where he only likes his crib at home. This sounds very familiar to his Uncle Zach as a baby. Alisson said that our house is the only place Evan will sleep if anyone other than her puts him to bed. Evan has been sleeping in that crib since he was 6 weeks old so it should be like a second home to him... maybe???

Evan and His Ducks

Aunt Bon Bon and Uncle Cha Cha gave Evan this cute family of ducks to play with in the bathtub. I first let him just play with them as I filled the tub up for him. When he saw them in the bathtub, he laughed. Evan splashed and kicked so much with excitement that my hair was pretty wet (I still hold on to him in the tub so I am very close to him). Oh well, he had a great time. Evan repeated duck after I said it.

Evan and Signing

Evan enjoys watching the Baby Signing Time DVD. (Thanks to Lindsey for recommending it.) He is beginning to sign "all done" and "milk." Here is Evan watching Signing Time on Tuesday with me.

What a Big Boy

Evan is now 10 months old. He is standing on his own for about 10 seconds. I took this picture quickly as he was standing alone one day at our house last week. Evan sometimes plops down on his bottom but usually he just dives forward. He thinks there will always be someone to catch him. He is very proud of himself. Today, Evan cruised along the couch and even took 1 step to get to the coffee table. It won't be long. You can see how proud Evan is of himself!!!

Evan in the Morning

Hello all... so sorry it has been quite awhile since my last posting. Our new computer that we bought in July stopped working. It was the power supply and we did not have a computer for 5 days. So, I am back. Last Friday, Evan, J. and M. spent the night with us. Alisson and Terence went to Columbus to see Skillet. These two photos show Evan just waking up Saturday morning and then how he started to be his silly self.

Pappy G and Evan Reading

Since my voice is still recovering from laryngitis, I could not read to Evan. So, Pappy G and Evan sat in Pappy's chair. Evan was so interested in the book. He says "book" now, too.