Evan is HOME!!!!

Evan and his family arrived home from Myrtle Beach late Sunday night. I was able to have Evan over today for a couple of hours. I noticed several developmental changes in him. I had not seen him in 8 days. Evan is starting to creep around on the floor to get toys. He used to just roll around to get something. He is, also, making more sounds to communicate. He definitely has Da-Da down. Evan seemed to have more hair and it was longer. Of course, he had a tan. Evan seems bigger, too. Alisson said he was wearing a 12 month outfit today. Evan was 7 months old on June 25. Pappy G and I got Evan a Cleveland Indians romper for a Welcome Back Home gift. I am so glad I bought 12 months. I was worried that maybe he would not want to come to me after being away so many days. As soon as I picked him up, he put his head on my shoulder and played with my hair. He knew his Grammie!!! Yeah!!!

Cool Evan

Evan is a cool dude wearing the Spiderman shades that Grammie and Pappy G got him for his trip to the beach. I love this picture!!!
Thanks so much to Terence and Alisson for sending me these photos!!!!

Evan in the Pool

Evan looks like he is just lounging in the pool. I know he has had a lot of fun this week.

Evan and Mommy

Here is Evan and Mommy having fun in Myrtle Beach. I will see Evan in 3 more days!!!! Who is counting??!!

Evan on Vacation

So sorry that I have not added new posts recently. Evan has been vacationing with his family at Myrtle Beach. Alisson and Terence just emailed me photos so I do have some new ones to show you of Evan. Alisson said that Evan really liked the ocean as you can see in this photo of Evan with his Daddy.

Evan --- Our Precious Grandson

This picture was taken on Evan's last evening with us as he slept for the night. He is such a sweet, precious, little boy.

Evan Likes Books

Evan likes to be read to. In this photo he is looking at the book "From Head to Toe" by Eric Carle, one of Grammie's favorite authors. He really enjoyed looking at books this past week.

Evan and Grammie

I so enjoyed my time with Evan this week. This picture was taken to show that I am still happy after having Evan for 5 days and 5 nights. He was my little buddy. I am going to miss him a lot next week as he is vacationing with his family. I am so proud of Alisson after my week with Evan. I am amazed by the wonderful job she does with Evan (6mos.), J(almost 3) and M (4)--- I felt so busy just with Evan and she takes care of all three beautifully.

What a Big Boy!!!

This was taken just after Evan woke up from his nap today. I placed his hands on the crib rail, however, he stood independently for 20 seconds. He looks pretty proud of himself!!!

Evan Playing Peek-a-Boo

All this week I would put Evan on our bed while I got dressed. He liked my satin pajamas and played peek-a-boo with them. I am going to get a piece of satin material and make him a peek-a-boo scarf. These pictures show Evan with the pajamas to play peek-a-boo and after playing.

Interesting Morning

What an interesting morning we had!! First, Gerry's alarm went off at 4:15am for him to get up to run. The alarm went off again at 4:30. Then at 4:45, the weather radio went on. Of course, this was too much noise for Evan and he woke up. He did not mind being up so early. In this picture, he is on our bed talking and interacting with Pappy G at 5:30 in the morning!!!

Napping Evan

Here is our precious grandson taking his nap. He did so well this week taking naps and sleeping at night. All we did was put him in his crib, turn on his musical aquarium and close the door. He sometimes whimpered for a few minutes, but, then went to sleep. Sometimes he slept all curled up at the top of the crib with his bottom sticking up. Evan prefers to be on his stomach now and sucks his thumb only to go to sleep. It is too precious.

Evan's Adventures Today

Evan slept through the night, however, he woke up at 5:45am. He sat and watched Grammie and Pappy G eat breakfast. After eating his cereal and taking his bottle he watched the Mozart DVD. He then had play time. In this picture Evan is playing with his BGSU Falcon football that Aunt Bon Bon and Uncle Cha Cha gave him. Evan walked to Rainbow School with me (3 miles total) to visit with a BG firefighter who wanted make a map of Rainbow School. Evan smiled at Firefighter Ryan. On our way home we stopped to visit Bryce, Nurse Megan and Miss Kim. Kim said that Evan has Italian coloring. Evan ate applesauce for lunch and is now taking a nap. I am going to try to get some things done while he naps. He misses his Mommy and Daddy and really, really needs Grammie. As long as I hold him or in his constant sight, Evan is fine. I am loving my time with my precious grandson!!!! Thank you, God!!!!!

Hi Mommy and Daddy WEDNESDAY

Since I went to bed at 6:30 last night, I did wake up about 10:15pm. Grammie gave me 4 oz. and then put me to bed at 10:45. I fell asleep by 11:00pm and slept through the night. I woke up at 6:30am. I ate my cereal and drank my bottle. I watched my Mozart DVD and played with my toys with Grammie. I am now taking my morning nap. Grammie played peek-a-boo with me. I laughed. Pappy G heard me say "Hi" to Grammie this morning. Until later.... Love, Evan

Hi again.... I ate applesauce for lunch and green beans for dinner. I took a bath and went to bed at 7:15pm. Grammie told Pappy G that I am missing you. I waved Hi at Pappy G when he came home tonight.
Love, Evan

Evan with Grammie and Pappy G

Evan is staying with us this week while his Mommy and Daddy are in San Francisco. Evan has a schedule and certain routines. I am trying to follow them. One routine that Alisson mentioned was that after Evan has his bottle, gets dressed and eats his cereal, he likes to sit in his exersaucer and watch his Mozart DVD. She was right on!!! I took this picture this morning as he was so focused on the DVD. Evan is doing very well with us this week as you can tell by reading his blogs to his Mommy and Daddy.

Aunt Bon Bon and Uncle Cha Cha

Evan's great-aunt, Aunt Bon Bon and his great-uncle, Uncle Cha Cha came to visit yesterday. They played with Evan and watched him swim (actually just kick and splash and play with his boat). We got just a small inflatable 3 ring pool for Evan, Jeremy and Mackenzie this summer. Aunt Bon Bon and Uncle Cha Cha had a lot of fun with Evan.

Evan Playing

Evan loves to play. He likes his toys and he now likes to play peek-a-boo. He laughs when I put a scarf over him and then take it off and say "Peek-a-boo."

What's New with Evan

Evan now has 3 teeth... two on the bottom and one on top. The fourth tooth on top is just starting to come through. Mommy Alisson called me tonight and said, "We just videotaped Evan saying "Da Da." Daddy Terence said, "Say Da-Da," and Evan said, "Da Da." Just last week I told Terence that I thought I heard Evan say Da-Da in his rambling of sounds. Terence was excited to hear that. Imagine how tickled he is to have Evan say "Da Da!!!" Evan visited with some of our neighbors tonight... Mr. Dick, the two Miss Kathys, Miss Laurie and Mr. Kent. He charmed them all. Evan was very interested in watching Pappy G mow the lawn. He really liked the lawn mower. Evan had a cold and fever 101.5 yesterday, however, today he has no fever and the runny nose is much better. I could go on and on about our grandson, Evan, but I will stop for now. We praise God for this wonderful gift given to us!!!!

Babies Develop Quickly

I am so amazed by how fast babies learn new skills. (I guess it is easy to forget since our baby girl will be 27 years old). It was just two days ago that Evan was sitting up by himself with my being close in case he fell over. Evan now sits and plays with toys. Here he is at Grammie and Pappy G's house playing with "Baby Einstein" toys.... of course. I love seeing him develop and acquire new skills, however, he is growing up too fast.

Grammie's Favorite Outfit

Evan is wearing an outfit that I just had to buy for him. In the picture you may see a telephone. The writing on the outfit says... That's It!! I'm calling Grandma!
Isn't that tooo cute. Also, Evan is playing differently with rattles these days. He definitely is exploring them in new ways.

Evan Sitting

Evan can now sit by himself. Although, Grammie is close to him in the pictures (in case he tumbles over), Evan is sitting up independently. What a big boy!!!!

Evan and Pappy G

Evan was very ready to play as soon as Pappy G came home. Evan and Pappy G have soooo much fun together.