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.