Saturday Evening

We were happy to have Evan with us for a few hours on Saturday evening. Evan loved Pappy's grilled cheese sandwich and he loved his banana. He ate almost a whole grilled cheese sandwich and a whole banana. Oh, he drank a cup of chocolate milk,too. His Mommy Alisson told me that Evan's latest new food is ice cream. We gave him just a little of vanilla ice cream. Evan said, Mmmmmmmmmm. I called Aunt Bonnie to talk to Evan. Evan walked around saying Hi, hi, hi, hi, hi. I asked him to say Bonnie and he did!!! No Grammie yet. Evan says his dog's name Jackie!!! He now calls the bear in his rocking chair "a big bear." I introduced him to "a big brown bear". Maybe that will be next. I asked him if he wanted to read a book or have his bottle. He said, "Book." Too be sure that is what he wanted, I started to give him his night time bottle. Evan turned his head away and said, "Book." So, I got a book to read to him. I am so thankful that he likes to have books read to him. I love that time with him. He is a little boy now.... so grown up.... too fast and he is only 14 months old.

Today With Evan

Evan visited with us today. I got my time with him for 2 hours before Pappy got home from work. Once Pappy is home, Evan just wants to wrestle and play with his grandpa. Today, he ate left over spaghetti, garlic bread, a whole banana and chocolate milk. I gave him a bath right after his dinner. He had spaghetti all over him. Evan liked it though. Evan is just talking so much. His latest is Tank you for thank you. Evan says "outside", "cookie", "cracker", "mirror", "pretty", "book", "I did", "all done", "a baby", "a bear", "rock", "bath', "eat" and "a ball" to just name a few. He now talks in sentences that are mostly his own language. If I listen carefully, I sometimes can catch a word that I understand. Oh, he also repeats "Big boy." He must think he is a big boy because he will call children 3 or 4 years old "a baby." Evan loves any kind of a ball. We are thankful for the time that we have with our precious grandson.

Busy Evan playing

Evan With His New Toy

Evan saw his corn popper toy for the first time this week. At first he was not sure what it was or what to do with it. Evan soon started pushing it around. This photo was taking in action as Evan was pushing the popper towards me.

Evan Can Climb

Evan's latest skill is climbing up into his rocking chair. He sits down and says "Rock." There is usually a bear in his rocking chair and Evan throws it on the carpet before climbing into the rocking chair. When seated, he said, "Bear down." When asked, "Do you want the bear?", Evan answered, "A bear." He is so proud of himself by climbing into his chair.

Fun Time With Evan

We had Evan with us today for a few hours while his family went to see Alvin and the Chipmunks movie. Evan was so much fun. He talks so much and understands a lot. He ate his lunch and played with his Pappy and Grammie. We introduced him to chocolate milk today. He really liked it and drank it right out of a regular cup. He said, "Milk" after drinking the first small cup. I read to him Five Little Monkeys Sitting in a Tree. When the crocodile Snaps, I clapped my hands. By the end of the story, Evan was clapping for the snap, too. His Mommy said, "Evan has a little cold. He may want to just sit and cuddle." He was on the go from 11:45 to 1:30. Here is a picture of Evan getting tired. We kept him awake so he would nap for his Mommy and Daddy. I thought this was a sweet picture of Evan and Pappy.

New Toy

We saw a popper push toy at Meijer like our kids had before Christmas. We could not find it after Christmas at Meijer or Walmart. Gerry decided it would be easier to buy a new one for Evan rather than search all over the attic for the old one. Well, today, Evan's Pappy came home with a new popper. He got it at Toys R Us. I said, " You always say Evan has Grammie wrapped around his little finger. I think his Pappy is, too." Gerry said, "Yes." How cute!! The one Zach and Alisson had was wooden. Evan's is made all of plastic. Evan will get to see it on Tuesday (if not sooner... I wish :).

Evan Dancing

Evan not only clapped to the music, he, also, danced while sitting. It was too cute. He bounced up and down on his bottom. He is becoming such a little man. Tonight, he did not like the turkey rice and vegetables meal that his Mommy brought over. He took one bite and said "All done." (I know that is my fault. I taught him sign language for all done a few months ago." Evan, also, turned his head away. When I tried one more time. he even pushed my hand away. Evan said, "Cracker." So, I gave him some Ritz crackers and cheese. When I gave him some cheese, Evan said, "Mmm-Mmmmm". Evan spends most of his time walking from our kitchen, to the family room, down the hallway to our bedroom and back to the kitchen. He sometimes detours to the living room. He doesn't get into anything, he just walks, walks, walks. Evan does like to see the Thomas Kincaid night light in our bedroom. He looks at it and says "Pretty." Evan's favorite words are "a bear" and "a dog-ruff ruff." He is so funny. We are enjoying him soooooo much.

Evan Clapping

We had some music playing the other evening Evan was with us. He just started clapping. He likes music.

Evan Loves His Pappy (Papa)

Evan calls Pappy "Papa" now. Here is Pappy reading The 5 Little Monkeys Bake a Birthday Cake to Evan. I caught this cute picture of Evan looking up at Pappy. They are best buddies.

A Kiss

Evan gave me his first kiss today. I asked, "Evan, can you give Grammie a kiss?" He leaned his head toward my mouth and kissed me. How precious!!! Later, I said, "Can you give Pappy a kiss?" He kissed Pappy, too. It was a wet one and surprised Pappy. Evan has been kissing his Mommy and Daddy for awhile. Today, was my first kiss!!! I realized today that he looks and acts more like a little boy than a baby. They grow up too fast!!!!

Pappy brought down some toys from the attic that Uncle Zach and Evan's mommy used when they were little. I am excited to see Evan at our house on Tuesday to show him a doggy that he can pull and the Fisher Price Farm. I will only show him a couple new old toys at a time. It is such fun having a grandchild.

A Special Time

Evan was with us last night and he did something with me that he has not done in a long time. He cuddled with me after taking his night time bottle. I held him and sang some of the songs I sang to him as a baby. Pappy took this picture as I was singing to Evan. It was so precious he cuddled with me and put his thumb in his mouth. Evan also played with my hair as he used to do. What a special time!!! He is a little bit bigger to hold than when he was 4 months old :). Doing this just brought back so many memories.

Evan at Our House

We were able to have Evan at our house on Tuesday from 3:30-8:00pm. Pappy was home, too. We had a great time with Evan. I had to take this photo. Alisson and Terence had this shirt in my Christmas gift bag. Evan was wearing it today. It says... "What happens at Grandma's, Stays at Grandma's." (This includes dirty diapers). Alisson said she just had to get the shirt.