Fun Sunday Night

We had Evan with us from 5:30-11:00pm Sunday. His family went to see the Toby Mac and Skillet concert. Evan sat in his highchair at the dinner table with us and ate a big bowl of spaghetti for dinner, bread, a banana and blueberry yogurt. When eating his yogurt, he said, "Cookie." Pappy asked, "Did he just say what I thought and he spelled "c-o-o-k-i-e". I gave him a small piece of a cookie because we had cake, too. I asked "Evan, do you want some cake?" Excitedly, he said "CAKE!" Evan fed himself all of the cake with a fork and he said, "Yum." I think he may have a sweet tooth. We were excited to see Evan use a spoon when eating his spaghetti. If we had some spaghetti on his spoon, Evan could even get some spaghetti into his mouth. What a big boy!!!! He went to bed so nicely for us. Evan asked for "doggy." He has a tiny silk blanket with a dog's head. We gave that to him and he put his thumb in his mouth and went right to sleep. Evan's Mommy called about 10:00 to tell us that they would be home at 11:00. Evan heard the phone ring and woke up. I changed his diaper and said, "It is still night night and you are going back to bed". He said "Bed. Doggy." Once again, he had his doggy blanket and went right back to be bed with no crying at all. Evan is such a good boy and so much fun!!!!! We are so blessed.

Aunt Bon's Birthday

Last Saturday we all got together to celebrate Aunt Bon's early birthday. We ate at Phil's Inn and then went back to Evan's Great-Grandma and Great-Grandpa's house for birthday cake. Evan is watching as Aunt Bon is ready to blow out her candles. It was a wonderful family time.

Evan Came Home

Evan and his Mommy and Daddy came home at 5:00pm Thursday. At 5:30 Evan came over to play. When I held him, he gave me a kiss. What a sweetie!!! I had so much fun with him. Pappy came home and played with Evan. Evan saw Uncle Zach's 10 string guitar. Last week Evan's Daddy played some tunes on the guitar for Evan. Tonight, Evan pointed to the guitar and said, "Guitar." I said, "Not tonight, your Daddy is not here." Well, the smart child that he is, Evan went over to Pappy and tugged at him and said, "Guitar." Pappy said, "Does he want me to play the guitar?" Pappy got out the guitar with Evan on his lap. Evan is very interested in the guitar and any music. I just thought this photo was adorable.

Missing Evan

Evan had his first airplane ride to Chicago with his Mommy and Daddy on Monday morning. He will not be home until Thursday early evening. Alisson has been so considerate and loving and has called me last night and tonight to let me talk to Evan. I miss my little buddy. Tonight when I said, "I love you," Alisson said that Evan kissed the phone. When he heard my voice, he didn't say anything but he did smile a lot. Evan got to go swimming today. Alisson said that everyone thinks Evan is so cute.... of course. I am so glad that I had Evan play with the Fisher Price airplane at our house recently so he could say "airplane" while they were flying. Now he knows what a real airplane is!!!!!

A Great Moment for Grammie

Evan was looking at the pictures on the wall in our hallway. He saw his Daddy and said, "Daddy." I pointed to his Mommy and Evan said, "Mommy". I pointed to Gerry's picture and said "Pappy". Evan repeated "Pappy". I pointed to my picture and said "Grammie". Evan said, "Gammie". I said, "Yeah" and "thank you". Evan gave me a kiss then. That is the only time he said Gammie the whole night but HE CALLED ME GAMMIE for the first time!!!!!!!

Having Fun With Pappy

As soon as Pappy comes home from work, Evan, first wants Pappy to pick him up. Then, Evan follows Pappy into the bedroom. Tonight, Evan stood at the bed and said "Up". Evan likes to be on our bed as Pappy plays a game with him. Pappy brings his hand down and gets Evan's tummy. Of course, Pappy is very animated while bringing "the claw" down. In the first photo Evan is anticipating and the other photo shows Evan's response. He just loves this game with his Pappy.

Evan Water Play

After Evan ate his spaghetti tonight, I thought of having him play in soapy water to wash his hands. He had a great time playing in his "water table." He splashed the water and even said, "Bubbles." Evan is talking like crazy. He says "nose" and then touches everyone's nose. He, also, says "mouth", "ear" and "hair" and can touch those body parts, too. Evan said "sketti" for spaghetti and he said "ogur" for yogurt at dinner tonight. "Bana" is his word for banana. Evan signs "more" and "all done." Today he saw a squirrel outside and repeated "squirrel". I was surprised to see him take his pants off when I asked him to do so before his bath. Evan is 15 months old now. He had his check up yesterday and all is great. Praise God!!!