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.

Evan Visiting

I am so thankful that I am feeling better and Evan could visit today. He is such a big boy these days. It was kind of cool in BG this morning so Evan had his camo pants and jacket on when we went for a walk. He jabbered the entire walk. I took this photo just after our walk as he started to play. You can see that he still likes balls. Evan is so cute. When I was feeding him his lunch, Pappy G came in after mowing and said, "Evan I am going to take a shower, OK." Evan said "OK." Surprised to hear it, Pappy looked right at me.

Missing Evan

Hi Friends and Family,
I am having Evan withdrawal. I am missing him. I was diagnosed with strep throat on Tuesday and had to cancel my afternoon with him. Now, I have laryngitis so I still can't play with him!!!!! We are getting together tomorrow night to celebrate Terence's and my birthday. I am thankful for that.

Evan Has Fun

Yesterday we planned on watching Evan from 3:45-6:00pm. Alisson called and said, "Mom, I am going to Super Suppers from 6-8. Do you want Terence to pick Evan up at 6:15 or do you want to watch him until 8?" I jumped at the opportunity. Alisson said, "Well I didn't know if you would want to since you teach tomorrow." I love teaching, however, my family has always and will always come first. So, we had a great time with Evan. Pappy G was home, too. Pappy G started a silly activity with Evan and Evan loved it. Pappy stacked 4 blocks and said, "Oh, no, Evan.... don't knock them down. Evan then knocked them down and Pappy said, "Boom!!!" Evan laughed and laughed. Sometimes he even put his head back laughing and would fall over. It was hilarious. This video just shows a bit of the fun Evan and Pappy G had!!! I had a blast watching for awhile and then realized I should video it.

It Won't Be Long

It won't be long before Evan is walking. My guess is 10 months. When Alisson brought Evan over today, she said, "He wants to walk. He was standing up and took 2 steps and fell down." Here is Evan walking back from the living room with Grammie. Each day he shows improved balance and strength.

Evan and Pappy G

Pappy G was so glad to be home today to spend some time at our home with Evan. They played a lot and were silly.

Labor Day With Evan

Today on Labor Day, we got to spend a few hours with Evan. Alisson and Terence took Jer and Kenzie out to breakfast. Actually, I think Alisson was letting me to spend one last time with Evan before I start Rainbow tomorrow. I am so thankful that I had some very special bonding times with Evan over the summer. When school starts, my schedule is not as flexible. Pappy G took this picture of Evan and me as we did our Deer song.(As the Deer Panteth for the Water). This is a tradition I started with Evan at 2 weeks. I sing along with the music on the computer and Evan looks at the deer. When I ask, "Evan, do you want to do the deer?",he makes a sound for a response and starts crawling towards the living room (where the computer is). I cherish this special time with him.