Evan at Rainbow

Today at dismissal time at Rainbow, Evan reached out for me to hold him. Alisson was picking up the other kiddos. As soon as he was in my arms he said, "Ball." Evan helped me say good-bye to all of the Rainbow Lions and parents. He then went into my office to get a playground ball. Evan was happy to have a few minutes to bounce and kick a ball. Remember that I said that he is very, very interested in balls. When I was holding him as I said good-bye to my preschoolers, one little girl asked "Where did he come from?" I told her I was his Grammie. She responded, "Oh." I love being a Grammie.

Evan and His Blocks

Evan got these nesting ABC building blocks for Easter. He used to knock blocks over all of the time. When I build a tower with these blocks, I say, "Wait." When the tower is completed I tell Evan he can knock them down. As you can see, he is more interested in reaching the top block than knocking the tower over. Today when I said,"Thank you," Evan said, "Thank you, welcome." I was holding him and he saw the basket of Easter candy. Evan said, "Candy." When I gave him a Hershey miniature, Evan said, "Chocolate." I told Alisson that I gave him a piece of chocolate candy. He said, "Big boy" today. We played a lot of ball bouncing, throwing and catching today. Evan loves his balls.

Pappy and Evan

It was cute seeing Pappy and Evan on the floor together. Evan joined his Pappy to lie down next to him.

Pappy feeding Evan a treat of ice cream and a cookie.

Evan's New Ball

We walked through Ben Franklin's in BG with Evan on our way to Easy Street for dinner. Of course he spotted all of the balls. I thought we should get Evan one on our way back. We bought him a Tigger and Winnie the Pooh ball. As soon as we got the ball, he wanted it. Evan yelled ball when the clerk took it to ring it up. She gave it to me quickly and I said, "Of course, we do not need a bag." Here is Evan kicking his new ball. Evan really likes balls of any kind.

Fun With Evan

We are having such a fun time with Evan the past couple of days. He is a very good little boy. Tonight, Pappy decided to take us to Easy Street restaurant for dinner this evening. Evan was such a sweetie. He ate a grilled cheese sandwich, some french fries and chocolate milk. Everyone said he was so cute. I told Gerry that I realize now why I eat so fast.... it was when our kids were little, I ate fast to keep them busy. I did the same tonight with Evan. I ate my salad quickly so I could keep Evan entertained and busy. I think Evan's Pappy wanted to show him off to people he knew. This photo is a picture of Evan and Grammie at East Street.

Evan's First Day with Us

Evan is spending a few days and nights with us while his parents are attending a wedding in North Carolina. Evan's Mommy and Daddy are going to get together with Evan's Aunt Laurie and Uncle Zach. This morning Evan's Pappy made pancakes. Evan really liked the pancakes. He ate 2 pancakes. I just had to take the picture of Evan and Pappy watching Curious George together. Pappy is such a good sport.

Evan Visits Great-Grandparents

Yesterday was Evan's Great-Grandpa's birthday. So today we went over to visit Evan's Great-Grandma and Great-Grandpa. The one picture is a cute one of Evan with his Great-grandparents. The other photo is Great-Grandpa doing a trick with his fingers and Evan is so interested in it. We had a fun day visiting and Evan was so wonderful!!!! Evan said "birthday."

After His Bath

Here is Evan playing after taking his bath. Pappy and I gave him the nesting ABC blocks for Easter. Evan is very interested in them. Evan now says A-B when he wants someone to sing the ABC song.

Evan Signing

I have been playing the Baby Signing Time DVD while Evan eats his dinner at our house. He has just started to sign "baby." He signs it and says "baby." He is so precious.

Blog Title Change

I changed our blog title to Grandchildren since Evan is going to be a big brother in October. We are so thankful to God for the good report from the doctor and the ultrasound today. The baby has a strong heartbeat and is doing well!!! Please keep Alisson and the baby in your prayers throughout her pregnancy.

Evan Playing Outside

Evan was with Pappy and me for 3 hours on Friday. It was a very nice day so we played outside with Evan. He loves to go outside. Evan played with balls. Pappy was playing basketball and Evan really wished he could throw the ball up high, too. I took Evan for a walk and he pulled his Fisher Price dog along behind him. It was so cute. Evan's Mommy told me that he says "Gammie" and "Yeah" when she pulls into the driveway of our home. I just love hearing that. Pappy was glad to be home on Friday to play with Evan. Enjoy the photos.

Playing Outside

Today is a gorgeous spring day. It is sunny and in the 70's. When we got back from the picture taking "fun", I changed Evan into play clothes. He loves to be outside. I stayed and talked with Alisson and played with Evan a bit.

Evan in his Easter Outfit

I went with Alisson to get the kiddos picture taken in their Easter outfits today. There were a zillion kids at the photo studio. When we got back to Alisson's, I took a photo of Evan outside. His shirt is hanging out.... a typical boy! Thanks to Alisson for getting an Easter photo of the kiddos.

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.