Halloween Pictures

This year Evan dressed up as a monkey. It was the perfect costume since we always call him monkey. He actually didn't mind wearing it and he looked super cute! We had a couple meltdowns but it was mainly because we wouldn't let him go where he wanted. We went to several houses and he was a trooper. He didn't get a lot of candy which worked out great. We don't need to eat a ton of candy and there's a lot that he can't eat. We had fun and I got some cute pictures of our little monkey.

Some neighbors up the street from us really go all out for Halloween. You can can hear the kids screaming as they leave the house. We did not take Evan to this house since I'm sure Evan would have nightmares the rest of his life. It was definitely fun and a big hit. I was brave enough to walk up to the house and get some pictures. I did not stay long enough to have some monster run after me with a chainsaw. Too scary for me!

Evan's First Slide

Recent Pics

Here are some pictures of Evan!

The other day I was getting out some Halloween decorations and I found a witch hat in there. I tried to get Evan to wear it but he kept taking it off his head. I managed to a get picture of him throwing the hat. I guess he really didn't like it.

Evan is doing well and getting bigger and he is a very good eater! He enjoys it when we chase him around the dining room table and he likes making himself dizzy by walking in circles. The stacking blocks are his favorite thing right now. He brings us the box and wants us to stack them. Once they're stacked, he knocks them down. He gets a kick out of that. He is such a nut! One day, he climbed into his toy box but then wasn't happy that he was stuck inside of it. He has finally discovered climbing and we had to move one of our small tables out of the room. He is definitely a busy little boy. He can give high fives but he will not sign with us even though we know he understands it since he responds when we sign to him. Crazy. He can be quite stubborn at times. Right now he has a little cold but that hasn't slowed him down. Plus, he's getting in more teeth. Blah. He keeps us laughing and we enjoy watching him grow.

New Tree

We decided to put a tree in the front yard. It's a Red Maple. We are hoping that some day it will provide some shade on the driveway. It'll be several years before that happens!

Silly Pics

Smile!

Playing in the cabinet

Crazy hair...caught in the rain

Monkey pjs

South Carolina

We recently went to SC to visit friends Amy and Russell, and Lynn, Nick and Nick Jr. We had so much fun! We rented a nice house in the Isle of Palms and grilled everyday. The little boys had fun with each other even though they didn't really know how to play together. The weather was nice and we went swimming and to the beach. The boys loved the beach! Here are some pics from that weekend.

Pics from our local Market

Silly Evan

These are the faces Evan made when I said SMILE! He's so silly!

Evan update

I have been slacking on updating my blog. Now I am trying to get everyone caught up with new pictures.

Evan had his 1 year appointment on 8/20. Doctor said that he is doing great. He is 24.12 lbs. and a little over 30in. tall. I talked to the doctor about getting Evan off the bottle and he said that I should try to get him off the bottle by the time he's 15 months. The longer we wait, the harder it will be. The next day I decided to be a little more aggressive about getting Evan to drink his milk from a sippy cup. I was told by the doctor that when he gets thirsty, he'll drink it. Duh...that makes since. I should have thought of that myself. Anyway. The doctor was right. He drank the milk from the sippy. It wasn't easy at first. I put water in the bottle to help with the transition. He was not happy about that and soon pushed the bottle away. Now that he was successful with his sippy, I now had to get him to take the sippy before his naps and bedtime. Tricky! Evan had been taking a bottle 3 times a day. I decided to try and put him down for the morning nap without a bottle. Surprisingly, no problem. I couldn't believe it! No tears or screams! Next nap, same thing and bedtime was just as easy! Wow! I'm now thinking that I should have done that a long time ago! He has been bottle free for just over a week. What a big boy! We are so proud of him!

We had a nice long visit with Grammie Emery. She was here for 2 weeks and we had a great time. We went shopping and made out really well at a huge consignment sale. Evan is now set for Fall.

Poor Evan has been grumpy the past few days and he has also been trying to give up his morning nap. Some days he skips it and other days he needs

it. He has also been getting more teeth in. Another one on the bottom has popped through and there's a couple up top that are trying to come through. It is such a slow process. I think I hate teething as much as he does!

Oh! I almost forgot! A week after Evan's birthday, Grammie and I took him up to Toys R Us. We are a member of Geoffrey's Birthday club. WooHoo! We received an invitation to bring him up to the store and they would give him something special. He got a balloon and and birthday crown. He was so cute! He loved the balloon. I got a few pictures from that day and with his Grandma.

Kilt

Eric ordered kilts for him and Evan the other day. They will both wear them for special occasions or just for fun. They will definitely wear them on Eric's birthday (St. Patrick's Day). While we were visiting up North, one Eric's buddies has a kilt for himself and his one year old daughter. We put the kilt on Evan to see how it fit and it looks great! I can't wait to get his new kilt and try it on him again! I will get pics of them both in their new kilts! Here's a couple of Evan from July.