Evan

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Breakthrough!

Evan is finally signing!!!!! It's taken him forever but he's doing it!!! We started signing with him when he was around 4 or 5 months old. He probably understands about 13 signs but he never tried to sign them himself. We have been able to sign words without saying them and he knows what we're saying. That's the only way to know if he's truly getting it or not. It started around Christmas with him signing 'all done' and then just recently he started signing 'more'. Last week I taught him the sign for dog and he picked it up quick. Tonight, Eric signed bath without saying the word and Evan signed back and kept signing it. While the tub was filling up, Evan was signing bath. This is huge!!! I think he is finally making the connection! Hooray!!! We are so proud of him!!

Running

Here's a video of Eric chasing Evan around the dining room table. Evan loves to be chased!

More Pics

Sooo Big!!!

Recent Evan pics

Crazy Tongue

Inside Slide

I brought the slide in since it's freezing outside. Evan has been sliding and climbing. He's had a good time with it in here. I have to turn it on it's side if I leave the room for even 2 seconds. He can get up the slide but he's not real sturdy. Here he is with his slide.

Our Master Bathroom

Eric and I finished painting our bathroom last night and got everything back into place today. The color that was in there was a creamy off-white color. I got bored with it and we decided to paint it while Eric is on vacation. The new color is called Liveable Green. It looks so much better! Here are some before and after pictures! They're not the best pictures but you can see the difference.

Warming up to Bard

Evan got a book for Christmas that's called Peek-A-Boo Bard. It's a Baby Einstein book about the seasons. Each page is a different season and there's a button to push and Bard pops out of the book. I thought Evan would like it since he likes pushing buttons. I guess I was wrong. Every time the button is pushed, he jumps and whines. He's still adjusting to the Bard book and brings it to me. Once he gets passed the surprise of Bard, he'll enjoy it. Here's a picture of the book.

Merry Christmas!

So, Santa came last night and brought some goodies for Evan. He didn't really know what to think of everything. He liked unwrapping the gifts and then he would try to put the wrapping paper back on. He played a little with each gift but was still pretty content with the old toys. He got a sit 'n spin, a couple fun books, a whack a ball toy, and his first cell phone! He also got some Magneatos and a bowling kit. He loves anything with balls! Here are some pictures of Evan opening his gifts. There are couple of him wrapped in tinsel that I took the other day.