Saturday, February 26, 2011

Crawly McCrawlster

We had another great weekend at home. We got together with our friends the Bommaritos on Friday night. Evan got to play with their little guy, Alvin. Cousin Grayson and his folks came over this morning for brunch too. These two played so hard Evan fell asleep half-way through. His crawling skills have been steadily improving as well. We capped off our Saturday with a trip to Ikea to peruse the kid's section for ideas for the little guy.

Cousins! Both in sweaters knitted by Grandma Turzynski!

On their way to the Dining Room

It's really hard to get a picture of these two, both looking at the camera...

Damn near impossible.

We couldn't help but get the little guy a toy from Ikea.

He seems to like the "hammer." We'll see how he feels when he catches his thumb with his new hammer!

Sunday, February 20, 2011

A whole new world

Anyone who read the previous post knows that Evan has started crawling!  While VERY excited about this (we've been working very hard, pestering him by placing his toys away from him, watching him quickly decide that moving isn't THAT exciting and that he has 2 feet that he can play with, why would he need to crawl to get that lame toy?), we've also quickly realized how much this changes everything!  No more, 'he's got plenty to keep him busy, I'll just run over and finish the dishes' - this kid has places to go!  I think it was most fun to watch how confident he became with his new found freedom.  He was zipping all over, crawling into cabinets (Jake put new latches on them today), looking through books and laughing at the pictures, trying to pull himself up on mommy and daddy.  We tried to capture a bit of his adventures today with pictures and video.  Enjoy!

Here is a VIDEO of Evan's adventures.

This shot is of Evan in the dining room.  He normally doesn't play in the dining room.  But he crawled over and thought it was awesome!  Check out his ultra cool Darth Vader t-shirt and the mess he left behind him!

Getting into the BabiesRUs bag...we should teach him how to use that bottle brush next!

He loves this little walker toy - today he was more into playing with the front of it....

and pushing it around....

and taking it apart.

Not looking too sleepy:)

Here he's taken everything out of his daycare backpack and is reading his daily log book - probably trying to take out any bad notes from his teachers - ha!

Cuddling with daddy - too sweet to leave out.

Mauling Darth Vader himself.

And while we were busy playing, taking pictures and blogging, the snow piled up.  This is what we get for waiting until 7:00 to even attempt shoveling.  Staying home tomorrow!

Friday, February 18, 2011

We Knew Our Days Were Numbered...

Evan has been showing us signs that he's getting the hang this "crawling" thing, but he's had a bit of a break through today. Our daycare foks told me when I picked him up that he was scuttling around all day. When we got him home he showed us what he can do. We think by the end of the weekend he'll really be moving around well.

Here's a VIDEO.

Sunday, February 13, 2011

Happy Valentine's Day!

We got Evan a Valentine's Day Balloon this morning. Lot's of fun. We're sort of treating today (Sunday) like his first Valentine's Day, since it's the weekend. We went out for breakfast and Evan had some pancakes. It's about 40 degrees here today, Valentine's Day Heat Wave!

Here's a fun VIDEO of the little guy, playing with his new red balloon.








Saturday, February 12, 2011

Swim Time!

I got to take Evan to Life Time Fitness today. We got to go in the leisure pool. It was Evan's first time in a pool. It was a little busy there and there were lots of kids. Evan took a little while to warm up, but he had a really good time. We played in the water for about 40 minutes and he didn't cry once! Such a big boy. Afterwards we got a bite to eat in the cafe. It was his first time at one of daddy's fitness clubs. Good times!

Also, Evan has been getting closer and closer to crawling, here's a VIDEO showing where he's at.

Here's Evan when we first got into the pool room. It took him a little while
to get comfortable, but once he did he had a great time.

Having a snack in the Cafe

Evan got a stuffed giraffe and animal cracker for Valentine's Day from Grandma and Grandpa Stalder.
THANK YOU!!!

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

So tired!

We had to post this picture of Evan from last night - he's been moving a ton this week, and last night, when Aunt Toby was hanging out with him, he was so tired he couldn't make it through dinner. She said she washed his hands and face with little response.  Sleepy guy!

Saturday, February 5, 2011

Happy Saturday

Evan continues to amaze us every day!  I think he's making new sounds every day and he's still trying desperately to move forward across the room (he's got the backwards moving down pat).  We went out for dinner with friends last night and Evan stayed up way past his bedtime but he was a champ the whole time, and while us adults were starting to fade, he kept on playing!  He keeps making us smile, no matter what time of day!  Hope everyone has a great weekend.....no mention of the impending Super Bowl (Go Pack!).

Here's a link to a VIDEO of Evan playing with his giant bear.


Showing off my teeth!  My top ones are coming in too!

I LOVE this laundry basket!


Grandma Turzynski knit Evan this really cute sweater and sent it to us this week.