Trains!

So Evan is loving the Brio train set. He has played with it everyday. He's learning how to connect the tracks and the trains. He also makes a "vroom" noise when he's pushing around the little engines.

Here's a  VIDEO of the little guy playing with the trains. At about :20 the trains come off the track and Evan says "uh oh.." Then later he sees Mommy and says "Momma." Too cute. This might be my favorite Evan video.

First Sleepover of Many

Evan's cousin Grayson came over Saturday evening and stayed overnight. It was Evan's first sleepover. We had lots of fun. We played outside and Adrienne made a delicious pasta bake that the boys just devoured. They woke up super early (6am) and got to have homemade cinnamon rolls too!

Here's a VIDEO of the boys enjoying dinner time.

Evan fueling up th Cozy Coupe...

...and giving Grayson a ride

Evan has been standing more and more, finding his balance

Dinner Time!

Sharing is fun... somtimes

6 in the morning... Evan had to join Grayson in
the pack n' play after he woke up

Watching cartoons in the morning.. thank god - it's like 6:15.

We broke out the Brio trains... good times

Best Weekend!

It really was the best weekend we've had in a long time!  We had absolutely NOTHING planned so we were able to roll with whatever we wanted to do and ended up having a great time together as a family!

Evan continues to LOVE being outside.  However, in recent weeks, he's become a bit obsessive about pushing his vehicles and does not seem to enjoy riding in them.  This would be ok, if he wasn't persistent about pushing them into people's lawns, into the street, and other locations that are prohibited.  So, we were very excited when he started to enjoy drawing with sidewalk chalk, here's a VIDEO.
We spent some afternoon time at Lake Nokomis on Saturday and had a great time!

  Evan really enjoyed swimming with daddy!

He smiled the entire time we were there!

More proof of smiling...

Oops!

And back to his super cute smile.

Evan has always been interested in shoes.  He brings us shoes to wear (even when we already have shoes on).  He will go get his shoes when told because he thinks he's going outside (which is true most of the time).  And more recently, he's been interested in putting on shoes, especially daddy's shoes, here's a VIDEO.

  Here he is trying to get his feet into Jake's shoes. He tried this multiple times this weekend, pretty unsuccessfully.  

Evan became more interested in eating utensils this weekend too.  He especially enjoyed his fork with veggies and fruit, watch a VIDEO here.

We hit up the local wading pool on Sunday.  Evan wanted to go off on his own, unfortunately he's a few inches too short for that (we need to invest in some floaties).  He did love using his watering can on the side of the pool though!

And to end a great weekend, tonight Evan was in the tub playing around and suddenly pointed to the eye of the fish bath mat and said, "eyes."  He immediately looked up at me and nearly poked my eye out pointing to my eyes, and then grabbed his rubber ducky and pointed to its eye!  Perfect ending to a perfect weekend!

Hot and Sticky!

We're a bit late with all of these photos, but better late than never, right?  We continue to have busy summer weeks and weekends.  Last weekend it was VERY hot and humid here, so we had to do outside time sparingly.  Of course, Evan would stay outside all day if it was up to him, but he heats up so fast that we have to watch it.  So, he's hanging out shirtless more, which he enjoys, and we definitely think he has the physique for it:)  Lots of water play, pushing his car and wagon around, and now he enjoys drawing with chalk!  Hope you are all enjoying the summer weather!

It was HOT this weekend... shirtless Evan.

Instead of riding in the cozy coupe, he prefers to push it

Snuggling with Daddy, cooling off inside.

We built forts this weekend... this is Fort #1

Fort #2

Nice hair dude!

Evan knows when we put his hat on he gets to go outside...
so he tried to put his hat on himself and this was the result.

SPAGHETTI!

Getting Closer

Our little guys is getting so close to walking. Just the other day he timidly took a few steps before sitting down on his butt. He's getting a lot better at walking holding just one of our fingers or walking behind one of his push toys in the yard or through the living room. It's only a metter of time before we're chasing him around the house.

Here's a VIDEO of Evan playing, he's becoming so much more animated.

Helping Mommy water the plants.. he took a few steps
shortly after this picture was taken.

Reading stories with Mommy

We lost something under the loveseat

Still looking...

Breakfast: waffles, fruit and cheese = delicious!

Busiest July Ever!

We've had quite a busy July. Every weekend there seems to be something going on, hence the lull in blog posts. We've been able to take the little guy to the beach, but it's been so hot here, he's also spent lots of time indoors. Hopefully the heat breaks and we can get him back outside.

Evan and Grandpa Turzynski at the beach

Evan building his first sand castle

Showing off the beach bod

Takin' a break from the sun

Admiring daddy's trophy from the soccer video
game tournament; Daddy Won!

Summer fun!

It definitely feels like we're in the full swing of summer here!  It's been hot and mostly sunny.  We've been trying to spend as much time outside as we can, though the little guy heats up pretty fast so we're a bit limited.  We had a great time at a 4th of July bbq last weekend and then Evan and I spent yesterday morning at the lake watching daddy compete in a triathlon.  Daddy did great!  Grandma and Grandpa Turzynski are visiting this weekend as well so Evan got to play with his cousin Grayson last night.

Evan's little personality (maybe I shouldn't call it little just yet) continues to develop and we love him more every day as we learn more about who he wants to be.  Right now he's VERY interested in trucks.  I think he spent most of his down time while waiting for daddy at the triathlon either looking at his truck book or pushing trucks around the grass.  One might call it an obsession, but we think it's pretty cute.

Here are some pictures of our adventures in the past week.

Sharing a drink with daddy at the bbq - Evan went shirt-less b/c it was so hot.  Classy guy:)

Evan crawled under a table at the bbq and hung out for a while.

Hanging by the swim area of the triathlon, reading of course his truck book.

The only picture we caught of daddy - he's on the left in the gray tshirt - Evan was asleep by this point (see photo below)

Here's a VIDEO of the little guy having fun with one of his stuffed bears.

Trip to K.C. & Basement Demo

Happy Fourth of July!
Evan, Mommy and Auntie Toby went to Kansas City this weekend, to attend cousin Grace's baptism. With the little guy out of the house for a few days, it seemed to be an opportune time for Daddy to demo the basement...Evan did great on the plane rides and everybody had a good time. Daddy got the basement demo done, with some help from our buddy Sean. Now we get to celebrate the Fourth of July together!

Waiting at the Minneapolis Airport



Evan had a little episode at the Car Rental counter



Evan and Grandpa Stalder at the baptism (eating a snack)

Meanwhile, Daddy and Sean had made a nice mess in the basement

Auntie Toby, Cousin Grace and Mommy

Having fun on the hotel chair

Sean and Daddy uncovered some sweet mountain scape wall art in the basement

Playing at the hotel

Demo complete

Evan and Mommy leaving the Minneapolis/St. Paul Airport

And there's the basement... in the dumpster