Happy Weekend Everyone!

We had such a fun evening with Evan tonight! (Sorry, no pictures, batteries charging). He just gets brighter and brighter, figures out more stuff, does more stuff. He is insatiable when it comes to drumming. He walked around almost the whole evening with two markers and made beats on all kinds of objects.

We went for a bike ride to the park, played on the swings, showed him the moon... it was lots of fun! I am so looking forward to Christmas... I know it's months ago, but every time it gets a little chilly here (almost every day now), I can't help but think about how fun it's going to be. Evan will be a year and a half old by then and able to 'get' it all.

Key Adventures

Evan has figured out that keys go in keyholes... this is him trying key number one.









It didn't work, so he tried key number 2... that is one smart boy, I think. Eventually his dad showed him which key it was, and then helped him open the door.

The Day's Events

I'm taking four Tuesdays off - due to babysitter scheduling - which is great, cause I love my time with the boy!
Evan doesn't like to color, he likes to drum.











Fortunately for Evan, my knee caps are just hard enough to make for a pleasant drum sound. Never mind that he beat my knee cap black and blue... okay, maybe I'm exaggerating, but it did hurt!
Evan takes another time out on the floor. He seems to find it soothing. When he has a temper tantrum (hardly ever :), he lays down on the floor and squirms backwards as he cries... It's actually pretty cute, I've got video...
He's feeling a lot better now that he's been on antibiotics for a few days. He's enjoying a little Treehouse - for those who don't know, it's THE kids channel. (Actually I've no idea if it's THE channel or not, except it's the only Evan's age channel we get...)

Evan's Diagnosis

So it turns out the Evan's got some type of strep throat going on. It's the same thing he got when we were in Thailand, but on a slightly milder scale (and accompanied by vomiting and diarrhea). When we were in Thailand he caught the flu from Scott and ended up with a throat that was so sore that he would not swallow his own saliva, so his clothes would be completely soaked every couple of hours... He's still swallowing, although it looks painful, so I think we've managed to get it diagnosed before it got too bad. (Please don't think we're bad parents, today's visit to the doctor was our third - and the doctor's in Thailand didn't think any type of sore throat validates antibiotics - which is strange considering they seem to enjoy selling lots of medications usually, and it makes me wonder if they ever see strep throat there? Or perhaps they think it's not deadly and will work itself, however painfully, out in the end...)
So, after his first dose of penicillin, he's in a much better mood, although I can tell the swallowing is still painful. He's sleeping peacefully now, hopefully for the whole night - for the first time in almost a week now...

Evan's not well

Hi everyone,
No pictures, just an update. Tuesday afternoon Evan woke from his nap crying inconsolably with a high fever (over 40C). Since then, the fever has abated somewhat, still hovering around 39C (even after Tylenol.) We've made two trips to see doctors, only to be told it's probably a virus, go home, both times. Of course, since it's now been over 4 days of high fever, we'll probably take him to a walk in clinic after he wakes from his nap.
It's been pretty rough. He didn't sleep hardly at all the first two night, and it seems today he wants 2 hour naps after being up an hour... so he's probably getting better. The only worry is the new ear tugging - which can mean an ear infection. I won't bore you all with the details except to say we think it's some kind of flu (there's been vomiting, lack of appetite, constant fever, etc...)
Hence the lack of pictures for this week... Hopefully we'll have some happy ones to post sometime soon. I'll probably keep him home this weekend, just to make sure he doesn't pass any of these germs to the kids at The Gate.
Bye for now!

Video Time

Evan is happy that mom is going to put some Baby Einstein on for him... so mom can collect her makeup and get ready for church of course...





Evan gets a little comfortable, there's not too much jumping around necessary to enjoy "Discovering the Sky".






And by the time the moon makes it's appearance, Evan has melted into a couch potato posture... but of course to us parents it's cute and warrants a picture.

Sunday

Evan finds my makeup bag and proceeds to put items in his toys... Doesn't he look cute in his little preppie outfit? Even when he got strawberry stains, juice spots and bits of curry on it, he still looked sophisticated.

Oh sorry mom, did you want to play too? At least half a dozen times I've "lost" my blistex only to find it hidden in his dinasour tunnels.






Evan puts as many toys as he can in his tub as he settles in for, what I would imagine, could be a long voyage over the ocean in his boat.

Final post for today, I promise!

I haven't had much time to post lately, so I guess I'm catching up today... sorry for those of you that don't like to read so much... just look at the pretty pictures!
A rare shot of Evan's cute pouty face. It's very similar to his grumpy face, but with less scrinching... hope that paints a picture for you all.





He's really getting the hang of this pointing thing. He points at cows and says "moo", he points at things he doesn't know and says "whadanat" which I assume means "what's this/that" and he names objects he does know, like each of the 50 trucks he saw on the way home today.

Dry baths are fun too.

Evan discovers video cord for the first time, what better place to conduct scientific experimentation and observation than the bathtub conveniently placed on the kitchen floor thanks to dad's house cleaning.

Of course, a bathtub is just a great place for any kind of activity really. It was super cute when I said "bath time" and he ran to the bathtub and dragged it all the way to the bathroom. He didn't quite have the strength to heave it into the bath, but he tried.

It's starting to get cold down here... there's snow forecasted for tomorrow. I don't think Evan remembers snow, he was too young last winter, although he enjoyed it at that time. (He was big into staring at new things at the time.) There are lots of things going on down here right now. Scott's working hard on his course work. And, now that he's finally mobile, catching up on housework and yard work... I'm not so good at that... but I've got running after Evan as an excuse!

Tumbling Play

Hamming it up for the camera, he's got a bit of Scott's "actor" qualities to him as well.









A quick break, just a quick one mind you, don't get any "nap" ideas..
Coming in for a landing (this is post "falling off" the couch). A newer favourite pastime.
Pushing around his little vacuum toy.

My Fledgling Rock Star

Setting up his mic.
His adoring fans (Eden and Jada).






Oops! Maybe a little growing required...




One of his mentors (guitarist, basist, vocalist Salem).
Yelling out orders like a pro! He's got just a bit of my bossy and stubborn streak...

This is a boy who knows what he wants.

Culinary Adventures

I don't know why he looks so surprised... I've barely put the camera down since Evan was born.







Food is more and more an adventure, at least for Scott and me. Evan tries stuff only when he feels like it... but he's doing pretty good anyway. He's so big, there's no mistaking him for a baby anymore... how bittersweet is that!

Hooray for Holidays!

Evan post shower this morning. After walking around in the towel for a bit he got frustrated because he couldn't find his way out of it. He prefers to be naked...














Evan gets creative at story time before bed. Guess he thought a higher seat would get him a better view.






It's a good thing I've got all his books memorized by now, I don't have the x-ray vision required to see the words. We had a great day off together.






Evan and I walked down past the cemetery to the coulees and the 'richer part of town's' park. They have more updated park equipment.

Scott is getting a little better everyday, although he's still not up for walks. He can get around the house okay though, and made Evan and I some amazing quesadillas for supper tonight. Evan, though, is always up for a walk. He went to the door several times today to go on "walks" - he also learned to say "let's go" today. He's really good and saying "all done" and "up" now too.

A Few Things

Evan's quite nonchalant about his sudden decision to just lay there for a bit, and stop the madness that is him running around the living room like a headless chicken. These moments of stillness are rare and worthy of documentation.


Evan's two front teeth, finally long enough for the world to see and admire!









Scott, trying to get some work done, but it requires many pillows to keep him up. He's feeling a little better. He managed to speak a great message in church this morning.











Evan enjoys his comfy perch as he takes in a little Treehouse.