Here are Evan's August Photos. You can also view them at:
http://picasaweb.google.com/karibud/EvanAugust2007
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Say Goodbye to Summer....Hopefully!
Hi Everyone!
I don't know about you all, but I am ready for the summer to be over. These 90+ days have gotten old. Of course, as I write this I am sitting here in the mountains where the temperature right now is 47 degrees. It's wonderful!
We have had a busy August and September so far. We are fitting in a mini vacation before Gary begins his travels for the fall. Let's see...Evan enjoyed playing inside the majority of the month of August. He attended his first official Vacation Bible School which he enjoyed very much. He went to his own class each night and for the first time I wasn't working with is age group! He completed swimming lessons which he enjoyed as well. He learned how to kick his feet, blow bubbles, climb in and out of the pool, and how to use his arms like ice cream scoops to scoop away the water. He still isn't too fond of getting his head wet. The lessons were fun for all of us though.
We are in the midst of a bathroom rennovation so Evan has enjoyed watching the progress as well as getting his little plastic tools and "helping". His absolute favorite thing that has come from this rennovation has been a pipe that he uses as a tunnel for his Matchbox cars. Yes, I have a pipe in the middle of my living room floor for Evan to roll his Matchbox cars from one end to the other. He spends hours doing this, so I'm not complaining! He's definitely all boy!
Stay tuned for the September update. So far, September has been uneventful, but surely we will stir up some trouble between now and then!
I don't know about you all, but I am ready for the summer to be over. These 90+ days have gotten old. Of course, as I write this I am sitting here in the mountains where the temperature right now is 47 degrees. It's wonderful!
We have had a busy August and September so far. We are fitting in a mini vacation before Gary begins his travels for the fall. Let's see...Evan enjoyed playing inside the majority of the month of August. He attended his first official Vacation Bible School which he enjoyed very much. He went to his own class each night and for the first time I wasn't working with is age group! He completed swimming lessons which he enjoyed as well. He learned how to kick his feet, blow bubbles, climb in and out of the pool, and how to use his arms like ice cream scoops to scoop away the water. He still isn't too fond of getting his head wet. The lessons were fun for all of us though.
We are in the midst of a bathroom rennovation so Evan has enjoyed watching the progress as well as getting his little plastic tools and "helping". His absolute favorite thing that has come from this rennovation has been a pipe that he uses as a tunnel for his Matchbox cars. Yes, I have a pipe in the middle of my living room floor for Evan to roll his Matchbox cars from one end to the other. He spends hours doing this, so I'm not complaining! He's definitely all boy!
Stay tuned for the September update. So far, September has been uneventful, but surely we will stir up some trouble between now and then!
Tuesday, July 03, 2007
June Update
Hi Everyone!
Well, another month has come and gone and boy have we been busy. We started our month going to the beach for a weekend and we ended our month in the mountains. We had a great time at both places. We just returned from the mountains this past weekend. Evan had a great time. We visited the New River State Park, Grandfather Mountain, and Jeffress Park. He enjoyed each one, but I think his favorite was Grandfather Mountain. He was very impressed with the bears and the mountain lion. He also enjoyed walking across the mile-high swinging bridge (yes, I let him walk across the bridge!).
Evan is getting to be such a big boy now. It is so nice once the little ones can talk and let you know what they need or want. Sometimes, though, we do wish he would stop talking for a least a few minutes! We are starting the adventure of potty training. So far, he is doing a great job. He "earns" a purple popscicle at night once he uses the potty. He thinks that's really neat. In the mountains he got to sleep in a big boy bed which he really liked. It was nice for us not to have to carry the pack-n-play too!
We hope that everyone is enjoying their summer and we hope to hear from you soon! :-)
Enjoy these photos which can be seen here or at http://picasaweb.google.com/karibud/EvanJune2007
Well, another month has come and gone and boy have we been busy. We started our month going to the beach for a weekend and we ended our month in the mountains. We had a great time at both places. We just returned from the mountains this past weekend. Evan had a great time. We visited the New River State Park, Grandfather Mountain, and Jeffress Park. He enjoyed each one, but I think his favorite was Grandfather Mountain. He was very impressed with the bears and the mountain lion. He also enjoyed walking across the mile-high swinging bridge (yes, I let him walk across the bridge!).
Evan is getting to be such a big boy now. It is so nice once the little ones can talk and let you know what they need or want. Sometimes, though, we do wish he would stop talking for a least a few minutes! We are starting the adventure of potty training. So far, he is doing a great job. He "earns" a purple popscicle at night once he uses the potty. He thinks that's really neat. In the mountains he got to sleep in a big boy bed which he really liked. It was nice for us not to have to carry the pack-n-play too!
We hope that everyone is enjoying their summer and we hope to hear from you soon! :-)
Enjoy these photos which can be seen here or at http://picasaweb.google.com/karibud/EvanJune2007
Saturday, June 09, 2007
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Our Visit to a Rose Garden
Evan loves flowers! Recently, we visited a rose garden at a local church.
Oh Boy.....Presents!
Evan couldn't wait to tear into his birthday presents! Especially since they were wrapped in Tonka paper!
Happy Spring!
Hi Everyone --
Happy Spring! Once again, I have waited entirely too long to update Evan's blog. He is doing really good these days. We have had a busy few months. Gary went to Asia and back again at the end of March and first of April. We celebrated Evan's 2nd birthday on April 14th. We had a small party for him here at the house. He had a good time visiting with everyone. I can hardly believe he is two already. He can communicate with us very good for a two year old. We can carry on short conversations with him and he is easy to understand. He also lets us know that he understands us by saying "Ok, Mommy", or "Ok, Daddy". We have noticed that if we tell him something and he doesn't respond with Ok that means he didn't understand. We are certainly proud of him and all of his 2 year old accomplishments. Of course, we are convinced that he is genius! :-)
Gary is plugging along at the same company and still traveling to places I'll never visit. I am still loving my job as Evan and Gary's caretaker! It's hard work, but I wouldn't trade this time for anything.
I hope everyone reading this is doing good as well. Please leave us some comments!
Enjoy the photos of his party and our other daily activities.
Happy Spring! Once again, I have waited entirely too long to update Evan's blog. He is doing really good these days. We have had a busy few months. Gary went to Asia and back again at the end of March and first of April. We celebrated Evan's 2nd birthday on April 14th. We had a small party for him here at the house. He had a good time visiting with everyone. I can hardly believe he is two already. He can communicate with us very good for a two year old. We can carry on short conversations with him and he is easy to understand. He also lets us know that he understands us by saying "Ok, Mommy", or "Ok, Daddy". We have noticed that if we tell him something and he doesn't respond with Ok that means he didn't understand. We are certainly proud of him and all of his 2 year old accomplishments. Of course, we are convinced that he is genius! :-)
Gary is plugging along at the same company and still traveling to places I'll never visit. I am still loving my job as Evan and Gary's caretaker! It's hard work, but I wouldn't trade this time for anything.
I hope everyone reading this is doing good as well. Please leave us some comments!
Enjoy the photos of his party and our other daily activities.
Thursday, March 22, 2007
Evan and the Big Trucks!
One of my dear friends took us to the garage where they work on the BIG city trucks. Evan got to see several garbage trucks, dump trucks, and other big trucks. He was very impressed. He was climbing on the trucks and kept saying, "Wow, neat!"
Sweet Smokie
Evan and Smokie are such good friends. Smokie tolerates a lot from Evan. Evan sits by Smokie on Smokie's pillow every morning and watches Calliou and Sesame Street.
Evan and Mommy painting a Valentine for Daddy
Daddy was out of town on Valentine's Day so Evan and Mommy made a Valentine for him. Evan enjoyed the painting. His favorite colors are blue and pink!!
Evan's New Tonka Truck
We enjoyed an after Christmas celebration with Nana, PaPaw ,and Grandmother. Evan was excited about his new Tonka trucks!
Long time, no blog........
Wow, is it really March already! It seems like it hasn't been that long since I have updated this crazy thing. February was a busy month for us. Gary's travels and Evan's antics make every month go by fast it seems!
Evan is growing so fast and learning so much these days. He is still talking about trucks, especially garbage trucks and dump trucks. He is also quite fond of bulldozers. We are trying to teach Evan some manners these days. He does say "please" and "thank you". He occassionally says "excuse me". He really likes to remind Daddy to say "excuse me" too. I'm sure there are a lot of other things that I am forgetting. He learns so many new words and things each day. It's hard for me to keep up!
Smokie is doing good too. He and Evan are becoming very good friends. They were riding in Evan's wagon together just the other night. They were both as content as they could be.
Hope everyone is doing well and enjoy the February photos.
Evan is growing so fast and learning so much these days. He is still talking about trucks, especially garbage trucks and dump trucks. He is also quite fond of bulldozers. We are trying to teach Evan some manners these days. He does say "please" and "thank you". He occassionally says "excuse me". He really likes to remind Daddy to say "excuse me" too. I'm sure there are a lot of other things that I am forgetting. He learns so many new words and things each day. It's hard for me to keep up!
Smokie is doing good too. He and Evan are becoming very good friends. They were riding in Evan's wagon together just the other night. They were both as content as they could be.
Hope everyone is doing well and enjoy the February photos.
Thursday, January 18, 2007
Snow Dancing Really Works!! :-)
Hi Everyone --
Boy we are on a roll...blogging twice in one week what are we thinking!!
We got just a little bit of snow early this morning and I wanted to post some photos of Evan enjoying his very first snow day!! I guess our snow dancing really works!
We better get back to our little dance since they are calling for some other winter precip on Sunday.
Take care and enjoy your snow day!!
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Happy New Year!!
Happy New Year Everyone!!
We all hope that 2007 is treating you good so far. Mom, Dad, and me are all doing good. We have been busy recovering from the holidays and Dad's travels. I have been busy playing with all of my new trucks and other Christmas toys. Santa was awfully good to me this year. I guess I had been a really good boy!
I am still enjoying any kind of truck. I love to watch the trash truck on Friday mornings. It's the highlight of my week! I also like to talk a lot these days. I have lots and lots of new words. I also like to repeat words that Mom and Dad say. They really like for me to repeat them!! I have started watching Thomas the Train and I really like him. Nothing takes the place of Sesame Street at 10am everyday, though.
I have added some new pictures from Christmas. Please leave us some comments!!