Saturday, May 26, 2007

faves about evan


here are some pictures of evan from the past year (if you're struggling putting pictures in order by age just look at the hair). it's amazing how fast they grow and all that they learn that first year. i feel so blessed to have witnessed it all. here are some of my faves about evan:

1. he's a snuggler.
2. he loves to wrestle. he will start charging toward you like a bull with his head down and then try to wrestle you to the ground. i think he can actually knock lily down from a sitting position when he does this.
3. his smile.
4. his laugh.
5. his latest technique when i read to him is to try and close the book fast or push to the ground - for which he giggles when successful.
6. the way he waits for an audience - if he makes someone laugh, he looks around to see if others will look at him too and waits for their attention before he will perform again. OR he waits for attention before he does something to grab your attention - such as looking at you and smiling before he turns the T.V. off for the umpteenth time!
7. he loves the piano, wheels, cars and balls.
8. he is so patient and persistent. he sits in his high chair and will plug away at feeding himself until his gotten enough food down. he does the same thing when trying to learn how to play with something or get up high by climbing something.
9. he's happy and hardly ever complains.

"It is not a slight thing when they, who are so fresh from God, love us." -Charles Dickens
"A baby is God's opinion that the world should go on." -Carl Sandburg
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3 comments:

Amanda said...

Where did the year go? Enjoy every moment with him before someone starts singing "sunrise, sunset" from Fiddler on the Roof.

Ken, Chelsea and Isaac said...

You know how much I enjoy Evan. I have to say, I kind of miss the little Evan though... Babies they grow up too fast!

Amanda said that right. He now looks like a little man...

Kayla said...

he seems to have an intelligent spark in his eyes! what a cutie. how is it that our babies are growing so fast?

quotables

"is that lily holding baby lily?" -lily's response when i showed her a picture of gracie holding her when lily was a baby.

"drama class is actually a lot of fun." -gracie (this is only humorous in that grace seemed surprised by how much she likes drama class. this from my child who we refer to as "a drama queen" when she is not around.)

"mom, you can go with my teacher and i'll stay home with japie and evan. daddy can go to work, and i'll be the mommy" -lily, in response to learning that she would be going to preschool next year instead of this year.

"mom, if you don't get rid of that smell soon, you're going to have to buy a new car." -gracie when it took me a couple of days to clean out my car after returning from a road trip.

"mommy, they have dress-ups for you!" -lily while walking by the prom dress section at macy's.

"i said the prayer "last"-erday." -lily's replacement word for "yesterday."