Homecoming 2008

We had a non-stop weekend. It began with Matt going to Gator Growl on Friday night with his friend, Enrique Vargas. Evan and I stayed home. Matt got to hear the legendary "Steve Miller Band", you know..."Some people call me a space cowboy...". He said they sounded really good, and I said, "Of course they did!".
The next morning my parents were able to come and watch Evan for the day so that I could go to my one and only game of the 2008 season. Even though it was overcast the weather was perfect for someone of my condition :))), not hot! Matt's brothers, and his sister were also in attendance. Luckily, we ran into Matt's dental school classmate, Ray Kwong. It was so good to see him.
The next day (Sunday) we had an open house, but unfortunantly no one showed! Oh well, at least we were able to get a lot done to make the house look more appealing. We also met with our photographer at Starbucks to pick the photos that we wanted to order from the Swamp photo shoot. Evan walked some more while we were there. It was too cute!
We've got a big week coming up...ELMO LIVE!, Pipo's knee surgery, Mima's birthday, and Halloween.

Steps taken

It's 2:00 P.M. on October 21, 2008, and I had to get on to the blog right away. Evan just took three unassisted steps! Hooray! I was closing a drawer in the kitchen and telling him, "NO", when he just turned around and walked away...till he fell down of course. I wasn't able to get any photos of the moments since I wasn't expecting it. At least I can document it on the blog.
Back to dealing with a runny nose...

The perfect pumpkin

 

 

 

 

Evan and his cousin Aidan had a wonderful time at the pumpkin farm. They enjoyed riding together in Aidan's wagon, and seeing all the farm animals. The goats captured their attention since the freely came up to the fence looking for food. I enjoyed the lemonaid and kettle corn, yum!

Climbing

Evan has begun to climb on and into everything. He found an empty drawer that fit him quite well on our last trip to Greenville, South Carolina. We love Embassy Suites hotels because it's just the perfect layout for people with children.
On our recent trip to Sarasota to visit Papa and Nana, Uncle Pete showed Evan how to climb onto coffee tables. Thanks a bunch Uncle Pete!

From October 2008

Giddy Up

A couple of weeks ago we took Evan and Buster for a walk around the neighborhood. Evan loves to be the one to walk Buster. It worked for about 10 seconds before Buster realized what he was in for and got spooked.

From October 2008

From October 2008

Evan's 1 year portraits are finally here!

Please visit the link below to see the photos taken by our photographer, Sheli Derato.

http://www.shelideratophoto.com/Proofs/ticola4/

His own man

Last night at dinner Evan picked up his spork and began to attempt to feed himself with it. He was successful at making it in his mouth, but also lots ended up in his hair. Gotta go with it though just so feeding time continues to be a happy and fun experience for him. Matt and I were just cheering and clapping all throughout dinner, and Evan was very excited.
Tonight we leave for Greenville. Wish us luck!

Powerful message for all Christians this election

The search could be over!

So we think we've finally found a small enough double stroller which will accept the infant car seat we have...VALCO Twin Latitude.
Here's a link about the stroller.

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I've been spending way too much time on the internet in search of the perfect double stroller. There's so much to think about. Do I go with the side-by-side or a tandem. There's pros and negatives for both. I also would like one that accepts our infant car seat (Peg Perego). Double also means double in price, but what can you do that's normal when you have to get something that will accomodate two children. I'll most likely use a single stroller and sling baby Joel, but that's hoping that Joel will like to be in a sling. I'd like to have the option of pushing both of them.
Oh, so much to think about. And time is just ticking away. I'm now 24 weeks along.