Stepping on stones...milestones

So, just wanted to share with you all of the tricks that have seemed to have developed since Evan turned one. He loves to wave hello(hola) and goodbye (adios). He tries mimicking many hand gestures, so daddy needs to be careful...hahaha. Yesterday he said manzana (that's apple in Spanish), and he loves to pronounce the letter...D. This week he has just started playing peek-a-boo, although he covers his mouth sometimes and not his eyes.
Oh, we've moved our computer to the living room so I hope that it will make blogging easier.

That's it for now...

Evan's First Year in a Collage

 

Mima y Pipo visit to Spain

Here are some great photos that my cousin/sister sent of my parents visit with them in Madrid. They are currently in Venice, Italy where they'll be departing on a cruise of the Greek Isles.
Isn't Sofia a gorgeous girl!

Evan turns One!

Here's a little reminder of how much things have changed this past year...




I've got a lot of catching up to due on this blog. Sorry for the procrastination! I've got a whole summer of photos and stories to catch you up on. I think I'll go in reverse order and start with the most recent event first...Evan's first birthday on August 25, 2008.








Evan and I took swim lessons at the YMCA for two weeks at the end of July. It was so nice to be in a pool each day. It was really water acclamation, although he did learn to climb out of the pool from the side wall. I got Matthew to come one day and take photos. Luckily we were only rained out on one day...the last class!

Announcement

Make a Smilebox postcard

The importance of the 5-point harness

So this is my soapbox right now. Each day I see so many children that are in mortal danger. It's so sad, but getting informed could make all the difference.

Please take a moment and watch this video to save a child's life.

Nine month photos

Our photos from our latest family photo session can be viewed at the link below.

Enjoy!

Link to our photos

Evan...the little mover

It's has been too long since I've updated the blog! So sorry for my procrastination. Since Evan turned 8 months old (April 25) he has become extremely active and lively. Our little mover started crawling, and pulling himself up. The babyproofing has begun.
I made the trek with Evan to visit Dianne in Spain. Whew! I am so glad that we got to go and meet our new cousin Sofia who was born in March. Evan did very well during the trip, but he started to get fussy towards the end of the week due to his first tooth coming in "O". So, now that Evan is 9 months he crawls, pulls himself up, and has his first tooth. He still lets me rock him to sleep every nap, and I love it! Gotta go...he's awake.

March 2008

Happy Easter 2008! March was a busy month for us. I celebrated my 29th birthday with friends and family, and Evan celebrated his first Easter. Matt's boss graciously invited us with my parents to their home for Easter lunch. We had a wonderful time, and their home is stunning! Like always church was standing room only. Matt keeps saying that those of us who go weekly should get first choice at seating! People come out of the woodwork on holidays. It was nice to celebrate Easter at our home church this year. We are looking forward to many more Easters there as Evan gets older. I'm hoping he'll sing in the children's choir one day like I did. The last week in March was busy getting ready for my girlfriend Kaycee's wedding shower. I'll be the Matron of Honor at her wedding in April.

February 2008

It has been so long since I've been able to post. Evan has been keeping me more busy than ever, but in a fun way of course. Now that he's getting bigger he requires more of my attention. He has reached so many milestones this last month. On the 25th of February he turned six months old! He is now sitting up totally unassisted, rolling back and forth from his tummy to his back and visa versa. He tumbles over and gets back up again without complaint, and he is passing toys from one hand to another. Some of the activities that we participated in this past month was mommy and baby yoga, library time for babies, and kindermusik class. Evan loves music, and is already recognizing songs that we sing.
On the food front I am still nursing him, but we did begin solids at the beginning of the month. He doesn't care for rice cereal at all!