Today Dusty was reading Evan one of his favorite books. It’s a book about colors, with a kitten on each page dressed up in or sitting amongst some colorful object. When she turned the page, Evan pointed at a purple teddy bear and said “purpie!” From that we knew that he associated that page and […]
Monthly Archives: January 2007
Say “Daddy”… “Homer!”
Evan started saying an entirely new word tonight, but we couldn’t figure out what it was… It sounded like “Goy” or “Coy” and he only says it when he holds a phone up to his ear. We just figured out what he was saying. It’s “Korey”, but when has he ever heard that word? We […]
Sound effects
Evan is at the stage where he doesn’t quite know the actual word for everything in his world, but he’s found ways to express what he’s observing or thinking. Whenever he sees a siren on top of a car, he loudly mimics a fire engine siren: “Woo oo oo!” Any construction equipment reminds him of […]
Watching movies on the cell phone
My cell phone service plan was up, so I got an LG VX8300 about a month ago since I had an upgrade discount to take advantage of. I did a little digging and discovered that it’s possible to play videos and music on the phone. First step is to head over to Newegg.com and pick […]
The most disgusting thing I’ve ever eaten…
Tonight I had a pretty light dinner, so I went to the kitchen later looking for a reasonable snack. I grabbed a stalk of celery from the fridge, but I wasn’t sure that would hit the spot, so I grabbed the jar of peanut butter and spread it on. Oh yeah, I should mention that […]
Free directory assistance phone number
Maybe I’m the last person on earth to know this, but there are free alternatives to the standard “411” directory assistance phone number. Try 1-800-FREE-411 next time. It gives you an automated system with voice recognition, and actually worked really well for me. If the automated system can’t understand you, you can get a real […]
Evan photos through month 22 posted
After a long hiatus of posting pictures, we’ve finally gotten around to posting our favorite photos of Evan. You can see them on the photos page. The last update we made was a while ago, so months 19 and later are the new ones.
Bedtime update
Last night Evan slept in his “bed” fairly well. He spent the night there, waking up a couple of times (which isn’t altogether unusual for him). Our little cat Ginger curled up with him for a good portion of the night, since we left the door open and the baby gate up. As you can […]
Getting ready for his big boy bed
For the past couple of weeks, we’ve had a twin size mattress on the floor of Evan’s room next to his crib. There have been a few nights where he wasn’t sleeping well, so that way one of us could go sleep in his room to keep him company so the other could get some […]
Bicycle Camping on the Rock Island Trail
Last weekend, Derrick, Dave and myself finally got together for a guys-only winter camping trip. It was my first tent-camping trip in a couple of years and the first guy time I’d had in quite some time. In the days preceding the trip, we decided to do a sort-of double trip. We planned to camp […]