Category Archives: Parenthood

On saturday Evan was sitting on the floor playing with a toy when I heard a weird sound. I thought maybe he had a cold and his nose was whistling. When I saw his face, he had his mouth puckered and was quietly whistling. He only knows one or two notes, but still… I didn’t […]

Some of you may know that we’re trying to teach Evan a little bit of sign language. The idea is that he can communicate with us prior to his learning how to actually speak those words. We were starting with the basic ones to help communicate his needs, such as “all done”, “more”, “drink”, etc. […]

We uploaded some more photos of Evan tonight. In the “By Age” section, months 11 and 12 are new from last time. Included are the obligatory birthday cake photos!

Today is Evan’s first birthday! It’s amazing how fast the past 12 months have gone… He’s sure come a long way! I don’t have a picture of him at age 1 uploaded just yet, but here’s one on his first day… and one at 11 months.

No, none of us are alcoholics, but Evan is getting over a dependence: something to hold on to while standing. Tonight we were playing with Evan. Dusty sat across the room while I stood Evan up and and let him hold on to my fingers. We’ve done this before, and usually Evan tries to go […]

Our Christmas party is this weekend, which means we get to celebrate Christmas three weekends in a row! Here’s a little Christmas cheer to share. The first is our Christmas card for this year: and here’s Santa, brought to you by Coca Cola (obviously):

Well, officially anyway… Evan has come up with a variation on an Army-crawl that can move him from place to place, though not very efficiently. Laying on his belly, he pulls himself forward in two inch increments with his left elbow and right hand, while his feet flail away as if he were swimming. I […]