Busy Weekend

Evan has finally put most of the pieces together and has started to crawl. It's still a little broken up, but he gets around the living room quickly, resulting in quite a few bumps on his head. He hasn't quite learned to turn away from things, like the wall and table legs yet. In this video, he is trying to get the little wrist strap on our camera. (I was originally trying to get the side view, but that just wasn't working out for us!)

Ev also learned to pull himself up to a standing position today! Guess it is time to put that crib side up! This spells much trouble and busy days ahead for the parents... :o)

Happy Memorial Day

We took our day off to help celebrate my mom's birthday a day early. Although he could not have some of the yummy cake that Lina made, Ev helped his Grandmom with her tricky candle.

Aunt Lina gets in some cuddly play time before dinner.

And Grandpop Joe helps Ev show off his new hat.

Our strawberries are really coming on now, so we decided to let Evan give them a try. He was not sure of the taste at first...

Then he decided that he really didn't like strawberries at ALL!

When he went to check on Evan, Josh thought that he was sleeping in a funny position. However, during the time it took him to fetch the camera, Ev woke up and wondered what the commotion was about...

Grass Time

We made our own little play pen out of a laundry basket, and Ev loved it. :o)

Watching the cars go by...
Yep, still fascinated by grass! :o) Wow, look how much those little cheekies bulge out!!

Crawling Update

Evan's crawling has gotten to the point where he can get up on his hands and knees: But instead of alternating right hand, left knee, left hand, right knee, he decides to just pull his toes up under him and make a nice V. See? Are you looking? :o)
Then it all collapses and Evan wonders what happened and why he didn't really get anywhere.

And this picture has nothing to do with his crawling, but it shows how happy his bathtime makes him.

Busy Weekend

Jesse, Jenn and Katelyn visited this past weekend. It has been so long since everyone has seen each other, Kate just couldn't wait to give Ev his first hug of the weekend!

I guess you can't really wear a "Hug Me" bib and not get hugged. :o) Ev tries to get away...

But Kate persists! She gives him a nice pat on the head to say "thanks for hugs!" :o)

Evan also had his first experience of real grass! We tried our best to keep it out of his mouth, but he's a boy and things happen. :o)

"You want me to get out of my bouncy seat? This is what I think about that..."

(excuse the staple gun in the background -- Josh was working outside...)