September 2015 - Snapshots

Lunch time at school

after school winding down

 brothers!

 Superhero day at school

21mths of sweetness and mischief all wrapped up in this little bundle of fun!

soccer practice night

Sunday mornings

 Evan gets his second haircut

Cashing in on mummy's birthday freebies at Panera

 Student leader of the month - go Ria!

 date night

 Bums up :)

Sunday mornings

 Sunday afternoons - playing with Leah, Brody and Oreo and riding around the neighbourhood with Ms Eleanor

Just another Sunday morning!

 bedtime snuggles

lunch time with Ria

 Evan at PDO

family reading night at school

September was also pretty busy with soccer - will wrap up fall soccer in one post!
~V

Birthday Fun

We had a fun Labour Day weekend with the added bonus of my birthday falling in the middle of it!  Beautiful roses from my hubby to start off the weekend of celebrating

We went out to Longhorn Steakhouse for dinner and topped of the evening with this delicious chocolate cake

 More flowers - this bunch from my parents.

The kids climbed into bed with me early morning and wanted me to open up presents
- love how excited they get!

 After church we went to Tupelo Honey in Chattanooga for brunch. It was wonderful.

 I didn't get pics of the food but here's a few of us while we waited on our table :)

Today we went out to Chilahowee and hiked to Benton Falls. We had the best time out there.

It was the perfect end to a beautiful, relaxing birthday weekend. Loved being with my family and I am always so thankful for another year to celebrate!

~V

Evan Starts Parents Day Out

Evan started Parents Day Out (PDO) today!

 He asked me to take his picture at his usual picture spot on the front steps :)

I expected him to cry since this was new to him and I knew the first day would be a little rough. When I picked him up, they said he did really good. While he did cry and didn't nap well, he played really good and participated. I know it will get easier each week :)
 
And for the first time in 5yrs I had a few hours to myself. I had no idea what to do today but from next week I will be helping at school with the big kids. Jermaine says I'm crazy and I should use the time for just me. I am sure some days I will but I enjoy helping at school in the kids classes too.
~V

Evan - 21mths

Another month has flown by and our little Evan is now 21mths old. We've had a great summer watching him grow ... he's had lots of new words, lots of new signs, a few firsts, lots of fun summer stuff and lots of exploring. He is so curious and extremely observant.

He's had a major language explosion. He's using a lot of phrases and knows a ton of words and signs as well. Here are some that he uses a lot:
- airplane (his fave!  he loves airplanes, trucks and cars and always points them out), open, out, rain (wain), thunder, doggie, woof woof, cheese, orwinge (orange), sowi, woah, teeth, guys, hug (this is my fave - he opens his arms wide and says hug?), boo boo, school, morning, erfint (elephant), teacher, shark, you, bear, bus, walrus, milk, nack (snack)

Some signs he uses a lot:
elephant, milk, airplane, bath time, all done, book, read, shoes, socks, thirsty, sleep, water

some phrases:
- there you are
- here go
- come mere (come here)
- my turn
- bick up (wake up)
- oh gosh
- bless you
- Jesus amen
- come pay (pray)
- beep beep (if you're in his way and he needs you to move!)

Sleep
Just like his big sis, he is a great napper (usually 2 to 3hr naps) but night time sleep is a work in progress. Some nights he goes down and will sleep til about 5 or 6am, nurse and go back to sleep and then other nights he will wake at midnight, 3am and so on so ends up in our bed so we can all get sleep. He really loves to snuggle up CLOSE to mama when he sleeps!

Meals
Evan loves to eat! He will usually try everything. He loves fruit and apple sauce is his fave (he calls it appy saw!). He loves water and will only take milk at night time. He wont drink it any other time of day.

Things he loves:
Mickey Mouse (Micka Mow, mimmie)
playing ball - he loves to kick the ball and is pretty good at it too
reading - his fave books are Rhythm of my day, Polar Bear, Llama Llama books
Face time 
bath time
being outside

We sure do miss those itty bitty days of tiny baby Evan, but he is so much fun right now and keeps us laughing with his silly little antics.
~V