The Belly Flopper

Evan is working on crawling; he's got the lift your body part, but hasn't figured out how to coordinate it. It's pretty cute though. He was inch worming around for a while. He's not too concerned with sitting totally upright just yet though. He's much more intent on getting where he needs to be. :-)

Evan meets Santa

Evan went to the mall and met Santa tonight. Have I mentioned that he hasn't met a person he doesn't like, including Santa. They hung out like they were old friends. Could that be from Mom, Dad or even Papa? Hmmm... ;-)

Mommy's Little Heartbreaker

Watch out girls; there's a pirate-lovin', cool-grinnin' fairly new guy in town and his name is Evan Connors.

Evan's first Thanksgiving

Evan was a good boy this past week. He had Thanksgiving at Grandma Mary's house on Sunday (where he played catch with his cousin, Paul) and then we went up to Fort Wayne and spent Thursday with Papa and Grammie. He has had a cold for about a week now, but in spite of it, he had fun. :-)

The Giggles

Auntie came over and gave Evan the giggles on Sunday night. I don't care whose baby it is; is there a better sound than a baby laughing?

Who doesn't like carrots?

Not Evan! He didn't really like them the first time we tried them, but he caught on pretty quickly the second time. Yes, I do realize he's wearing a lot of them, but he's new so it's cool. We have switched to his high chair since this picture on Monday. Yes, we're dopes. It has been sitting in his closet, still in the box. I thought about getting it out and never did a couple of weeks ago. It's out now and feeding is not as messy. Take a good look at this picture and savor it; we're on the road to clean feet during dinner!

We've been a little sick around here. Amazingly, we haven't passed it along to one another. I had a sinus infection and Evan has a cold. And Mike, well, when Mike gets sick these days, it might as well be a national holiday. :-)

Pumpkin Patch

Evan, Auntie, Amanda, and I went to the pumpkin patch last Saturday. Evan had fun looking at all of the new stuff! We girls had fun playing paparazzi.

4 Month Check-Up

Evan went in for his 4 month check-up today. Dr. Cathy said he's growing beautifully. He weighs 15 pounds and 10.4 ounces, which is the 75th percentile for babies his age. He is 26-1/4 inches long, which is 95th percentile for babies his age. We're going to continue cereal for another 2 weeks, and then it's on to vegetables!!! You'll see in the picture that he has Snoopy Band-Aids on his thighs. He got 2 shots in each leg, but he's a trooper. He cried for about 3-5 minutes and then he was ok. He's such a big, strong guy! :-)

Daddy's Fall Break

Mike went to Washington, D.C., on his Fall Break last week. There happens to be an ESPN Zone restaurant there (as there is at Disney World). Mike and his dad were always fans of that place, so to pass on the tradition of Connors men and sports, Mike brought home this t-shirt for E. It's actually true though. E will sit and watch SportCenter in the morning before we go to work since it's a lively show.

New Stuff

I was inspired by an outrageous price for a Yoda costume to find my own pattern and sew a cloak for Evan. It came out quite nicely. Evan wore it to his friend Livi's birthday party the other day. Grandma Peggy is knitting ears for him for Halloween.

Evan started eating cereal. He's already a good eater (thank goodness). To quote A Christmas Story, "Every family has a kid that won't eat." I'm guessing some other kid of ours in a few years will be that kid.

Evan doesn't have a whole lot of hair still so he wears it in a mohawk for variety from time to time. It's that or he rocks the old man hairline... ;-)

Superbaby!

Evan likes flying; he and Mike play "Superbaby" often. :-)

The New Record

We managed to go through 3 sets of jammies last night because he decided he wanted new ones every 4 hours or so. I tell ya, if my hand had been stung by a jellyfish, Evan would have been my go-to guy. I know the moms of girls are way jealous of me right now. ;-)

Here's Evan talking to my mom

The Talker

Within the past six or seven days, Evan has become quite a talker. Out of nowhere, he just starts jabbering away. It's pretty funny! Mike and I are pretty excited about it; if you know us, if Evan was a wallflower, we wouldn't know what to do. He's growing up so quickly. We're ok with it though, every new stage is fun. He's into 6-9 month clothes now - all of the sudden the 3-6 month clothes don't quite snap up! More shopping for Mom - such fun. ;-)