Evans is getting old (and big!)

Evan helped us take down our Christmas decoration on Epiphany this year.  He can label boxes!  It was so cute - it took forever - but it was adorable.  Evan weighed 45 pounds at the doctor last week (we had to go to make sure his stomach flu was just a stomach flu).  He even went to a birthday party for a friend from school.  His latest thing is quizzing Mike to see who his best buddy is.  If Mike says Reid or me before he says Evan (even though it's a tie), drama ensues. The boy is also a cold weather kid.  He LOVES the snow and gets very sad when it melts.  It barely snowed the other day, and he begged us to go outside - it was so cold, we only let him go out for 10 minutes.  He even wore my scarf that had sparkles in it because he wanted to go out so badly.  Hilarious.  :)

8 Months Old

Big Reid is 8 months (and 10 days) old!  Here are his most recent tricks:  He can pull himself up and "cruise" a little bit.  He is eating food that has some textures - namely Mum Mum crackers and Yogurt melts.  (He's still trying to get the hang of eating without gagging.) He jabbers all day long.  He has 3 teeth now!  He's still the sweetest stinkin' baby ever.  He smiles even thought his poor gums hurt a lot. 

The Last 6 Weeks Re-cap (with Mike's phone pics)

 Evan was the King at Burger King.

 Reid fell asleep on the floor on Thanksgiving Day.

 Tubby time with Reid - we've come a long way - he loves it!

 Evan with some of his cousins - making treats at Grandma's.

 Evan and the tree. 

 Evan and Santa

 Reid and Santa

 Nap time

 Reid and I are at BW3 for the Bears game...

 ...with Evan and Mike

 Evan insisted on rolling out the dough for Santa's cookies.

 Evan getting the cookie tray together for Santa

 Posing with the snacks

 Evan: Mommy's Angel!

 Evan and the first snowman of the year

 The boys

"Noon" Years Eve

We decided to stay in last night, so we went to the Mexican restaurant about a mile from our house for lunch yesterday.  Can you tell the Butler Bulldogs played later in the afternoon (and that we're looking forward to baseball season- - Go Cubbies!)?