Halloween Weekend

Early this week we noticed Evan started to get sick and I took him right to the doctors the next day. He was put on meds and I was hoping he would be better by this weekend... but yesterday was his worst day and he had to go to the doctors again and we found out he has a double ear infection and he had to get two shots of strong antibiotics. I felt so bad for my little man. He was acting lethargic, pucking a lot, and did not eat or drink much for almost 2 days. We were worried he would have to admitted to the hospital for dehydration, but thank goodness he started drinking some yesterday afternoon! This morning he is doing a little better and seems to have some of his energy back. We had a lot of fun activities planned for this Halloween weekend, Evan's playgroup is having a Halloween Party and we were going to go to a Fall Festival with Tiffany and her family. But we had to cancel those plans and opt for staying at home and nurse our sick boy back to health. My family is coming to town today. Evan will get to see his Great Granny, Great Pop-Pop and crazy GAB (Great Aunt Barb)! Everyone is coming over to my house tomorrow for some good 'ol fall fun! We are making pumpkin bread with pecan butter, carving our pumpkin, and making home-made carmel apples in the crock pot with all the toppings. If Evan is feeling a little better we will try to take him to a few of our neighbors houses to go trick-or-treating. Dan, Evan and I are all dressing up as pirates this year! Happy Halloween weekend everyone!

Evan Update

Evan is so full of life and Dan and I are loving this watching him explore and experience all these new things. He is crawling all around faster and going further each day. We recently took Evan to Clearwater beach to see the sun set with some good friends. This was only the second time Evan had been to the beach. The first time was when he was just four months old. As we were walking down the beach to the shore I caught Evan with this sweet, shy little smile on his face. When I put him in the sand he started crawling around with his best buddy, Joshua. He is teething a lot, so his hands are in his mouth all the time now. Which is usually fine, expect at the beach... he ended up eating a ton of sand! But he didn't even seem to mind :)

Evan is starting level 3 at Gymboree next week. His teacher approached me and felt Evan was ready to move up to the next class. We tried the level 3 class about a month ago but he was too overwhelmed. Now since being back in level 2 a few more week he has gained a lot more confidence, so I think his is ready now!

Evan loves standing by the front door window waiting for his da-da to get home from work. It is so stinkin' cute!!

Ready for Fall

I spent last weekend getting Fall/Halloween decorations out of the garage and decorating our house for fall. I love bring out the pumpkin candy dishes, spiced candles, and hanging friendly skeletons on our doors. When Dan and I were at the mall we could not resist buying some of this amazing pumpkin bread with pecan butter with from William Sonoma that we sampled. I can't wait to make it for my family. Just might become a new family tradition :) I am also looking forward to picking out Halloween costumes and planning trips to pumpkin patches and fall festivals. I sure do love this time of year!