We Build It... He Knocks It Down!

Daniel and I were in the kitchen tonight getting dinner ready so we put Evan in his highchair so he could see what we were doing. Daniel got the blocks we had bought for him the other day and stacked them up on the highchair in front of Evan. To our excitement he used his arms and knocked the blocks over. Check out his facial expressions... he looks so proud of himself :)

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Yum Yum- Oatmeal!

Here is a picture of Evan eating oatmeal for the first time! Some of it got in his mouth... most of it ended up on his bib :) People are not kidding when they say babies grow up too fast. I can't believe my baby boy will be 6 months old in a few days. Half a year has just flown bye. This month Evan has dropped his night time feeding and is sleeping 11-12 hours straight. Woo hoo! He has also recently started grabbing at toys that are in front of him.

It's Our Anniversary!

Today Daniel and I are celebrating 2 years of marriage! We had planned to have Grandma Mota watch Evan so Dan and I could go to Bone Fish Grill for a nice romantic dinner. I had been looking forward to going all week! Well, things did not turn out as planned... Earlier that day I took Evan over for a swim at his friend Layla's house. We had a fun morning in the pool. When I went to get Evan's bottle out of my backpack I noticed that his bottle had leaked all over. Such a mess! At this point Evan was getting impatient and very hungry. My friend Robynne offered to let me use her formula which was the same brand that I use and it was also soy based, but not the exact one I use for Evan. Being in a pickle I decided to take her up on her offer and made Evan a new bottle. At the time I did not think about it, but the new bottle did not have his gas drops in it. When we got back home I put Evan down for his afternoon nap and then the crying began! Poor little guy had such bad gas pains he was in tears the rest of the afternoon. I felt horrible. When Dan called to tell me he was off work early and heading home for our special dinner I was in tears and so was Evan. Dan quickly offered to cancel our dinner reservations so I did not have to leave him that night. Dan picked up take out, a movie, and flowers on his way home. Even though the night did not go as planned it was a very memorable second anniversary :)

"Where you end up isn't the most important thing. It's the road you take to get there. The road you take is what you'll look back on and call your life." ~Tim Wiley

Father's Day at the FL Aquarium

In honor of Dan's first Father's Day as a Dad I got up with Evan this morning and let Dan sleep in. We had a very nice lazy morning. Then around 11 am Dan opened his Father's Day card from Evan... in the card there were tickets to the Florida Aquarium! Dan was excited because we had been talking about wanting to take Evan to the aquarium for the first time. After Evan's nap we packed up and headed to meet my parents at the aquarium. When we got there it was packed, apparently we were not the only ones who thought it would be fun to spend the day looking at fish. Evan was fascinated watching all the colorful fish swimming around. I think the otters were his favorite. We can't wait to take him back when he is a little older. At around 5:30 pm we walked over to Channelside to have dinner at Bennigan's. It was such a nice day with the family!

Look at Evan's cute little hand! I got this plaque specially
made for Dan for Father's Day. It turned out better then I thought!

Splish Splash

It is officially summer and so hot! To cool off from the hot Florida sun, Evan took a dip in the little blow up pool in our backyard. He sure does love the outdoors :) I can not wait to take him swimming at my parents pool.

Evan Meets Raymond!

Raymond from the Tampa Bay Rays was at the Land O' Lakes Library today to kick off the Reading with the Rays program. My mom came over for the day and we had lunch and then headed over to the library. While we were there Evan and I got our picture taken with Raymond!! Evan got really sleepy while we waited in line for the picture. I did everything I could to keep him up :) I don't know how he could sleep when there were so many loud kids all running around! A lady from the library took our picture for the library's website and Evan even got a signed picture of Raymond to take home.

Zac's Graduation Weekend

We packed our bags and headed up to Georgia for the weekend for my cousin Zac's high school graduation. We drove up with my parents, so we rented a minivan to make the 7 hour drive more comfortable. Friday night was Zac's graduation and then Saturday we went to his graduation party. Sunday morning we headed back home. It was a quick trip, I wish we could have stayed longer! Evan did amazingly well. He was such a happy baby the whole time and always was smiling. He loved all the attention he got from his Great Grandparents and Great Aunt Barb.

The Mota's at Zac's graduation.

(Great) Aunt Barb and Katie with the graduate!

On our way home we stopped in Jacksonville to see Rachel at Florida Coastal. We coordinated with her roommate to make sure she was going to be at her apartment around lunch time. We met up with her roommate to let us in the gate. Then we gave her Evan and she walked into their apartment holding him and said to Rachel "I checked our mailbox and look what I found!" Rachel did not see Evan's face at first and was really confused on why there was a baby in the apartment :) Then she saw my mom and I in the doorway :) Rachel did not know we were planning to stop by and was so surprised to see us. It was great! My roommate from college, Cristina also lives in Jacksonville so Cristina and her boyfriend, Butch joined us for lunch too. It was such a great weekend with family and good friends.

Aunt Rachel showing Evan around Florida Coastal.

Sara, Evan, Cristina and Butch

Mother's Day

Yesterday was my first Mother's Day as a Mom. We had a picnic lunch in our backyard and later met my parents for dinner at Bonefish Grill. During our picnic Dan got Evan to laugh! It was so sweet. Dan also got me a beautiful charm bracelet, a spa gift card, and a plaster molding kit so I can make a keepsake of Evan's little hand print. My boys made me feel very special and loved!

Let's Go Rays! Let's Go!

Grandma, Sara and Evan at the Ray's game!

Evan looked so cute in his little baseball outfit. He loved all the bright lights and noises! We ended up staying until the top of the 8th. It was such a great game, the Rays won 6-3 over the Orioles.

Baby Storytime

Evan and I went to Baby Storytime at the Land O' Lakes Library for the first time today. The class is for babies birth - 1 years old. It was a lot of fun! There were 6 other babies there, 3 of them were around 4 months like Evan. It was fun to see Evan around other babies. The teacher read a few books and sang songs. The teacher had the moms participate by singing a part of the song and adding their child's name to the song... I am not a great singer and definitely don't like to sing in public... but I could not have Evan be the only baby not in the song so I sang in front of everyone! :) At the end of class there were activity mats and toys for the babies to play with. Evan loved one of the toys that played music and flashed different colors. He started cooing and smiling whenever he saw the toy. I wish I knew where to get one. It was nice to talk to other moms and trade stories about the different milestones our babies are going through. All of the moms with 4 month olds got to exchange stories about teething. In the last few weeks I have noticed Evan is starting to feel pressure on his gums. He is drooling and wanting to suck on everything! We had a great time today and now Evan in napping from his busy morning.