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Here is a video of Evan when he just got up from his nap. He is the happiest baby!
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Evan Update

Today is Day 3 of our Sippy Cup Experiment! So far, so good. We gave it break for a while but now he seems a little more interested in it. Evan is also starting to clap his hands. He does not do it on command. As my friend says, Evan has to find something really "clap-worthy" in order for him to clap! He still loves going to Gymboree classes. There are unlimited classes for the summer so we are taking full advantage. Plus it is just too dang hot to play outside so the air conditioning is a definite plus. Evan has been practicing getting into the crawling position and gets up on all fours and rocks back and forth. He loves being read to. His favorite types of books are the ones with textures and/or flaps. I love seeing his personality develop. He is getting pretty strong willed and expresses his definite likes and dislikes. He has even started to have little fits when he does not get his way. We are getting ready to take a family trip up to Philly for a family reunion. This will be Evan's 4th plane ride. I can't believe my baby is going to be 18 months in a few days!

Model Baby!

I thought it would be fun to enter Evan in a baby model search contest on the Parenting.com website! Please take a minute and vote for my little cutie!!


Click here to VOTE: http://modelsearch.parenting.com/contests/showentry/292378

You can vote once a day. Thanks for your support!

Photo Contest

I recently joined a photography group. I would have loved to take a photography class but right now I just don't have the time for that. Through this group it has been fun to meet other people who share an interest in digital photography. I submitted a photo of Evan's feet splashing in his little blowup pool for a photo contest the group was having. I was so surprised... I actually won!! I only won bragging rights but that is good enough for me!

Character Sketch

Last night while my sister, Dan, Evan and I were at Tijuana Flats for dinner there was a character sketch artist doing pictures for the kids. We were sitting at our table eating and the guy just started doing Evan's picture :) I think he was pretty generous with the amount of hair he drew! hehe

Happy Mother's Day

Dan and Evan have made this a very special Mother's Day for me! They started off the day letting me sleep in. Awe, it was so nice to catch up on some sleep! Then we took a trip over to Old Time Pottery and bought a bird bath for the outside, a vase, candles, and a set of paintings for our dining room. I love this store, you can get such beautiful pieces for so cheap. Then we ate lunch at Sweet Tomatoes. Evan tried their macaroni n' cheese and ended up loving it. He kept opening his mouth up for more- it was so cute. For my Mother's Day presents I got flowers and a beautiful bracelet. The bracelet is really special to me because it is a Chromosome Disorder Awareness Bracelet . It was designed especially for Chromosome Disorder Outreach (CDO). This bracelet features the signature CDO colors green, yellow, red and blue in Swarovski crystals and 25% of the purchase price of each bracelet is donated to CDO.



To finish off my Mother's day celebration we are meeting my parents for dinner at the Melting Pot. Since my sister is in the middle of law school finals and not able to be here for Mother's Day, we will be having a Mother's Day celebration with our mom when Rachel comes home next week. So today is all about me :) I feel so blessed to have such an amazing family! I hope everyone has a wonderful Mother's Day!!

Plan B

This morning Dan had a plan to wake me up and surprise me with a trip to Islands of Adventure! He wanted to kick off Mother's Day weekend with a bang! He took the day off work, Evan was at my parents... he thought he had it all worked out. What he did not plan on was that I woke up this morning still feeling sick. I have been sick with an upper respiratory infection and sinusitis all week. Since I was not feeling up to riding roller coasters Dan quickly started working on Plan B. I slept most of the day, taking full advantage of Evan being at my parents. When I woke up in the afternoon I was feeling a little more refreshed. Plan B was for us to go to Color Me Mine in Hyde Park. I have been wanting to do this for a long time!! Color Me Mine is a paint-your-own ceramics studio. I walked around the store for a while looking at all the options of things to paint. I finally narrowed it down and chose to paint a heart shaped plate. Dan on the other hand new exactly what he wanted to paint before we even got there. He painted a Celtics chip 'n dip plate.

We had a great time! We ended up closing the place down and they were nice enough to stay open an extra hour so we could finish our pieces. I can't wait to see how our masterpieces turn out!! Afterwards we were starving so we went to Chilies. Thanks Granny and Pop-Pop for my mother's day the gift card! It ended up being a perfect day with my hubby!

Fun at Home

Here is a new video of Evan playing at home!!

http://s14.photobucket.com/albums/a320/sara0710/?action=view¤t=silly017.flv

Things That Make Me Smile :)

Evan's froggy shoes from his Great Aunt Nancy.

My silly boy! We were playing one of his favorite games-
Where, Oh Where, Oh Where is Evan??

The beautiful flowers Dan got me on his way home from work!

Fun Day

Friday night Dan, Evan, and I spend the night in Dunedin at my parents house because we had to wake up and be at the March for Babies walk at 8:30 am. My parents walked with us along with my good friend Tiffany and her family. This year we raised $450 for March for Babies!! The weather was perfect, not to hot and there was a nice breeze.



After our walk to went to a Touch a Truck event. It was fun to see all sorts of trucks from fire trucks to dump trucks to ice cream trucks :) It made for some fun pictures! After our eventful morning we went back to my parents for subs and afternoon naps.