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Aug
18
2009
Family Firsts Trips

First Extended Stay Without Parents

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Growing up – I always enjoyed the week or two my sister and I spent with my grandparents and decided a long time ago that when I had kids – they would do the same thing. This year after our family reunion, Amy and I drove back to Chicago on Sunday and Evan stayed with his grandparents (and great grandparents) until the next Friday. They did all kinds of fun things, got to spend some one on one time with Aunt Julie, Uncle Dan, and Hunter, as well as enjoyed the “forest” where my parents live. Evan asked about us only twice and after my mother said “she is in Palatine” he was fine and ready to move onto the next thing.

A big thanks to Grandma and Grandpa Z, as well to Gaga and Papa for spending the week with him!

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Aug
14
2009
Family Trips

Evans’ Family Reunion 2009

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Evan and Aunt Julie At the end of July we drove to New York for our annual Evans’ family reunion (Evan is named after this family name). Evan enjoyed playing with his cousins and being with his great grandparents and grandparents. We had a smaller than usual turn out at the reunion (around 40) – but it was still great seeing the people who made it and to see Evan play with and get to know his cousins. There are new photos available of the trip to New York – including some that were taken during his stay with Grandma and Grandpa Z after the reunion.
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Jul
16
2009
Friends

Early Summer 2009 Photos

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EvanEvan has had a busy summer and we finally posted some pictures from the last few weeks. Some of the pictures have our friend’s greyhounds in them – Gopher will look familiar, but they got a new greyhound right before we got Colby and her name is Ada. Evan absolutely loved spending time with them and still talks about Gopher and Ada daily. Of course – Evan also loves fountains and Amy has been taking him to a nearby fountain daily and he has loved every second of it – especially when there are other kids there because he LOVES kids. Check out the new photos.

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Jul
09
2009
Firsts News

First Stripe in Taekwondo

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TaekwondoEvan has been taking Taekwondo for a month now and yesterday at his class – he got his first stripe on his belt. (They give it to kids that complete one month of the class. He was quite excited to get it and wore his belt with pride. He enjoys the stuff he learns in class (mostly stretching, exercises, and an occasional kick or punch move). Classes are not the easiest as he is the youngest in the class and the least likely to listen to the teacher – but he is getting better each class. During the rest of the week Amy and I work with him so that he can actually follow the teacher better at the next class. If anyone wants to see him in action – his classes are on Wednesday mornings at 1030am in Palatine!

Jul
07
2009
Friends

Happy Independence Day

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Evan and his flag Evan enjoyed his Independence Day by going to a parade, a BBQ, and watching fireworks (fireworks were actually on the 3rd). He did a great job watching the fireworks and was not frightened by them at all. He liked identifying the different color fireworks and was pretty exhausted about 15 minutes in so we had to leave early. The toughest part was waiting for them to start, but Amy and I took him for walks around the park until the festivities began. Evan absolutely loved the parade because of the massive amounts of candy that was thrown his way and the big and loud fire trucks. He and his friend Emma we quite sugared up and exhausted by the end of the parade (which made for an interesting afternoon) – but we all had a good time!

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Jun
25
2009
General

Visit with grandad.

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Grandad came in from NJ last week and Evan and him had a great week together. Evan and Grandad enjoyed the park, the backyard, walks around the neighborhood, and each other. Grandad also introduced Evan to the couch monster – which Salsa has been dealing with for several years now. Thankfully the couch monster slept for most of the visit – or at least Evan kept telling it to sleep. It was fabulous to see my dad and I know that Evan had a great time because when he woke up after dropping Grandad at O’hare – his first comment was, “Where’d Grandad go?” Thanks Grandad for a great visit!

Jun
23
2009
General

New skill.

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Evan’s new skill is taking off his clothes and diaper – which has positives and negatives. The positive side: 1. he seems to be moving toward potty training a little more with wanting the diaper off and 2. he knows exactly where to put his clothes and diaper. The clothes go in the hamper and the diaper goes on the changing table. The negative side – 1. he does not always feel the need to go to the potty when he does take the diaper off and 2. sometimes it is behind his bedroom door that he does this and we do not know until we hear him say something like this, “oh no, poop on the blanket.”
Keeping his shorts or pants on seems to help, so no more bedtime with only a diaper.