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A Few Notable Occurances

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In the past week – Evan has done two major things that should be noted.

  1. First Skinned Knee. Evan got his first skinned knee after falling on the cement driveway. A few tears, but nothing crazy.
  2. Evan Can Open Doors. I had to take E to the doctors office and there he surprised me by opening the office door and walking out into the hall while we waited for the doctor. Evan is so tall – he can even reach our dead bolt…but I do not think he is tall enough to turn it. Let the fun begin.

Fun times! I am hoping over Memorial Day weekend we can take him to his first parade as well!

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Curious George: Evan’s New Favorite Show

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Every once and awhile Evan will surprise me with a new word or an association. A few days ago, when we were watching Curious George in the morning, as soon as he saw George he said “George”. It was pretty darn cute. Now, at the beginning of each show he will say “George” and absolutely loves watching it. For reference, Amy’s new favorite show is Backyardigans, and mine is a renewed interest in 90210 😉

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Mothers’ Day with Evan

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Here at the Muller-Zelazny house we do not usually celebrate “days” like Mother’s Days – we celebrate weekends. This past weekend Evan and Amy went to the Y for another fun time in the pool on Saturday and then spent most of Saturday running errands all over the place. On Mothers’ Day Evan gave Amy a new seat belt purse and me some new golf balls, tees, and a new Wii game after he took us out for breakfast. What a guy! Evan also treated us on Sunday by pouring syrup on the oriental rug so we now have a sweet smelling rug by the couch. We then spent the remainder of Saturday watching the Penn State Blue and White game (their spring scrimmage) and then playing with Evan and the Wii. Fun times were had – too bad the weekend was so short!

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Evan loves the YMCA!

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Every Saturday we go to the YMCA for Evan’s swimming class and as soon as he gets close to the pool – he gets a huge smile on his face and loves being in the water. He sports some sweet swimming trunks that Grandma Z bought him with Aunt Kathy’s favorite characters on them – Disney. Amy and Evan get in the pool, sing nursery rhymes and play with some toys. This class is basically to get kids used to the water. After class Evan is exhausted and has been taking a good 2-3 hour nap. I have posted new photos which include Evan and Amy swimming.

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Web Site Updates

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Evan "Ewww"
After talking to Evan yesterday about the state of his web site which I created about a year and a half ago – we decided it was time a few things were updated. Most of the updates were made on the backend so it would be even easier to maintain but there are a few new items to note. The homepage now shows several random pictures, recent posts, and recent comments. The sidebar now shows what Evan really likes as well as the weather here in Chicago in case anyone was wondering.

The biggest change is the photo gallery. After realizing the old photo section would soon be a long list of all Evan’s pictures – I decided to break everything up by year. This way you can still see all the “albums” – but everything would be even more categorized. The photos should load quicker because they are now cached. I am still working on the layout of the photo album, but so far it is a huge improvement on the backend at the very least.

To save a picture at full size – make sure you are on a gallery page (page with multiple images and not the album listing page) and for Mac users – hold down the “Control” key and select “Save image to Desktop”. If you are on a gallery page, you can either view the photos as a slideshow or as a list of photos. If you click on one photo, you can scroll through all of them by using the small arrows on the left hand side, below the image.

Anyway – enjoy and expect to see some more improvements.

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Random Pictures Taken in March/April

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Over the last two months, I have taken some photos using my iPhone in random places at random times and decided to post some of them. The picture of Evan and his friends are actually a few of the kids he plays with when he goes to the “alternate” babysitter. Most of the other pictures are from when we went to Penn State a few weeks ago and then the others were taken in the last week. He is hard to get still to take a good picture of because he is constantly on the move or wanting the camera – but check out the new photos!

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I Am Done!

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Here is a video taken last night at dinner as Evan was finishing up. You can see his new way of telling us he is done with his meal as well as hear his new favorite word.

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The Newest YMCA Eember: Evan!

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(sing) It’s fun to stay at the YMCA…so Evan is now officially a member of the YMCA (and has his own picture ID). He is signed up for a swimming class starting this weekend and we look forward to enjoying classes throughout the summer. Good thing he has some super sweet swim trunks!

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Getting on the Couch

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In the last week or so Evan has realized he can just about pull himself onto our couch. He will go up to the couch, swing one leg up, and then try to pull himself up which has been unsuccessful so far…but he practices over and over every night. It is almost like a game to him at this stage because he knows Amy and I will pull him up all the way. After he is up on the couch, he sits there for a second and down he goes…only to swing his leg back up so you will pull him back up. Fun times. It i just hard to believe he is getting big enough to get on the couch when last year at this time he could not even sit up. Time flies!