The latest on the whole crew
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Evan got a cute golf outfit from his Grandma and Grandpa Z the other day – it was made for “24 month olds” but he fills it out nicely. Luckily, I hear he links Ping, so I am excited to buy him his first set (of Pings) when he is ready to start playing with me and Doug in a few years.
We went for Evan’s 6 month appointment yesterday and of course he is doing fabulous. He is in the 95 percentile for height – he is now 28 1/8 inches. He is in the 75 percentile for weight (because he is so tall) – he is 18 lb 12 3/4 oz. The doctor was so happy with everything and Evan did such a great job. He is such a happy boy, rolling all over the place – as long as it is to his left and babbling up a storm too. Today we actually heard him mumble some ba-ba-bas, which the doctor asked about yesterday and we of course said no we had not heard it. 🙂 He is eating a bunch – some actual peas and small pieces of peach – and every kind of baby food possible (in the ones and twos). Today at Chipotle he insisted on trying his first piece of tortilla.
Evan is very excited about the upcoming trip to NJ – we just hope the plane ride goes well!!
For the first time caught on video – signs of teething (besides the usual drooling).
For the past two weeks, Amy and I watched our two friends’ greyhounds Wish and Gopher. Neither one of the dogs had ever been around babies, and Evan had never seen a brindle greyhound – both were in for a real treat. Wish and Gopher were very well behaved and within a few days Gopher and Evan were best friends. Whenever I would bring Evan into his room to get changed or to take a nap, Gopher followed and laid down on Evan’s floor. When I put Evan on the floor in my office, Wish came over and sat next to him (that is Wish in the picture). All in all, they were great house guests and they really made Evan’s eyes light up when he saw them. PS – I have posted a few recent pictures – they were just too cute.
Today, while working, I received my first instant message from Evan. He is over at our friends’ (Doug and Kelly) house for the next few days while Amy is still at school. Since he was out of the office, I am sure he just wanted to check in. A very informal message popped up from him via Kelly’s IM account:
“gthyjkl;l”
followed by a:
“fgfhjijuokl,;.”
I better get back to work before I receive more instructions from the VP that I do not understand. Sound familiar? Crazy upper-management at it again.
Evan recently got a new toy at his babysitter’s house – one of those toys where the baby stands up and has access to a number of toys/buttons/etc within his reach. After a few days of being in this new toy, our babysitter told us that the only “toy” he was interested in was the mirror. She showed me how he just stared at it, and when she moved him away from it, he would look back at the mirror instead of the new toy in front of him. Apparently people have been telling him he is cute!
Grandad M, Grandma Z and Grandpa Z spent some time with Evan over the last two weeks and here are the pictures to prove it! It is hard to believe he is almost six months old. He now enjoys eating solid foods, sleeping with his blanket from Aunt Julie, baths, and talking. The new photos are available in the photos section.
Here is a video of Evan talking up a storm!
We have had a very busy and exciting past two weeks with Grandad Muller and Grandma and Grandpa Z here. Once things settle down tomorrow I will post some new pictures of the visits! We wanted to thank everyone for coming out and spending time with Evan. He had a lot of fun and was quite excited to spend some time with family. Evan looks forward to the summer so he can spend some time with Grandma M as well as with Gaga and Papa!