Finally!

Over Thanksgiving we drove down to Houston to spend time with my brother and his family. It was their first time meeting Evan and our first time meeting Isaac. It was such a nice and relaxing trip! We ate good food, played in a chocolate fountain, had an amazing Thanksgiving dinner with Jennie Jo's family, and generally had a great time. Evan was in heaven playing with Savannah and Isaac and all their fun toys.

We also drove down to Galveston for the day. It was beautiful. We took the ferry and fed the seagulls, which Evan loved. There were a ton of porpoises to be seen off the boat. Then we went to the beach and played. And a nice trip to Chipotle finished us off. I love Chipotle!

It was so fun to see Dave and Jennie Jo and their awesome kids. I wish we could do it more often. My only regret on the trip is that I didn't take more pictures!

Christmas cookies = one happy boy

I feel bad I still haven't posted about our trip to Houston for Thanksgiving, but I can't find our camera cable. So till then--another Christmas-y post.

I made sugar cookies today so that we could decorate them tonight together as a family. It was Evan's first time, and he had a blast. He was slightly obsessed with the sprinkles.

This is how it went:

Evan's favorite song is...

Halloween

Yes, I know it's December. Just trying to get caught up. Had a fun Halloween that included our ward's Trunk or Treat and then trick or treating with some friends in their neighborhood.

(This was the night I found out I'm allergic to pumpkin.)








Evan, doing what Frenchmen do best.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! (And on to Christmas! Oh wait, Thanksgiving!)

Evan turns two (in October, that is)

It was great to have Nana and Aunt Amy here to celebrate with us. Amy's birthday was the day before Evan's, so it was double the dessert! I think Evan enjoyed his birthday pretty well. He opened presents (he's gotten a lot better at that over the last while!), he got to skype with his cousin Gracie and his Aunt Randi and Papa, and we had a couple of his friends over for dinner and cake. We just played all day long! He's such a sweet boy, and we love him so much!

Two-year stats

Evan had his two-year checkup this morning. Here are his stats:
36 1/2 inches--almost off the chart!
30.9 lbs--75-90th percentile.
Can't remember head circumference, but it was in the 90th percentile too.


Love this kid!

It was a good one.

When I went to get Evan up from his nap, this is what I found.

















That must have been SOME nap.