18 Months

I can't believe my little guy is 18 months today! Time fly's too fast. Evan is growing up so fast and has all sorts of his own personality. His vocabulary consists of "Whoa!", "What's that?", "Right there!", dad, mama, shaking his head "no", blowing on things when they are hot, making car noises, grunting, whining and crying. He is also an excellent pointer! The two of us are pretty effective communicators. He is obsessed with his blanket, his new chair, his hot wheel cars, the key to the truck and dogs. We have been working on animal sounds but as far as he's concerned every animal says 'ruff, ruff'. He does make an 'Oh' sound for monkey and sometimes cows make a 'vroom' sound (as do cars), but for the most part all animals sound the same. He loves being outside, dancing,singing, Barney, playing airplane with his dad, turning on and off lights and appliances, and helping mom out around the house. People tell you that you love your kids in some sort of crazy way, but I never really believed it. I love this boy all sorts of crazy! Every new face or noise is exciting. Nothing melts me quicker than his smile or laugh. I love watching him catch on to new things. I love when I teach him something new and three days later he lets me know that he got it. I love his cuddles in the morning, which help offset 6:30 a.m. wake up cries. I love his open mouth kisses. I love it when he does boy things- he has been walking around with two or thee hot wheels in one hand and his blankie in the other. I love that he is really nice. He is busy, but he is laid back at the same time. I only hope that I can be a good mom so that I can help him be what he is supposed to be. I'm so blessed to have him.
Evan's favorite way of helping do laundry. He lays in the warm clothes when you pull them out of the dryer.

He loves to read! He will flip through this book and make noises as he points out the different animals.
A boy and his chair! He cracks me up when he's in his chair, he just kick back with a bottle and a blanket.
Bathtime! The one thing I don't love about being a mom is cleaning the high chair numerous times a day. I wish they made disposable trays! Maybe that could be my big money making invention!

Point Loma

This weekend we were lucky enough to have my cousin Chris and his wife Anna and baby Scout come visit us. I'm so lame for not taking any pictures of Evan and Scout because those two love eachother. Scout spent the weekend in my closet trying on all of my shoes and Evan just followed her around. We worked out a babysitting schedule so each of us could go to the temple and then we went and had some fun. We decided to go to Point Loma and visit the old lighthouse. It has such a beautiful view on all sides. Evan had a great time running all over the place. Our entertaining has actually turned into a campaign to get Chris and Anna to move to San Diego. Hopefully it works! We would love to have some family down here.

I love this little video of Evan- it shows just who he is right now. Busy, loud, active, figuring out words, and cracking us up all the time. He just gets bigger and smarter everyday- time really does fly!

Relief at last!

Thank you for all the calls, posts and concern about my life's greatest problem! I know that if anything really tragic happens- I have the greatest support group in the world. Just so you all know, my air conditioning is officially fixed! My mood has improved and I'm a much better mother and wife. I'm also watching speed walking on the Olympics- I can't believe some of these sports that you are allowed to get a gold medal in. Maybe one of these days you will see me participating in some unheard of sport just so I can have my own olympic experience!
So I have been tagged- I haven't actually returned a tag before because I am way to lazy to cut and paste and try to think of witty answers- so much PRESSURE!
So Jen, thanks for the tag and blame any inane answers on the fact that it's 12:30 in the morning and speed walking has got me captivated.

My 3 Joys:
My baby
Diamonique hours on QVC
Music- the good, the bad, and the ugly

My 3 Fears:
Anything happening to Evan
Paul dying
Nickelback

My 3 Current Obsessions:
The Olympics
Another baby (hopefully)
Finding a new piece of jewelry- my 5 year anniversay is coming up I think I've earned something that isn't Diamonique!

3 Surprising Facts:
I'm super cheap
I hate peanut butter
I wish I was a backup singer in a band

I tag:
Lisa
Sarah Hoagland
Stephanie
Dolly
Amber

While I'm at it...

I don't have too much to complain about living in sunny southern California. In fact whenever anybody hears I live in San Diego, I always hear about how great our climate is, well I'm about to blow that theory to hell! It's almost midnight, and I'm sitting in a sauna! OK, not a sauna- that sounds too relaxing. I'm sitting in a sweatbox otherwise known as home. It has been so hot and humid the past few days, and my air conditioning is broken! The landlord is supposed to have it fixed in the next day or two but in the mean time I've been trapped in my house with a clingy baby who is running a high fever (that is the equivalent of a space heater attached to you) with no definite relief in sight. I can't take it anymore! I'm probably too spoiled by all of our good weather that I can no longer handle the extreme! Tomorrow I'm going to take my hopefully not sick anymore baby to the mall and hang out in that air conditioned haven until I can't take it anymore! If anyone has any suggestions that aren't as financially risky, I'm all ears!

The Second Batch of Tahoe Pics!

Here is round two!

This was the night of the infamous talent show! The kids put on a great show. We had scooter and skateboard tricks, hula-hooping, dancing, bike riding and acting.
This is Adam showing us his headstand!
This year we found a new place to hang out. We had to hike into this little lake, but it was beautiful! It was a fun place to spend the day. Paul took Evan for a dip on the rope swing, and there was also a zip line set up that the adults and older kids took advantage of.
The men went on an overnight camping trip with the boys. They had a great time. They had to backpack in, make their own food, and sleep under the stars. Sounds like the trip from hell to me, but they seemed to enjoy it!

The first batch of Tahoe!

Here are just a few of our pics from Tahoe. As you can see, Evan had too much of a good time. In fact, we are making up for his great time this week with a high fever and hours of sleep! It was so great to have most of Paul's family attend the annual trip! I never thought I would be so grateful for all the niece's and nephews, but this year I learned how great they can be. Not only do I love them, but Evan does too! He basically only hung out with me when it was time for bed, food, or a kiss to make it better. He spent the entire week trying to keep up with the big kids! I read the second and third book of the Twilight series just because I could! This was truly a vacation to remember!
He finally crashed on the last five minutes of the trip home. You can see his battle scars from the week! He fell on some rocks while we were at the pool. His nose was bleeding, and his eye was swollen- I was pretty sure he would have a black eye. Luckily for us CPS wasn't called and his nose is almost healed. It's amazing how quick babies rebound from this stuff!
Want to know the trick for keeping a one year old entertained in the airport? Here's your answer! Poor Paul! They must have rode the escalators up and down 50 times.
Here is a good shot of the nose!
Watermelon is Evan's favorite. He was working on this chunk for a long time. The beauty about feeding your baby watermelon in at the lake is that he's already half naked, the juice won't ruin or linger on clothes, and there is water nearby to rinse off! This is such a win/win situation!
How CUTE is my kid?! I love this smile! We were driving home from breakfast one morning and he was just so happy! He kept smiling into the mirror to get my attention. His favorite songs to rock out to currently include "The Wheels on the Bus" and when he wants you to sing "The Itsy Bitsy Spider" , he will hold his hands over his head like the rain is going to come down. I think he is a little music man, and that he gets from his mama. One day we'll have to expand his music repitoire!

What A Crazy Month!

I seem to be having some technical difficulties with my camera, but they will be resolved soon. We just returned from our Utah/Lake Tahoe adventures and we have some fun stories to tell. Since I've been beat up about no pictures I thought I would just tell a story about my sweet baby boy. On the first day of our Tahoe trip, Evan was sharing a room with us. Paul got up to go make a morning bottle and then Evan laid back down for a few minutes. As Paul and I were falling back to sleep we heard Evan moving around and then he yelled "Paul!", we waited a second and sure enough we hear "Paul!". He was totally calling Paul's name! Needless to say Paul had to get up and play dad. I rolled over and went back to sleep. It was the greatest morning ever!