Comparison

Look how much he has grown in a year!

Playing

Evan loved this tricycle. He got his feet going so fast at one point that he face planted and ended up with a fat lip and a scraped cheek, but after chewing on a frozen peach slice he was fine.

I think it was a move similar to this one that caused the crash. I think his foot got a little too close to the wheel.

Evan loves his new hammer and peg set. He looks like such a big kid in these pictures with his overalls and hammer.

"What are you doing down there on the floor mama?"

Last picture before a very long car ride home (it snowed from the Oregon border to Redding).

Christmas

Let me just say, we had a fabulous Christmas filled with family visits. Unfortunately my job as photographer fell by the wayside. We were having so much fun with everyone the cameras were left out a lot of the time. So, even though Evan got to see all of his grandparents, cousins, uncles and aunties (except Auntie Alysha) as well as almost all of Ben's aunties, uncles and cousins, hardly anyone was photographed. Some things you will be glad the camera wasn't around for, like our first experience with Evan getting carsick (the last two minutes of a 7 hour car ride Christmas Eve), or Evan's first major crash (busting his lip on the pavement after falling off the trike). Despite missing those events I got some great photos of our trip to CC. This first picture is Evan getting his first look at what Santa left him.

"Is this mine?"
He thought grandma's demonstration was hilarious!

But he still didn't want to sit on the inchworm.

Ooh, Santa also left him a cookie in his stocking...

"Mama, why haven't I had these before?"

"Yum!"

Now that the cookie is gone, back to presents.

He liked unwrapping the presents, but we had to go in waves. He didn't open his next present for at least another twenty minutes.

The post cookie meltdown.

"Really, Santa only brought me one cookie?"

Learning to play pool with Papa Kirk.

Finally, he tried the inchworm.

Of course he had to get his piano time in while it was there.

Save these pictures and I'll make sure he autographs them later when he is a famous songwriter.

SF Giants beanbag!

He loved the big kid beds at Grandma and Papa Mac's house.

He is good at faking it, but there is no way he could actually sleep on one of these, they were way too much fun!

Getting ready for bed after a fun filled Christmas day.

Playing with Cousin Avery the morning after.

Preparing for Christmas

Evan wasn't quite sure what to think of the styrofoam peanuts. Out of all the many boxes that came to our door, this was the only one still using packing peanuts. I think that is pretty impressive. In the end, he thought they were pretty cool, even if they did keep sticking to his shirt.
Our tree:)

The top half was decorated with all the breakables, and the bottom half was redecorated every day by Evan.

Pirate PJs!

What, I am just reading! Whenever the house is quiet, I get curious. But more often than not, he is just sitting in his room reading a good book.

We are working on phasing out the sippy cup. He loves his new cup and drinks a lot of milk just so he can use it.

This is me realizing (a little too late) that he pulls it away before tilting it upright.

This is Evan cleaning up his "uh-oh."

And then back to drinking from the big boy cup.

This is a boy who is ready to spend the first few hours of a very long trip sleeping.