Roz the Cat 4.1.92 - 8.30.07

Since this blog is called Evan and Family...I thought I would use the "Family" space to pay my respects to Roz. Roz was 15 years old and passed on to Kitty Heaven today. She was Jim's best buddy, Koren's Little Sister and Chris's napping buddy. I got to know Roz over the last 7 years and loved her like she was one of my own. She was the only girl left in the house for me to pal around with.

Of course she meant just everything to Jim, Koren and Chris. Roz was lucky to have them as family for the last 15 years.

You will be missed Roz.

Only 4 people...and my mom...

So far....only 4 people are reading Evan's Blog...and my mom who emailed me!!! I know Evan's Dad looks at it...that brings us to 6. I don't know who the one Anonymous person was who mentioned "It's like The Truman Show". So, I'll put it out there one more time.....

So it looks like his Aunt Melissa doesn't read it, his Uncle Chuck & Aunt Sonja aren't catching up.....I won't tell Evan!

I'm withholding pictures until Sept 1st!!! Maybe by then I'll have an accurate count.

Evan is a double digit midget!!!

No offense to the "little people of the world!!

Evan is 10 Months old today. I can hardly believe it. He's grown so fast. Seems like just yesterday he looked like this. Wasn't he just the cutest? So small, adorable, sweet, cute, snuggly, perfect, smooth, calm, still and QUIET!!


Now my little Wild Man is moving like crazy. We lowered his crib today, he was trying to climb out of it! Here are some pictures of us playing on his 10 Month Birthday:

Every time I try to take his picture he comes after the camera and the camera strap.

I guess I really cracked him up!!!

No camera tricks this time. Evan is really standing on his own. He can do it for a few seconds at a time. I snapped this picture as fast as I could.

MTV isn't cool enough to feature Evan's CRIB!!!

Hey Mom.....Welcome to my crib
You sure took your sweet time getting in here didn't you?

Do you know how long I've been standing here waiting for you?

As soon as the "back to school shoppers" are done, we are going to go buy Evan his first real shoes! I can't wait and of course I'll post some pictures!!

Importat Question:
OK, it looks like soon, I will have to pay to keep this blog. I need everyone who views it to leave a comment. Just click the comments link at the bottom of this post and type anything and type in your name so I know who you are!! I'm trying to decide whether to stop the blog when he's 1 or to keep it going. You can choose OTHER and type your name in the NAME field yourself. THANKS!! I'll let everyone know the number of responses I got and what I decide to do. Either way, it's been fun!!

Evan CRAWLS!!

Oh my gosh...I've been chasing after the little guy like a nut!! Now Evan is pulling himself up to a standing position and "cruising" around the furniture! So I suppose it won't be long now before he's walking. I also think he's starting to get a back tooth in. Here are some much requested crawling pictures and some new bath time photos as well!!

Not quite sure how to capture crawling...but I tried.

Little buddy on the move!!

Watch out Franklin, here he comes!!

So of course the time has come for "confinement" I think this is him trying to charm his way out!!

Come on MOM!!! How can you resist this smile???

Even a little jail time!! We finally had to install a gate. :) Evan hasn't been so enthusiastic about this idea.

Evan still really loves taking a bath!! His cousin Kristen stayed for a few days and joined us for bath time!!

Unbelievably he puts his face right under the faucet and even down in the tub!!

Evan's 9 Month Check up an Update-REVISED

*****REVISED*****

Ok, I caught some heat via a comment and some emails for not having any pictures...Who woulda thought??? Also, since he has started crawling I'll post some of those later this week too.

So out of the 1000+ pics, I found some from our final days in our AWESOME Beach house in the OBX. The place rocked!!

We had Enchiladas that Koren made! MMMMM Was this posed? :)

Evan is perplexed as to why we must go home!! He just loved the pool!

And then there were all of us!! Saying good-bye to vacation...I guess it had to happen. That's me the Irish gal, can you tell?? :)

Now on to the regularly scheduled Evan Update:

Well, it's official. Evan has started crawling! He did it for the first time on Saturday July 28th. Which also happened to be his sister's Birthday!! So now he's just all over the place! Boy is he fast! Now a whole new world has opened up to him and he's going to explore it! I'll try to get some pictures to post soon


Our little guy also had his 9 month checkup at the doctor. Evan weighs 24 lbs 14 oz and is 31 inches long!! He is kicking butt in the 95th and 97th percentile respectively. We have started to back off on his Zantac dosage, for his acid reflux. He used to get 2 doses daily, now we only do one in the morning. So far so good. If he continues to do well, then I'll stop giving it to him all together. The Pediatrician said now that his muscles have strengthened the reflux should have corrected itself. Evan has shown now signs of reflux since we lowered his dosage. The Dr. gave him a thumbs up on hitting all of his milestones! She thought he was really cute, but he might be off the percentile charts for that one!! :) I've been nervous about starting table food, but she assures me it is just fine. So, I'll start grinding up whatever we are eating to let him have a taste.
That's about all for now. We hope everyone is enjoying the rest of the summer!

Mindy, Jim & Evan :)