Volcano Candy

Every year we buy my mom a box of Queen Anne chocolate covered cherries for Christmas, she is the ONLY one in our family who likes them. 

This year Evan wanted to try one.  He took one bite, spit it out and said "This candy is yucky it has a volcano in it!"  Well said Evan :-) 

This kid cracks me up!

Rock-a-bye Baby

When Evan was little (before he could talk) I was playing with him and I rocked him and sang 'Rock-a-bye Baby', he started crying immediately and it was such a sad cry it broke my heart!  I did it a few more times to see if it was a fluke thing but it wasn't he was really upset every single time!

At one point I did it and he brushed me off so I thought that was the end of it.....nope!  While at Nana and Papas for Christmas my mom was playing with him and she did Rock-a-bye Baby and he bawled!  He still can't or won't tell us why it makes him so sad!  I did it this afternoon after we had been home for a while....I got the same reaction!  What a silly little boy!  I will never know why that song along with rocking makes him so upset!

I love my boy!

Christmas Cookies

Yesterday Evan and I made sugar cookies and we had a blast! 

Evan loved spreading the flour out over the cutting board and rolling out the dough.  He decided the shapes we were going to make and I cut them out (he wasn't too interested in that part).  We even formed the letters of his name into cookies and he made a snake :-)

When it was time to decorate Evan ONLY wanted to do the sprinkles and he got very carried away, but what is the fun of making cookies when you can't make them how you want?!  Needless to say every cookie got a LOT of sprinkles! 

When he got a taste of frosting he lost all interest in sprinkles and decided he was going to eat frosting (I had to nix it after a few minutes), Later in the day he told me he had a tummy ache....hmmmm I wonder why!

Lastly, while decorating and eating Evan says "Mommy, I feel happy!"  Ditto Evan.  Mommy feels happy too.  Just being your mom makes me so happy.

Spreading flour

Rolling the dough

I asked him to smile, this is what I got!

My sweet boy....Love him

LOTS of sprinkles for every cookie!

"I'm done with blue, now I need pink....pleeeaasssse mom?"

Sprinkling the letters of his name

Our finished products.  Don't they look delicious?!?

Tasting the finished product!

Midnight Snuggles

While I complain that I never got Evan to sleep in his own bed or that he just can't put himself to sleep, I do cherish our cuddles.

I say I want Evan in his own bed and really I do, but I also secretly LOVE having him close to me where he is safe and sound.

Last night I put Evan to bed in my bed as usual at about 8:30 and then I watched a movie with Tony and did some computer stuff.  When I got into bed at about 1 am, Evan sat up rubbing his eyes and said very excitedly, "Mama!  I missed you so much!" and then he cuddled right into me.  As we were laying there trying to go back to sleep Evan says "Mama, I love you SOOOO much!"  Now how in the world can I kick that kind of love out of my bed?!?!?

I am absolutely the luckiest gal around to have such a sweet, sensitive and caring little boy to snuggle with every time I go to sleep.  Don't worry Tony is not out in the cold, he is right on the other side of Evan snuggling too :-)

I love my son.
I love my husband.
I love my life.

Santa Pictures

Every year I have taken Evan to South Hill mall to the same Santa and photographers.  It has been a wonderful experience EVERY SINGLE TIME!

His first year he was only 4 1/2 months old.  I remember thinking this is going to be a horrible experience, he was due for a nap and had just come from physical therapy (which he cried through), so I thought it would be all tears.  Not so.....he smiled nicely and was not scared at all!

4 1/2 months

The second year I remember thinking that he was so skittish of strangers that there is no way we would get a picture without tears....here it is:

16 months

And this year my darling son has a mind of his own.  He doesn't do anything he doesn't want to do so I was SURE we weren't getting a good pic.  Not so.  They are so good about distracting kids and getting them to take good pictures....it was wonderful!

Almost 2 1/2

I love this boy!!!

Sweetest Words

I don't really remember when he started saying it, but Evan says "Love you too, Mom"  Whenever I say I love you to him (which is constantly!) 
I guess it was a few months ago when his speech really took off.  When I come home from 45 minutes at the grocery store alone Evan says "I missed you soooo much, Mommy!"  I love it, and it brings tears to my eyes every time.
Weather I am waking Evan up from a nap, just reading with him or even when he has just gotten in trouble....Evan always says in his cute little voice with a smile on his face "I love you too, mom!"

I love you too Evan!