Getting too big too fast

LOTS of new things that Mr. E has mastered this week...ha!   He is now saying "Mama"!!!  It's bitter sweet...love hearing it but not a million time over :0)

When E hears music he starts to hum, well sort of, it sounds more like a hmm as he bounces to the beat.  He's also imitating what we do.   He claps when we clap, pounds the ground, mimics movements that we make or what the kids in our play group do, it's too cute.  He's starting to shake his head side to side as if he was shaking his head no.  He hasn't associated the meaning of it yet, but I am sure that will come soon enough...ha ha.  He's totally his mommy's child....he likes to organize things over and over again!  His latest is taking stuff in and out of containers and or moving things from one container to another.  Of course, this is all probably a developmental thing, but it's too similar to my ways :)  

Aside from all Evan's new developmental milestones, we had an eventful week.  On Monday we visited E's great grandparents and even got to see his cousin, Grace, Aunt Lori and Uncle Tom.  We ate lunch with them, talked and played.  Tuesday Ev and I tried a Mom & Tot Yoga class at Bloom Yoga.  It was lots of fun.  Our friends, Carly and Shayla, joined us in our new adventure!   We are going to go at least once a month since both E and I enjoyed ourselves.   Thursday was fun...we went to Gigi's Play house.  It's new to the city but not new to the surrounding suburbs.  Gigi's is a play space for children with Down Syndrome.  It also allows for children without Downs to interact with children with it.   We met a little guy named Conner.  He was 2 years old.     Of course, E's still a bit young to interact with him but it was the whole concept that I be engaged in.  Friday we made up our Bubbles class that we had missed on Thursday because of Gigi's Playhouse play date.  The instructor was comparable and Evan seemed to  like the class as much as our regular Thursday class.  Yesterday Evan and I went out to see my friend, Anne Marie's, new home in Elgin while Daddy worked on a project.   We had fun play time with Anne Marie's friend's 1 year old son, Christian.  E kept taking Christian's pacifier.  It's funny...E doesn't even like pacifiers.  But what's not their's is always what they want, right?!?!  Today is Mommy Day and Daddy and Evan Day ;0)  While Dave and Ev spend some quality time together, I'm going to a Cardio Dance and coffee with a close friend and then to Hot Vinyasa Yoga later today!

Only 6 weeks until our little man turns one!