Some things I forgot to add in my previous posts...

With all the excitement of the holidays, I forgot to mention Evan's new developmental markers.  As of late, he's been crawling while carrying one of his toys in his mouth...lol...I wonder if he learned it from Dex.  He also has been crawling while holding objects in his hands, walking with one of his two walkers, and using his other standing toys as walkers even though they are not intended for use as walkers ;0).

Over the last two weeks, he has tried some new foods, ham, chicken, mango, peaches, kiwi, cantaloupe, honey dew, acorn squash, pitas, green bean casserole, baked sweet apples, Pillsbury Cheese biscuits, and mashed potatoes-all of which are solid, not pureed, and are cut into pieces.  He is no longer eating pureed foods, and actually hasn't been eating purees for about a month now.  He'd rather feed himself :0)  Mr. Independent E!!!  I tried pasta with him a few weeks back but he didn't much care for it.  Can't blame him because I made it plain.  I think I may add EVOO and parmesan cheese to it and see if he takes to it.  Of all the foods, he most definitely favors the meat, potatoes and breads...I wonder who he takes after (wink...wink).

E's has 3 teeth now.  The fourth is trying to pop through.  He's been drooling a lot within the last 3 days, gnawing on his hands and toys,  has the start of a diaper rash, and is more fussy than usual.   Hoping it just pops through already so we can pass by this irritability phase.  Enough already!   Unfortunately I know that it will only continue until he gets all of his teeth.  Ugh!  It makes me wonder, how the heck do some babes not even get phased by new teeth coming in...really, can that be?!?!

We kind of laid low for New Year's this year.  Dave, Evan and I met some of our city friends and their little ones at Bubbles for some New Year's Eve Baby and Toddler Party.  It was fun!  Sadly enough, I forgot my camera so I don't have any pictures.  That evening after Dave put Evan down for bed, Dave and I watched a movie ordered in, drank some wine, and in our attempt to stay up for the count down, passed out by 11 o'clock.  Amazing how things change ;0)  Today, our friends, Jen and Steve, had us over for a little New Year's Day college game day party.  Evan and Tyler played while Jen and I caught up, and Dave and Steve talked and watched the NW game.

Looking forward to a relaxing weekend, enjoying Dave's last couple days of vacation before he has to head back to work on Monday :0(