8 Months Old

Who needs water to have fun?!

Loves the remote...just like his dad!

Happy first Father's Day!

Pickles from Grandpa Marv!

Looking at the boats in Bayfield

Silly boy!

Evan's last day with Betsy and Lars...until the fall!

Evan turned 8 months old on the 21st. He is definitely turning into a little boy...not a baby anymore! I am really enjoying being home with him this summer. I love my job, but it is nice to just be able to spend the day doing whatever we want! We are very fortunate to have Betsy taking care of Evan while we are at work. She has a little boy named Lars, who is 2 months older than Evan. We are very happy that she will be taking Evan again this coming school year! She is great and Evan loves her!

We had a great, relaxing time in Bayfield. We rode the ferry over to Madeline Island, stuck our toes in Lake Superior (too cold to swim), played in the sand, shopped, ate, went to Duluth, spent lots of time in the car (yuck), and just had a good time hanging out. It was a much needed vacation!

This week we have been hanging out at home, playing, swimming, and doing a little cleaning. We got Evan a little pool and he has been having fun in it, even when it didn't have water in it! I realized that an empty swimming pool is a great thing to have. We had it sitting in the living room for a couple of days and could put Evan in there with a bunch of toys. Now that he can crawl, he is all over the place! Today he realized that he can climb out of the pool, so not such a great way to keep him contained. We put water in it today (I had to put a little warm water in) and he LOVED it! He splashed and played with his water toys...I think he will be a swimmer! We had him in my aunt Kim's pool last weekend and he liked that too. My cousins' kids were splashing around and Evan wasn't even phased by it. We plan to do lots of swimming this summer...although I'm not excited about wearing a suit!

We have a lot going on in the next couple of weeks...the summer is already flying by!

Evan has mastered the crawling and is on the go! He is still just as sweet as can be and is quite the charmer! The pictures tell it all...

On The Move!

Pulling his socks off...again!

...and in the mouth...yum!

Grandpa Stan showing Evan the big fish

Watching cousin Hailey play her DS

Cute crib pics...

Trying to grab the grass....

BIG NEWS...Evan officially crawled for the first time today! He has been rocking on his hands and knees a lot, but actually moved today! He did it at daycare and then did it again at home tonight. He can now get to whatever it is that he wants...we'd better start child proofing the house!

We have been busy and I am looking forward to being done with school on Friday. Summer vacation is almost here! We drove up to Alexandria this past weekend to hang out with Aaron's family. We hit Pizza Hut when we got to town (a requirement for Aaron!) and then went out to Laura and Dave's lake lot. It was rainy and cool, but we had a good time. Aaron's aunt, uncle, and cousins were up, so it was nice to see them. Luckily Laura and Dave have a trailer, so we were able to stay out of the rain and keep warm. Hailey and Maddy are great with Evan and he loves seeing them!

I took Evan with me to get flowers a couple of weeks ago. He enjoyed watching all of the people and trying to eat the flowers I was putting in the cart. On the way home he was mesmerized by the grass that was on the seat next to him in the car. He would touch it and then try to put it in his mouth...very funny!

I realize that I have posted quite a few pictures of him in his crib, but he is just so funny when he is in there! He loves to roll around and chew on his little "blankie" and "taggie". When we go in to get him he is usually up on his hands and knees rocking back and forth. We often hear him squealing when he is in his room...very funny! He also likes to ride in the car and is quite the talker when we are on our way to and from daycare.

Theresa called me at school today and said that she was headed to the cities and was going to our friend Jane's house. Evan and I headed over there after school and had fun hanging out with Theresa, Jane, Isaac, Lily, and Cole. We can't wait to spend more time with our friends this summer!

We're heading to Bayfield next week for a mini vacation...hopefully it will be relaxing. We rented a condo in the same building where we stayed on our honeymoon. We'll have a kitchen, a bedroom, loft area, and living room...lots of space for Evan to move!