Evan's First Hike

This afternoon, Amy and I took Evan on his first hike. We went to a small wooded area near our house called Creasey Mahan Nature Preserve. We hiked around the trails for about an hour before we climbed a fence and walked over to my parent's house. It was Evan's first adventure in the Baby Bjorn carrier. He did great getting used to the carrier. He even fell asleep for about 15 minutes during the hike.

Also this weekend, Amy and I got to enjoy a few evenings of "adult time". On Friday night, my parents watched Evan so that Amy and I could have date night. We had dinner at a nice Italian restaurant and even found time to see the new movie "Couples Retreat" for a few laughs.

Aunt Dani, Uncle Brandon and Cousin Carter kept Evan entertained on Saturday night so that Amy and I could attend football tailgating and the first half of the football game. Apparently, Evan spent most of the evening smiling and giggling for Dani and Brandon...oh, except for the times when he was spitting up on Brandon!

Except for a few fussy moments today, we have all had a great weekend!

First Video of Evan

If this works, I have uploaded a video of Evan sitting on my lap and playing with one of his toys. He has recently started reaching for things and grabbing his toys. As you can tell from the video, he is also starting to visually follow objects. He is advancing every day!

Overdue updates...

Sorry, I've gotten a little behind in updating the blog. Blame it on lack of sleep. Good news, though! Evan has finally made the move upstairs to his own room and big boy bed! Ok, Mom and Dad are cheating right now and sleeping across the hall in the guest bedroom (BTW - our guests were right...that bed is HORRIBLE). It is only for a few nights until we are sure that we will not need to make 7 trips up the stairs throughout the night. Actually, Mr. Evan only woke up ONE time last night!! Wow, did that really happen?

We were also blessed this past weekend to have the female half of the Denver Gang come in town to visit us. Thanks to Tracey, Heather and Shannon for making the journey (Jenna was here in spirit). Amy, Evan and I had a great time catching up and spending time with the girls. I know that Amy needed the female time...since the boys out number her in this house.

Also, I updated a few more pictures on Picasa.