Evan is rapidly becoming a big boy these days. He is no longer content with just lying on his back and rolling around. Now he prefers to sit up like his big cousin and play with toys. This farm animal piano thing is one of his favorites.
Everyone tells us that they grow up fast. I am starting to believe them now. After a week away, my little baby is now my little boy.
It’s been a fast and furious couple of months in the Keller house. Brad and I had a blast celebrating our first Christmas with Evan. I think we now have more toys than Toys R Us, but hopefully they’ll last him a while. We did a lot of celebrating over the holidays this year – from hosting our first Christmas Eve dinner in our new house, to a road trip to Illinois for a visit with the Henderson/Ferguson families, to yet another road trip to Ohio for a visit with the Ault/Parris families over New Years. That was all in a little over a week! Evan was quite the trooper and handled all of the travel and being away from his bed very well.
On top of all of that, we were blessed to celebrate Evan’s Baptism last weekend and made all of our family come back for yet another round of visits and celebrating. The weekend was fantastic and Evan’s celebration, which happened to coincide with the Baptism of our Lord, was truly special. He looked dashing in his baptismal gown, which was hand sewn for him by his Great Grandma Earl. (I had to promise Brad that it would be the last time I made E wear a dress). We are so thankful that everyone could join us.
Evan is growing by leaps and bounds too! He seems to have hit several milestones lately. He has just crossed the hurdle of rolling over onto his tummy (although so far he can’t figure out what to do from there and gets frustrated so we have to help him flip back over). He’s eating tons of veggies and is starting on fruits. He wasn’t sure about them at first but he’s catching on. He’s also sitting up much better and loves to “stand up” on his legs. He thinks he’s pretty cool with his new perspective on the world. Our big boy will be 6 months old next week – we can’t believe it!
