Big boy hair cut

I finally gave up. I caved and got Evan a real big boy haircut. Evan did great, notice he did get two suckers, but he was a pro! I will admit, I am not a hairstylist, nor will I ever be. Leave it to the experts.

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving in Cedar Rapids/Iowa City and Wisconsin. We got to see all of our family, even Uncle Eric...through Skype. It was the first time we had seen him since July and we were all so happy! Evan was a little tired, but he did get to show off a little for Eric.

It was hunting season in Wisconsin and this was one of many deer we saw in the back of trucks. Ew. We told Evan the deer were sleeping to avoid any long conversations:)

Evan is ready for Christmas

We are home the rest of December until Christmas and then we are off to San Diego. Any advice for flying with a toddler who never stops is welcome!


Evan's new words/tricks:

• Fire Truck - sounds pretty close too
• Frog - sticks out his tongue like a frog
• does show me your muscles and the Fightin' Irish little guy
• Says Dora and Oh Toodles from cartoons
• Thank you and please very well in sign language and kind of grunts the words out - has been doing it for a while now, but really knows the meaning now
• counts 1,2, 3- 2 is his favorite to say, 3 not so much
• he has reverted back by calling Nick mama - we say dada he says mama, stinker totally knows what he is doing
• points at people in pictures- find grandma, mama, dada, etc.
• waves bye bye to everything, the TV, the cats, everyone at school, the garbage truck and bus on the road - I started it so he wouldn't freak out when we left in the morning or when buses would zoom by and he couldn't see them anymore. I would just say bus went bye bye or tell Mickey Mouse bye bye and now he knows it is ok those things go bye bye, less freak outs:)

Love,
Nick, Amy and Evan