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It is that time of year again. Evan's 3 year, and Drew's 1 year photos. It is nice because they kind of double as Christmas photos, because I don't think I would go get Christmas photos in and of themselves. The kids did well. It was hard to get them together. Either one was looking away or frowning while the other was smiling, or Drew was crawling off, etc. I am also including Evan's preschool photo. Why they chose a park scene for a class photo is beyond me, but Evan certainly looks very cute.

Drew is 11 mos old, Evan is 3rs old, Santa, Birthday "party" and more...

I took the boys to see Santa. There were no tears, but Drew does the frown face now instead of bursting into tears with strangers. He looks like someone just told him Santa was considering skipping his house this year. Evan talked about what he was going to tell Santa the whole way to the mall, and then he of course clammed up when he got up to Santa. In fact, Santa had to hold Evan's hands down b/c he kept coving his face with them. It was cute.



Drew is 11 Months Old!





One of Drew's favorite things, juice boxes.



James and I stayed up until 12:30am cleaning and decorating for E's party. Then he slept in until 9 the next day and woke up with a 103.5 fever. One very brave friend came, Vince, and his mom, my good friend, Lori. Now we all have the cold and so does Lori. At Evan's 3 year well visit, we found out the fever was probably caused by the double ear infection he had going on. So now with antibiotics, Evan is feeling much better, while we are all in the middle of the cold. Evan was also 36 inches tall and 28 lbs. He was 30 lbs a few weeks ago, but he lost weight from a couple colds. He was also right on track developmentally. He is getting his appetite back though, just today for breakfast he had 2 waffles, yogurt, a cinnamon roll, a glass of milk, and a glass of orange juice.





Evan only had a couple of bites of pizza.



Evan and his buddy, Vince.



Trying hard to blow out those candles. I made "Lego Cakes" Betty Crocker's look better than mine, but hey, they have charm.


Not feeling very well at this point.



After about 2 presents and 15 mintues after this, Evan asked to go down for a nap. Party was over.



Drew had fun!



He loves balloons.



Masterpiece.



One of Evan's favorite new toys, his Grandma E gave him.



Evan is Three Years Old!





Drew playing the cymbals.



Evan's way of sharing his dump truck. Drew climbs in and Evan pushed him around. He is really good at turning. We have such a small house that a long time ago I taught Evan about how big a deal it was and how FUN ;) it was to turn right before you run into something and he has been doing it since.

Thanksgiving and Tree Trimming

We had a warmish rainy day a week ago and a couple of the frogs made an appearance.





We went to my parents at Thanksgiving. Evan LOOVED being outside. He was pretty much in a bad mood when he had to be inside. We had a lot of fun and it was relaxing and the food was delicious. My Mom always prepares such a wonderful meal.



Evan and Uncle Mike. Evan loved sitting on the back of Mike's truck.



Drew fell off the ridge of the driveway. He doesn't seem to phased!









The table.



Drew loved everything!



We put our tree up when we got back. Drew loved all the dangerous glass ball ornaments.



Evan really enjoyed decorating the tree. He pointed out where he wanted some ornaments to go, and of course they all ended up in a little clump on the front of the tree.





We took the dangerous ornament away and Drew was not pleased.





Maybe this little apple bell ornament will appease you.





Finally, a friendly wrestling match between the boys. Drew was having a lot of fun with our plastic grocery bags that I had compiled near the front door so I could throw them in the van to recycle them the next time I went grocery shopping. Evan joined in a little later and both boys had a lot of fun. I am sure this is the first of many friendly and unfriendly wrestling matches.

Brotherly Love

First let me talk about Drew. Drew is having tantrums already. He LOVES riding in the dump truck. And when you take Drew away from something he loves, watch out. He flails, he cries. In the following video I let the camera drop for a second for whatever reason, but during that silence, that is actually Drew doing his "silent scream." That scream is when he is so upset, he just keeps inhaling and doesn't make a sound until several seconds later when he belts out a scream. Usually he only cries like that after some serious pain, like fingers getting stepped on or a major head bump, but this night, it was over the dump truck. I was talking to my Mom on the phone and giving her a blow by blow during the video.





We are in for it.

A still photo of Drew's joy in the truck.



Drew is suddenly old enough to go for a walk in the wagon with Evan.



Evan has been showing a lot more affection for his brother lately. He loves to make him smile and laugh. He hugs and kisses him, tickles him and snuggles him. That isn't to say that there aren't still shoves, head bumps and tears, but the love is starting to show.













You will notice that Evan is wearing sunglasses in the photos. He is an accessory man lately. Sunglasses, jackets and baseball caps are his thing.

This is Drew at a friend's house at a play date. He was trying to bounce on the trampoline like the big kids.



I am starting to potty train Evan and we are in the very early stages. He is pretty open to it though, so hopefully we will keep this momentum going. He went half the day today without an accident and then I let him go too long in between potty visits. He loves wearing underwear, so that is a bonus.

I hope you all have a good Thanksgiving! I will update shortly after we get back.

First Week of November

We kicked off last weekend for two of Evan's play group friends, Ryan and Tera. Ryan's birthday party was on Friday and Tera's on Saturday. Evan is really catching on to this birthday thing! He mentions the cake if you even whisper the word "birthday" around him now. He also understands his birthday is coming up, and soon he will be 3 years old.

Tera's party had Ms. Cotton (a local children's musician) play for the kids. Evan sat for a few songs but Drew really had the most fun with it. He sat and played with the instruments and had a great time listening to the music.



Shaking an egg-shaped maraca.



Evan's favorite part: the cake.



On Sunday Evan and I went to lunch and to see the Bee Movie. We had an Evan and Mommy Day. Evan had a great time and so did I. We arrived a little to late for the first Bee movie, and a little early for the second showing, so Evan only made it about half way through the movie before he was getting a little loud exclaiming "It's dark in here!" He sat in the movie theater seat for about 1 minute before he decided my lap was a little more stable.



Evan wanting me to take a picture of him.



A play date here. Evan likes to accessorize now and it varies between sunglasses, jackets and baseball caps, some times all at once. The other night when James came home we were already sitting down to dinner and Evan was wearing his sunglasses and a jacket at the table.



Evan is a lot nicer to his brother lately. He loves to make Drew smile and laugh, and frequently plays with him, shares with him and hugs and kisses him. They still have their moments, but things are getting better.

Evan giving Drew a hug and the result was a head clunk on the floor for Drew. Oh well.



Drew is more and more interested in what the big people are eating. Here he is swiping some of Evan's "rainbow" Cheerios.





Drew dug into my backpack and dug out the snack trap filled with some of Evan's leavings; Goldfish crumbs. Drew went to town right away getting those crumbs out and eventually resorted to banging the snack trap on the floor to knock the crumbs out.





Evan wanted me to take a picture of him jumping.



Drew loves to hang out in the dog crate.





At the park. You can see Drew's 4 top teeth coming in at the same time!





Evan is very fast.



We were going to go to the zoo this Sunday but Evan just started antibiotics for a little bronchitis he has going on. Both boys have had chest colds for a few weeks now and I have it now as well. Tis the season!