Dear Evan-32 Months Old

Dear Evan-
It has been a big month for you. You are now in a big boy bed all by yourself. It was a pretty easy adjustment for you as you love your new bed. You and I have talked about it for months. You were consistent in telling me you wanted a blue bed. You know have a mini-bunk bed that is white and blue. You love it so much. It has an "upstairs" and a "downstairs". You like to be upstairs and throw your stuffed animals down on top of us below. Your room is now all set up and has a place for everything. You spend hours in there playing. It has been such a great thing. You will go and play by yourself now and close the door. It is fun to see you finding your independence.

You have so much to say now. Your 2-3 word sentences have become longer sentences but also sentences strung together. You can explain things work. You love to read truck books and see the trucks in action. Tonight you pointed to a steam roller and said that it was very hot work. I ask you why and you said that the asphalt made it very hot but later cars will drive on it. You love trucks of all shapes and sizes but your very favorite thing right now are jackhammers. Grandpa Ben bought you one when he was here visiting this month. It make sounds and is a true mini-jackhammer. Just your size. You love it. We play baseball now and we have watched two movies together. We watched "Wall-E" and "Cars". You loved both of them and were so sad when they were over. It is fun to show you movies and watch them together.

You spend three mornings a week with Meleana now. You have really bonded with her. She plays with you and we have a good routine together. I think now that we have this routine you have adjusted much better to everything. When she arrives we all have breakfast together and then I give you a "tiny push". Which means I push the stroller out to the front next to a tree and then we kiss goodbye. You seem to find this a perfect way to part and always say goodbye happily and move into your day with Meleana.I love that I can work but that I have most of the day with you. I work 9-1 and then I am home to help you with nap and to play trucks. That is what you say all the time now "Play trucks?". You also like to say "What's your trick?". Which cracks us up. So we do funny faces and jump up and down. Your trick is always a somersault. You love doing them! You like to say "Mama watch this!". And when I do I find something new and amazing skill that you are experimenting or just playing.

I love you so much E.

Mama

Thinking

Tonight I was nursing E. We were both in our own little worlds thinking and enjoying the quiet time together when E looked up at me and said,"Mama what are you thinking?". It was so funny and so genuine. It was the first time he had ever asked me that and I loved it.

Dear Evan-31 Months Old

Dear E!
It has been a fun month full of words and numbers. You like to count. You actually seem to like numbers more than words or show more interest in counting. I will hear you counting to yourself. I have heard you count up to 13 all by yourself.

We bought you a bike this month and are working on setting up your room. It is going to be so nice to have a place set up just for you. I love the thought of having a place that we can put everything away and you can have good access to all of your toys.

We go to the beach so much. You love it there. You will run and jump and giggle. You can use all of the pay equipment now and stand easily up on the dome all by yourself. You love to stand up on rocks and balance. We put you in the higher up gym class and it is a structured class where you have to wait with the other kids in your group to take turns in doing different gymnastic tricks. It is fun to see you try to do these new skills.

You love to build forts and we often do on our sofa. There are many types of forts. Tunnel fort, tiny fort, big fort and funny fort. You like it when I bring all of your stuffed animals out too and place them inside the fort.

You are so into cars and trucks. You will see different cars are trucks and can identify them usually by name. You see a VW bug and say with a smile "Funny car!".

You are so much fun and it is so great to have conversations with you.

I love you so much!
M

Evan Almost 31 Months...

A Quick Glance

We have a picture wall full of photos that I have taped one up at a time over the past 2-1/2 years. It is at the dining table and we all love it. We look at those photos everyday. I see Evan looking at it everytime he is eating glancing at all the people in our lives. He will point and name one outloud. I love the wall and seeing those photos each day. It is funny because every now and then a get more than a glimpse. I see a memory and it makes me stop. Then I see two or maybe three or four memories and it reminds me of how fast time is flying by with E. I get tears in my eyes as I see my one day old newborn turn into a 3 month old, turn into a 6 month old who is eating solids for the first time to a 9 month old who is starting to stand.

I look at E now and think how big he is but I remind myself that soon I will look at him as he is now and think how "small" he really is. Tears always start to fall as I grieve for my little guy getting so big and how I have to breathe in everyday because they pass me by too quickly. There is never enough time together.

My Tree Climber

Cookies

Dada and I are both cookie monsters. We cannot EVER get enough cookies. We will pass up everything else but if cookies are on the table, we know how to eat them. Lastnight, you had eaten a good dinner. I was thrilled to see all of the Brussels sprouts and fish that you pooped into your mouth. I decided to make cookies. You came around the corner and asked what I was doing...I told you I was making us a treat. You jumped up and down and smiled from ear to ear and said, "I want sum!". I showed you the cookies and you were so excited it cracked me up. Later as the three of us sat with a plate full of cookies in front of us, you explained which cookie was for who. Baby's, Mama's and Dada's. Dada was surprised when you ate not one cookie but two cookies. He was use to Mama and Dad getting the majority but no....you know exactly how many cookies you get and you ate them both!!