Evan rides his bike 2.5 miles

Well not exactly, he rode with me(Patrick). Evan has a trailer that I tow, and we rose around the neighborhood yesterday on my day off. He really seemed to enjoy it. This way he can help me with my MS150 training!

(btw anyone interested in donating to the MS Society to support the cause, let me know pwebb@ieee.org.) thanks!

Evan's first symphony

Tonight Evan got to experience "Holy, Holy, Holy" arranged by James Curnow and "Hoe-Down" from Rodeo by Aaron Copeland( you know, made famous by the commercials "beef, it's what's for dinner". He seemed to enjoy it, and then fell asleep on me after about 30 minutes.
We are very proud of our neighbor, James King, who plays second violin in the Williamson County Symphony Orcharstra.

It was a big week for Evan, he had a fever for about 36 hours but insisted he didn't need to go to the doctor:) he tougher it out by sleeping on mommy and daddy for two nights. It only got to 103 and was relatively short lived.

Evan joins the YMCA and gets in the pool

Well, I thought it was time I contributed to this blog(this is Patrick writing.) we went to the Y for the first time today. Evan got to play with a few boys his own age for an hour and then to the pool. He was very alert, never fussed, but he wasn't laughing the whole time, he was just puzzled and taking it in. He definitely seemed like he could ge used to it.

Great way to spend a Saturday with the family!

Evan's First Snow!

Yes, it actually snowed here in Round Rock today. Looks like an inch or two already and it's still coming down. Here's Evan checking out the snow.

Snow baby!

Ash Wednesday

First ashes

Watch Out World: Our Boy is Mobile!

That's right, a few weeks ago Evan started crawling. It started out as the "commando crawl" with him pulling himself along on his tummy using his arms. Now, it's progressed along to more of a hybrid crawl with him sometimes staying on his tummy but sometimes he gets up on all fours. It's surprising how fast he can get across the room. I sure have to keep a close eye on him. We've created a little gated area for him to play safely in (see pictures below), which we will be expanding soon once we rearrange some things in the living room.

Evan is now eating solid food like a champ! He's tried all the stage 1 food like apples, sweet potatoes, squash, carrots, peas, etc. He's now moved on to stage 2 foods which are a little thicker and include a few meats. This week he tried yogurt and liked it a lot. We've also started giving him a few table foods to try like avocados and Cheerios. He's learning the pincer grasp so he can almost pick up Cheerios by himself and get them into his mouth. So far, he's liked almost all the food he's tried. He wasn't a big fan of green beans or peas but he still ate some of them. It's so fun to see him try new foods!

It's been kind of cold and rainy lately but we've been getting out as much as we can. Evan really enjoys stroller walks in the park when it's warm enough. We've been enjoying hanging out with the moms and kiddos from the Mom's group at church. Here are a few pictures from the last month.

It's never too young to start the Starbucks!

Already learning about tractors (grandpa Pieper would be proud). Thanks for the book Kathy and Dave!

Evan's new play area (we don't like to call it a cage :)

Visiting with Yoda (a gift from uncle Chris)

Helping mom with the laundry

"Mom, I really want to get at that toy car!"

Evan's First Christmas

We just wrapped up a whirlwind of holiday activity for our family. First we traveled to San Antonio for Christmas with Patrick's family. We had a great time visiting with everyone. Thanks to aunt Helene and uncle Jorge for their wonderful hospitality. Here's the whole crew on Christmas.

Grandpa with his two youngest grandsons

Grandma with the little guys

Next, my parents came to our house for New Year's. Good thing too, since they were snowed in for Christmas anyway! We celebrated Christmas (part 2) with them and my brother and sister-in-law. Evan was actually awake to open some gifts. You can't resist taking at least one bow-on-the-baby's-head picture!

Grandma and grandpa got him a jumperoo for Christmas. He loves it!

Here's the other side of the family on New Year's Day

Ahh...our first Christmas as a family of three!

Of course we took a LOT of pictures over the holiday but these are just some of the highlights. This month Evan also had his 6 month checkup and wow, has he grown. He's up to almost 17 lbs and 27 inches long. He grew 2 inches in 2 months! That puts him at 50th percentile for weight and 80th percentile for height. We may have a tall boy on our hands.