Yes, Indeed He's Walking

Big news from the Webb household--Evan is walking! He started taking a few steps a week or so ago but then over the weekend he really got the hang of it and now he is walking everywhere. Check out the video:

He has a few other new things he's learning also:

- starting to learn to wave and say "hi" (sort of)

- figuring out how doors work (he gets sad when he closes one and doesn't know how to re-open it)

- learning how the toilet works--yes, he has stuck his hands in the (clean) water

- he loves the water--the sprinkler park is his new favorite place

New favorite foods: watermelon, turkey lunchmeat, yogurt

Favorite Kid Apps

Okay, so I'm not usual one to use this blog to talk about anything other than family stuff but I just found out about a contest at Best Kids Apps, a blog about iPhone apps for kids, that's offering a chance to win an iPad. Well, as you all know, I do have a tech-junkie engineer for a husband and he would LOVE an iPad (I admit they are pretty cool). So, here goes.

I really try not to let Evan play with my iPhone all that much but I do admit to using it as entertainment from time to time when desperate (i.e., stuck waiting in a doctor's office, car ride, etc.). So I've download a couple of apps that he does seem to enjoy. By far, I think his favorite (and mine) is the Dr. Seuss's ABC app. It has great narration and classic Seuss illustrations for all the ABCs. It flips "pages" just like a book and the words change color when they are read. I like to think it's educational but who knows.

Evan also likes the iStoryTime book app on the iPhone. It has several different stories you can download like "The Reading Bug." The app reads the story to you and but you flip the "pages" yourself. The stories are cute and short and the illustrations are nice but nothing great.

Lastly, I just recently downloaded the Baby Piano app. This one is pretty cool. It has a mini piano keyboard that plays the notes of the scale (i.e., "do" "re" "mi", etc). It also has a feature that will play animal sounds instead of notes. It will also light up the keys to guide you through playing a song. So far Evan hasn't seem to like this one as much as the others. He enjoys music but I think this may be a bit too advanced for him.

Okay, now back to our regularly scheduled programming.

Clapping is Fun!

Last weekend Evan learned how to clap! We hadn't really been teaching him to do it, but we do clap for him sometimes because he seems to like it. On Saturday he just started doing it in a coordinated way. We clap back and he really likes it. Now it does it all the time. Poor Patrick was out of town at the MS150 but I sent him the video to watch. Here's a sneak peek:

Evan's First Easter

Happy Easter everyone! We had a great day yesterday. We attended the children's mass in the morning (which was a little crazy) and then had a wonderful lunch with Chris and Robyn. Evan had fun hanging out with his aunt and uncle and really enjoyed being outside. He doesn't mind being in the play pen too much if it's outside. He's an outdoors man just like his dad!

Fun Weekend!

We had such a fun weekend this past week. The weather was beautiful so we took advantage of it. We went hiking on Saturday and biking on Sunday. Evan went along for all the fun and seemed to enjoy it. He seems to love the outdoors just like his daddy. An eagle scout in the making! Here's a few pictures of our fun.

Getting ready

Along the trail

Tuckered out

Trying out the swing!

Evan's New Stats

Evan had his 9 month checkup today and here are his new stats:

weight: 19lb 3 oz (30th percentile)

height: 29 in. (75th percentile)

head: 45 cm

He's still a long and lean boy. The doc said he looked perfect. He was very impressed that Evan didn't have any stranger anxiety with him. He was friendly and very cooperative with the doctor. Evan had to get a little finger stick to take a little blood to check for anemia (standard 9 month check) and he hardly cried at all! Go Evan!

Spring Break at Enchanted Rock

Okay, so none of us in this household really get spring break since we are no longer in school but we did actually have a little mini-spring break this year. Patrick's brother John and his family decided to take a trip to Fredericksburg so we thought we would join them. Patrick took a couple of days off of work and we spend Thursday and Friday in Fredericksburg, including Enchanted Rock. Of course, since it was spring break (and beautiful weather) every other family in Texas seemed to want to go to Enchanted Rock too. After waiting in line for at least 30 minutes we were turned away at 11 am when they closed the park on Thursday. Luckily they re-opened it at 1 pm and we were able to get in and join the other Webbs. It was an absolutely beautiful day! John cooked up some yummy fajitas for all of us and then Patrick, John and all the "big kids" headed out to hike up the rock. My sister-in-law Amy and I stayed at camp with the two babies (Evan and cousin Nathan, 7 months). The kids had a great time hiking up the rock. Even our little niece Lorah (2.5 years) enjoyed it, as she rode in the backpack carrier and napped part of the time.

The next day we drove over to LBJ State Park and walked around the Sauer-Beckmann Farm. This is a great outing for kids. The farm is set up just like people lived in the early 1900s. Staff members (in period garb) are there to tell you about life on the farm including cooking, livestock, blacksmithing, etc. They have several sheep, chickens, and a couple of cows on site. I think all the kids liked it, especially Lorah. Here are a few pictures from our fun-filled mini-spring break.

Our camp for the day

Evan and Lorah playing

Checking out the chickens

Lorah and mama (Amy) watching the cow

Patrick doing double duty (daddy and uncle)

Nathan and Evan duking it out!