Little Einstein

Nana, one of Evan's babysitters, has nicknamed Evan "Little Einstein". She said they had put him in this little activity center that is really for the older babies ( around 7-8 months). They stuff pillows around him so he can sit in it. It has little toys all around it that the babies can play with. Nana says that Evan knows how to work all of them. There is one that you roll and it makes a light come on. She says she knows he understands how to work them because he didn't just work them once. He does them over and over. Nana was at the ballgame last night and after the game she had to come tell us all about her Little Einstein and steal some of his sugar. You can tell she really loves Evan. I think he is her favorite!

Evan Eating Thumb

Here's Evan chewing on that thumb. Sometimes he actually gets both thumbs in his mouth and chews them!

Evan and the Elephant Video

I finally got this video to load! Enjoy!

Evan is a roller!

Just got to see Evan roll over from his tummy to his back!! Billy stopped at Jacob and Kim's to let them know that a man was picking up the tractor to fix it and Jacob came out to get him so he could see Evan's new accomplishment. Billy was kind enough to call me to come too. I dropped everything and ran over! We had to wait awhile to get to see Evan roll over because he kept watching the TV. (Kin to his Grandpa Johnston!) But he finally did.
It is just amazing how fast he is changing now. Last weekend he would grasp things you actually put in his hands but he didn't really reach for them. Tonight he was reaching for the toy and reaching out to turn the little tumbler filled with rattlely things on the toy. Of course, once he g0t his slimmy little hands on the toy it went straight to his mouth!
Sorry but no pics!

Pink Pig

When I got home from Dublin yesterday afternoon I had a happy surprise. Jacob and Evan were at my house. Jacob came over to watch the Falcon's game with Billy and give Kim a chance to rest and get a few chores done. Jacob was feeding Evan his green beans. Evan kept stealing the spoon from him. Guess it won't be long before he thinks he can feed himself. We think he is a messy eater now. Just wait til he really operates the spo0n himself! I got the job of cleaning up the messy baby after he ate his green beans then I gave him his bottle a little later and cuddled with him while he took a catnap. Billy got the fun job of playing with him and the pink pig. The pig sings "I've got Sunshine on a Cloudy day" and moves his mouth and rocks his head and body back and forth. Evan thought the pig was really funny. He liked grabbing the pigs mouth while it was singing.

Evan Eating Green Beans

Here' s our little man eatin green beans. His daddy does a pretty good job getting the green beans in Evan's mouth even though Jacob is really watching a football game.

Friday night in Snipesville at Buddy's Restaurant

Tonight Jacob, Kim, Evan, Billy and I went to our favorite restaurant in Snipeville for supper. On the way there, Evan was playing with his toy elephant. This is the first time I have really seen him manipulate a toy. Last weekend all he would do was hold the toy and look at it. Tonight he was wiggling the elephant's ears to hear the crackling sound they make and putting the ears in his mouth and feeling of the elephant's trunk. He was actually playing with the toy. As you can see he was really engrossed with his elephant!

Evan kept staring at Jacob's jalepeno popper like he wanted some so Jacob put it to his mouth. I think Evan would have tried it if Jacob had let him!

After supper Granddaddy had to have his play time with Evan. He must have worn Evan out because about 2 minutes after we got in the car to head home Evan was fast asleep!

Evan Likes Peas

Kim sent me these pictures this morning of Evan eating peas. Looks like he thoroughly enjoyed those peas! Just look at that face!

Cereal???

Evan got his first cereal and tried out his new high chair recently. As you can see he wasn't too impressed with the cereal but he looked really cute in his high chair!!

Evan's First Flood

On Saturday, Sept 1, 2007, we woke up to a great flood. Hwy 341 was totally covered with water. Billy and I called Jacob, Kim and Evan to come see the flood. We had a lovely sounding waterfall flowing into our pond. We took Evan up to the highway to see all the cars splashing through the water. He was fascinated by all the water. We stuck his feet in the waterfall and let him wade in the mud puddle beside the pond. Then we all rode around in the mule looking at all the water. Evan finally fell asleep while we were riding around in the mule.

Notice Evan has on his GA TECH outfit. He and his daddy watched the tech game together that afternoon.



Jacob waded out to his melon patch to see about his melons. The water was almost to the top of his knee boots. The melons were actually floating!

Little Man Evan had his first outing as a Jeff Davis Yellow Jacket last Friday night. He even had his own Yellow Jacket T-shirt and bib (which he now needs to catch all the drool!) He thoroughly enjoyed the game and the band. His mama took him to visit every one she knew in the stands and Cousin Susie and Aunt Kay each had to hold him for a while. After the game he posed with his football player cousin, Dustin. On the way home he finally realized it was way past eating and sleeping time and start to fuss a bit but overall he had a ball. ( His daddy caught him his first Yellow Jacket Football too!) By the way, the Jackets won the game by a landslide and his baby sitters tiny little son got the last tackle of the game. Evan must brought them good luck!