Evan Class Pics

Lots of Good Things to Announce!

Lots of great news to announce! Evan has been doing so well in his special preschool class. Every day he chats about "I ride the bus"! We can't get him to say much more about what he did during the day but his teacher sends notes home in his journal so we know a little. He has become a much chattier kid which is fun. There are still many time when we can't clearly understand what he is saying and have to ask him to repeat himself. He must think we are really dumb!

Another great accomplishment (although it's not too exciting to talk about in public) is that he is pretty much completely potty-trained! He's been diaper free for almost 2 weeks. He is even staying dry during the night. He has to stay accident-free for 2 weeks in his daycare class for him to bump up to the 3-year-old room. He is 1-week into it, so fingers crossed he does well this week. He has spent some afternoon time over with the 3's, so it should be a smooth transition for him.

The third item of news is that I found out from our Tucson March of Dimes Chapter that Evan is the top youth walker for 2009 in the southern Arizona region AND number 241 nationwide! A huge thanks to everyone who continues to support Evan in the various March of Dimes events such as the Jail and Bail and Walk for Babies.

For the past few Saturdays, Evan has been participating in a introductory sports program for 3-5 year olds with the city. For 2 weeks they did baseball and the past 2 weeks were basketball. Next week is soccer (yeah). We have some video of him that we'll post, so stay tuned. Most of the time we chased him around since he wasn't interested in doing what the other kids were doing.


Here is his class picture from Carmichael Elementary Special Preschool:

3-year Old Pics

We had Evan's 3-year old pics taken today. Ya never know what you're gonna get with him in front of the camera. In celebration of the Steelers winning the Super Bowl, we had pics taken with him in his Ben jersey.

17 Quarts!

For those of you parents who ever wanted to know the "volume" of their child...here is the perfect way to figure it out...



Evan should be helping his Mom organize his room, but instead is enjoying sitting in the 17 quart container.

3rd Birthday!

Hard to believe that Evan turned 3 today! We brought in snacks for his daycare class to celebrate with his friends instead of doing a big party.

Evan sporting his "3 Year Olds Rock" t-shirt that I made for him:



Evan's birthday party at school (it was a Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Theme):





His "Go Diego Go!" themed birthday cake:



He needed some help from Dad to blow out the candles:

This Will Make Me Taller!

Evan had fun today playing at Patagonia Lake. We hope gravity will do it's job!

Class Picture Flashback

Evan's class pictures from the previous 2 years:

Class Pictures!

Evan's class pictures turned out great!

March for Babies 2009

It was a very busy weekend! On Saturday, the Sierra Vista March for Babies took place. It was an early day for me since I had to be at the park by 0530 to help set-up. We had a great turnout this year. Our family team, Warrior 06 raised over $1000, which was more than last year. A big thank you to everyone who donated.

Thunder Mountain 5K

Today was the annual Thunder Mountain 5K/10K on post. Evan and I participated alongside two of my co-workers, Terri and JoNell. Terri is my buddy that walks the Bisbee steps with us. Terri ran the 5K, but I walked with JoNell. This was the first time doing a run since the Tucson Half Marathon back in December.

Evan thrilled as usual to be up early:


I hadn't had Evan in the jog stroller for a while, so I was worried he would get antsy out on the course. I had his favorite movie du jour (Cars) on the Ipod and he was engrossed the entire time. After the race, they held the Diaper Dash again for kids 3 and under. Evan was so antsy to run, he ran all by himself as a warm up; but when the whistle blew for the real start, he froze (must be performance anxiety).

This was the warm-up run (he looks like a real sprinter)!:


This was the real race (I think that girl looks older than 3)!





Afterwards, we went to the Landmark for breakfast. I was worried since we never go out to eat with Evan (he's in a nightmare stage). Luckily, the movie kept him occupied until the food came, and he actually ate! I ordered him a plate of 2 scrambled eggs and white toast. He ate almost the whole plate of eggs (which I had to cover in ketchup) with an adult fork. He nibbled on a bit of the toast too. So he truly is a social eater.

Pump It Up

Since today was a day off (for one of us); I took Evan to a place up in Tucson called Pump It Up which is an indoor playplace with inflatables. We took my good friend Sunny and her daughter Anya with us. There were 2 big rooms full of inflatable slides and obstacle courses. Evan stuck to the biggest slide (most of the time asking us to carry him to the top).

After playing at Pump It Up, we took a side trip to Himmel Park down near campus to play outside. For those of you who are familiar with Himmel Park in Tucson, there is a huge slide there (very tall, very fast)...called the "Giganto Slide of Death". Right before we left the park, Evan decided to climb up the slide all by himself (I was behind him making sure he didn't fall). At the top, we had to come down of course. He went down the slide all by himself (with Sunny catching him at the bottom). I had to come down too...let me just say...when you have a lot of mass, you come down that slide mighty fast.

We finished off the day with lunch at Chuck E Cheese. Evan had a blast watching the animatronic characters. He even got to see Chuck E in person (without freaking out).

Evan had so much fun riding down with Anya.


Poor Anya was such a trooper, she suffered some serious brush burn on the slide bringing Evan down one of the times.


This was some other mom that helped bring Evan down the slide. He decided to climb the whole way up the slide by himself, but got scared to come down.


Note Evan's hair as he rides with Sunny. That slide was fast!


We were so proud to see him eat an entire piece of sausage pizza!

Representing His Home Team!

To show he's not afraid to "represent" in Arizona....Evan had a different Steeler shirt to wear every day of the week. I forgot to take a picture Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, but here are the pics from Thursday and Friday.

Thursday's Shirt


Friday's Shirt

Christmas Dinner

We had Christmas dinner at Mike and Cindy's house...Evan had a great time climbing in and out of their little dog door.



Getting a beer for Dad:


Hanging out with Dad:

Ready for Christmas!

Everything is ready!


Ready for Christmas day!

Going to see "Tanta"!

Evan has a little understanding of Santa Claus (because he's on one of the episodes of "My Friends Tigger and Pooh"). Since Evan has yet to master his "ess's", Santa is "Tanta". We asked him if he wanted to go see Santa and he was very excited. We headed off to the mall in search of "Tanta"!

As expected, being a typical 2-year old...Evan talked a good game about Santa...but when it came time to sit on the big guy's lap, he was less than willing. Mom had to end up sitting with Santa and put Evan on her lap. As you can see, he was still not happy! Funny, it was the same Santa as last year!

Cheeeeese!

It was a rare occasion...Evan let us take his picture. He even said "cheeeeese"! I was able to trim his hair up a bit also...he was rockin' the crazy hair look (all the rave with 2-year olds).

Here Comes the Cold!

We finally had to break down and turn the heat on Friday night! Tonight they are calling for snow above 7000 feet, but we won't see much of anything but light rain. We had crazy wind today that blew in even more of the colder weather.

Evan ran the Veteran's Day 5k with me on Saturday. We didn't go for any world records (hard to do when you have a 2-year old asking for his mini Oreos during the run...sortta throws off your running pace).

Evan loves playing with the trash cans...what is with that??!!

Bike Show

We travelled up to Glendale for the Cycle World Motorcycle Show in the University of Phoenix Stadium (where the Cardinals play). It was a long trip, but Dad got to sit on some bikes and get some gear. Evan had a great time with Mom chasing him all over the expo. He endeared himself to the guys in the Kawasaki trailer outside and got to go into the trailer and they gave him a pin and a frisbee. The highlight of the trip was the stop by In-N-Out Burger in Chandler (of course)!

Typical Evan being antsy:

No Dad, get the ZX-14 instead!


Get me off this Councours!