9.27.2010

10 Months

10. Months. Old. When did this happen?

Evan is now quite proficient in crawling. We haven't purchased baby gates or cabinet locks yet, but I think we will have to sooner than later. You can hear the kid a mile away when he crawls on the hardwood. He smacks those little hands quite hard and purposefully.

He is starting to cruise around the furniture too, which means he may no longer be allowed in the family room! My poor furniture. Sigh. I'm glad we purchased the leather ottoman, as the glass top coffee table that resides in the living room would have to be windexed every five minutes! I kid (sort of). Chad and I were laughing at Ev this weekend because he favors his right leg. If we hold his hands to help him walk, he moves his right twice and then sort of moves the left. We need video, I know. I better get him doing some squats and lunges to help support that little belly.

Evan now has three teeth coming in. Two on the top and one on the bottom. (Aunt Katie is surely beaming at the thought of three little baby teeth!) His top left one is showing the most, but is only about a quarter of the way in.

Ev is still a mamas boy, but his babbling is constantly dadadadadada. I don't think he can make the "m" sound yet! Oh well, at least mama should beat out Palmer (I hope) :-)



Likes:

  • Touch and Feel books
  • Pushing his fire truck
  • Crawling everywhere
  • Pulling himself up to a standing position
  • Electronics - tv remote, cell phones
  • Feeding himself
Dislikes:
  • Having my diaper changed (especially after bath time because he knows a bottle is coming)
  • Taking away something he shouldn't have (like a cell phone)

Bookworm

I'm not sure which is more fun for Evan? Pulling himself up on the toy basket or pulling out ALL of the books? Either way, he is a big fan of books. He likes to turn the pages, and he especially enjoys touch and feel books. "Touch the barn. It's on the farm." (Thanks Uncle Lee and Auntie Katie!)

His favorite books at the moment are Touch and Feel Farm, Touch and Feel Under the Sea, That's Not My Puppy, and Baby Animals.

9.13.2010

A Tooth!

E has been a little grumpy the past two weekends. The reason, we hope - a tooth! We can feel one coming in on the bottom. I have tried for the past couple of weeks to give him a frozen teether, but he doesn't want anything to do with it. Even stranger, he really doesn't put blocks, books, etc in his mouth anymore. I thought everything went into the mouths of babies when they teethe. Apparently I am mistaken.

I am going to miss that gummy smile! Sniff.

9.08.2010

Video: Hours of Entertainment

Santa's Christmas present is now providing Evan hours of entertainment! He must have pushed around this truck for several hours over the weekend. Evan also likes to take rides on the truck throughout the house (mom and dad get tired of pushing him in circles though), and it is especially fun if we chase Palmer!

9.05.2010

DetermiNation

As you may or may not know, my aunt was diagnosed with a rare form of appendix cancer this summer. I wanted to help and/or show my love and support, but wasn't sure how. Then, I thought, I can run!

I have joined DetermiNation, which is the American Cancer Society’s nation of athletes determined to end cancer. I copy and pasted this description of Determination from their website: "This powerful and inspiring movement saves lives by enabling athletes to dedicate their training and participation in marathons, triathlons, cycling races, and other endurance events to a lifesaving effort to fight a disease that has already taken too many lives".

I have signed up to run in the Atlanta Half Marathon in honor of my Aunt on Thanksgiving Day, and I am currently training for it now. I am raising money, in the form of donations for the American Cancer Society along the way while training. I am doing this because I want to help raise as much money as I can to help the ACS pay for people who can't afford treatments, develop new drugs that prolong life, and hopefully one day find a cure. There is no minimum donation amount and every donation makes a difference, even if it is only $5. Please join me in the fight against Cancer in honor of my Aunt and millions of other people who have lost their lives, as well as the millions more who are currently fighting.

http://main.acsevents.org/goto/mschloerke

Hopefully I don't look like this after running on Thanksgiving! Ha!
Chicago Marathon 2004

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