Our baby is 11 months old!!!

1 more month to be our "baby" and then Evan will be 1 year old!!!! Time has flown by so quickly!!! He is moving faster than ever--or could it be I am moving slower!?!?!?! He crawls everywhere and is gone in the blink of an eye--literally. I turn to look at Cohen and Evan is right beside me. When I turn back---he is GONE!! Usually he is getting into an electrical outlet, pulling the lamp down, or crawling as fast as he can on the hard woods. He will turn and look at you when you say NO NO, then smile, and keep on going! It is really hard not to laugh sometimes!! He is pulling up to stand now and can take a few steps forward to scoot up to whatever he is holding on to! He has not taken any steps yet, but he will let go and balance for about 2 seconds before falling. He does this ALL day! I don't see how his bottom is not one big bruise!!!

He still loves to sleep and fusses if not in bed by about 7:30. It is kind of nice because Cohen goes to bed between 8:30 and 9 so it gives us some "alone" time! I don't read to him as much as I would like and as much as I read to Cohen--poor 2nd baby (what will happen with the 3rd???) but we do get one in every once in a while before he is out!

Evan LOVES to play peek a boo and will play with anything. He will use his hands, his cup, his bottle, a person anything he can find. He will cover his eyes with it and pull it down and just laugh and laugh when you say boo!

His favorite past time is clapping. He claps all the time and loves when you say yeah and clap!! He claps at Cohen's baseball game when the crowd does. Today when I got to Cindy's to pick him up he clapped really loud and smiled and squealed. It was soooo sweet! He was happy to see me!

He likes to self feed and pretty much refuses to eat off the spoon. I have really had to get creative with ways to make sure he is eating a balanced meal with teeny tiny bits he won't choke on. He still does not have teeth!! I cut up tiny pieces of cheese (his favorite), shred apples, cut up bananas, cut up cooked carrots and green beans, tear pieces of bread and rolls, smash up sweet potatoes, and he loves yogurt. I think we are doing ok!!!! I still am not brave enough to try meat. I sneak in bites of baby food meat when he is not paying attention. It usually works until he realized I pulled a fast one on him and he spits it all out right in my face!!! 4 bites in 1 bite out, 4 bites in 1 bite out!! We get the jar down eventually!!! He is definitely a man who knows what he likes and doesn't like! For example.....he LOVES his bottle and HATES a sippy cup. For all those times I judged kids still on a bottle at 2 years old----I think this is my pay back. I have NO idea how I am going to get him off the bottle! So...if he still has it in a year---please don't judge me! I tried--I promise!!!!!

He DOES NOT like having his clothes changed. If you want to see a real comedy show come over after bath time when a fat pregnant woman is trying to put skin tight pj's on a tired baby. We wrestle and roll on the floor and he screams and I try to stay calm and after losing my breath and sometimes my patients, a big battle ensues and the hair goes up into a ponytail and things get serious. After somewhat of a struggle--they are on. I always win. He has never gone to bed naked. Although with the heat of summer coming and my belly getting bigger each day--that might happen soon!!! After he admits defeat, he looks straight at his bottle, grabs it, and is half asleep before he has is sucked down! Whew! Then it is off to dream land...for him...not me!!!!

He is definitely an active, fast, happy baby and I love him more and more each day!!!

Evan loves his big brother!!!!

He loves the swing set too!!!

Evan banging on the ottoman!!!!