New Year's Resolution

I feel horribly negligent about not posting more blog entries of Evan's first 2 years on the planet. I am resolved to post more regularly about all the Memorable Moments with the Everyday Evan.

Here is a quick snapshot of what Evan is up to these days:

- He has a pirate ship with special effects, one of which is the captain laughing. Evan imitates this by saying, "ha, ha, ha"

- Whenever he saw Santa Claus during Christmas time, he would say "ho, ho, ho" (variation of the above)

- Whenever he sees a plane - and sometimes a bird - he says "pa-pa" (after all, grandpa flies an airplane)

- Usually, when he sees a bird, he says "caw-caw"

- He asks to brush his own teeth. Imagine that! Of course, I have to help him finish up with a proper brushing.

- He can identify colors

- He can blow kisses and give high fives

- Whenever he gets ahold of a rag or a paper towel, first he wipes his mouth, then he starts wiping down the nearest table or countertop or toy or whatever.

- favorite TV show: Go, Diego, Go (or, as Evan likes to call it, Go-Go!)

- favorite evening activity: hopping ("hop, hop" - We think he got this from a Diego episode)

- He can fill in the blank when we read a couple of his books "hand picks a _____" (apple - from Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb) "wock, a-wock, a-wock" ("rock and rock and rock to sleep" from The Going To Bed Book)

- Some of Evan's words:
"mama/mommy" "poppy" "pa-pa" (grandpa) "nani" (grandma) "teeth" "bath" "shoes" "book" "out" "down" "up" "pull" "hot" "cold" "more" "fees" (please) "home" "apple" "nana" (banana) "bea" (beans) "cracker" "guh-guh" (yogurt) "cheese" "on" "off" "hi" "bye-bye" "nite-nite" "car" "hop" "dah-dee" (doggy) "bee" "cuggle" (cuddle) "moon" "lap" "hand" "feet" "back" (as in, help me put something back) "uh-oh" "wow" "ticka-ticka-ticka" (tickle) "knock-knock" (with the hand motion too!) "wellow" (yellow) "puh-puh" (purple) "five" (as in five more minutes) "bubble" "keys"

- Some of Evan's animal sounds:
"moo" "caw" (bird) "meow" "ruff-ruff" "reow-reow" (baby jaguar) "nay" (horse)

We had a pretty uneventful New Year's Eve. The most exciting thing we did was record Evan on our iPod and play it back for him. He kept asking for "more, more". He absolutely loved hearing the sound of his own voice. I made champagne cupcakes, then Mark and I headed for bed at 11:10pm. But, surprise, surprise, Evan let us sleep in until almost 8:00am! What a treat. He even cuddled with us for a few minutes. Pure heaven.

K~