A look into our world

I got to play with my friend Blythe 2 days in a row this week! I get to go to her house every Monday afternoon to play while Mommy is at work, and then she came to my house to play this past Tuesday morning. We had a fun time.

I pushed her around on my train...
And we watched some of my Baby Einstein dvd - it's called "Discovering Water," and I really love it! I can sit through the whole thing and just watch and laugh. Blythe and I were very into it at this moment...

Well, I guess this is what happens to me when I eat peanut butter... (click on the picture to enlarge) I didn't really even swallow much, if any. You see, these days I dislike the texture of bread, so I refuse to eat it. Mommy thinks that I would really like what's on the bread if I would just give it a try, but I don't want to give it a try. Today, Mommy put a little bite of a peanut butter and jelly sandwich in my mouth, despite my protesting, and I ended up spitting it out. A few minutes later, I began rubbing my eyes. Mommy knew I was tired, as I was at church all morning and decided not to take my nap there, so she thought I was rubbing them out of tiredness. But she very soon realized that my eyes were puffy, and then realized there were bumps all around them, as well as above my lip, and more were appearing. Then she looked at my arms and saw little red bumps appearing on them as well - she checked the rest of my body out, and everything else was fine - just my face and my arms.
My Doctor goes to our church, so Dad called his cell phone to see what we should do. He said it was most likely the peanut butter, and that it was a common reaction for those with a sensitivity. He told Dad what to do and said I should be fine. So, after a teaspoon of Benadryl, I was feeling much better and not as itchy. I took my nap, and now I look much better.
"Whew," Mommy and Dad said. "That wasn't very much fun." I guess it's stressful for parents when out-of-the-norm things happen to their kids. All I know is I'm glad my eyes don't itch anymore.

Here is our final post on our beach trip - what a great trip it was! This past week we have missed being at the beach and are thankful for our great memories.

My 4 cousins and me - Alyssa, Payton, Lauren, and Holland.

It's so bright out!
Mommy and me watching the waves.
My footprint inside Dad's footprint.
Mommy and Dad (by the way, "Dad" is my official first word! I "say" a lot of things, but now I say "Dad" and mean it! Mommy's trying really hard to get me to say "ma-ma"...I know who she is, but I don't really feel like saying it quite yet)
Walking in the sand...
I didn't really like the sand for the first 4 or so days we were there. But I finally warmed up to it and decided it was okay to play in. It's a little hard to walk on, though!

Mommy says that we need to start posting more pictures on each post, or we'll be here forever!

These first three pictures are from the car trip down. I was a pretty good boy in the car - only some fussiness, but mostly snacks kept me happy :) I sure enjoyed playing my drum on the way down to El Dorado!
Do you like my "cool guy" sunglasses? I'm not just a huge fan of wearing them just any old time, but when M'laine put them on me at the beach, I realized they really helped make the sunshine not so bright, so I left them on!
This is what it looked like outside the entire way down to Gulf Shores. The drivers weren't the happiest campers in the whole world, but we all kept good attitudes, despite the rain. It rained the first 2 days we were there, but after that, it was a sunny week!
Mommy and Dad went riding in go-karts and had lots of fun. I couldn't go because I was too little, so I got to watch from my stroller. The loud noise of the karts was a little bit alarming right at first, but I got used to it. Then I watched the karts go round and round that track. Looked like fun!

We have decided to post a few pictures each night, along with stories of our trip, so as not to be too overwhelming all at once. You see, we took 426 pictures on our trip - yep, you read that correctly. Mommy says bit-by-bit will be best. So, here we go with Part 2.

Here I am on the beach with Papa and M'laine on day 2 of our trip. Everyone is smiling nicely, except me - I'm busy eating my strawberries. I love strawberries. They very well may be one of my favorite foods of all time.
Strawberries are serious business. :)
In the cottage we stayed in, there was a big flight of stairs. My Uncle Scott and Aunt Sherri have stairs at their house, and I've been very curious and adventurous on those. You can imagine my excitement when we opened the door to our cottage and I saw this! Needless to say, I was up and down those stairs the whole week. Good thing I have so many people in my family who like to help me so I don't fall! Um, did I mention how much I loved those stairs??
Papa was so patient with me and watched me crawl all the way up, and helped me down, over and over and over again.
Papa and me watching the waves. The first day I didn't really like those waves - they were a little scary. And because the waves were right by the sand, I didn't really like the sand either. Mom tried to set me down standing up in the sand, and when she held me down there, I lifted my legs up in a sitting position, suspended in the air, so I wouldn't have to touch the sand. They laughed at me - that sand was yucky.

After the first day, I warmed up to the ocean, but not the sand yet. Stay tuned to more pictures of me in the ocean!

We're back from the beach! For those of you that didn't know, we were at the beach in Gulf Shores, Alabama for a whole week. We went with my Dad's whole family, and boy did we have so much fun. We're very tired from our trip, and we have a full day tomorrow, so Mommy says we can't blog about our whole trip tonight. But we thought you might enjoy seeing just a few pictures from the trip - just to whet your appetite! Don't worry, there will be more to come...

Today my friend Alex was born! Alexander Lloyd Evans, to be exact. Auntie Sarah went in this morning to be induced, although she had contractions all throughout the night last night. We got updates all day long, and after only 20 minutes of pushing, Alex joined the world. 8 lbs and 21.5 inches long, and he's a healthy boy! Auntie Sarah is doing great as well. We brought our camera to take pictures, but the way everything worked, the camera never made it into the room with Mommy. But other people had camera's so once they post some pictures, Mommy will steal them, and we'll post some on here. Alex was very alert while we were there, and Mommy and Daddy both got to hold him. He has lots of hair and fair skin, and he looks like his parents! Also, one of my other friends, McKenzie, was born right after Alex was born! She was at a different hospital, so we weren't able to see her today, but I think we may get to see her tomorrow. It's so fun that Alex and McKenzie have their birthday on the same day! We're so thankful that both babies were born healthy - we've been praying for them for a long time, and we did lots of extra praying today! We love you, Alex and McKenzie!

This is me eating some salmon for dinner before we went to the hospital. Yummmm, I liked that salmon!
Since Mommy and Dad knew we were going to be at the hospital past my bedtime, they gave me my bath and got me ready for bed before we went. This is me on the way home...I couldn't hold out any longer...
And....I'm out. Night-night!

This past Sunday turned out to be a really fun day! My friend Quinn and her parents invited us to go out on their boat with them on Sunday afternoon, and we had such a great time. I loved being on that boat - it was so relaxing.