Evelyn 9 months old

Evelyn turned 9 months old on October 2nd! She is full-up crawling now and pulling herself up to stand on furniture and toys (and in her crib) but hasn't figure out how to sit down yet (bad for the crib especially--she pretty much stands up every time we put her in there now and if we leave she just cries till you carry her to be sleepy enough to stay laying down). She can wave and clap and make lots of fun noises. She loves to play with her brother and she laughs at (with?) him all the time, which he likes. She also likes to play with his toys, which he doesn't like! Her 9 month checkup on the 4th went well with no shots. She is 17 lbs 10 oz (37%), 27 3/4 in (69%), and her head is 17 1/2 in (72%). She is always on the move and loves that she can get (and take) which toys she wants...so pictures are getting more difficult!

Alex's 2010 Preschool Picture

Alex

Age: 30 months

Preschool September 2010

Memorial Presbyterian Child Care Center

Classroom 2B

Teachers: Ms Megan and Ms Amy

Evelyn's Waving

I forgot to add to my last post that Evey is waving now. I don't really have any pictures of it to share yet. But it is sweet--mostly two-handed sort of waving at each other, like "wow, am I making them do that?" She still is my little one-toothed wonder, no more poking through since the first one came in about 1 1/2 months ago. Poor kid...all she wants to do is eat big kid food!

She likes to say "mamamamama..." "babababa...""iyiyiyiy..." and she blows the cutest raspberries ever!!! The more you smile and laugh at them, the more she does!

September--Alex is 2 1/2, Evey is 8 months!

September has been a busy and fun month so far! Alex has been going to school 3 days a week, and we go to the Y most other weekdays and some saturdays. When we do stay home, Alex and mommy both are ready to get out by lunchtime! The kids are doing a great job of playing together except Alex is not too happy that Evelyn can crawl to get his toys now!! That's right, she's not getting too far too fast, but she is definitely mobile by the second week of September. She moves a crawl or two at a time but seems to want to get her feet under her and that prevents her from continuing. She does a lot of plank and downward dog poses (for those of you who do yoga) from all fours and can pretty easily go from sitting to crawl position and back. Any day now I'm sure I'll be chasing her who I'm sure will be chasing Alex...so we will all be busy! She can also hold herself up standing at the couch or low tables for quite a while.

Grandma Brooke visited over Labor Day weekend, and we took a trip to the McWane Science Center in Birmingham. Alex had a blast especially in the Mr Potato Head rocket ship exhibit and in the play food store. Evelyn enjoyed seeing the sights and playing in the tiny tots area.

We went to the Montgomery zoo and discovered that Evey really likes to swing just like Alex did around this age (and still does). Gram and Pop McElvaine visited the weekend of Sep 11th, which worked out well so Andy and I could do the Montgomery PT Solutions Sprint Triathlon. Andy found me a road bike a week before the race, so I got a little practice on it. Andy placed 2nd in his age group and I didn't place but had a decent time for my first "real" tri.

Bears preseason football...

Alex's favorite "shoes"--he often puts these on before he comes out of his room in the morning or after nap

More fun to come this month since it is only half over but Andy will be gone for a week for a "field trip" for school. Here are the pictures from September so far.