first word!

Just a few days shy of his 1st birthday, Evan said his first word.  It's 'bye,' but it sounds more like, 'ba-y.'  He's said ma-ma and da-da before but he just babbles them and doesn't know what they mean.  But when you wave to him and say "bye bye," he'll wave and say it right back!!!!!  OMG everything is starting to click in amazing ways.

an amazing time

I can't believe how much Evan is learning everyday.  Yesterday my mom taught Evan how to play with this toy, in the way that it's meant to be played with.  You put a ball through the polar bear's mouth and it rolls down a track with spinney things and then it lands in the ball catcher.  Previously Evan liked to spin the things and throw the balls all over, but yesterday he actually put the balls in the bear's mouth!

Yesterday when I came home from work, I took him upstairs with me and we were looking in the mirror.  I was waving to him and he waved  too, smiled big and said, "da da."  Cute!  Then during dinner he saw his reflection in the window and he waved at himself!  It was SO cute.

look at those beautiful mammelons

Maybe I'm over thinking this, but with only teeth on the bottom, don't they chomp up against the upper gums? ouch?!

i saw it!

It's finally coming in, Evan's first tooth!  After months of waiting and wondering and seeing what I thought was a tooth but then it turns out it wasn't, it's for real this time!  I can just see the incisal edge breaking through the gums, it is SO cute!  a little baby tooth.....

For me this is VERY exciting!!!