i LoVE...jOLi, jaDa, & eVaN

It's been a while -- sorry! We've had a busy winter here in our home. Most recently, Evan turned 10 months! It's hard to believe. So, let's see, here's a list of the Adventures of Evan:

he is standing by himself for a few seconds now, and some of us even think we saw him take a step! We're sure to have a walking boy pretty soon!
Evan is finally eating all sorts of table food - no more jars and special food for him. He's now eating oatmeal for breakfast and just about anything we're eating for dinner. I'm also on my way to slow down breastfeeding, and will likely be done around 1 year.
He's clearly saying "Mama" and "Dada", and we think he's saying "Kai". When he calls Joli he says "Te". Other than that, he just yells at whoever is closest!
Evan is, for the most part, sleeping through the night, though he does wake up just to look for us around 3am.
In our house, in order to keep him in the livingroom, we've creating this thing called "The Great Wall of China", which is basically just a couple of plastic chairs to keep Evan from going into the dining area. Yeah, that lasted about a few weeks. Now, he just climbs over them!
Evan understands "no" and will look at you and laugh when you tell him not to touch anything.
He's certainly the kid who looks for electrical outlets and anything dangerous....
Evan also has an affinity for our dog food bowl. He likes to turn over the water and splash in it.
Thankfully, our dog is a good dog. Why? Because Evan thoroughly enjoys smacking KO'D on the head.
If you let him, Evan will "walk" around the house all day while you hold his hand. He never gets tired of this game.

Most recently, Evan had his exam under anesthesia the other day and did great. The doctor wants to see him in another 3 months and then we'll likely extend the visits to 4-6 months after that.

In Jada news, she just took her first long trip without Mommy and Daddy! Lola and Lolo took her to California to see her cousins (and Mari and JP). Unfortunately, it rained the whole time so they weren't able to go to Disney or Snoopyland, but I think the two trouble cousins (Jada and Gavs) had an awesome time just hanging out. Thanks to Lola and Lolo who treated her to a nice trip! Jada was very cute on the ride to the airport - she wanted to hold Jorge's hand the whole time. We were able to iChat with Jada every day, and she was certainly thrilled to be there!

Joli had fun with some special time with us this weekend. She slept over Mia's house one night (thanks Jen/Jon), and then got to do fun things with Mom and Dad. Early Sunday morning, Joli and I took a nice walk and then played "ice-ball" hockey. We also went out to breakfast together and just enjoyed talking. It was a great morning!

I've recently started writing at www.marathonb4mastectomy.wordpress.com. I've decided that I'm going to get my mastectomy this July and have been chronicling my preparation for it over on that site. So, feel free to check in there, too!

Jorge is transitioning to a new school in a few months, and so we're very excited about that! More to come in that news!

Evan at 10 months old! We think there is a hint of curly hair in there!