Evan's First Flight and Southern California Visit

On Friday, March 13th our family got the opportunity to visit Southern California for a jam packed weekend visit with friends and family. The trip started off with a bang. Evan got to take his first airplane flight. He did fantastic. First we took Jet Blue and traveled to the Long Beach airport. The flight was at the perfect time, right around nap time. We were able to pre-board (this was our first time doing this - so cool!). Evan entertained himself for quite sometime chomping on a never been used barf bag during the flight. He loves paper and this was the perfect type, makes noise, etc., but doesn't fall apart easily in the mouth. :) Then he had some food and took a nap. However, he also made lots of friends on board and flirted with everyone with his adorable smile and tongue.

When we landed in Long Beach we were greeted by my fabulous former coworker Aaron. He took us to a lovely lunch with more of my fellow CSULB coworkers at El Torritos. It was so much fun! Here we are all together! Jim took the picture. :) Note Evan's Beach pride as he wears his yellow and black proudly!

Then we went back to campus and got to see so many special people. First being my amazing boss Janice. She and Evan had the best time together. He especially loved climbing all around her office and under the chairs like little tunnels. His favorite part was also trying to get to all of the paper piles around the office and eat them. :)

Then we went up to the President's Scholars Center and saw the terrific Valerie, Jennie and Carol of the President's Scholars Program!

After that we went to the Foundation Building, where my office used to be located. There I was able to reunite with Noemi and Julie as well as Evelyn, Mary Ann and Diana who is expecting a little bundle of joy of her own in May - a baby girl! :) Evan had such a good time here he passed out. He just loved Julie; she was so comforting. :) We also got to see Mei, Carl and Beri (pictured above).
Then we walked over to the Studebaker office and saw those coworkers. Some of the people we got to visit with are pictured below, good friends Janette, Jamie and Brian.

Last but not least, we headed to the Alumni Center and I got to get a picture with Tony and Sasha.

We had the best time at CSULB and it was so good to be back visiting! Go Beach!!!

Our main purpose for the visit to Southern California was to host a baby shower for good friend Lalani and her baby boy coming in May. The party took place on Saturday, we stayed with Chris and Lalani on Friday and Saturday night. The party was so much fun and it was great to be able to put together this special get together for Lalani and her friends and family.

Then on Sunday we got to see our super-duper Life Group family from Rock Harbor as well as attend church there in the morning.

We also got to dine at B.J.'s, one of our favorite restaurants with the gang and fantastic friends Ryan and Megan. They look adorable with the little guy. :)

At church we were able to visit with the lovely and beautiful Tammi! It was so great to see here. We just wish we could have visited longer. Evan just thought she was the coolest! :)

One of Evan's favorite parts of the visit was also getting to reunite with little Kahanah. They meet when Evan was born. She will be two next month. Her mom Jenae and I had a great time trying to get the kids to pose together. We finally got one. :)

Also, Kahanah's dad, Phillip and Evan have the same hair do. Evan's hair is currently growing all out of the center and looks like a little Mohawk. They have the same style of shirts on too with a long sleeve undershirt below their short sleeve shirt. So stylish, trendy and handsome! :)

After this fantastic celebration we traveled to Riverside with Grandma Knight and Aunt Alison who picked us up at the get together with the Life Group in Huntington Beach. They took us to the special feast in honor of Jim's Birthday and St. Patrick's Day with Uncle Herb, Aunt Kathy, and all the cousins and second cousins. Below is a picture of all the ladies in the bunch, minus the littlest lady Emma.

She is pictured below, along with Megan, Aunt Alison, Evan (not so happy in this picture), and Uncle Herb.

Here are Jim and Bob, looking manly together drinking their coffee! :)

Here are Brandon and Evan. So handsome!

Here are the other boys of the bunch, Robert and Andrew, little gardeners. :) Evan can't wait to run around with these two.

However, he had the best time with his second cousin Emma. She was so great with him and pushed him in the swing and in the little wagon pictured below. Evan loves you Emma! Thank you for playing with him. :)

Then on Monday we had fun hanging out at Grandma Knight's house and Aunt Alison before traveling to the Ontario Airport to come back home.

Alison made Jim this great sign modeled after the hit series "The Office" on NBC. So cool Alison! :) You will also notice that Jim and Evan are wearing the same shirts in this picture. The Old Navy St. Patrick's Day shirt. It was so cute, Jim's little mini-me. :)

Thank you everyone for such an amazing visit. We can't wait to come back and see you all again real soon! We miss you and love you! :)

Jim's Birthday Celebration

Pictured above are two of the most handsome and adorable men in my life. I am such a lucky girl! :) This picture was taken right before we went out to dinner for Jim's birthday on Tuesday, March 17, at the Cheesecake Factory.

We had a wonderful time with my parents who treated all of us to this delicious dinner in Jim's honor.

Of course the dinner would not have been complete without the waitstaff singing Happy Birthday to Jim and eating yummy cheesecake. The plate even had a special birthday message. So cool!

After dinner we headed back to our place for presents. Here is a picture of our little family all in green. :)

Jim with my parents.

Jim with his Dad and fun Oakland A's tickets. This will give us the chance to take Evan to his first major league baseball game. We can't wait!

Another one of the present highlights was a gift from Evan and I - a Snuggie! :) Jim was thrilled! :) He can hold Evan and be warm all at the same time. What a great idea: Evan was excited too as you can see. Hee, hee, hee! :)

Last but not least a final adorable picture of Evan, because no blog post is complete without them. :)

Thank you everyone for helping us to make Jim's birthday so special!

Happy St. Pat's Day and Happy Birthday Daddy!!!

Evan wanted to wish everyone a super happy and green St. Patrick's Day and also wanted to send a very special birthday wish to his Daddy whose special day is March 17th!

I love you Daddy!!! Happy Birthday!!!

Mother Goose on the Loose

Yesterday, Evan and I attended Mother Goose on the Loose at the Roseville Galleria with Natalie and Tyler. It was a lot of fun. The kids got to sing songs, clap, dance around, ring bells, see puppets, march, and throw a pig in the air (it had to do with a nursery rhyme). :) There were lots of fun times had during this half hour. As you can see it wore Evan out.

The best part is how he feel asleep in his stroller. Look at his foot. So funny! :)

After story time fun and a few strolls around the mall we walked over to B.J.'s and had lunch dining on their very economical $5.95 meals. Good times were had by all. The best part is that both of the boys got to sit in highchairs together for the first time.

Seven Months Old

Evan turned seven months old on Saturday. It is hard to believe; he is growing up so fast. Our big "little" boy has learned to do so much lately.

His newest accomplishments are as follows:

-CRAWLING, CRAWLING AND MORE CRAWLING...our little guy has perfected crawling and now can't get enough of it. He is on the move day and night. Jim and I have to keep a very close eye on him all the time these days. However, it is so much fun seeing Evan explore and decide where he wants to go and what he wants to play with or touch. :) Below are some videos of Evan in action and a few pictures.




Evan especially loves to crawl under his exersaucer or threw other obstacles.

-Pulling himself up has also become another one of his favorite pastimes. He greatly enjoys climbing all over Mommy and Daddy! Pulling himself up on things has proven to be a dangerous new talent and we are very much in the season of falling and bumping our head. We have a dare devil on our hands.



-Evan can finally sit up! It is so fantastic to see him sitting all by himself. He just looks so adorable and like such a big boy. The best is when he wakes up at night and we go in there to get him we find him just sitting on his bum waiting for us. So precious! However, I must say getting a picture of him sitting is a challenge. Every time I get the camera out he starts crawling to get me. :) Below are some pics that I was able to snag.

-Evan still enjoys his exersaucers. However, they do not hold his attention for great amounts of time these days since he is aware of how many other cool things he can now do. Nonetheless, Mommy and Daddy love them because we know he is safe when in them and can't get into too much! This is a picture of Evan in a new activity center. Grandma and Grandpa Thompson got him from Children's Orchard. We love this store. There link is below on our blog. He gets to play with this one at their house.

-Sleep continues to be going good for he most part. He wakes up once in awhile, but definitely has been sleeping through the night more and more. Yippee! Naps are also still going well, unless we get off schedule or something. For the most part he has a morning nap around 10:30 a.m. and an afternoon nap around 2:00 p.m. or 3:00 p.m. and then a final nap around dinner time give or take a little bit (this one sometimes doesn't happen or is very short, but the two before are pretty guaranteed and can last anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour and a half).

-Eating is a lot of fun for Evan. So far he has dined on peas, sweet potatoes, carrots, butternut squash, tender young green beans, pears, bananas, apples, and peaches. He usually dines on these yummy baby food items with either rice cereal or oatmeal. For the most part we usually will have a vegetable and fruit with the either the rice cereal or oatmeal at lunch and dinner time. He also has been attempting to drink water out of a sippy cup. He mostly likes to just chew on the part where the water comes out, but he does get some water down. He continues to have breast milk and formula in the morning, at night, and after his meals.

-Evan has recently been able to experience the joys of sitting in a high chair and a booster seat at a restaurant.

This is us at the Elephant Bar.

Here is for the first time in a high chair at The Counter, a restaurant at the Fountains Shopping Center in Roseville. He looks like such a big boy.

On his official Seven Month birthday we went out to eat with Grandma and Grandpa Thompson at Islands and he sat in a highchair there too.

-Things Evan currently loves, his shape sorters, his Sit and Stand Ball Toy (pictured below), Tupperware boat, balls, his stuffed aquarium, his remote control, still loves those rings, he enjoys chewing on his pacifiers, and his car seat bug toys. There are also those things that he loves to play with however, are not allowed due to safety and/or sanitation these items are cords, shoe laces, trash cans, bags, and paper.

Here are some additional adorable photos of our little man for your enjoyment:

Evan felt grass for the first time on Friday, March 6, while we were playing at the park with our friends Jennifer and Brittney. He thought it was so cool and loved that he could pull it out. It was really hard to get a picture of him looking at me because he was so enthralled by this amazing creation- grass! :)

Evan helping his Dad celebrate St. Pat's Day early with his fancy new P.J.s.

Bath time fun!

Evan playing with his good friend Brittney at our house and at the park. He just loves little girls!

***So here is Evan at Seven Months. He continues to be the star of the show and such a love. We count are blessings everyday that we were given such a wonderful son. Thank you Lord!!!