Everett's First Pumpkin Carving

This past week my parents came up to visit and one thing we did was carve pumpkins. This was Everett's first experience with this and we thought he would dig right in. It turns out he doesn't like to get his hands gunky so he used a spoon the whole time to hollow out the pumpkin. At the bottom you can see the finished pumpkin, a Super E, just like last year. I think it has become a tradition.

Everett Uses Tools

Check out this video shot by Amy the other day. Here you can see how well Everett uses a spoon to eat some cheerios. Make sure you listen for the question at the end.

What did I do???

So, I decided to cut Everett's hair while Daddy was playing his new favorite sport - wii golf. At first the clippers worked well, but then there was a fatal error and they buzzed his head. There was no turning back....
Gasp!

Homecoming

Everett had a blast at homecoming and got to spend some good quality time with his Godparents Ali and Brian. We hope we can see more of them soon. Pictures speak best, so enjoy! Love, Amy

On second thought, maybe we should reserve visitation until he is a bit older....

Updates

As you can see from the ticker on the right Amy is 15 weeks along now. Everything is going well. She is healthy and the new baby is healthy and growing. I was able to feel it move a little for the first time the other night. Amy has been feeling it moving around for about a week and a half now. She says it feels like there is a butterfly in her belly. We haven't made any progress on names yet but we haven't gone any deeper into it than just shouting them out and immediately shooting them down.

Everett is getting bigger by the minute. He is adding more and more words to his vocabulary. He has become very good at mimicking sounds so he can repeat most things we say. His newest words are CAR and UH OH. He says PLEASE now whenever he wants something (sounds like PIECE) and he also grabs us by the hand to take us to what he wants.

We have successfully gotten rid of the pacifier for all but when he is in his crib sleeping and sometimes in the car. We have also switched him over to cloth diapers to preserve the environment a bit.

This weekend Everett's Godparents, Brian and Ali will be visiting from Florida. It should be a lot of fun, pictures to follow.

Latest Ultrasound and Info

I guess it is about time I stop letting Everett dominate this blog and start writing about his younger sibling to come. Last week Amy and I drove down to Yale Medical Center for her ultrasound. This is still one of the coolest things I have ever seen. I have posted the pictures below. It looks like everything is going well, the baby is perfectly healthy, about 5 inches long to the tip of its tail, and genetically at very low risk for any nasty diseases. All in all it was a great visit and we got to see the new baby. Now this ultrasound was done at 12 weeks so they tell us that they are not really sure if it is going to be a boy or a girl. I must say that we have all been thinking girl for the last number of weeks but we saw something here that just might mean we need to take another look at our boy name list. I guess we will know better at the next ultrasound, at 20 weeks.

Disney

I broke in to post a blog since Clint is busy. I wanted to post some pictures of our Disney trip in August with the Venn family. What a blast!! Disney is pretty tiring....so much so that Everett fell asleep on the haunted mansion ride.

Pictures and More Pictures

The Journey in Fatherhood Continues

March 19. That is when Everett was born. It seems March runs in the family. I am March 10, Clare is March 14th, our dog is March 9th, my brother in law is March 15 and Frank is March 30-31(2 days, long story). So it is no surprise to me that we have another date added to the calendar...March 21, 2009. This is the estimated date that we will become a family of four.

That's right, by now most of you know that we are once again expecting that stork to fly by the house and drop another bundle of joy (it would be nice if it was that easy and peaceful right). At this point we do not know if it will be a girl or a boy so we could use some name suggestions.

I will once again do my best to post updates to the blog. There will probably not be pictures of Amy's belly growing (they don't seem to like that) but I will do the best I can.

Please leave a comment, throw a name out there, we would love some ideas.

Play That Funky Music White Boy

This past weekend Everett and I flew back to Ohio for my cousin's wedding. It was a beautiful ceremony and a beautiful reception complete with a waterfront tent. Everett got a chance to meet my cousin's little girls and practice his dance moves. Here is a video of him in action.

Dancing Baby

No not this one: This one:



He does that any time we put music on now, and he definately has his favorite songs.

14 Months

Everett has hit 14 months in May so I thought I would just post a few pictures so you can see how he is doing. He loves doing all little boy things.

Here he is learning to play Go Fish. He is good at picking a card but not so good at giving them up.

Here he is trying to climb up on the table.

This is cowboy Everett in Daddy's hat.

Going out to play in the rain.

Getting muddy in the back yard and picking up treasures.

Climbing a tree.

Everett Discovers a Marker

The other day when Amy was home alone with the brood and Everett and the two dogs were giving her a run for her money Everett stumbled upon a new toy. I think the resulting picture says it all.

I consider this a right of passage, much like having to shave a bare spot in his head when he will undoubtedly get gum in his hair. The funny think about this is we were only hours away from getting his professional 1 year portraits done. Luckily it washed off.

More Pics from Myrtle Beach

Everett and Clare look a lot alike.


Here they are playing.

Aunt Danielle reading a story.

Everett heading for the water.

Clare at Dinner.

Everett Running Into the Ocean

Here is a video of Everett showing no fear as he heads straight for the water. He did this over and over again no matter where we put him down on the beach.

Myrtle Beach Vacation

This past weekend Amy and I took the baby to Myrtle Beach to visit my parents and sister. Amy's sister came by with Tad and Clare also. It was a great visit. We had a lot of fun and have quite a few pictures to share. Everett loves the ocean and runs straight into it without any fear. Although it was in the low 60s and the water was freezing cold he would not stop playing even when he started turning blue and shivering. Here are a few pictures from the weekend. I will follow up soon with more pictures and videos.