We have a walker

Canon took his first real steps today! The most steps in a row today was 20, which we did not get on video.

Breakfast with Dad

This is usually how Todd's eats his breakfast. With either one or both boys sitting beside or on him begging like a little bird for their next bite.

OCD

Our sweet Everson has a little bit of OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder) when it comes to his things.

When playing with his letters he lines them up in rows or lines nice and neatly. Usually out of Canon's reach so he cannot mess them up.

Same thing with his animals. They all have to be standing up in his barn all facing towards Everson. No laying down allowed.

When playing with cars he puts them either in a neat pile, all cars usually facing the same direction or in two tighty lines.

If any of you know anyone with OCD you probably know that when things get messed up and aren't the way they want they tend to get a little bit bothered. This is in fact true for Everson. Once Canon takes one crawl towards his pile of cars or barn of animals or letters on the fridge he immediately starts to yell, "NO CANON DON'T MESS UP MY CARS." This is someting we have been working on. When Canon gets to the pile of cars and starts to mess them up, Everson frantcially will start picking them up and placing them back in a nice neat pile, while continuing to tell Canon to stop messing up his cars. Everson has been getting better at letting Canon mess up his perfections since we explain to him that we (myself or Todd) will help him put his toys back into the once perfect piles/rows.

Funny big Brother!

Everson can get Canon to laugh so hard with random things he does. Luckily we were able to get pictures of one of these random acts one night and video of it another day!

Goodwill Success

It is hit or miss when it comes to shopping at the Goodwill. This time we hit the jackpot. We found this lovely Seasme Street couch that we knew the boys would love. Only $7 for the cute thing that will amount to hours of fun!

Cuteness!

Just because he is so cute!

How can you not LOVE this guy with a face like that.

Our two year old already knows how to use a computer. Todd taught Everson how to turn on the laptop, click on the user icon and then on the show he wants to watch. Now when we tell him that he can't watch one of his shows he goes over to the computer and starts to turn it on. Canon loves trying to help Everson, but ends up making things a little more difficult.

Having fun!

Canon just relaxing with a good book.

Today it started to hail so hard. Todd grab Everson and a bowl and ran outside to catch some hail. Everson loves eating ice so of course he comes inside with his bowl of hail, grabs a spoon and starts to chow down.

Oregon Zoo

This morning we woke up, saw the beautiful sun shining outside, and thought it would be a great day to go to the zoo even though it was still pretty chilly. Since Todd was so busy with work, I called up my Mother and Father in-law to see if they wanted to join us. They were already out and about when I called them and were planning on running more errands but they decided to put their original plans on hold and go to the zoo with us. We were very grateful! Since I have not purchased a double stroller yet, Everson was going to be forced to walk while Canon got to relax and enjoy the stroller ride. Luckily for Everson, Deda (Todd's Dad), volunteered to give him a shoulder ride which Everson loved. Everson loved seeing all the animals. I think he was in shock when he how big the elephant was. It was so much fun seeing Everson look at the animals in amazment. We love the zoo! Thank you again Mema and Deda for coming with us!

Happy Halloween!

We went down to my parents house in Waldport for Halloween this year. The weather was perfect for trick or treating. Everson was Nemo and Canon was a pumpkin. Everson loved trick or treating after our test run of trick or treating at my parents house. Canon of course had no clue what was going on, but was very content being held the whole time. We had a great Halloween!

Pre Halloween!

We had a fun time carving pumpkins and decorating cookies to get ready for Halloween. It is sad to say that it was my first time making sugar cookies and frosting by myself. I am not a big sugar cookie fan so I never make them. The cookies turned out good, but the frosting was a little bit thin. It tasted good though!

Barf!

Last night, Saturday night, we went over to a friends house, had dinner and played an endless amount of games. There were so many kids and fun things to do that Everson would not eat his dinner. Little did we know that he ended up chowing down on Doritos throughout the night. Right before we were getting ready to leave the fun party, Everson barfed all over their kitchen floor. It smelled exactly like Doritos. Yuck! This was the very first time he has ever barfed so he had no idea what was going on. After the clean up, we went home and put him in bed. A couple hours later (1am), he barfed in bed. Another clean up duty and then back in bed. A few more hours later (4am), more barfing in bed. Todd and I were not enjoying this. Everson didn't seem to mind all that much, except for it any of the throw up got on him, then he had a problem. Back in bed he went after another clean up and we made it until morning. We of course stayed home from church and Everson seemed to be feeling just fine. He was his usual self, full of energy. Just being safe, we asked Everson to try and puke in a bowl if he needed to again. He thought it was so fun to carry the bowl around and tell us he was going to barf and then just sit there and smile with the bowl under his chin. 10 am rolls around and we think we are in the clear of barf. Everson was playing just fine and all of a sudden he goes over to his table where he had left his bowl. As he is about to pick up his bowl, Canon distracts him and instead of making it in the bowl he throws up on the carpet. We do give him props for trying to use the bowl. He is such a sweetheart and asked me if he could help me clean up his barf. I told him it was okay and he should just sit on the floor and relax.

So happy to have his bowl.

Showing us how he would barf in it when the time comes.