Evan is 3 months old!

Evan is now three months old. He is growing quickly and is cuter than ever! We love our little babe so much, he brings so much joy into our life! His eyes are changing color, he has a brown burst around his pupil but the rest is still a dark bluish black. He's also losing more of his newborn hair and just has the short hair that has grown in recently. He has started grabbing his toys and even trying to put them in his mouth. He likes to sit up and when we try to lay him down or recline him he is always trying to lift his head to sit up. The other day I was giving him a bath in his little tub and he was reclined on the newborn side (reclined) of it. He was lifting his head forward to sit up and so I tried to put him on the infant side (sitting) but he kept falling over so we had to go back to the little boy side, he's just not as big as he thinks he is! He also is very strong and loves to stand. He will even stand up in his bath tub with we lean him forward to wash his back, he is so adorable! Evan is very happy and smiles lots and is very talkative, especially when he first wakes up. He likes to take part in conversations when other people are talking, like when mom and dad are talking in the car or when we are in Sunday school and the teacher is trying to teach. He loves to play "super baby" with daddy, but he's always a mama's boy. He's very active and likes to kick his legs and squirm around. Evan likes to suck on his fists and inevitably finds his thumbs, he will even suck both thumbs at the same time! He likes to show us he's a big boy now by spitting out his pacifier and sucking on his hands or falling asleep without anything. Evan sleeps in his crib now instead of in his carseat in mommy and daddy's room. He's getting used to sleeping in such a big bed and in his own room but he's doing really well and sleeps in it all night long. Evan doesn't do rocket poops very often anymore but he makes up for it by peeing on mom and dad all the time.

Evan sleeping in his crib without his pacifier

Evan sucking both of his thumbs at the same time.

Happy Evan on his 3 month birthday

Evan loves going for walks, he often falls asleep though!

Evan, the little international traveler

Evan and I recently took a trip to Canada to visit my family and do some canning with my mom. Evan did not enjoy the ride and cried for a lot of the 5 hour drive. We canned spaghetti sauce and peaches (yum!). Evan met his Uncle Phil and my best friend from high school, Amy (affectionately known as Aunt Flat). She gave him a stuffed lambie, a blanket, a Tofino Beach Surfer onesie, a quilt her mom made and some shoes.

To make the spaghetti sauce we blended up lots of onions, bell peppers, field and roma tomatoes and added lots of spices (garlic, basil, oregano), sugar and vinegar. The vinegar counters the acidity of the tomatoes. We ended up with a really mild, smooth sauce. We canned them with a water bath on the stove.

To can the peaches we blanched the skins and cut them into a brine to preserve the color. Then we put them in jars and poured a hot syrup of sugar water on top of them. To can the jars and lids have to be clean and hot. We sealed these in a water bath as well.

Evan did not like the long drive, as shown here with his grumpy face

Nana working on canning spaghetti sauce

My mom, "Nana"

Our jars of spaghetti sauce

Our yummy canned peaches

Evan with his "Aunt Flat" in Tim Hortin's

Evan in his Surfer onesie from Amy

Evan and his lambie, don't they look alike?

Evan's First Roll-over

This past Saturday Evan rolled over for the first time! I was changing his diaper after just arriving at Nana and Papa D's house. He was laying on his back and I was letting his soggy bottom air out a little be for wrapping him up again and he had his legs curled up in the air. Gravity helped him fall onto his side and from there he just straightened out and ended up on his belly! It was so cute because he was still bare-bottomed and he had his little cheeks clenched together as he tried to raise his head. Now we just have to get him to do it again so we can get it on video! Until then...