Evan and Paige's Blog: 2014

Howdy Everyone!

After a year's hiatus, WE'RE BAAAAAAAACK!!!!

To catch Everyone up, Mommy's going to post tons of pictures with only a little of what she calls "commentary" (which, from what I understand, means she'll say what's going on... but that's about it!).

Month by month for the last year... here's what we've been up to:

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August 2013

Paige Sleeping:

Making "Big Brother" frozen yogurt:

Mommy asked me to add a comment to this set of pictures:

"p.s., I just noticed the Christmas tree. Yes, these pictures are from AUGUST!!! Evidently we were so busy preparing for Paige that we cut some corners."

I'm gonna cut her a bit of slack... I mean, when you get right down to it... soap is soap, no matter where it comes from, right?? :)

Paige sleeping...ish:

Hanging out with Daddy and Paige:

Riding my trike:

Introducing Paige to my buddy "Rexy", and her Future buddy "Bunny" (among others):

Paige sleeping (again...)

While Paige was sleeping, I got to build a Box Fort. The Fort eventually turned into a Box City.

Paige woke up!!!

Then she went back to sleep...

But we did get to start hanging out more as the month ended:

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September 2013

Paige started waking up long enough to start to think about playing:

Someone decided that our street needed new pipes, so I spent a morning watching all the fuss:

We went to visit the Butterfly Exhibit at Brookside Gardens. We started at the actual brook near the gardens, went to go see the butterflies, then played around in the park:

Paige was Christened. I was an outstandingly attentive(ish) Big Brother:

Turns out Paige has bright blue eyes and a Mohawk... just like me:

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October 2013

Aunt (and Godmother) Mary Kay sent Paige a beautiful blanket. Mommy was a little enthusiastic about getting a pic of the "dedication". All Paige cared about was that she was totally snuggled and comfy for the afternoon we spent decorating the house for Halloween. Indoors or Outdoors, snuggly is snuggly!!

Attending my first Bowling Birthday Party :

Daycare "Halloween":

Daycare has a Halloween Parade a few days before the calendar says it's Halloween. All us kids get to dress up and participate in a parade! We all walk around and let our folks enjoy how awesome we are, then go back to our classroom in our costumes and have treats. Mommy had to split her time a bit, so Paige has Parade pics, and I have party pics! :)

p.s., Paige was a Penguin in case you were wondering...

Trick Or Treating

(evidently there was a picture fail...we may add to this at a later date. For now, here's me and my Best-est friend Evie making faces at the scary things so we wouldn't be afraid.

Paige's first Halloween (a.k.a. Page's first photo shoot):

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November 2013

As the leaves fell, I decided it was time to strut by "Big Brother" stuff. Daddy was going to clean up the leaves, but I informed him I'd take over:

I also decided that being a "Big Boy", I could apply my own sunscreen (a.k.a, toothpaste). The whole activity of applying and removing was crazy exhausting.

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December 2013

What better way to start off the Christmas Month than with SNOW!!! It was kind of icy, but I didn't care:

We put up the Christmas tree, and Paige practiced wearing her pretty pretty Christmas Dress! Thanks cousin Maureen! :) :)

Paige started getting more and more alert, and we started getting to know each other! :)

And we got to go see Christmas Lights! :)

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January 2014

New Year's Day... I turned 3!!! The four of us had a little celebration:

After many cold days, Daddy and I went a little stir crazy. Mommy's still not quite sure why, but we found a Great Deal of entertainment by stuffing my PJs with a lot of bubble wrap. I think Paige was as perplexed as Mommy was! (she was hanging out on Big Bear, out of the direct line of chaos):

At around the 6 month mark, Paige decided she wants to really know what was going on around her - she started watching everything:

Daddy also made me a mini-golf course. This was the first of many!

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February 2014

Paige ate her "first food"! Sweet Potatoes, just like me!

Some fun pictures:

The plug in our bathtub broke. I helped Daddy fix it. Then I worked on the toilet because that needed fixing too.

Paige started getting pretty good at eating:

Paige's "I'm 7 months old" photo shoot. Mommy even roped me into it! (well, she tried...):

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March 2014

We had a really pretty (if a little cold) day. We were all hanging out outside (Paige was watching from her highchair), and Mommy thought Paige might like the first of the spring flowers. She was right - Paige was fascinated! After a while, I stopped by to see what all the fuss was about. I thought the flowers were really great too.

Uncle Alex and Uncle Shane came down to help us make changes to the house. Uncle Shane was Super Awesome and let me help grout the new bathroom tiles!

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Fast forward through July 2014

Through a series of unfortunate events, Mommy and Daddy experienced many problems taking pictures for a while. The end result is only a few pictures will be posted now. Mommy said that as pictures turn up, this section may be "expanded (that means she might get around to it eventually!)

So to get on with the "catching up", here are a few pictures from Spring and Summer 2014:

April 2014: I played in a gigantic mud pit on the local baseball field, and Paige got super good at snuggling!