Winter

Here are the highlights from winter -- if you can even call it that -- I do believe this was the warmest winter on record!!  I guess I should say highlights from January to March.

My temporary job
Right after Christmas, I started watching my friends little boy 3 days a week for 8 hours a day until May.  He is only 3 days younger than Evan so I now have a small glimpse into what it would be like to have twins!  It took a couple days to get adjusted, but he's so well behaved that it's not bad at all!  Although, I do look forward to the days when it's just Evan ;)

We do try and get out once during the day, just for a quick walk, and that helps a lot.  
This time, I forgot Evan's beanie, so I gave him mine :)

6 month photo shoot

I attempted to do a little photo shoot for Evan's 6 month birthday with my new camera.  I'm still learning how to use it properly, but they still turned out pretty good!

Random things

Taking Evan for his first stroller ride without the carseat

Beautiful sunrise

Trip to AZ
We did a lot of trips this winter, which is great because usually winter is so long and boring, but since we had a lot of fun things going on, it flew by!  We met up with my mom and sister in Phoenix the end of February for a quick trip to visit friends and family and soak up some sun.  It was great seeing people I don't get to see that often and Evan loved hanging out with his Grammie and Aunt Jess.  He did pretty good on the plane ride, but flying alone with a baby is definitely tricky and I learned a lot for next time :)

He was so happy to see Dad when we got home!

Trip to Steamboat Springs, CO
The very next weekend, we headed off on our next adventure!  To Steamboat Springs with Brad and Jessica.  They so very kindly agreed to come out and watch Evan while me and Brody went skiing.  It was a great weekend!

He did great with all this traveling and especially loved playing in the suitcase.

Getting creative with activities
Since I was confined to the house (for the most part) 3 days a week when watching Landon, and Evan is an incredibly busy, active guy, I had to get creative with different activities for him to do, including, but not limited to:

Playing in the fridge and dishwasher

Mirror on the floor

Playing in boxes

Trip to Utah
Our 3rd and final trip this winter, was a trip to Utah (just me and Evan).  My mom paid for us to fly out for a visit since we weren't planning on coming until June.  We had a great time!

Feeding the ducks at first dam

Despite the look on his face in this picture,
Evan was in heaven with all the new toys and gadgets to play with at my moms house

Went for a small hike with these lovely ladies

Had fun playing with cousins!

Evan update
Evan is now 8 months old and just growing and changing like crazy!  He crawls at super high speeds, will eat anything we give him (including pickles, sausage, and lemons), but hates baby food with chunks in it (he gags repeatedly and then refuses to eat more), he pulls himself up on everything and loves to play with anything new.  I love watching him discover new things and I think he likes it too, because he has been so much more content ever since he started crawling.  He likes making loud and weird noises all the time and is still doing his scrunchy face while breathing in and out through his nose.  He weighs 20 pounds and has the chubbiest cheeks you ever did see which I could kiss and pinch all day long.  His favorite things right now are: swinging at the park, walks in the stroller or baby carrier, pickles, playing in the dishwasher and fridge, and eating Sal's food (or attempting to any time he can!)

And as always, here are a bunch of pictures of the little guy, just for fun.

His scrunchy nose face that he does constantly

He looooves the swing! If you can't tell...