Visitors from the East and West

The second week of July was a big week for Evan, since he got to meet more of his family. Uncle Steve, Aunt Amy, and cousin Landon came drove to see us from California for an extended weekend, and Grampa and Sharon arrived the next day from Rochester. It was a busy busy time, and very exhausting for Mommy and Daddy (though everything is these days, so that's no big surprise), but so wonderful to have everyone in town to meet Evan. Actually, in retrospect, I think we did a whole lot of nothing most of the time, though we did have an outing each day. It was also fun to look into the future, with Landon waking up bright and early each day, ready to play. Oh, what we have in store for us! Steve and Amy said we'd learn to sleep through the noise of a little one roaming around the house and banging toys together and things...I think it must be self preservation! Already Dave and I are learning to sleep through Evan's little oohs and ahhs when he's off in dreamland, which is definitely helping us get more rest.

We had lots of fun with the family, and spent lots of time at the pool. We also went to Phoenix Children's Museum on Saturday morning, which tons of fun for Landon. They have all kinds of cool exhibits and projects for kids 0-10, and I can see us frequenting it when Evan gets a little older. For now, all he wants is to go where the milk wagon goes, and then he's happy.

My dad got lots of Evan snuggle time in, which was great for both of them. I've never seen that kid sleep so soundly as he did when he laid on Grampa - my dad must be one seriously good pillow. Evan also had fun flying around as SuperEvan with Uncle Steve (sidenote: it's amazing to me how much more physically men play with their kids than women do), and Dave and I ate up all the parent tips that Steve and Amy had to share. If we get a kid as sweet as Landon is, we'll be lucky indeed. Landon was also quite fascinated with Evan; he did his best to show Evan the ropes on how to be a kid, and was a good little helper all around. Of course, it helped that he was fully enamored with Evan's pacifier, seeing as how he's just given his up a few months earlier...he only needed a couple reminders though that pacis are only for babies! Here are some pics from the week: