Here is Evan at three:
• Just over 30 lbs. Not sure how tall because it has been a while since he was measured. But the kid must be growing. He's been eating non stop for about 3 months now. The toddler pickyness has subsided some and he's giving more things a try.
• Favorite foods are cheese pizza, french fries and chicken nuggets. He also has recently discovered he loves tacos. We credit one of his favorite books "Dragons Love Tacos".
• He loves to read. Typically reads 6-7 books every night before bed. He loves books with plots, especially books that rhyme. Dr. Seuss is a recent discovery, thanks to Auntie Jo. He also loves the "Bear" books and "Pete the Cat".
• He still loves to play with diggers. He has an entire box filled with different diggers. He can tell you what each one is as he gets it out and plays with it.
• His vocabulary is growing every day and he always speaks in complete sentences now. It is amazing how much this has changed over the course of the last year. It is also amazing at how him being able to communicate to us his needs and wants really cuts down on the number of temper tantrums. Ahhhh-mazing.
• He likes school and his teachers there. His favorite times of the day are when he gets to go outside.
• He loves to go on walks in our new neighborhood, especially if it involves a stop at the playground. Evan calls it the "Green Park" because the slides are green.
• He recognized about 1/2 of the letters in the alphabet and is starting to understand the difference between "big" and "little" letters. He can recognize "E" for Evan and the first letters of all of his classmates names. Too funny. He points them out everywhere and says "three E's for Evan" or "F for Francesca".
• He can sing the ABC's and Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. He also sings along with various other Raffi, Wiggles and school songs.
• He understands the difference between "boys" and "girls". We did a 10 minute quiz in the car ride home the other night and he got them ALL right. I even tried to trip him up by asking him other babies in Abby's class and he got them right!
• He's starting to remember his dreams. A few weeks ago, he woke up and said to me "Just one Abby?" To which I replied, "There is just one Abby". He asked all day long and still asks every now and then. I can only figure that he had a dream where he had two Abby's.
• He loves his little sister and loves to make her giggle. They will just both crack up in the backseat some days and Brian and I have no clue what is so funny. The other day, I went to get them out of the car after school and they were holding hands. Melted my heart!
• Potty training...well....ummmm....let's just say we're not that far and he's not interested at all. Maybe someday before he gets married. My current goal is to have him potty trained before Abby. Could be a good goal at this rate.
• He's very curious about everything. Always asking questions. At first we thought the "why" questions were just to keep us talking, but now it seems he actually wants to understand things.
• •He still sucks his fingers, but typically just to fall asleep. Definitely not an obvious habit anymore.
• He loves animals and loves to go to the Houston Zoo. I took off a few Fridays ago and just the two of us went. We had such a good time. We watched the elephants for about a half hour. He loved it!
• He likes going to church. Our new/old church has a huge nursery, fabulous helpers and tons of really awesome toys to play with.
• He takes about a 1.5-2 hour nap every afternoon (sometimes longer on weekends to catch up!) and still is sleeping 11-12 hours at night. His bedtime is slowly slipping from 7:30 to 8 pm. We're enjoying the extra time with him at night. We're extremely lucky to have such a great sleeper. I attribute some of the reason he is such a happy kid to his awesome sleeping habits.
• He is wearing size 2T clothes for the most part. He can typically fit in 24 month pants still. He wears a size 8 1/2 wide shoes.
• He brings to much joy to our lives and we are SO blessed that God has trusted us with such a sweet little man
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