Baby Emily

Evan's cousin Emily was born on Thursday, January 21, 2010. Today our whole family got to go and visit her!

Evan got to hold Emily. At first he seemed like he was not very interested, but as soon as I went to take Emily from Evan's lap, he grabbed her right back! Later he tried to give Emily his trains to play with. Evan loves trains, so that was a very sweet gesture!

Emily Marie Nickel



"I love you Emily!"



"Here Emily, you can play with the trains!"



Aunt Rachael and Emily

Weekend Fun

It snowed several inches in Louisville last weekend, so we all bundled up and went outside to play. Evan enjoyed walking in the snow and hearing the crunching sounds. He also liked seeing his footprints. He thought sledding was fun, but nearly as much as much fun as last year. Evan did not like to touch the snow at all. He didn't even like it when the snow got in his gloves!

Ready, set, go!



Whee!



Hey! I can't see!



Making footprints in the snow.




Walking in the snow is fun. Crunch! Crunch!



Stop taking my picture! I am trying to play!



Evan and Mommy



We also went to a train show last weekend. There were lots of model trains and Evan loved watching them travel around the large displays. Evan also liked playing with the trains on the train table, even though he has one here at home. I guess there is something fun about playing with something new!

Happy New Year!

Carl, Evan, and I celebrated the New Year at home this year. We ordered Chinese food and had a small family party. Although Evan did not make it to midnight, he enjoyed pretending to welcome in the new year by helping us count backwards, shaking a noise maker, and yelling, "Happy New Year!"

Evan loved yelling, "Happy New Year!"



Carl and I stayed up to welcome in the new year.




During Evan's bath time on New Year's Eve, we let him use his bathtub paints for the first time. Carl showed Evan what to do by painting the letter E on the tiles. Evan got very excited and started painting the tiles. Later on he stopped to admire his work. He pointed at the letter E that Carl made and said, "E!" I thought it was a good guess and so did Carl. We then painted other letters on the tiles. He got most of them right! We couldn't believe it! We are proud of our little boy!