Just having fun!

My apologies as it has been a few weeks since our last post. I have been battling bronchitis for a couple weeks and didn't realize it's been as long as it has! We are all rested and healthy finally. What a long winter it has been. We had 75 degree weather on Wednesday and then snow flurries last night. ???? Not sure what planet we moved to...I thought it was Earth! We've taken advantage of the intermittent spring weather as much as possible. Grass is finally turning green and flowers are beginning to pop through the ground. We're still waiting on the trees, but hopefully this is the end of winter....

Here are some pictures of Evan over the last two weeks just having fun and not having fun!

Building a fort! His new favorite pasttime!

Cool Dude

Temper tantrum anyone??? He wanted my cell phone.

Evan's First Haircut

Monday night I finally took Evan to get his first haircut. Alex and I have been torn because we love his fratty curls, but they've become out of control and messy. I just don't think Evan can bring back "The Mullet!" Here are some before and after shots as well as a video. Kallie and Marissa got their hair cut as well. Evan was a good sport and loved the mirrors. He truly looks like a little boy now. You can also watch his haircut by clicking to the left under "Evan's Videos"!!

BEFORE:

the mohawk & the mullet

Look at those curls!

GETTING IT CUT:




AFTER:

Evan's Word World

Sorry that we don't have pictures to share this week. Our camera stopped working this week and we haven't had a chance to go into town to purchase a new one. Words will just have to do this week!

Speaking of words, Evan is picking them up so fast. We taught him "Geor-gia" this week and he walks around saying it ...of course with the same emphasis on the syllables as we do the cheer. Every thing has become a cell phone to him. We were playing at Ava's house and he picked up a plastic corn on the cob and put it up to his ear to talk. Too funny!

He's been saying "Hi Kitty" for a while now--(it was his first words) and even when there is not a cat in sight. We've practiced pointing to facial features and when asked "Where's Evan's nose?" Evan finds his nose 89% of the time...the other 11% he pokes one of his eyes. It truly is amazing how fast he is catching on. Alex taught him to play "War" with their feet just the other day. Now, Evan will suddenly plop down in front of you and roll to his back and stick up his feet. It's hilarious how random he does it. One minute he's clapping with Barney, and playing and the next he walks right over to you and lay down ready to play. The boys give each other "High Fives" and Evan gets a huge kick out of it.

Hope to have pictures for you next week!

Spring Sniffles

The entire Sales family has been suffering from ear infections, colds and coughs these past few weeks. Enough already, right?! Although, we've been feeling under the weather, we've enjoyed some time outside, except for today... Just as the snow has completely melted away, we're expecting another round tonight. But here are some pictures from the beautiful weather we had this weekend. Evan and the neighbor kids! Remember these days??

Anyway, Friday afternoon we attended the elementary school carnival after playing outside with Evan's new wagon. We had a nice time fishing for ducks, doing the Donut Walk, The Lollipop Tree, Weight Guessing and of course no visit to a carnival is complete with out enjoying a snow cone. We did win the Donut Walk after four rounds and Evan took home some nice toys made in China! :) Kallie babysat for us Friday night and we went on a REAL date...dinner and a movie. We saw 21 and it was good to get out.

Saturday, we headed to Rochester to go to the mall. Rochester is about 45 minutes from Austin and where the infamous Mayo Clinic is located. Evan handled the shopping better than Alex! It's literally like the old movies where you pack up to go into town. As I was packing the car, I saw a sign that SPRING was finally here! A duck in our yard! To my surprise, we have 3 ducks in our yard--2 male and 1 female. It's strange since we have no bodies of water, unless you count the puddles. Alex already knew of our visitors, he said they've been in our yard every morning this week. (Note: He leaves 2 1/2 hours before me for work!)

I am thinking positive for spring and we are getting our version of April Showers today...except the rain is now freezing rain with the chance of changing yet again into that dreaded four letter word...SNOW! I hope this is my last posting where I speak of the weather...I hope!!!

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter! We had an interesting weekend and very memorable! Although we didn't get to see family we spent lots of time with our friends here. Our neighbors had us over for dinner and drinks and a friendly game of Wii Bowling. Alex is addicted and I had lots of fun too!

Saturday morning we took Evan to the Country Club for an Easter Egg Hunt, Brunch and a Magic Show. The Easter Bunny made an appearance. Evan followed him around but didn't want anything to do with him. We visited some more friends for dinner on Saturday night and Evan broke out in hives. We're still not sure what caused them, but they went away. So, we thought! At 2:30 am he woke up hysterical and the hives were back! Off to the ER we went. We truly are lucky to have the hospital within a 5 minute drive and to be in and out in less than an hour is usually unheard of. Needless to say, our little man had an ear infection and some sort of allergic reaction. It could have been from a strawberry he ate at lunch, or our friend's dog.

Evan slept in Sunday morning and Chantal attended Easter service alone...with out Alex and without Evan in his adorable Easter outfit. By Sunday afternoon, Evan was feeling a little better and was playing with his Easter Basket.

Is it Spring yet?

Well, I can officially say that this is the NEVER ENDING WINTER! It's the first day of spring and I refused to wear a coat to work to today...(and neither did Evan)! Layering has become a preferred option. The high today was 45 but we have a SEVERE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY through tomorrow...they are predicting another 4 inches of snow. Everything just melted on Monday. I never thought in a million years that our Christmas lights would still be on the bushes and trees into January ...I mean March (Easter weekend to be exact!) It's embarrassing, but you couldn't pay anyone enough to spend a couple hours outside to untangle them until this past week. And this week, we just wanted to take a walk and enjoy the weather. No worries...we're not the only ones...AND at least we have no other evidence of Christmas hanging around!

I've been battling a bad cold this week (another sign winter is still hanging around). It's like the guest who has WAY overstayed their visit...except this is no visit...it's a sabbatical. I think Evan has also become a little under the weather. (no pun intended) It's been a quiet week at our house. It's Austin's spring break and all the neighbors managed to escape including our beautiful and helpful girls next door...Kallie and Marissa. They are my angels and Evan's unofficial God Mothers! They returned home tonight and have already helped with dinner and his bath.

The boys being silly before bath!

We are excited about Easter and have a busy weekend ahead with neighbors, friends, an Easter Egg Hunt and hopfully a visit from the Easter Bunny.

Happy Easter to everyone!!

WE SURVIVED!

Well, it has been hectic 2 weeks indeed, but we survived. It is taking Evan some time getting used to his new caretaker, Jolene. She is wonderful and he has one other friend there to play with. Ben is 2 months younger and apparently is trying to keep up with Mr. Busybody (a.k.a. Evan). He had the hardest time on Tuesday of this week. It was his first day back after the weekend. Chantal's schedule has been working out great. She's off Mondays and 1/2 day Fridays. The work days are much shorter than she's used to!

Alex has been traveling all over lately including this week...which is good news because he's getting out in the field to work one on one with the sales teams. His busy season is coming upon us here when he will be hosting his training seminars. His success is obvious, especially when I run into his coworkers and executives and nothing but praise is spoken. So, moving to this small town has been worth every degree BELOW zero!!!

Speaking of weather we had our first major HEAT WAVE this week. We had HIGHS of 45!! The snow is finally disappearing and people are venturing outside....in t-shirts no less! It's amazing how warm 45 degrees feels.

BATH TIME & FARMER EVAN

This video is two weeks old and of the first few real steps he took on his own. (I am not an expert yet at using the camera!)



Since then, he has mastered standing back up when he falls and carrying toys, sippy cups, etc. He loves walking and babbles every where he goes. His conversations are very detailed and full of giggles.

FRAT-TASTIC...DADDY IS SO PROUD (even without the front-tuck)

No, that's avocado!! This is Evan's "SO BIG"

Until, next time... (which will be sooner than later this time!)