Sunday, January 20, 2008

Early Bird Gets the Worm

I have accomplished a lot this morning since, as usual, Everett is up before the sun. I guess he wanted to make sure that he got the worm!
Everett can sit up on his own now, so that is what I really wanted to show in this picture. Such a big boy, now!

He's Getting Ready..

I think that we are just weeks (or even days) away from needing a gate for the stairs! He loves to get into crawling position. So far, however he has not yet moved forward (unless you count the "leaps" forward, as you can see in this video. He is quite good at moving backwards and around in a circle, though.

Everett is 7 Months Old

Last Monday Everett turned 7 months old. He sure is a happy baby, especially when Dad amuses him!

Bath Time

Everett now has three different bath tubs that he has used. There is the white one, in which he can lay down (but he's outgrown this one.)




He also has a blue one that we used up until he was about 3 months old with a "net" for little infants. We then tried to use it recently where he could sit in the large open side in our bathtub, which was a bit more difficult since he was not quite sitting up.



Thanks to Cousin Lincoln's suggestion, he has found one that is just right! He loves the ducky bath, especially when it "quacks"!

Bouncing Boy!

Everett has a bouncing playgym that he likes to stand in and play with the toys attached to the gym. (And by play, I mean mostly chew. See below.)


Over Christmas, Everett had fun playing in my parents bouncing play gym. So much fun that he figured out that he could bounce in it. He carried that over to our bouncing playgym and voila!


I took a picture but it obviously was not going to suffice. Here's a video with Everett bouncing to a very appropriate song! Hi Ho Silver and Away!

Tuesday, January 1, 2008

Christmas

Everett spent his first Christmas in Lincoln with Grandma and Grandpa Hauner, Linda, Scott and Cousin Lincoln. It was a great time and everyone got some great gifts...especially Everett!





Everett had a cold while we were there so he took lots of naps with people. See below...



Merry Christmas!

Everett wants to wish everyone a Merry Christmas! (Santa suit is courtesy of his day-care provider, Lanette!)

Santa Comes for a Visit!

Right before Christmas, Santa stopped by our house to ask Everett what he wanted for Christmas. I'm not sure what Everett told him, but I'm pretty sure he got everything he wanted, as he has been a very good boy this year!




Randy's friend, Michael also stopped by later to visit, but he just missed Santa! :)

Avery heard that Santa was coming to visit our house and she thought she would come over and let Santa know that she was also a very good girl and wanted a Dora Sit-N-Spin for Christmas. Everett was enamored by her beauty and just had to give her a hug and kiss! (Everett's first girl friend?)

Everett is 6 Months Old!

On December 14, 2007, Everett celebrated his 6 month birthday! At his 6 month well-baby check-up, he weighed in at 20 pounds, 8 ounces and was 27 inches long. He is now in the 89th percentile for weight and 90th percentile for height. He's happy, healthy baby! Here's some cute 6-month pictures for you!



Although Everett looks happy in all of these photos, he had to get 5 shots at the doctor. He was not too happy about that!

A Laughing Baby

Randy is very good at getting Everett to laugh. This is just one instance...

Mirror, Mirror, On the Wall, Who's the Cutest Baby of All?

Everett just loves talking to the baby in the mirror!

All I Want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth

On December 5, 2007, Everett got not only his first tooth, but his first two teeth! This is the best photo that we could get of the first teeth!

A closer view...

Everett says "All the better to eat you with!" He now eats all of his meals in his high chair.

Fun with Mom and Hanging with Dad

Everett likes to pretend he is Superman on mom's legs. See photo below.


Here's my view from the floor!


Although Dad is usually the "fun" one, here's a cute picture of the two of them just hanging out!

Fall

Everett and I (Mary) spent part of a warm fall day outside.


A cute picture of Everett in the leaves was all I wanted. Everett wanted no part of the leaves (see below).

A very similar thing happened with Cousin Lincoln and the leaves. I guess the Hauner (Davis and King) boys do not care for leaves at this age!
http://akingslife.blogspot.com/2006/11/fall-leaves-and-surprise_09.html

Thanksgiving

For Everett's first Thanksgiving, we travelled to Prague,Oklahoma to spend the holiday with Grandma and Grandpa Davis, Machelle, Jimmy and Cousin Rhiley. We all had a great time and fantastic food. Here's Everett with Grandma and Grandpa Davis:

Rhiley was nice enough to share some of his old toys with Everett and even picked out some specific toys for him!


Everett, in turn, shared his Lazy Boy with Rhiley!


During our visit to Prague, Everett got to spend some time with Great Grandma Davis and all of the great aunts, uncles and cousins that were at Great Grandma's house for Thanksgiving!


This cute photo of Rhiley summed up our Thanksgiving...Happy!