Cell Phone Phenomenon

Our son has an interesting reaction to the cell phone camera. I thought I would share it with you.

When I pull out my cell phone camera and point it at my ever increasingly adorable son... this is what happens. Automatically, mind you, without any provocation:


What's that you got there, Mommy? Oh, I know what it is...

I see you! How's my hair?

I want to get as close as I can, because I'm so cute!

I hope my hat's on straight!

Surgery Report!

Evan came through like a little trouper. He did great. Aside from the loud screaming heard throughout the surgery center once he got to recovery, he was completely fine. Really, the doctor said everything went really well and we're really glad to have it over.

We got him home by 10am and he was a little angel. Very sleepy most of the day, but when he was awake, he was just about back to his old self. Smiley and happy. He did wake up at 3am this morning, but we were told to expect that because of the anesthesia. We should be back to 'normal' in a few days.

Thanks so much to everyone for your prayers. We certainly felt them through the whole process.

One more set... Krispy Kreme and more!

Lounging with Daddy.

I'm a big boy!

Hi! I can say 'Da-Da!'

Don't make me wear the hat, just give me the donuts...

Why won't you just give me the donuts!?

Here are some recent photos of the little guy...

Me & Aunt Susan, hanging out at Chili's!

Me & Uncle Scott. We like to dress the same (totally unintentional... really!)

Evan's Prayer Request

Hey all! Just a quick request to pray for Evan over the next few days. He's having a outpatient surgical procedure on Wednesday, and we would really appreciate all the prayers we can get.

Supposedly, it's a 'routine' procedure, but I'm a basketcase the closer we get to the date. This is my son, people. Nothing is routine.

So, please pray especially for Evan, that he won't be too hungry going into the surgery, for the doctors, nurses, anesthesiologists, receptionist, basically, whoever may come in contact with him on Wednesday, and for those of us who love him, me, Robin & his grandparents... so we can be calm for him. He always knows when something's not right, so help us be a calming influence on him, not another source of anxiety.

Thanks so much!

And because I can, here's another photo of the little guy, from my cell phone...

Evan's getting a new car!

That is the reality of it. If it were just the two of us, we would probably not be getting a new car this soon, but the little guy is MUCH too special and important not take care of. SO, as of tomorrow, we will most likely be joining the ranks of the Honda owners of the world.

Robin & I went out to dinner on Friday to celebrate our 1,000 day-a-versary (that's the date we've been married 1,000 days, in case you didn't know), and we went to Gianno's (which happens to be our favorite restaurant). Right across the street is a highly recommended used car place (Rich's in High Point, in case you're looking for a new car in NC).

Actually, it was a little blue Jeep Liberty that caught our eye, so after dinner, we drove over there, not really intending to look too seriously, but we ended up parking right behind this shiny CR-V.

Long story short, Randy Rich came out and let us look at the cars and before we knew it, we were talking trade-in and test drive!

Saturday morning came and we went over, got Robin's car looked at for the trade-in, took it for a test drive, got Grandma's seal of approval, and more importantly (no offense, Grandma Lu), Evan's seal of approval (he likes to sit up high and look around). We walked out of there with the paperwork to go to the bank on Monday! So, come Monday, we should be tooling around High Point in a shiny gold Honda CR-V.

There are so many reasons that is ironic, but I won't get into them just now.