Once again we're having computer problems and I can't upload my photos from the card. So here's blurry picture from a month ago...
I know he's had his food issues in the past, but hopefully they're long gone. He still chokes a bit and spits stuff out often, but I'm hoping it's all behavioral at this point and that nothing is physically wrong. Despite that, you might even call him chubby now! Also, Evan has been using a spoon and fork very well. I think he'd rather use utensils instead of getting food all over his hands. Here are some of the foods he likes..
CAKE/candy/cookies, really anything sweet
orange juice
oatmeal w/ bananas and soymilk
waffles w/ banana and maple syrup
PIZZA PIZZA PIZZA (but not bad pizza, he Hates the mall stuff)
sliced apples
pumpkin bread & zucchini bread
broccoli
corn on the cob
soup
peanut butter crackers
nutrigrain bars
tuna fish
tilapia
bananas
peanut butter by the spoonful
spaghetti w/ red sauce
grapes
black beans
Things that he'll eat on occasion (if the moon positioning is right)
salmon
raisins -I think he overdosed on these
goldfish crackers -He'll eat them, but they're not his favorite
mango
rice
Things I'm sad that he won't eat anymore...
avocado
strawberries
blueberries
Things that I've tried over and over and he refuses to eat them:
Tofu
veggie burgers
Some non-food updates. We all know that Evan's been taking toys apart for months and I really think he has his Pop's genes for his mechanical abilities. The other day he unscrewed the wheel off of one his wooden trucks (one of those really nice, natural, non-toxic, indestructible ones). I really don't know how he could've done it without a screwdriver. He also took some parts off of my mom's treadmill. In the past, he's opened childproof containers. The other day he was laying on his back under the jogging stroller, messing with the parts, like he was fixing a car. Speaking of cars, he loves playing with the wheels and he always looks like a mechanic when he's done with his hands and fingernails black. Evan has the dirtiest fingernails of any child I know.
The other night Mike was away and Evan and I went to the library to see some animals that one of the museums brought over. I had taken him there in his stroller and on the way back we stopped at the playground, then for pizza. It was dark by the time we ate at the pizza place... and very cold. Evan asked for his dad, since that's the time he usually comes home from work. So I said "Dad's in NY". Evan then said "Aunt Brittany New York?" I couldn't believe he put two and two together... Anytime NY is mentioned in a book, or song, or in pictures, or whatever, I always say "where Aunt Brittany lives". And he remembered that! So I said "Yes, he and Aunt Brittany are in NY". Then I felt like I should say something like "but not together". Then I realized his comprehension level wasn't that high and he probably wouldn't be suspicious at almost 2 years old.
Evan now knows his colors without prefacing them with green first. What color is that? "Geen!". Noooo. What is it? "Pink!". Now he'll just say the color upfront. He doesn't know brown and white very well and he mixes up pink and purple sometimes, but other than that, he knows his stuff.
He also has an Elmo obsession. We listen to the same Elmo cd over and over in the car. Elmo actually sings Evan's name throughout the disc, so Evan will answer him and sing along. We pretty much listen to it all the time unless I'm very sick of it. In that case, I tell Evan that Elmo is tired and is going to sleep so we'll have to listen to the radio. There's this one song that's about a word made up out of the alphabet. Elmo pronounces "abcdefghijk..." so it sounds like a really long German word. Then it's hilarious to hear Evan trying to sing it too. He honestly sounds like he's speaking German from the back seat! I really have to record it because it's so funny.
