I just want Santa to go away....

I felt terrible, the siren scared him really bad. He didn't even care about Santa after that, he was too upset. Maybe we should have watched it from inside.

I Don't Like Sirens

Everything was going fine until Santa hit the siren. Taken just a few moments ago...

Times Square, Rockefeller Center

We took Evan to Times Square for the first time on Monday night. It was a great night to be in the city, temperatures were still in the 60s.





Evan checking out the Muppet billboard.














His second time at the Christmas Tree in a week.


The first time, it was pouring rain, so I'm not even sure if he saw it.





Rockefeller Center on Monday night.


We had to bundle him up, because it was starting to get cold!

Snowflakes on Saks Fifth Ave.

In Other News...

Achievements and Milestones:

Waving
Evan waved goodnight to his Poppop tonight. His waving seems to be more deliberate now, he extends his arm and bends his fingers back and forth. I was very excited to see this.

Crawling
His Grandparents got him a double-decker bus toy at Radio City the other night. It drives around, and when it bumps into objects, back up and turns around. Tonight, Evan crawled clear across the room several times just to try and grab it.

He's not standing or walking on his own yet, but he like's to do this thing we call "jumpy-jump." If you hold him up under the arms, he jumps really, really hard. This excites him and he wants to do it more and more, although, it's not good to do right after he's eaten. I'm surprised at how strong his legs are.

Teeth
The two bottom teeth are very prominent, and very SHARP. Still waiting for the top row. He was teething quite a bit tonight, so I think they're on the way.

FAO Schwarz

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The rain on that Thursday was epic. We had to bundle up Evan as best we could. He didn't complain all day, he was a real trooper.

Ava was excited about her first time in NYC. Waiting outside Radio City to see the Rockettes.

Outside the Brooklyn Diner, waiting for Frank, Marie, and the kids to come out of the Radio City Christmas show.

Now inside FAO Schwarz, safe from the rain.

I think Evan liked the Ugly Dolls.





I think he wanted to take the Lego Santa home...

Evan Meets Santa

We braved the 110 mile trip from Philly, wind driven, relentless rain all day, battled through the Christmas shopping crowds, but finally made it to Macy's in New York so that Evan could get his picture taken with Santa. He was so good that even Santa said to us, "you know, Evan was really good to say he's only 6 months old and his first time seeing Santa." When Santa tells you you're a good boy, you're a good boy. Santa knows.

I'll tell more about the story later, just wanted to get the photo up before I went to bed. I think I'm exhausted and I think I have pneumonia after today.

Photo Collages on Picasa

We just uploaded the new Picasa 3, it makes great photo collages! These were done in 16:9 (HDTV) format. If you click on the photo, you get a GIANT version. You can make 8X10 and 5X7 photo collages and print them out on your photo printer!


Photos from Evan's 6 month photoshoot.

This was Evan's 5 month photo shoot.