Mother Boy

It has been several weeks/months since I blogged. :( I am just so bad at keeping up with this! I wish it were something that I was compulsive about, but sadly its not.

I just finished looking at Evan's 9-month pictures and Cailyn's 2 1/2 year pics, and I decided that I would do a blog on Evan alone. As a second child, I feel that he has already missed out on a lot of stuff that Cailyn received, just because she was first. Now, this could also be because they are 22 months apart. Hard to tell, but impossible to prove, since I can't go back in time!

Anyways, Evan is over 9 months old, and just such a stinker!! We absolutely love our little man. For so many months you wonder what kind of personality your baby will have, and it has been such a blessing to finally see it! He is quieter than Cailyn. He is slow to laugh, but quick to smile. He always wakes up happy, and that is a huge blessing!! He has been crawling for over 2 months, and he stands, and walks along objects. He won't walk as early as Cailyn, but I know he will walk/take steps before he turns 1. He is determined, but isn't as stubborn as his sister. This also will be a huge blessing in the coming months and years. He is snuggly and loves to be held. And, for those of you who know him and those who don't, he is a Mother Boy!!

Now, if you don't know what that means, I will explain. Caleb and I share a favorite show with many of our family members and friends called Arrested Development. In the show, the youngest Bluth child, Buster, is around 33ish. He has spent most of his life going to schools and colleges, but learning nothing. He has always lived with his parents, and he loves his mother!! When he isn't with her, he wants to call her. He is always her greatest defender and thinks she is pretty great. In one episode titled, "Mother Boy," you learn that his mother always signed them up for a mother/son costume contest. She continues to take Buster to this contest until he is in his 30's, and in this episode she decides to take her grandson because all the other moms have younger children. It is very important to win the contest, but when her grandson doesn't work out, Buster steps in to help his mother out in the contest.

We joke that Evan is my little mother boy. He loves his momma, and honestly, I love it. Working the first year Cailyn was alive, she learned to be independent. Although I know she loves me, it always feels good to be needed--even when it is accompanied by crying because you have left the room!