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My Christmas, Part II by Evan Heemstra

I think that my parents are a bit confused (but what else is new?) because we just celebrated Christmas . . . again . . . in February! But hey, I'm not complaining. This time we took an airplane to go to my Grandma's house in Arizona. The weather was great, and I enjoyed getting to stay in my pajamas until 10am.

Uncle Jeff came over to open presents and we hung out for a while. I haven't seen him since I was 3 months old, so he was very impressed with all of my new tricks.


There were presents under the tree again, but as you can see, my favorite part was the ribbon.


Grandma brought out a box of my Mom's old yearbooks. Boy, did that make me laugh! Even a 10 month old can tell you that it's not okay to wear hot pink socks with high top sneakers.


I got some fun new clothes and books, but was strangely most entertained by this water jug.


I feel really lucky that I don't just get one Christmas, but two! I had a fun time getting to play with Grandma and go for walks in the desert, and I can't wait to go back!

Climber in training?

I've been meaning to post this for a couple of weeks now, but Evan has mastered the sit-start VO boulder problem that is the gate to his playroom. He did this the first time while we were eating dinner, which brought many cheers and clapping. He is still quite entertained by watching our reaction every time he pulls himself up (sometimes I think that we exist for the sole purpose of his entertainment). He is now starting to try to step up onto the bottom bar of the gate. I fear that he will figure out the high-step onto the big square plastic piece and within a year or so will be climbing right over the gate. The upside to all of this is that once he hits that point, he'll be ready for Mommy to take him to the climbing gym!!!