Evan takes his first step!!!!!!!

About 2 and half hours ago Evan took his very first steps!! Right to me, and John was right there watching, it was so great to be able to share this First....together. I just stood him there figuring he would fall onto his butt or against the couch and I stepped back to scoop him up quick and throw him into the air and before I could touch him he just walked to me, about 3 steps...it was so awesome!
Then I grabbed the camara and took these pics

We talked about how he is such a big boy and then he did this, his latest trick....

"Evan, how big are you?....soooooooooo big" and the hands go up unbelievably cute.

On November 14th Evan participated in his first children's german holiday...St. Martin's.

It happens at night time, a parade lead by a horse starts with songs accompanied by an accordian player. All the kids have these special laterns and Alex found a Winnie the Pooh lantern for Evan, thanks Alex that was sweet of you!

More on Rome, Italy.....

The whole reason I got a chance to go, was because of John's gig, on election night....

"Pieta" a mother and her dead son, this is known for the emotion it portrays by her face, Michaelangelo was only 23 when he sculpted it.

"School of Athens" a very famous Raphael painting

We took a few pics in the Sistine Chapel before a guard told us no photos....oops but wow we still got a shot of one of the most famous paintings...."Creation of Man"

One of my favorite things about Italy....the cappuccino....yum every single one was so good

Happy Birthday Evan :)

Evan turned ONE on Oct 25th and we had a little birthday party for him when my parents arrived....My mom made a cake with what I basically had in the house and he opened presents from Nana and Pop pop. Happy Birthday little guy......

Rome, Italy....unbelievable

My personal favorite....The Trevi Fountain, the pics just don't do it justice...

St. Peter's Square, Vatican City

The Roman Forum

Posed for a quick pic while waiting for the subway

John got this hat for Evan while shopping in the Piazza Navona, we just had to try it on before heading down to the hotel pool (which was freezing)

Piazza Navona home of the three Bellini fountains

On the Spanish Steps...Piazza Spagna

Looking out from the Colloseum, at the Arch of Constantine

John's pic in front of the Colloseum

Fall Fest

Sembach AirBase, "Fall Fest" last saturday...John had to play at the fest, and had to dress up so he ended up in a Hawaii theme, Evan the little green dragon and I ended up as Boogie Woogie Bugle girl (with trumpet).

Hi everybody I'm back up and running, not sure why our internet went down (the explanation was in German) anyway....mom and dad are here and having a great time. Will post some pics later tonight of Evan in his adorable dragon costume...(be prepared for extreme cuteness) :)

Hanging out this morning

A little Evan this morning....

Evan this morning

Hi mom-just a quick video for ya to enjoy, I just took it 10 min ago. Evan loves graham crackers--we call them baby crack ha ha. I took the clip with our new camara so I also wanted to see what it could do.... Evan says yum yum

The last warm, fall sunday

We decided to skip church...and take advantage of the last semi-warm fall day of the year with a walk. We took Evan and Bruno on the trails behind our house....this is what we saw on the way and what came up at the end....

A beautiful lake....

Some horses along the way...of course I made a B line for the woods about 25 ft in with Bruno so he wouldn't scare them with his loud bark

And at the end...a cool German "food stand" with brats and cakes and such...alot of people were there and dogs...but Bruno did very well so we grabbed a cake and mineral water and sat out on the lake....so cool

and while we enjoyed our cake...this buggie drove up...so german...I guess they were out for there sunday ride.

Father-Son Time

These are the moments I love....father-son....John was showing Evan the vinyards at the top of Stuttgart overlooking the Octoberfest (previously posted) I now see alot more Link features in Evan as he gets older, that's why he's such a cute baby!!

The future drummer....

We were hanging out in the day room at lunch and one of the guys went and got a little set of bongos for Evan (thanks Robert B.) and he loved them--just like his set that his Grandma got him. I thought a future piano player but maybe I've got the wrong instrument....