Remotes

For James' birthday, I got him a universal remote. He's been dreaming about a universal remote for years now, but I think Evan's the one who pushed him over the edge. Evan likes pressing buttons on remotes and even points them in the right direction when he's doing it. As a result, we often find our amp and Tv in rather obscure states. Sometimes we just can't find a remote period because Evan's "hid" it somewhere.

So, after getting the universal remote (which was about 2 weeks ago), James kept all the old remotes in the front room, where Evan doesn't have access to regularly. Today, however, as I was cleaning up the front room, Evan got a chance to walk around and voila, there were the long gone remotes! He was so excited he grabbed the DVD remote and "ran" out of the room with it babbling something to himself. We followed him to see where he was heading, and to our surprise he went straight for the toilet and was about throw the remote into it!

YueYa

That's what Evan calls the moon. Instead of YueLiang, he says YueYa, with the correct 4th tone it sounds quite cute. When we're carrying him, he often points to the door and go "YueYa" to indication he wants to go outside. It brings a smile to his face whenever he gets to sees the real moon. He's starting to get into books too, "Goodnight moon" and "Goodnight Gorilla" (a moon on almost every page) being his favorite.

My baby is so cute...

... a random stranger asked to take a photo of Evan the other day! Afterwards James was suspecting "Catfish", but I was just all smug about Evan's cuteness. (Moms are blind...)

Cupboards, doors, and drawers

Evan's been into all of those for a while but it's harder to keep him out of things now. In the kitchen we have one cupboard that's not baby proofed, so Evan has claimed it as his. He likes taking things in and out. Sometimes when he finds a new toy, he'll go to his cupboard and hide it there. Does that with food sometimes too, quite funny. I worry that one day we'll find a half open jar of yogurt that's been stashed somewhere for weeks, but luckily that hasn't happened yet =)

Kiss Kiss

Evan's way of giving a kiss is to slowly lean forward, and just let gravity take it's toll and land on who/what ever he's trying to kiss, usually leaving a big wet drool mark behind. He likes to kiss a few stuffed animals, and if in the mood will respond to my requests for "kiss kiss". He has a sense of fairness. If mommy gets a kiss, then must give daddy one as well.