Passport

Since Sarah Palin finally got around to getting a passport, I figured it was high time for Evan to get one too. He has only had his Vietnamese passport and a pile of paperwork to this point. If all goes well, he'll have a US passport in 3-4 weeks (still in his Vietnamese name...have not gotten around to changing that yet). I hope all goes well - they took all of my original adoption documents, promising to return them. They had better!

Evan, Lecturing

Among several fun and funny things in Arkansas was Evan's reading of Dr. Seuss, from his makeshift podium:

Here's a video (my first YouTube upload):

En Route to Arkansas

Recent Conversation

Conversations are getting more and more interesting around here...

Evan: Daddy, come sit down - play - right now. Build garbage truck [anything built of legos is a garbage truck these days]
Me: How about I sit here [on the sofa]?
Evan: No...sit down on carpet - it's nice [Evan runs his palm across the carpet to show how comfortable it will be and looks at me with a knowing smile]

Swimming!

As of tonight, Evan made a major swimming breakthrough! We've been doing parent-child swim plus some "open swim" at the YMCA for a few months and Evan has always been pretty comfortable in the water. He jumps right in and can more or less get himself to the surface but then he pretty much wants to hang on to me. We've been working on using one of the foam "noodles" across his chest and under his arms for buoyancy but up until tonight, he's preferred to just smack the thing on the water. Tonight he figured it out and spent 30 minutes independently kicking his way around the pool, happily babbling to himself. I was amazed how quickly he could move through the water and how well he could steer. Of course, Evan is not exactly swimming but this was a huge step in that direction.

Carnivore

Climber