The Skarin Family Blog

Wow! It seems like I haven’t posted in forever, not just a little over a week. (I wrote this before the 7/27, 7/28, 7/30, and 8/1 posts.) We have had a low key stretch of about ten days or so. There has been lots of time spent at home with Evan learning new things and perfecting old things. I don’t...

On Friday while we were visiting Gramma and Papa, Papa started making funny faces and Evan was giggling a ton. It was really cute to watch. Tonight after dinner, I started doing the same thing and here is the video that resulted.

I couldn’t really hear what Papa was saying but the expressions that Evan was making certainly tell a story all their own. The details of their little chat will remain a mystery to everyone except Papa and his little giraffe (that’s Evan, according to Danny). At first glance, the pictures may look the same but if you look at Papa’s...

Seeing as we won’t be heading to “the beach house” this weekend, Evan and I went down to RI today for a visit. It was supposed to be a beautifully sunny day and while it was nice, it wasn’t too sunny. Oh well, we had a good day anyway. Shortly after we arrived, I took off for a run and...

I find it difficult to get Evan to do much tummy time. It seems as though he has almost always either just had something to eat and therefore has a fully belly or he is getting ready for a nap and is tired. Neither situation lends itself nicely to Evan spending much time on his belly. Today we were able...

Today Evan and I drove up to Manch-Vegas (aka Manchester NH) to visit my friend Amanda who is home from Cancun for a few weeks. We spent the afternoon by the pool with Erica, Adley, Nathaniel, Amanda and Eileen. It was a fun way to spend a hot day! Once Erica and the boys left, Amanda and I had a...

Lately, Evan has become really good at getting things into his mouth. It doesn’t seem to matter what the object is, how big or how small, he wants everything in his mouth. It is funny to watch because sometimes he thinks he has something in his hand and is the surprised when he gets his hand to his mouth and...

As we approach the end of July, I have a hard time believing that I have already been out of school for 14 weeks and that we have already been home with Evan for almost 11 weeks. He is 11 weeks old today! That’s just nuts!! Where does the time go? Many days I find myself looking at the clock...

Today Evan and I spent the afternoon with some of my friends from NHS (Northbridge High School). We went over to Kristin’s house so we could enjoy the pool on such a humid day. Amber, Jenna and Isabelle were also there. We had a great day relaxing by the pool. It was a little cloudy but that was probably best...

Everyday when Evan is on his play-mat, he has a new favorite friend. First, it was himself (in the mirror), then it was the giraffe, then the parrot, then the monkey and today it was the elephant. He was having such a good time talking to and grabbing at his little purple elephant. It was adorable!! He was grabbing the...