Evan's 1st Birthday Party

After months of careful planning, we held Evan's 1st birthday party on March 9 at my parents' new house here in Spartanburg.  We invited lots of family and a couple of friends.  Since Vince had to work that day, we scheduled it at 6pm and made a pasta dinner for everyone.

 I found his invitations, outfit, and banner on Etsy.

My friend Jessie took some fabulous pictures before & during his party.

 I made all the food and desserts.

 Evan liked his decorations, balloons, and Mickey Mouse shirts that lots of folks wore.

 

 We tried to get a picture of all the guests holding Evan.  We missed one picture of our photographer & friend, Jessie & her family, but got everyone else.

 

We started off the activities by having sensory time for the babies.  We had rice, cooked spaghetti, cotton, and ice blocks.

 

 We then had music time with maracas and bells.  I forgot to get actual music ready for the party so we just made our own music with the instruments.

 The older kids were building the Mickey Mouse clubhouse out of dry spaghetti noodles and mini marshmallows.

 Evan then opened a ton of gifts.  he got some great items! Thanks to everyone that bought him something special.

 

Evan liked the cake pop for a few minutes before he threw it down. He was not interested in his cake.  I put his hand in it after a few minutes, but he didn't want any part of it.

 

He always touches new things with his thumb very cautiously.

 

 

We gave out a few party favors to the kids.  The little kids had buckets with bibs and a sippy cup.  The older kids had a bucket with a kazoo and candy.  We gave everyone a handmade Mickey Mouse koozie to take with them after using for their drink. I had to order the plain red, unstitched koozie on line and get a friend to stitch on the design for each one.  They turned out great!

Evan had a great time at his party!  In fact, we all did!

Happy 1st Birthday Evan Vincent Williams!

 

Helmet Results

Evan wore his helmet since October, so he had it on for about 4 months.  This was to correct the plagiocephaly (flatness of the back of his head).

This is the scanner they used to get his head shape:

He wore a stocking cap in the scanner:

The scanner images (these are after shots):

All done & sitting up on the scanner:

The red shows the improvement from the black outline from October:

And the best shots of all are the before & after shots of Evan's head.

Top of head before:

Top of head after:

Back of head before:

Back of head after:

Top of head before:

Top of head after:

Side of head before:

Side of head after:

Evan wearing his helmet:

Evan on helmet graduation day!

We are so glad they have medical devices to improve so much these days. 

Evan Turns 1 Year Old

Evan turned one year old today!  I can't believe my baby is already one. He's such a joy to be around and makes us laugh every day. We are having his big party this coming Saturday, but I did get a few pictures of him on his big day.  He got a bib from DeLeigh and family.  He got a birthday shirt from Granny & Papa Jerry as well as a toy turtle and some new pants.

 Evan is now 15 pounds 15 ounces (without his helmet or other clothes on).  He wears 12 month size clothes and size 2 diaper and size 2 shoe. He is getting more mobile by the day so we will be chasing him before we know it.

Another Birthday Party

Evan was invited to our twin friends, Miles & Madeline's 1st birthday party.  Their mom, Dawn, and I were due one day apart with our babies.  She had hers 2 weeks early and Evan came 10 days early, so their birthdays are just a few days apart.  Evan and I drove to Easley to attend and meet the babies.  It's been a fast & busy year, so we had not met them yet.  I think they all got along great!

 The twin and their big brother enjoyed the singing and cake (no, I didn't make the cakes).

And now for some huge milestones that Evan has made just this past week or so.  He now gets up on all fours easily & rocks often.  For the first time ever, he pushed back up into a sitting position this week.  I've tried to get him to do it again so I can get a picture, but he hasn't done it again...yet. 

He also just started waving bye bye as soon as we wave bye bye or if we just say the word.  He waved bye bye to everyone at the party tonight.  That's his first action that he has done by mimic and by word recognition.  I got a great video of him doing this and then accidentally deleted it. His hand faces him when he waves.  He does like to arch his whole body backwards to where it resembles some kind of ballet swan move. He giggles each time he does this.

 

He can sit up with no support for at least 10 minutes.  He still likes to roll backwards sometimes, so I can't trust him to sit alone.  He's doing so great with all of his milestones.

 

He is definitely getting ready for his big day coming up on Monday!