Evan's New Friends

Evan made some new friends today... his play pen bears. Usually when you put him down on his back Evan becomes very interested in the ceiling. Actually, usually whenever his eyes are open Evan is interested in the ceiling. I'll give you that our house's ceiling is marginally more interesting than the typical ceiling with its open beams and ripply insulation tiles, but it's all painted a glossy white -- there's almost no contrast there, and babies are supposed to love contrast. I'm sure he's got his reasons, though (maybe the backs of his eyeballs are heavier than the fronts so his eyes tend to rotate up -- it's not like Steph or I have particularly robust eye genes to pass on to him).

Since he's becoming more interactive the last few weeks that's been changing, though. When I put him down in his play pen for a few minutes today he was instantly transfixed by the bears that hang over it:

He was extremely excited with his new discovery. You could tell because he lost all voluntary control of his arms and legs (not that he had much to lose). This image conveys some of what I'm talking about:

These bears look to be a close relative of the bearanha, although at this point they appear very benign. I'm no expert on stuffed bear taxonomy - that's more Steph's area - but we hope that if they become aggressive they at least wait until Evan's better equipped to deal with them.