Amen

Matching daughter/doll day.

We're teaching Evelyn early about the best place to read.

We both have bed-head in this picture, but... I say hers is worse.

A Few Vids

Evelyn is growing and learning so fast! She learns new words every day. She is getting about five new teeth right now and is on the verge of walking. Here are a few videos of her exploits. Starting with the most recent and working back (another technology foible on my part).

The bigger Evelyn gets, the more daring Dad becomes! Evelyn has always been a fan of the Baby Toss (See September 2009), but now she gets to do the Baby Flip!

Evelyn was cheering happily along with the Navy fans, so we had to do something! We taught her to say Army.

This video was taken on Evelyn's birthday. I know I'm her mom, but I think she looks so precious!

Evelyn starts almost every day with an entire banana for breakfast. It was the first food that she requested by name. When I get her out of her crib she usually greets me with a "hi" and then immediately says "Da Da" (When can I see Daddy?) and "Na Na" (When can I eat a banana?). This video shows her enthusiasm for her favorite food.

Christmas

We were in Birmingham for Christmas this year. That meant no white Christmas :-( However, it was nice to go outside for a walk! We had a great time with my family and Evelyn had a blast playing with the puppy and Kitty. She can say kitty. She usually refers to dogs as "ruf"but she actually learned the dog's name and would call her very loudly. Sadly, this yelling produced the opposite of the desired effect :-)

" I don't know what's going on, but I'm excited!"

This picture was actually taken after the present opening. She got some serious loot!

Evelyn with Grammy and Poppy. She didn't really want to tear wrapping paper, but she really did like the bows.

Evelyn and Aunt Priscilla in Christmas outfits.

Here is our family. We all look much more rested than last Christmas :-)

Catching Up! - Part II

The highlight of November was Evelyn's first birthday! We didn't celebrate the day of, but here is a picture of her on her actual birthday. She is playing with an early birthday present from Grandpa and Grandma Elaine. It is a bike that she can ride on or walk behind. She dubbed it "Ah-E" and still loves it!

Evelyn getting ready for her first car ride in her big girl seat. She loves being able to see so much more of the world when we drive.

Evelyn opening a book from her friend Claire. It is a lift-the-flap book - her favorite kind! She had a birthday party the weekend after her birthday and Grammy and Aunt Priscilla came up from Alabama and Grandpa and Grandma Elaine came down from Chicago. She also had her friend Claire come. Claire brought her parents Ken and Emily along too! It was a great time.

Evelyn chowing down on her Lamb cake.

The week after Evelyn's birthday we hosted the Meyer family Thanksgiving. The Grandparents came down from Chicago again and Jon, Linnea, Jonah and Benjamin came up from Virginia. I was a little nervous about preparing Thanksgiving dinner, but everyone pitched in and helped so much, that is wasn't bad at all. I followed my mom's example and made everything that I could ahead of time (mom, you're a genius!) and the rest was really a group effort. I don't think I washed a single dish all weekend!

Catching Up!

There's no way to really catch up from almost four months of not blogging, so I'll just try to hit the high spots.

For Halloween Evelyn wore a little set of pumpkin pjs that were a gift from Aunt Priscilla. She had a great time at our friends' costume party. Her friend Elizabeth let her play with her Fairy wand and she was so excited! She was Evelyn the Pumpkin Princess.

I took Evelyn for a little photo shoot at the next door neighbors' house. They had a Great Pumpkin on display and her "Grammy" made her this cute fall-colored dress, so I couldn't resist.

Evelyn and her dad at Paul's dad's wedding in September.
She loves all of his uniforms...so much to see!

Something about baseball must be hilarious