From Meyery Depths

Thursday, January 14, 2010

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 :-)

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

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!

Monday, January 11, 2010

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.