Our daily life

I decided to take some pictures of our daily activities over the weekend. It seems like we often forget to appreciate some our routines because they just become habits. Evelyn is changing so quickly that I wanted to be able to look back at some "normal" days and remember what our life was like. :)





This is the adorable face that greets me in the mornings! Usually she's pretty happy, unless I've made her wait too long for the breakfast bottle!
Life behind bars!

I guess the crib tastes yummy!

This was just too cute to resist!

Our favorite new hobby! Taking all the cookbooks off the shelf! Yes, I could move them to another location, but I'd rather have to reorganize my cookbooks daily than for her to move on to the even bigger temptation in the kitchen: the dogfood! They seems to distract her for now, but I'm sure it's just a matter of time!

Which book should I read next?

Bathtime!

More Stuff!

Today I decided to have a little outing to the park! I know how much she loves to swing and I was also hopign to get a couple cute pics in this outfit. Swinging went well, but when it came time for the photo shoot she was more interested in eating the grass!! I think I'll try again when my assistant (aka Daddy) is available to distract her! :)

We love hand-me-downs! :) We are blessed to have LOTS of girl cousins and even two girl neighbors! Kristi sent me some clothes last week including this very tiny bikini! I couldn't resist putting it on her right away! Even though it claims to be 6-12 months, it was rather big on her. It wouldn't surprise me if she could fit it next summer too!

It looks like she's practicing to water ski!

Future bikini model!

Evelyn's Latest tricks!

She LOVES loves loves LOVES eating table food! I think this is what she was waiting for all along! She is now too good for her baby food and will rarely eat it now! So far the only food she hasn't liked too much is bananas--weird kid! :)

She likes to help unload the groceries!

This was her first attempt at getting onto her feet. I think since the shelf was low she was able to stand up a little easier. Now she's quite the pro and can pull herself up with just about anything! This was also her trying to help me organize the DVDs. She eventually was able to sit on the bottom shelf as if she was one of the DVDs! :)

Her BFF Sydnee loves to come over and play! Even though Sydnee can walk with ease, she doesn't like to make Evelyn feel left out, so she will crawl on the ground with her! They are too funny together! Whenever we walk to Sydnee's house Evelyn knows right away who lives there and gets VERY excited! I made the mistake of stopping once when they weren't home and she cried the whole way back! She wanted to play!!

Sydnee helping recover the missing ball!

9 months have flown by! Our little Evelyn has just been growing like a weed! She has been crawling up a storm! She can also pull herself up to her knees. She still enjoys being able to play with all her friends at daycare as well as her best friend down the street, Sydnee! :) Every night she likes to take our puppies for a walk followed by bathtime!! We're still trying to get back on track to sleeping through the night--we had it for a while, but somehow lost that skill. Hopefully Dr. Ferber will help us regain that milestone again!

Little Red Wagon

What is a childhood without a little, red wagon? Shaun (aka Daddy) decided that Evelyn should one of these classic toys! :) She loves riding in it, especially when the dogs trot along side!

Mobile Monster

Yes! Evelyn is mobile now! :) She has learned how to move her knees and hands just right to get forward motion!! She's still a little slow at it, but it's official!

A few words from Evelyn....

Ok, Ok! I know she doesn't know what she's saying, but you can't help but get a huge smile on your face when you hear her say "mama!" :)