14 months old!

So, what do you do when your child decides to pick out her shoes? You put them on her and say how proud you are! :) Who cares if they don't match! This is what Evelyn decided to do this morning. Then, after getting geared up with one tennis shoe and one boot, she decided she needed to put on her heavy coat--keeping in mind that we had no plans of going outside! So, she then roamed around the house in her mismatched shoes and teddy bear coat! It was just too cute to pass up! ;)

Happy birthday to me! :) My early gift that I got to order is a new craft table! I'm amazed by how much more space our office has now that I took down the card table I had been using! Hopefully all this new organization will help me to be movitvated to have Evelyn's baby book all caught up by the arrival of #2! :)

Bad Blogger

I realized it had been quite a while since I had put any thoughts out into cyberspace! I feel like the world is whirling around me and I'm just trying my best to keep up! I guess the biggest change in our lives is that Shaun left for a specialty school at Nellis AFB for 6 months. The good news is that he's still in the U.S. as opposed to being deployed overseas. We will actually be going out to visit him for a weekend in February. The bad news is he is going to be gone longer than if he HAD deployed! It's been 2 weeks since he left and Evelyn and I are still surviving! We are strong, independent women! :)

Evelyn amazes me daily! She has such a sweet personality (most of the time!) She now has a love of reading books. We go through her entire library at least three times a day! She loves being tickled and has discovered a love of bubble baths. It is hard not to hold her 24 hours a day since it's just the two of us, but I am trying to remind myself to help her become more independent so it won't be too shocking when mommy's arms are taken by another baby.

Baby #2 is well on it's way. I am 19 1/2 weeks, so almost half-way baked! :) I have been feeling the kicks and movements lately, which is my favorite part of pregnancy! We should be finding out the gender in another 2 weeks. If family history has any part of this, I am pretty sure we'll be welcoming another girl!

My two jobs are keeping me very busy. I still have my original job at Jones Eyecare three days a week, but now I also work for a pediatric ophthalmologist one day a week as well! I admit, Thursday has become my favorite day! I love seeing all the kids and it is allowing me to gain some invaluable experience.

Well, no pictures for today. Just putting my random thoughts out there! :)

Bathtubs are overrated!!

The other day Evelyn got so much of her dinner ON her rather than IN her, I decided to just go ahead and clean her up right there in the kitchen!! It was such a change from the normal bathtub that she LOVED every minute of it! :)

Birthday Party

Opening gifts with cousins and friends!
Nothing like running icing through your hair!!
Mmmmmmm.....cake!
Evelyn's pumpkin cake!
THE BIG ONE!!!

It's hard to believe 12 months have gone by since our little girl was born! We celebrated Evelyn's first birthday with family and friends at our house. We have been so blessed with this sweet little girl! At the party, Evelyn had a big announcement for everyone: She is going to be a BIG SISTER!! That's right! There's another sweet little baby on the way!! :)

No title!

11 months old-----already??!!
At home with the flu. :( But luckily she continued to smile!
My Bible Study group had a Halloween get-together for all our kids! Since Evelyn was still recovering from the flu on actual Halloween day, this was her only chance to wear her costume. What a cute ladybug!! :)

Nothing much.....

How many pacifiers can she have? One in the mouth and one for each hand!!


Not too much to write, but had some cute pics to put up! :) Today is Shaun's birthday--31 years old! (even though he's claiming he's 27-again!) My friend Amy came over to surprise Shaun by putting up some balloons and streamers in our house--it was very cute! Then Shaun had the brilliant idea to put Evelyn in a big suitcase with all the balloons---she LOVED it! It provided entertainment for at least 30 minutes, which is a long time to a 10 month old! She now has her two top teeth with the two side teeth coming in quickly. Pretty soon she'll be looking like a little toddler instead of my little baby!

Haircut!

I put it off as long as I could, but it finally became apparent that Evelyn needed a haircut. Her bangs were constantly getting in her eyes, and she still had a duck-tail in the back. Since she was born with a full head of hair, but then managed to rub the sides off, she had very long darker hair on top with short blond hair in the sides!! The duck-tail was just a few remaining long hairs on the back of her head that somehow didn't get rubbed off! We went to a kids haircut place for the event. I think the part she disliked the most was the bomb that the stylist used---perhaps this means she's going to be a little tender-headed like her mommy! But, she survived and has a very cute and symmetrical hairdo! :) She also looks even more blond since we cut most of the dark tips!


Before
Animal crackers make happy customers...
well, sometimes!

All done with a pink bow to top it off!!