Summer is flying by!

I hadn't realized that it has been more than a month since my last posting!! Bad blogger! So here is just a sampling of what has been going on with our family! :)

Evelyn is 8 months old now--I can't believe it! She isn't crawling (yet) but gets closer everyday! She loves to get into crawling position and then just push herself back into the sitting position! She now has her two bottom teeth and I think more will be arriving soon! She is such a sweet baby....we are such lucky parents!

We've been spending some time at our community pool! Seen here with her BFF Sydnee! :)

We went down to Wichita Falls for cousin Jenny's wedding--she was a beautiful bride!!

At the reception Shaun and Pops got a little crazy!

4th of July!! Our little sparkler!

Evelyn and I traveled down to Florida to visit the Rawleys! Evelyn loved playing with her cousins Emma and Kate!

Hungry, hungry hippo....

What is inside the hippo in our backyard?



As we move down the side of the hippo it becomes very apparent.....


The large, blue hippo has swallowed our little Evelyn, but she doesn't seem to mind! :)

Our Day at the Botanical Garden

We decided to take advantage of a beautiful Saturday afternoon by visiting the Oklahoma City Botanical Gardens. I had visited the park before, but neither of us had been inside their "Crystal Bridge." The Bridge is basically a very large greenhouse in the middle of the park going over a pond. We were able to take some pictures of some very beautiful flowers as well as our cute little girl! :)

Evelyn's New Trick

Our little girl continues change in front of our very eyes every day. This past week she amazed us by sitting up all by herself!! She can now sit up and play with toys on the floor without our help! She can still lose her balance every once in a while, but it is definitely a big milestone! :)

She has also discovered how to make a clicking sound with her tongue and how to smoosh her face and breathe through her nose! It's all just too cute to discribe! She is still an amazing, wonderful, happy, little girl!

Memorial Weekend

Evelyn got a chance to swing all by herself! She never put her foot down, so it's in quite a few pictures! :) I don't mind....I love those little toes!




Daddy helped her go down the slide!!



Before having dinner with our friends the Alexanders and the Harkreaders, we dipped in the pool. This was Evelyn's first time in the swimming pool and she loved it! Her little legs we kicking and she loved splashing with her hands. I have a feeling we'll be spending a lot of time in the water this summer!


Here it is: the much requested Faux-hawk. Daddy was able to fashion this 'do while applying sunscreen!

1/2 birthday

I can't believe it! Our little girl is officially 1/2 a year old! Six months have flown by and we have an adorable little girl to prove it! :) She's not sitting up on her own yet, but she likes to be sitting up with the help of anything. Her laugh just melts my heart and her blue eyes are just stunning! Here are some amateur photos taken by yours truly to mark the big day!

Trip to Texas

Happy Mother's Day!! All the mommies gather for a picture!
We had a Mother's Day lunch at my parent's house. Grandma and Papa made the drive up from Burnet to spend the afternoon with their great-grandchildren.

My sweet baby girl was full of smiles all weekend!

Gram and Heydad giving Evelyn some love! :)

Our happy family!
How can you not love this face?!?
Gram entertaining Evelyn in the kitchen.
Shaun cooked us all some eggs in the morning!

Gram doing some more entertaining!!