Monday, January 27, 2014

Evie-isms


She has grown so much in the last 3 months.  My computer has been on the frits so I have not been able to document it like I would like. 

1) She has 5 teeth (3 on top and 2 on bottom)!  They are all crooked!  Thank goodness Uncle Derek is an orthodontist. She tends to grind them, which makes me twinge.  Teething has not been bad at all.
2) She is a crawling machine.  I think she is going for the worlds fastest crawler.  She can be from one end of the room to the other in seconds. 
3) She can walk around furniture.  I’m ready and not ready to have her walking.  She is growing too fast.
4) She waves hi and goodbye.
5) She loves Tinkerbell and Mickey Mouse Club House.  When the theme song comes on she gets excited, claps and dances. 
6) She loves to play with her toys.  She loves toys!  We went to the toy section of Wal Mart with my niece and we had to leave because Evie wanted all the toys. 
7) She loves books.  She will turn pages, point and talk at the pictures. 
8)  She is back to sleeping through the night!
9) She loves looking at pictures of cats.  I think she loves it after living with a cat for 3 months.
10) She loves to play with other kids.  She is great at sharing.  I don’t know how she learned it, but I’m happy she likes to share her things.
11) I have yet to find a food she doesn’t like. 
12) She is quickly growing out of her carseat so we are in the market for a new one!  Suggestions are welcome.
13) She had to learn that we don’t play with blinds and trash cans.  Poor girl has never been so sad.  It only took about a day but she doesn’t play with them anymore, at least while we are looking.
14) She is still not attached to one particular toy or blanket.
15) She loves to have her teeth brushed.  After I brush her teeth she plays with the toothbrush while we read a book.
16) She has learned the bedtime routine and gets a little whiney as it grows closer.
17) She loves to play with her bath tub toys.  She doesn’t mind having water dumped on her head.   She loves to play/eat with the bubbles.
18) She has started to dance to music.   I love watching her bob her head and shake her cute little body.
19) She will mimic the sounds you make.  Josh hissed at her one dinner and she hissed right back!
20) She poops in her sleep.  Diaper rash and I are constantly at war URG!
21) She knows the word no.  If you tell her she stops what she is doing, and looks right at you.
22) She clicks her tongue!
24) She is very active at church.  I have a hard time letting her just roam the halls, so we go through all sorts of activities in our chair keeping her entertained.
25) We tried the swings…she was not a fan.
26) She is a mommas girl still.  Where I am she wants to be. 
27) She is a great traveler and enjoys being in her carseat, for the most part.
28) She smiles at the camera.  Mostly because she has had one in her face from day 1.
29) I always get bad looks from moms because Evelyn wont keep her socks on.  As soon as they go on she pulls them off and plays with them.  She likes to have one in each hand.  She holds tight to them and takes them wherever she goes.
30) She looks at me and smiles when she pulls her bow off…little stink.
31) She loves goldfish and not cheerios.
32) If she doesn't want something she will push it away.
33) She is not a cuddler.  She wants to be independent :)
34) When we Skype with family all she does is laugh.  I don't know what is so funny but it sure is cute.
35) She loves to be outside.  We try to go on a hike 3 or 4 times a week.  We cant wait for spring so we can go to the park.

Gosh we love this girl!

Olsen Lighting Ceremony

No Black Friday would be complete without the Olsen lighting ceremony.  Dan Olsen starts in October and puts thousands of lights all over his house.  Each year they put together a great program then they flip the switch :)  It is amazing and such a fun tradition.  Im glad we got to see it with Evie this year!


Happy Thanksgiving

This year for Thanksgiving we were with my family.  Usually we break tradition and we go out to eat, but instead we thought we would cook ourselves.  We had a great time cooking, eating, hanging with family and of course eating.  My mom brined a turkey this year and it turned out amazing!  I will never do a traditional turkey again!  Skyler made the center pieces which were gorgeous and my mom set a beautiful table.  Evelyn ate like a pig.  She loved stuffing, and Grandma Joans candied sweet potatoes.  She got her favorite sweet potato puffs as an appetizer, but really they were sub par to the amazing meal that followed.  My family invited the Gunthers over to join us.  They are a darling family with the cutest, well behaved kids.  After the food was eaten and bellies were full we decorated gingerbread houses.  It was fun to see the teams competing for the much desired Red Robin gift card.  Sadly, Josh and I did not win.








Apple Pie Filling with GG

Josh has some darling and amazing grandmas.  Grandma Merrell has an apple orchard in Vernal Utah where each year the family gets together and harvests the apples and making all sorts of treats.  I was in Heaven with my apple butter, applesauce, apple juice and apple pie filling.  Janet went up one weekend to help with all the apple picking and brought home a bushel of apples for us to enjoy.  After seeing how many apples we had I asked Grandma Reber if she would come over and teach me how to can apple pie filling.  I have always been nervous to can.  Horror stories of botulism have plagued me out of ever trying.  But after watching Grandma Reber I have the confidence to try it myself.  It was a great afternoon of peeling, chopping, baking and talking.  Thanks Grandma Reber for a fun day!

Wednesday, January 22, 2014

You May Die Over the Cuteness

Could you just die over the cuteness!  
I love this little girl!  She loved playing in Grandma and Grandpas fall leaves.  






Evelyn Loves Jenna Dog

While we were in Utah Evelyn made a new bff...Jenna dog.  For some reason she would belly laugh when Jenna would play frisbee.  I couldn't resist catching her laughing on camera.  Poor Jenna did not feel the same about Evelyn.  Poor dog had a rough 3 months.  She also was able to meet Betty Brigham, our next door neighbor.  I have known Betty since I was a kid and love her and her husband dearly.  I am ecstatic that Evie gets to meet all the wonderful people I loved and knew growing up.  



Thursday, December 12, 2013

Meeting Santa

This year all I wanted was to get Evelyn's picture taken with the Dickens Festival Santa (He is the real deal).  I was so excited to see her reaction when he saw him.  I knew it was going to be tears, but I wasn't prepared for how long it took to get to them.  Evelyn sat on his lap turned and smiled, looked at him, turned and stared at me, then looked one last time.  On the second turn she lost it.  She realized she was done hanging with Santa and wanted down.  She is such a great girl and here are some pictures we will cherish forever.  Special thanks to my mom and Janet for making it happen.  You are the best.  



PRICELESS