One Year Photos

This last week Josh and I took Evelyn downtown to take her 1 year photos.  She was not in the mood to have her picture taken, but I think we got some good ones.

My loves!

Sand and a Movie

Evelyn has been into watching Frozen lately.  Im so glad I'm not tired of it yet.  She loves to sing and dance along with the songs, especially the famous "Let it Go"  After out adventures inside watching Frozen :)  We headed outside to play in the sand.  Evelyn loves to be outside, but our apartment complex doesn't have a kid friendly place to play.  So I improvised with sand toys and a sand volleyball court.  It was a blast!  This girl loves the sand.  She would pick it up put it in her bucket, take it out of her bucket, and then back in.  It was fun to see her playing with such joy.   Bonus, she kept on her sun hat :)

A girl and her purple bucket :)

This is the place she prefers to watch her movies.  I love this chair and clearly so does Evelyn!

Evie-isms

1) She has learned to hit...dun dun dun!  We are working on it and making progress.  

2) She is a walking pro now.  It is so cute to see her walk, fall on her bum, then get back up and take off again.  She loves to walk and screams at the top of her lungs in joy as she strolls along.

3) She loves to go outside, or to the indoor mall park.  She knows that when we get the keys we are going out to play and she gets extremely excited. 

4) She learns so fast these days.  At snack Josh was feeding her yogurt she noticed that he took the spoon and dipped it in the yogurt then to gave it to her.  She wanted to try and actually did pretty well.  

5)  She loves Frozen.  

6) She loves to dance and will frequently sing along in her cute baby language. 

7) When she doesn't want something she shakes her head now and waves her arms

in front of her.

8) She is a great sleeper.  I hate putting her in her crib at the end of the day because she still cries, but its only for just a minute. 

9) When she is mad she throws herself backwards, which scares me to death.  I usually just let her throw her temper and tell her that when she is done to come find me.  9 times out of 10 when she is done she gets up with tears down her cheeks and comes for a hug.  We talk and move on.  If this is the worst it gets ill take it :)

10) She is still an amazing eater.  It's hard for me to say what her favorite foods are because she loves everything.

11) Books are her favorite pass time.  She will sit and "read" several times a day.  I love it when she brings me a book and sits on my lap for me to read.  We may only get 1 or 2 pages in before she takes over but I love it. 

12)  She always scrunches her nose now.  When she smiles, when she looks in the sun, when she is excited she pulls that face.

13) She fake laughs all the time.  It sounds like an owl.

14) She is a moocher when it comes to food.  It doesn't matter who it is or what they are eating she wants it.  

15) She talks the most in the morning when she wakes up.  I love to hear her babble at her toys and us. 

16) She loves to grab my face and turn my head from side to side.  I don't know why it is so funny but it sure cracks her up.

17) She loves to look in your mouth.  Maybe she will be a dentist someday.  

18) She likes to look out the window at the trucks and especially the kids in the street playing.

19) She follows me wherever I go and holds on to my leg.

20) When she is done eating she throws her food.  It drives me crazy because I'm constantly cleaning the carpet.  

21)  She went up the stairs and down the kiddie slide all by herself.  

22)  She picked up her doll and gave her a kiss.  My heart just melted when I saw it.

23)  She loves to sit and "big people" chairs.  Anytime I put her on one she laughs and swings her feet  off the edge.  

24) She has a hard time sharing.  If one of her friends takes a toy from her she will attack.  We are working on this and I hope she stops it soon.

25) I can't find reasonably priced shoes that fit her feet.  Her foot is so poofy that I can't get it down into anything.

26) I gave her a beater today after making frosting and you would have thought she won the jackpot.  Her face and body were covered in yummy chocolate frosting.  

This girl is at such a fun age.  She just melts my heart!

Match Day

The last 4 years have been leading to this day.  Match day is the most intense, emotionally draining, and stressful but wonderful day in medical school.  All the hard work, long hours and countless sleepless nights have lead up to one envelope that you open with all the other medical students at the exact same time all across the nation.  Josh had made his rank list and at the top was Mayo in Rochester Minnesota.  And I'm EXTREMELY excited to announce that my hard working, dedicated, extremely smart husband got what he had been working so hard to get.  We are moving to Rochester Minnesota to start a residency in radiology.  Before we go to Rochester Josh has to do a transitional year.  Most people don't understand what that is.  It is like being an intern before you start your residency.  Not all spoecialites have to do this, but radiology is one that does.

Josh's School!  Go Texas Tech

 Match Day is a big deal across the nation.  Schools spend the previous week partying.  Every night there was a fun event and dinner for us to attend.

Saturday: Dinner at El Paso Country Club.  It was delicious and so fun to see great friends who I haven't seen for awhile.  It was fun to get dressed up and eat in such a beautiful atmosphere.

Tuesday: Family bowling.  Evelyn wanted to play so bad.  Poor girl wants to be older then she is.

Wednesday: Park Day and Chick Fil A....and Janet flew into town

Thursday: Dinner at Carlos and Mickeys

Friday: MATCH DAY and luncheon

Eating ice-cream with Iris and Sadi

Zack trying to get Evelyn to look at the camera

We arrived at 9:15 Friday morning to snap a few pics.  We were soooo happy Grandma Janet could be in town for this momentous occasion!

Despite what this picture looks like Evelyn was not a happy camper.  We now know she was sick :(

  

The school had treats laid out for the students.  

Grandma Janet trying to entertain baby girl.

Yes I was letting Evelyn watch Frozen while we waited.

The BIG moment!

Rochester and Utah here we come!  

This map shows where all of Josh's classmates are going.

So Proud!

Our friends came to support us.  

Angelina dancing/walking with Evelyn.  

What good friends.

So Proud of this guy!

After all was said and done we were pretty tired.  I have never been so excited for one single event.  We had a great dinner with Janet at Leo's that night then we all went home to relax...and rightfully so :)