Half Birthday Girl!

Evelyn turned 6 months today! I can't believe how fast time goes by! It seems just like yesterday that we were bringing her home and now she is half of a year old! Happy half birthday baby girl!!

Cheese!

 

Merry First Christmas Evelyn!!

          Like most families our Christmas Celebrations began Christmas Eve. Hubby and I enjoyed the better part of the morning enjoying each others company and playing with baby girl. We had a wonderful breakfast and relaxed. It has been far to long since we have been able to spend this much quality time with each other. Around noon I went up to my grandmothers house to help her prepare for all the family that would arrive there later. We made all kind of appetizers or pupus as she likes to refer to them haha. A big Hawaii fan. Just before the guests arrived hubby arrived with Evelyn. She was dressed up in her little Christmas dress that we received from my dear co-worker. My cousin was already there and hadn't met her yet so she was ooing and ahing over her. Evelyn finally got to meet her great great grandmother too. There were 5 generations in that household! It was just a really awesome night and everyone enjoyed Evelyn and Evelyn enjoyed everyone. By the end of the night we were exhausted. We out down Evelyn straight away when we got home as it was WAY past her bed time. We tried to stay up and watch a Christmas movie but as soon as we turned it on we were both dozing so we called it a night. I guess being a parent kind of does this to you haha!
            Christmas morning came very fast. Evelyn only slept in an extra 30 minutes regardless of her late bed time. I guess she was just too excited to sleep. When she woke up we decided to open our stocking from each other and let Evelyn "open" hers with some help. She got some utensils, a car, 2 winter hats & mittens, finger puppet glove, some small bath books and bubbles. She loved the bubbles and was trying to catch them! By the time we got done my dad finally arrived to join our little festivities and watch Evelyn open her presents. She got to sit right on Grandpa's lap while daddy helped her open presents and mommy recorded the whole thing! She was just hilarious to watch. She tore into those presents like a pro! She was interested in a few of the presents right away like her little frog and miniature stocking that held her personalized ornament from grandma. Of course they both went straight to her mouth. Other than that like I thought she was chewing on wrapping paper most of the time haha! By the end she was so overwhelmed with everything we put her down for a nap so she could take it all in. After her nap we went out to breakfast all together and had a great time well not really Evelyn, but we got through it!
        After breakfast we departed company with my dad and went straight from the restaurant Hubby's Mom's house. She lives just over and hour away so it was a great chance fro Evelyn to get a nap. As we trekked over the mountain passes and through the woods we started getting into some snow and began getting a little nervous. We were just in my tiny little car and prayed that the roads would be clear all the way there. Thankfully they were and we made it just fine. Although as we pulled into his mom's driveway that was not clear and slipped and slid a little but were able to get out of it and parked in a dry area.  We had a wonderful time visiting with everyone there and exchanged gifts and ate some delicious food. We didn't spend as much time as we would have liked though. It was starting to get dark and we still had a long trip home. By the end of the day we were once again spent! Evelyn took another nap on the way home. When we got home we tried to put her to bed but it seems she wanted to stay up and play with her new toys right along with us so we let her stay up and play on her new around we go for a little while, while hubby played with his new ps3 and I set up my new photo printer.

 

Humor of the day!

End of the world humor! Thank goodness it's already the 21st on the other side if the world hehe!

Peas & Sweet Potatoes! Yum!

Well aren't we enjoying our food!

I have been making my own baby food lately. I started with just experimenting but found it to be so quick and easy I have just continued. I love knowing what is going into my baby's body from start to finish. Not only that but I can't fathom spending .60 a jar on something she will eat in one sitting. I'll have to write up a segment on baby food making as well. So far I have made applesauce, peas, and sweet potatoes. carrots are next on my list. I will probably take photos when I do it just to show how easy the process is. Even a working mommy like myself can find time to do it!

Evelyn's First Snow Day!

This morning was a cold one for us Southern Oregonians. I stepped out the door to head to work and much to my surprise there was snow falling. Today marks the first snow of the season on the valley floor. I personally love snow! Maybe because we see it so rarely or maybe because it makes the whole world seem so perfect. It continued to snow throughout the better part of the morning while I was at work. It was really starting to stick and build up. I called Ernest who was with Evelyn at the time and asked him to get some photos of Evelyn in the snow. Snow being so rare around here and it being the first in her little life I wanted to make sure we captured the moment. It will also make great first winter photos for her baby book! So these are the photos he shot and I am so pleased with them. I thought they turned out so good! Props to my wonderful hubby! Such a good daddy!

 

Happy 5 Month Birthday Baby Girl!

Happy 5 months to my adorable baby girl! Yes, I'm going to photo bomb you all!

 

Evelyn loves "real" food!

Today on Evelyn's 5 month birthday we decided it would be a good day to try solids again as the first time she was not having it. Well it turns out she likes eating after all!