Evey's 1st Birthday

Hi All,

Evey is 1 year old !!! Can you believe its been 1 year already ? It seems like only yesterday that she rolled over for the first time. And now she is standing well and using her walker, almost walking. She can pick up a toy animal that you name. She can see the word gorilla and make gorilla noises or clap her hands when she sees the word clap. She can pick up a triangle, circle, square or hexagon when you ask her for one. She likes saying the words Daddy and Cat, and sometimes Mommy when she's upset ;) She likes the show 'Between the Lions'.

To celebrate her 1st birthday I've upload many many pictures. The first set of pictures were taken during a photo shoot. I won't go into detail of each of these photos, I think they speak for themselves.

After those pictures are just of Evey and others during her birhtday week. There is her out to breakfast with Aunty Heather, at Jimmy Eggs (thanks Aunty Gretchen & Uncle Steve for the Gift Card). Then there are picts of her at her favorite restaurant, the Aquarium on Kemah Boardwalk. She gets to stare at the fish while Mommy and Daddy eat their lunch. There is a photo of her video chatting with Grandma Tany and Grandpa Gary on her birthday. Then there are several pictures of her birthday party. With her little friends Gus and Wyatt and her bigger friends Aunty Heather, Uncle Tony, Aunty Heather, Aunty Kelly, Aunty Tiff, Aunty Hannah, Uncle Andy, Tia Keyla and Uncle Tom (who picked up the BBQ for the part, thanks Tom!) There is also a picture of her reading one of her birthday cards and an older picture of her petting Sampson outside, when we had a stretch of warm weather a week or so ago.

We've had a wonderful year with Evey and we're looking forward to another great one :D

Christmas Vacation Update

Hi All. We hope everyone's Christmas Break was fantastic. Here are some pictures and movies of Evey over her Christmas break. Well, the Santa Picture was technically taken in November, but it was Christmasy so I included it :D.



The picture of Mommy and Evey next to the tree was taken on Christmas Day. The picture of her testing out her new potty and the first movie were also from Christmas Day. And so is the picture of Daddy and Evey, where she is in her Radio Flyer Wagon. The picture of Evey and Mommy outside was the day after Christmas, where she's trying out her new outdoor shoes. :D







During the break Gretchen, Steve and little Owen came for a visit. There is a picture of us at the Moody Gardens Aquarium Pyramid getting a snack on New Years Eve. There is also a picture of Evey checking out a turtle and some seals. She really liked the Aquarium. She would talk to the fishies a lot. I'm not sure what she was saying but she was having a great time just sitting in front of the large fish tank watching all the different sea creatures go by. There is alslo a picture of us in front of the large Christmas tree that was at Moody Gardens. There is also a picture of Evey and Owen getting ready to go for a ride in the Radio Flyer, fun all around. :D

Then there are just a few photos of Evey early Jan (11 months old now) and of her petting Sampson. There is a video of her, from today. She was sort of steping between Daddy and Mommy. Mostly just falling from one of us to the other, but occasionally she'd take one step before falling forward. She's getting real close to walking, she'll probably do it when our backs are turned. ;)

Halloween and Working on Walking

Hi All,
Evey went trick or treating on our street this year. I've uploaded a picture of what she wore, a kitty shirt and skull and cross bones pants. We couldn't get a real costume this year, due to them all being made of polyester, but she's really cute anyway ;)
Grandma Tanya came for a two week visit, which included Halloween. So Grandma helped Evey eat her candy :) Grandma Tanya also helped a LOT with the house work, which helped Mommy and Daddy enormously, THANKS GRANDMA TANYA !!!

Evey can now stand up quite well if there is something in front of her to pull up on, like her play table, the couch or her baby fence. She can walk along the side of the couch and circle her play table very well also. She sometimes lets go of what she is holding on to for a short while before needing to hold on again. She helps mommy fold clothes, by taking clothes out of the basket. If she sees one of her shirts she'll put in on her head and pull with both hands. Sorry I don't have a video of that, its really cute. I think she's trying to put her own clothes on. She is still quite far from achieving that, but her thinking about it is still really cute.

The first picture is of Evey after having one of her Yo-Baby Yogurts. There is a picture of her with her play table and new puzzle mat, so she doesn't hurt her head when she falls down. There are some pictures of Evey and Grandma Tanya at Kemah. There is a picture of her with her 'All I want for Christmas is my Auntie' shirt from Aunty Kelly. Then there are some pictures of her in her Halloween outfit and her little pumpkin and her candy pal pumpkin. There is a video of her hearing her Halloween card from Aunty Heather and Uncle Tony. And a video of her going up 3 stairs. She can go up the whole flight of stairs now. The third video is of her eating Cheerios this morning. She eats that at school for breakfast also. She's such a big girl. We hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving !!!