We're In Trouble

This last video is priceless.

Cutest giggle ever.




Notice in this video that Evelyn is using her back to scale the wall of her crib attempting to touch her mobile. Lately if she wants to move from one toy to the other she thinks, "Ya know, I'll just walk over there" and begins to move her feet. She CAN walk around her play table while holding herself up. She's gonna be a handful!

Bedtime Humor

Bedtime is now a game in this house. Our night time nurse is full of giggles and rolling over, slapping at my face and babbling uncontrollably. But I have to admit, it's pretty hilarious.

This pictures summarizes our bedtime routine lately.

That's hysterical laughter, not crying you see in this picture.

Last night during our bedtime nurse Evelyn whipped herself up on her knees and was leaning over me slapping my thigh. It made a loud smacking sound through my thin pajama pants and Evelyn apparently found it very amusing. She was bouncing up and down, slapping and laughing. We couldn't help but crack up ourselves. We were crying we laughed so hard.

She has been too much fun. Watching the progress she makes daily is amazing. In just a few short days she's able to balance for a few seconds while standing on her own.

She's great at pulling herself up to stand at a table or couch or pull at my pant legs in despair wanting to be held.

She's so close to crawling I can taste it. For now she army crawls at full speed to follow me around the house and get to her toys. Nothing stops this girl. She can get through any obstacle in her path.

Army Crawling Movie Star

My neighbor always refers to Evelyn as a walking movie star. I like to correct him by saying she is an army crawling movie star. And man does she get around! My parents were amazed by her speed as she drug herself around the room tonight. She's made such progress since the few days they saw her last. Time just flies!

We've been enjoying the beautiful weather of the last few days but today was by far the warmest. Here are a few pics of us frolicking in the sun.







All tuckered out after watching the Bears lose :(



And here's a little baby butt.

Any Day Now

Remember the play table I mentioned earlier? She loves it. Can you tell?



Guess who's crawling! My neighbors nephew who's 3weeks younger than Evelyn. She made a little progress tonight by moving one hand forward while on her hands and knees. It should be any day now. Any day. No more whining when I go in the other room-she can just follow!

Speaking of whining, a certain someone loves the bathtub and used her whines to subtly hint she would enjoy a bath tonight. We played with our new squirting animal toys from Grandma Jill. You'll notice in one of the pictures that her right leg is forever sticking straight up. She's such a ham.

On The Move

We're almost there-Evelyn is ALMOST crawling! She rocks on her hands and knees and has now realized how to lay on her belly and use her arms to pull herself forward. She also does this while sitting, similar to a dog. Her tiny little body looks so funny moving about.

As I've previously mentioned she can also pull herself into a standing position which she has attempted to do in her crib. So scary! We're lowering the mattress tonight! Her crib is right next to her bedroom window which she loves to look out of while whispering to the outdoors. I heard her stirring after an afternoon nap and walked in to find her on her belly pulling the crib bumper down to gaze out her window. Usually when I walk in after a nap I find two little smiling eyes peeking through the crib slats to greet me, like I did this morning.





She just kills me. She has such a personality.

Her new favorite toy is a rocking chair she received from her late great-grandmother, Ester Kern. Before she passed she wrote a list of things she wanted distributed to her grandchildren. Somehow she knew Jared would be giving her family their first grandchild and we inherited a beautiful, hand-carved child's rocking chair-Evelyn's new favorite toy. She uses her new dance moves to rock back in forth in the little chair and has already learned how to climb right out of it to use it as a support to stand. I'm telling you, this girl's gonna be a handful!