Evelyn Homemaker

Yesterday was a busy day! Evelyn went across the street to play w/her friends while I dusted/vacuumed the house, cleaned her new baby station given to us by a friend, gathered up all of her "baby toys" for storage, and reorganized her new big girl toys. I spent the rest of the morning putting together her new kitchen set I recently got at Marshalls for 13bucks! WHAT a steal! It is a very nice, solid wood kitchen set. I believe it was on sale because the box was open and kind of beat up. We originally planned to save it for next Christmas, thinking she may be too young now. But we were proved wrong when my mom got her one for her house and she absolutely loved it! We watched for literally 45minutes while she put things in the cupboards and cooked delicious food. So we thought we'd try hers out. 2 1/2hours and 1 recruiter later (Jared's amazing dad who thankfully was not busy!!), it's a total hit! We're off to Target now to get some new play food and dishes!!

We finally got to go see Great Grandma this summer!! Which included a short visit with Aunt Martha, Sarah, and Renee. The girls warmed up quick.


And enjoyed spending some time together playing.





And here's Grandma playing the harmonica for Evelyn before we left.

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Near the end of our visit I found Grandma and Grandpa's 25th Anniversary picture. The color wasn't great and there was a couple in the background. So I took it to Walgreens, cropped it and enhanced the color and it looks amazing! I plan on sending a copy to all of the Cumpatas.

We're Back!!

We finally have time to blog again. I decided to take a 3 week, double speed Chemistry class that has taken up ALL of my time so far this summer, so I haven't blogged in what feels like forever. The class was 5nights a week, 3 hours a night so as soon as I was finished my first priority was getting to know my daughter again who I feel like I spent no time with during those 3 weeks! I did end up getting a B which is good-although it did bring down my 3.65 GPA :(

Evelyn has grown so much in this short amount of time. She can basically identify anything and her vocabulary has definitely grown. She has started eating with utensils, is doing great on the potty, and is saying 3 word sentences such as, "I did it!", "Juice. You get it.", and "I see ya!". Last night I realized that on Father's Day last year I was nursing her, holding her in one arm. This year, she's hanging off both sides, drinking out of a cup, and walking around talking. time really does fly.

We have enjoyed our summer so far with picnics, a million trips to the park, pool, and Grandma Nancy's ginormous backyard. She has no fears at the pool! She loves to go under, and even stands in the kiddy pool bending over to put her face in the water! It's a riot! So we signed up for a mommy & me class which starts in July. We still have so much time to spend together this summer and I'm so grateful for that. We will hopefully be blogging regularly again. So look forward to seeing us!!!

Hop, Hop, Hop

I mentioned how Evelyn recognizes Dora and the rest of her cast in my last post. Today, I realized she knows some of the words to the theme song! It seems like this happened overnight.

Her favorite CD has a song that goes, "C'mon and hop, hop, hop right in. Hop into the toad motel." She now requests it whenever we get into the car. As well as a song that goes "I spilled my juice, juice, juice on the kitchen table." She identifies this song as "juice!" It's pretty amazing how fast they learn! Well......I mean this is the only Cd we have ever listened to in the car for about a year now, but still!

Summer Fun

We have definitely been enjoying the summer weather! We had our first trip to the lake and our first family picnic EVER...



And Evelyn took her first dip in the pool with some old friends of ours. We dunked her 4times and she never cried. In fact, she was lovin' it! Our friends have a dog that uses the pool steps to gracefully walk into the pool, swim a few laps, then float around on his own personal raft. Puppies and a giant bathtub!! Evelyn was in heaven. We stayed up two hours past her nap time but it was worth it. She had a blast and slept great and mommy got to relax in the pool and visit with some great friends.
Helloooo puppies!

Soaking her arms...

Fan Craze

I knew Evelyn was a fan of Dora, but I never realized it had gotten this far. After purchasing a Dora bean bag chair from the Kelly/Eggers garage sale, I realized Evelyn could identify the main character of the show, "Doh-uh!" But yesterday, I realized she knew everyone in the whole darn show! When the Dora theme song came on last night she was yelling, "Doh-uh! Doh-uh!", "Bck-pock! Bck-pock!". She identified "mop" as map, and when told to say "Swiper no swiping," she repeatedly shouted, "Aww mann! Aww mann! Aww mann!" I never realized how much she really does pay attention. Here I thought she was mindlessly zoning out into the tv watching the colors but she really knows what's going on. And it's adorable :)

Tough

Don't mess with this tough baby!



Or she'll be coming for you!

Money Well Spent

We hit it big at the Kelly/Eggers garage sale! Evelyn scored a new blue rocking horse, a Dora bean bag chair, a zebra riding toy, a few DVDs and books, and a baby swing and bouncy seat for our future children....in 5 years!

Once we were home Evelyn was excited to show off her new toys to Daddy.




After the sale we split a Portillo's Italian beef with Grandma Jo and enjoyed the great weather. We had a good time. It's days like this that make me wish I lived closer. Days like this also make me miss my Grandpa Eli. Evelyn got so sit in his kit car for the first time today. He would have loved to see that. I have such vivid memories of going for rides in it when I was younger and just playing in it in the driveway. I'm glad Evelyn can enjoy it, too.

Nap, please.

A few hours after Evelyn woke from her nap I felt a bad migraine setting in. I attempted to rest my eyes in silence on the living room couch for a few minutes. After about 5 seconds I heard Evelyn whining. I walked into her room and found her wedged between her crib rail and her miniature rocking chair she had pushed up against the side of her crib. When I walked in she reached up to her bed as if she had been trying to climb in. I laid her in there and she collapsed on her stomach and shut her eyes. I thought to myself, "Are ya kidding me!?" then quickly returned to my couch before she could change her mind. She didn't make a sound for an hour. The kid was asking for a nap! What could be better than that?

Mother's Day 2010

This was by far the best of my two Mother's Days. The morning began with Jared waking up first to change Evey Bug's diaper while I turned on the TV and got comfy. We all snuggled in bed for about 5 minutes and Jared couldn't contain himself any longer. He and Evelyn rushed out of the room returning with 2 cards and a present. Since we misplaced my camera a few weeks ago and I've been in agony not being able to take a picture every 30seconds, Jared and Ev got me a Nikon touch screen digital camera (like the one from the commercials with Ashton Kutcher). It has an awesome zoom and all kinds of neat features including built in photo shop. It also came with a very nice leather case and tons of accessories. After breakfast in the living room (not bed as I do not want to get crumbs in my freshly changed bed) we relaxed around the house until nap time. I relaxed anyways as the roles were reversed and Jared did the dishes and cleaning. After naptime, we drove to my parents where we exchanged gifts, played outside, and had a delicious roast. It was such a relaxing, family filled day. It couldn't have been better.

Three lovely ladies.


Evey's adorable outfit.


Me and Daddy.


Daddy using photo shop on the camera.


Mommy trying the photo shop. Doesn't he look great?


Here's Ev pushing around her baby.