One year ago today Evangeline Lucille decided to make her appearance in the world. We are so blessed to have our sweet little girl in our lives. Happy New Year to everyone and Happy Birthday to Evie Lu! Have a great New Year's Evie.
Will and Kaia
The Adventures Of Big Sister Evie Lu And The Gentlemen: Zevon & Guthrie!
Monday, December 31, 2007
Friday, December 28, 2007
Cousins, Aunts, And Uncles! Oh My!
What has miss Evie Lu been up to the last few days?
Christmas day started with a 4:30am wake-up call so she could join us at the airport. After lengthy delays we arrived in Northern Minnesota at 6:30 pm. (That would be 12 hours of travel time for our little one.) Evangeline was a trooper and I think Kaia and I were crabbier than she was. We made it to her Great Aunt Darlene's house where Evie Lu met up with 8 cousins, 6 Great Aunts and Uncles, 2 Grandparents, 1 Aunt Kaitlin, and 1 second cousin baby Noah. After so long in a stationary position Evie Lu had a blast crawling around a new place with lots of new faces.
The last couple of days have been filled with quality Grandparent time and soon Evie Lu will meet up with her Great Grandparents. I think we are going to have a hard time keeping her entertained when we get back home. Evie Lu is going to be used to a parade of people. One person she is still waiting to meet is her Aunt Megan. Megan and Chris made is safely to the U. S. on Wednesday, but we don't know when they'll decide to join us up north. Evie Lu keeps looking at her presents and looking at me as if to say, "Do we really have to wait?" (That's not really true, I think that look she gives me means she's pooping.)
I'll make a run at uploading some pictures, but the slow internet connection may mean, you'll need to wait a little while.
Christmas day started with a 4:30am wake-up call so she could join us at the airport. After lengthy delays we arrived in Northern Minnesota at 6:30 pm. (That would be 12 hours of travel time for our little one.) Evangeline was a trooper and I think Kaia and I were crabbier than she was. We made it to her Great Aunt Darlene's house where Evie Lu met up with 8 cousins, 6 Great Aunts and Uncles, 2 Grandparents, 1 Aunt Kaitlin, and 1 second cousin baby Noah. After so long in a stationary position Evie Lu had a blast crawling around a new place with lots of new faces.
The last couple of days have been filled with quality Grandparent time and soon Evie Lu will meet up with her Great Grandparents. I think we are going to have a hard time keeping her entertained when we get back home. Evie Lu is going to be used to a parade of people. One person she is still waiting to meet is her Aunt Megan. Megan and Chris made is safely to the U. S. on Wednesday, but we don't know when they'll decide to join us up north. Evie Lu keeps looking at her presents and looking at me as if to say, "Do we really have to wait?" (That's not really true, I think that look she gives me means she's pooping.)
I'll make a run at uploading some pictures, but the slow internet connection may mean, you'll need to wait a little while.
Monday, December 24, 2007
A First Christmas
A rocking horse for me?!?!
And a scooter?!?!
Let's roll!
Toys for the airplane. How annoying do you think my dad will get with that Grover finger puppet?
An ornament from my Great Aunt Bev!
Since we'll be flying early tomorrow, we had our little family Christmas today. The greatest gifts Kaia and I have received are the sweet little girl we have and your love and support. We love you all! Merry Christmas!
What Evie Lu Woke Up To See
Kaia's Santa Lucia Buns
You'll have to tune in later to see her reaction. Merry Christmas!
Evie Lu's haul
You'll have to tune in later to see her reaction. Merry Christmas!
Evie Lu's haul
Sunday, December 23, 2007
The Best Gift
No, you can't hug my bear. It is mine.
From the time our old friend Kathy called to say she was buying my mom a plane ticket to come out and visit I have been amazed at what a great gift this visit would be. It would be nice if Kaia and I could be closer to all our siblings and immediate family members, but that is not in the cards for now. We have to make due with as many visits and visitors as possible. Thank you Kathy for a great gift and to all the visitors of 2007!
Our family at Christmas
From the time our old friend Kathy called to say she was buying my mom a plane ticket to come out and visit I have been amazed at what a great gift this visit would be. It would be nice if Kaia and I could be closer to all our siblings and immediate family members, but that is not in the cards for now. We have to make due with as many visits and visitors as possible. Thank you Kathy for a great gift and to all the visitors of 2007!
Our family at Christmas
Saturday, December 22, 2007
Happy Birthday Aunt Megan!
Aunt Megan, I've been practicing so I can help you open gifts.
Today Evie Lu wants to wish her far, far away Aunt Megan a very happy birthday. We've told Evie Lu that her Aunt Megan will be a good person to talk to when it comes time to talk about how getting Christmas/birthday presents feels like getting cheated. Happy Birthday Megan! (Your birthday/Christmas present is awesome!)
And here's what you have to do after you open a gift.
Today Evie Lu wants to wish her far, far away Aunt Megan a very happy birthday. We've told Evie Lu that her Aunt Megan will be a good person to talk to when it comes time to talk about how getting Christmas/birthday presents feels like getting cheated. Happy Birthday Megan! (Your birthday/Christmas present is awesome!)
And here's what you have to do after you open a gift.
Friday, December 21, 2007
Extreme Makeover: Gingerbread Edition
My mom and Kaia with their creation.
Last Sunday night I had to go back into work, but Kaia and my mom had a great time building a gingerbread house. This is something Kaia and I did last year and I was glad to see it continue as a family tradition. Evie Lu doesn't know quite what to do with this new thing on display in our house. (Especially since we never let her get too close to it.) Mmm . . . architecture.
Great job mom and grandma, I'm going to eat it.
Last Sunday night I had to go back into work, but Kaia and my mom had a great time building a gingerbread house. This is something Kaia and I did last year and I was glad to see it continue as a family tradition. Evie Lu doesn't know quite what to do with this new thing on display in our house. (Especially since we never let her get too close to it.) Mmm . . . architecture.
Great job mom and grandma, I'm going to eat it.
Doing Dishes With Grandma
Can I help?
We have a few more pictures to share with you from my mom's visit and these are some of my favorites. Evie Lu loves to come and help when you are doing the dishes. This help mostly comes in the form of crawling up on your leg or pulling clean dishes out of the cabinets.
Ooo, wait for me, wait for me!
While the pulling of clean dishes out should be annoying, it cracks me up. I've gotten to the point where I wash any dish that has been at Evie Lu level before I use it just in case she's played with it already. I think Evie Lu just wants to make dish time last longer.
Grandma, I found some dirty dishes in this cupboard here.
We have a few more pictures to share with you from my mom's visit and these are some of my favorites. Evie Lu loves to come and help when you are doing the dishes. This help mostly comes in the form of crawling up on your leg or pulling clean dishes out of the cabinets.
Ooo, wait for me, wait for me!
While the pulling of clean dishes out should be annoying, it cracks me up. I've gotten to the point where I wash any dish that has been at Evie Lu level before I use it just in case she's played with it already. I think Evie Lu just wants to make dish time last longer.
Grandma, I found some dirty dishes in this cupboard here.
Thursday, December 20, 2007
Working With Grandma
No Grandma, I'd use a spreadsheet instead.
Some of the best times Evie Lu had with her Montana Grandma were when we didn't have anything planned. Evie Lu was getting over her cold and when she was sweet she was a joy to be around. Evie Lu does love to mimic what you are doing vocally and physically. This can be pretty funny. The Evangeline response of "Hiya" cracks me up every time.
Can we make this a conference call?
Some of the best times Evie Lu had with her Montana Grandma were when we didn't have anything planned. Evie Lu was getting over her cold and when she was sweet she was a joy to be around. Evie Lu does love to mimic what you are doing vocally and physically. This can be pretty funny. The Evangeline response of "Hiya" cracks me up every time.
Can we make this a conference call?
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Stand In The Place Where You Live . . .
. . . now face north!
I can stand and suck my thumb.
I have a prediction that Evie Lu will be walking by or on her first birthday. More and more she is letting go of chairs and other supports and trying to go it alone. Kaia has seen Evie Lu take a couple of half steps, but nothing more yet. We are simultaneously thrilled and scared to death at what this means for our lives. Go Evie Lu, Go!
Steady now
I can stand and suck my thumb.
I have a prediction that Evie Lu will be walking by or on her first birthday. More and more she is letting go of chairs and other supports and trying to go it alone. Kaia has seen Evie Lu take a couple of half steps, but nothing more yet. We are simultaneously thrilled and scared to death at what this means for our lives. Go Evie Lu, Go!
Steady now
Monday, December 17, 2007
Reindeer Games
Looking for Santa's sleigh.
Evie Lu, her Grandma Rhonda, Kaia and I decided to go to a local reindeer festival on Saturday. (We discovered how loosely the word festival gets used, but we did see a few reindeer.) The big guy in red was nowhere to be found, it must have been a union break, so we hung out in the rain with the his trusty sleigh leaders.
Guys, shouldn't you be somewhere else?
While we do not need an animal in our house, Evie Lu loves creatures of all kinds. We spent quite a bit of time looking at alpacas. The goofy looking creatures appealed to Evangeline's sense of humor.
Evie Lu thinks the reindeer are hilarious.
This "festival" was held in a zoo which while we were there had more statues of animals than actual animals. At least the statues were festively dressed with garland. The most important thing was we were all together, so we had a great time.
There's something over there!
Evie Lu, her Grandma Rhonda, Kaia and I decided to go to a local reindeer festival on Saturday. (We discovered how loosely the word festival gets used, but we did see a few reindeer.) The big guy in red was nowhere to be found, it must have been a union break, so we hung out in the rain with the his trusty sleigh leaders.
Guys, shouldn't you be somewhere else?
While we do not need an animal in our house, Evie Lu loves creatures of all kinds. We spent quite a bit of time looking at alpacas. The goofy looking creatures appealed to Evangeline's sense of humor.
Evie Lu thinks the reindeer are hilarious.
This "festival" was held in a zoo which while we were there had more statues of animals than actual animals. At least the statues were festively dressed with garland. The most important thing was we were all together, so we had a great time.
There's something over there!
Two Of My Favorite Ladies
Grandma, I love you and I love pictures of myself. This is perfect!
There is something wonderful about seeing your parent hold your child. Evie Lu has loved spending time with her Grandma Rhonda and we are sad that the time is so short. I'll have pictures of some of the cool stuff we've done, but the coolest really is seeing my mom and Evie Lu play. Talk about a Christmas present!
There is something wonderful about seeing your parent hold your child. Evie Lu has loved spending time with her Grandma Rhonda and we are sad that the time is so short. I'll have pictures of some of the cool stuff we've done, but the coolest really is seeing my mom and Evie Lu play. Talk about a Christmas present!
Saturday, December 15, 2007
The Grandma Has Landed!
My mom is here and Evie Lu has been having a great time with her Montana Grandma. Evie Lu was sad the horse didn't come along as well, but what can you do? We'll have lots of pictures up as we have lots of fun this weekend.
Montana Grandma Rhonda and a friend
Montana Grandma Rhonda and a friend
Thursday, December 13, 2007
A New Game - Spot The Noodle
Look very closely. Do you see it?
Being sick has brought out the inner weirdo of Evangeline Lucille. She's decided she no longer will use sippy cups or eat the pureed baby food. Kaia and I are hoping this passes since life gets much more interesting without these two things.
Just to prove the weirdo point, Evie Lu decided during dinner a new hair care product was about to be unveiled. Noodles for your noodle was Evangeline's big idea. If you follow her regimen of daily noodle hiding in your hair, you too will have people commenting on the body and curl your hair has developed. (These people will be making other comments as well, but we won't talk about that.)
How you hide the noodles.
Being sick has brought out the inner weirdo of Evangeline Lucille. She's decided she no longer will use sippy cups or eat the pureed baby food. Kaia and I are hoping this passes since life gets much more interesting without these two things.
Just to prove the weirdo point, Evie Lu decided during dinner a new hair care product was about to be unveiled. Noodles for your noodle was Evangeline's big idea. If you follow her regimen of daily noodle hiding in your hair, you too will have people commenting on the body and curl your hair has developed. (These people will be making other comments as well, but we won't talk about that.)
How you hide the noodles.
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Do Not Mess With Me
I told you I was done with this!
Evie Lu has now settled into a nice cold. She's got the stuffiness. She's got the crankiness. She's got mood swings like you would not believe. Our normally laid back and low key little girl is a bear with an attitude.
The picture you see above was taken just moments after Evie Lu was laughing and smiling about pushing her little toy. In the time it took for the camera to take the picture, all that changed. I'll be happy when Evie Lu is back to 100%. I'm whooped.
Evie Lu has now settled into a nice cold. She's got the stuffiness. She's got the crankiness. She's got mood swings like you would not believe. Our normally laid back and low key little girl is a bear with an attitude.
The picture you see above was taken just moments after Evie Lu was laughing and smiling about pushing her little toy. In the time it took for the camera to take the picture, all that changed. I'll be happy when Evie Lu is back to 100%. I'm whooped.
Monday, December 10, 2007
It Is An Evie Lu Christmas!
An Evie Lu sized Christmas tree!
When you've got a little girl who likes to pull things over, do you get a Christmas tree? After much debating, we bought a four foot tree and put it up on a coffee table. Evie Lu loves the tree. I'm sure she spends her time plotting how she'll bring the whole thing down.
The fever Evie Lu fought over the weekend has gone, but a slight stuffiness remains. The bonus of the stuffy nose is that she wakes up just enough to squawk a couple of times an hour overnight. Hopefully Evie Lu is back up to 100% by Friday when my mom gets in!
Our girl
When you've got a little girl who likes to pull things over, do you get a Christmas tree? After much debating, we bought a four foot tree and put it up on a coffee table. Evie Lu loves the tree. I'm sure she spends her time plotting how she'll bring the whole thing down.
The fever Evie Lu fought over the weekend has gone, but a slight stuffiness remains. The bonus of the stuffy nose is that she wakes up just enough to squawk a couple of times an hour overnight. Hopefully Evie Lu is back up to 100% by Friday when my mom gets in!
Our girl
Friday, December 07, 2007
I'm Sick
I'm so pitiful.
Evie Lu has been fighting a fever for the last couple of days. This has meant fitful sleep, lots of wanting to cuddle, and crying. (And that was just me.) It pains both Kaia and I to see our little one in pain, but we know we've been blessed that this is the first real sickness Evie Lu's suffered through. Thank goodness for baby Tylenol.
But I'm still cute.
Evie Lu has been fighting a fever for the last couple of days. This has meant fitful sleep, lots of wanting to cuddle, and crying. (And that was just me.) It pains both Kaia and I to see our little one in pain, but we know we've been blessed that this is the first real sickness Evie Lu's suffered through. Thank goodness for baby Tylenol.
But I'm still cute.
Wednesday, December 05, 2007
Counting Down The Days
Grandma, I've been practicing!
If it is December 5th, then that means we are just 9 days away from my mom coming to visit! Kaia and I have been making sure Evie Lu stays in top "cute" shape as we're practicing blowing kisses, waving, and moving towards walking. Evie Lu kisses are pretty ridiculous things at this point, mostly she'll lick you, but they are pretty sweet.
If it is December 5th, then that means we are just 9 days away from my mom coming to visit! Kaia and I have been making sure Evie Lu stays in top "cute" shape as we're practicing blowing kisses, waving, and moving towards walking. Evie Lu kisses are pretty ridiculous things at this point, mostly she'll lick you, but they are pretty sweet.
Tuesday, December 04, 2007
I Found My Thrill
"Shock and . . .
We think Evie Lu may have had her first allergic reaction. Kaia introduced blueberries into the rotation and Evie Lu loved them. Unfortunately a couple days later a little rash developed on her hands. I hope it wasn't the blueberries as it was a riot to see a blue Evie Lu face.
. . . Ahh, how cute."
We think Evie Lu may have had her first allergic reaction. Kaia introduced blueberries into the rotation and Evie Lu loved them. Unfortunately a couple days later a little rash developed on her hands. I hope it wasn't the blueberries as it was a riot to see a blue Evie Lu face.
. . . Ahh, how cute."
Monday, December 03, 2007
What Is That?
Huh?
Saturday was a big day for little Miss Evie Lu. Evangeline is now in her twelfth month and gearing up for her Montana Grandma to come visit in just a couple of weeks, but all that took a backseat to the white fluffy stuff falling from the sky. We are not accustomed to getting a whole lot of snow, but Saturday saw a nice little storm.
Can we go play?!?
Seeing Evie Lu's reaction to the snow made me think Montana and Minnesota winter visits need to be regularly scheduled. She's too young right now, but it won't be long before sledding down a hill will be mandatory fun. Is it too soon to buy a great big puffy snow suit?
This should be our Christmas card.
Saturday was a big day for little Miss Evie Lu. Evangeline is now in her twelfth month and gearing up for her Montana Grandma to come visit in just a couple of weeks, but all that took a backseat to the white fluffy stuff falling from the sky. We are not accustomed to getting a whole lot of snow, but Saturday saw a nice little storm.
Can we go play?!?
Seeing Evie Lu's reaction to the snow made me think Montana and Minnesota winter visits need to be regularly scheduled. She's too young right now, but it won't be long before sledding down a hill will be mandatory fun. Is it too soon to buy a great big puffy snow suit?
This should be our Christmas card.
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