Happy Birthday Week Baby! Part 1

Happy Birthday Princess Evangeline!

Although it was a few weeks ago, I wanted to share some photos from Evangeline's birthday week. On the Sunday before her birthday she celebrated with her Best Friend James. James is three days older than Evangeline and she was jealous of his cake...

Evangeline camping out in the Kitchen on her birthday morning.

We shared breakfast of biscuits (Evangeline's favorite) and played in the kitchen for a while. She is really into the refrigerator right now--she loves the magnets and photos on it and loves standing in the door when it is open. She loves the game of taking things out of the fridge while mommy and daddy are busy trying to close the door.

Later that day, Evangeline hung out with her girl friend Claire at a picnic at a park near our house. Claire shared her baby doll, water cup, toys and snacks. Claire has recently become more sure-footed and so she and Evangeline are running around the park like I had never seen before. Evangeline has been walking for more than four months, so it is nice her friends are now able to play with her on that level too.

I love how these girls are running now.

That evening, after several delays, her Aunt Sarah and Grandma Carri were in town. We all went out to Sophia's to celebrate.

Thursday her Aunt Catelyn and Uncle Daniel arrived after flying all over the eastern part of the country to get there. On Thursday, Aunt Sarah also came to Evangeline and my Mommy and Me Yoga class. Sarah also snapped a few photos for the instructor.

Evangeline and I at our Mommy and Me Yoga class.

Evangeline is one!

Congrats to Evangeline on one year. Mom and dad love you more thank you will ever know.

Eleven months

Blue eyes and dark reddish brown hair

Evangeline loved the apple orchard

She rode in the stroller in her first Race for the Cure

Beautiful. She is so cute in her Fall wardrobe. She even plays with her skirts.

Climbing the stairs with her new favorite food an apple.

Playtime with mommy

We're eleven months into this parenting adventure. We also celebrated Greg's birthday this week, so I'm a little late with the post. Evan is growing so quickly. She loves books, dancing and building "nests" of toys around the house. Below are a few photos from this month.

Playing downstairs, or getting into trouble.

Looking out the front door for Daddy.

Playing with bubbles in the laundry room.

Building a nest.

10 Months of I love yous

Evangeline is in to everything, I love this one of her under a table.

Morning play time in her Mizzou Onesie.

Evangeline is close to 21 lbs, however, this month she had a stomach flu and lost a lot of weight. It was so hard for Greg and I to watch her sick, but with a lot of extra love and sleep she's almost fully recovered. I cannot believe I have a walking 10-month-old. She babbles and loves to dance. She's very fast.

Evan playing with mommy's baby blanket.

Only two months until her birthday! Time goes by so quickly. I remember the last two months of my pregnancy very clearly, but they seemed more like two years than two months.
This month we visited Greg's mom-- Nana Candy--and Grandnana in Florida.

To wrap up the summer, we went on a portion of the Missouri Wine Tour. Well two of ten stops, Evangeline did not make it very far. We also celebrated a year in Missouri and of knowing our friends Brenda and Kyle, by going to Chipotle--where we first went the Saturday of birth class. I also happened to be Brenda's birthday.

Hanging out with our sick little miss P.

We spent the week before classes cleaning up around the house and wrapping up summer projects. Evangeline got some quality mom and dad time in. Greg even painted the wall of the back porch and installed a new baby gate in the basement.

New baby gate in the basement.

Evangeline loves to read on the Ipad with Greg in the morning and play her Dora alphabet game of course.

Evangeline went to her first two birthday parties this month for our neighbors Arlen and Sophie. She loved playing with all the kids.

With Marcus at our neighbor Sophie's birthday party

At library story time.

Playing in the basement with daddy and mommy.

Greg and I also started back to work and school this week. So having a sick baby and starting work/school made the week extra hard on our family.

It's the end my first official week in the Missouri Journalism Ph. D program. Although I am tired and my brain is a bit overloaded, I am so glad to have this opportunity. During orientation I made some new friends, and learned a lot about myself and Mizzou (that I did not know even though I've lived her over a year now).

I'm going to be spotty with blogging with the graduate school commitments, but I'll try my best to post something here periodically to keep you all updated.

Florida Summer Adventure

Here are some recent photos from our trip to visit Greg's Mom and Grandmother earlier this month. Greg's sister Edge surprised us and was there when we arrived. We even got to see some friends, and Evangeline took her first trip to the beach. It was a nice vacation before returning to the life of graduate school and work.

Greg playing with Evangeline

Saying goodby to Nana and Aunt Edge at the Airport.

Evangeline loved watching the planes on the tarmac and the people loading luggage.

At the Blue Note Cafe in the Memphis Airport Enjoying a Biscoff Cracker

Evangeline looking at photos of dogs with her Grand-Nana

Playing the piano at Grand-nanas

Playing with Aunt Edge.

On the piano with Grand-nana and playing in the living room.

On Flagpole beach in Palm Beach with daddy

Digging in the sand with Allison Heard

Hanging out with Allison and Luke Heard

More adventures at Grand-Nana's

Love this duckie towl that Nana Candy gave her. She's got a great pouty face.

Saturday adventures

This morning Evangeline and I went to the Farmer's market, book store and lunch together. Then this evening we all hung out in the backyard. Greg and I even made s'mores on the fire pit he built.

 

Evangeline didn't eat a s'more but she accidentally got one stuck to her foot. It was so fun to watch her run around the yard with a graham cracker stuck to her foot. What a great day.

July Visitors

This month we had several visitors, we had an exchange student from Madrid, Spain--Almudena, our friends Stephanie and Tyler swung by on their way back to Texas from Iowa and my mom, Grandma Carri came to visit.  Here's some photos of our interactions with them.

With Almu at the Capitol in Jefferson City

Miss Stephanie Visits

At the St. Louis Gateway Arch with Almu

Hanging out with Grandma

Swing time with Grandma

Saying goodbye at the CoMo Airport