Baby No More

She's cute and sweet

And so much fun.

Our little monkey

Is turning One!

We actually started Evelyn's birthday celebration a couple of weeks ago at Grandpa and Grandma's house with a multi-birthday party, but more about that when I get the pictures.

When Grandpa and Grandma came for Thanksgiving, Evelyn got to start enjoying her birthday gifts.

She got a new big pink chair!

Look at the big girl sitting along side Grandpa!

Even if the picture doesn't look like it, she enjoyed playing with the giant ornaments before I hung them "up." Now she keeps pointing and saying "up."

Reindeer make great teethers.

Little Monkey!

Cherri and Erin came to visit during "The Game."

Evie wasn't shy at all this time and enjoyed seeing them again.

Erin, Brandon, and Oakley got her a pink giraffe.

Oakley was very interested.

Grandpa took some great one year pictures for us!

So Big!

Birthday Cake #1.

She started by tasting the frosting very daintily.

Then she tried to shove the whole piece in her mouth.

Most of that piece did get jammed into her mouth. No throwing cake on the floor in this house.

Had to wash all that cake down with some milk.

Aunt Abby and Uncle Max sent a new fire truck.

Trucks are serious business you know.

*None of these pictures were taken on her actual birthday, but the day isn't over yet.

Update, I know it's been a long time

It's been so long since I've updated that this is mostly going to be pictures with a few captions thrown in now and again. Enjoy!

We put up Evie's swing and she has loved it!

Eating can be hard work, especially now that she wants to feed herself.

Evelyn is not walking on her own yet, but she stands up against everything and cruises around when she has something to lean on.

I made Evie a tutu just for the fun of it and she doesn't even seem to notice when I put it on her. Isn't she the cutest!!

We took a long weekend in October and went to Maumee Bay State Park in Ohio and to the Toledo Zoo with Grandpa, Grandma, Aunt Abby, and Uncle Max. We had a lot of fun even though it was hot.

Evie just loved looking at the alligator with Aunt Abby. Somehow Aunt Abby seemed to know that I wasn't going to be that excited about the reptile house, so she took over Evie for that part of the zoo.

My favorite part was the baby elephant. And Evie liked that too, mostly because the baby elephant was chasing a squirrel.

Evie got to see Uncle Josh again and meet Aunt Laura for the first time in October. And then she watched as Uncle Josh and Daddy put together our new fireplace.

We didn't go all out for Halloween this year. Evie isn't eating all that candy yet and Momma and Daddy don't need it, so we didn't worry about trick-or-treating. Daddy had to work, so Evie as in her highchair in the front window and watched the kids come down the driveway as I passed out candy.

We had our family pictures taken at church for the new photo directory and we got a cute one of just Evelyn as well.

And last by not least Evie (and Ripley) got to help Momma eat some cupcake for my "big" birthday last week.