It's Beginning to Look Like...HALLOWEEN!

Trick-or-treat...Evie is about to experience her very first Halloween ever! To prep she posed with friends in costume. The first set includes Katie (daisy), Abby (dinosaur), Allison (octopus) and the Juner as a lobster. This was all done in the middle of a football game and I am starting to seriously believe that she is not a true fan--every single time we have gone somewhere to watch an OSU game she has ended up melting down completely which is no fun for anyone and stresses me out! No clue what it is about watching a football game with friends that equals pissed Evie?!?!

Ok, so here they are:

Evie doing a practice run as ShrekEvie and Baby Katie looking at each other
Allison and Evie, Our 2 Sea-Life CreaturesEverybody, notice the Juner melting down and Allison very curious about her costume!

Afterwards, Evie and mommy went to Glenn's Halloween Party. Glenn is about 2 months younger than Evie and is super cool--he has thrown his very own party already! He is the Chipotle burrito. While Evie was still a bit of the pissy pants, she did do better at this one. Probably because there was no football?

Nearly 17 Pounds

Mommy took Evie to the doctor yesterday because she seemed a little crabby and snuffly and we were worried about her. She checked out perfectly--no infections, just a yucky cold. She weighed in at 16 lbs, 15 oz which is pretty crazy--an entire pound in about 3 weeks. Guess she is just trying to show mommy up since I didn't weigh much more than that at 12 months! Daddy loves the hat--mommy and grandma agree it is too cute!
On Saturday, we took Evie to our first Circleville Pumpkin Festival. It was the 100th Anniversary and was a good time. It was so crowded that it never even felt cold there! We let Evie eat a teeny-tiny piece of pumpkin donut and she LOVED it. It was her first 'big people's' food since up until now she's been on the kiddie diet. The Festival itself was much bigger than we were expecting--very chaotic. I was also a little dissapointed by the lack of 'pumpkin things'. We went the last day so some stuff had closed up but the most adventurous stuff we got included: pumpkin pizza (crust, pumpkin sauce and cheese--I liked but no one else did) , pumpkin waffles and apparently there was pumpkin chili but we missed it. Everything else I've seen before--pie, fudge, ice cream, etc.Well, with that being said there is actually one thing she just discovered she does not like. PEAS. Daddy hates 'em and apparently so does Evie. When we fed them to her last night she:

• cried
• gagged & choked
• spit them back out
• generally looked ticked off

We'll probably try them again but seems like these are a no-go. We made a little video of the pea-hating extravaganza which was pretty cute, and of course daddy was so proud that she hates the peas just like he does!

In other good news (knock on wood) Evie has been doing much better at sleeping through the night so hopefully we have passed the phantom wake-up at 3:30 a.m. thing for a few weeks...months...years would be awesome!

And next week is her very first ever Halloween--can hardly wait!!!!!!

Sittin'

Evie can sit on her own without assistance or tripoding with her hands! So crazy--one day she couldn't and the next day it was like she was a pro!

She has also had her first solid food--graham cracker!

Baptism!

Evie was baptised today and a nice number of family and friends were able to come. She wore her great-grandpa Spencer's gown that his grandmother made for him and looked very precious. Evie was very vocal during the ceremony. She has lost her 'inside voice' and is very loud ALL the time now. So we went up front and she started to scream and I gave her a piece of paper to play with, which promptly went into the mouth. This quieted her down but unfortunately it also got black ink all over her mouth. Oops.

She screamed and cried despite lots of attempts to distract her, including giving her a bottle. So she was loud and a smidge of a show-stealer until Pastor Alan held her and then she was fine--grabbing his beard and nose and all smiles. She was pretty funny and had folks laughing, then they handed her back and she started screaming and bawling again which made people laugh some more. Poor crabby little Evie--I think it was nap time.

Afterwards we held a little reception at the church for folks who came and the guest of honor started out crab-tastic and then took a nap so wasn't as fun and snuggly as usual. She loved playing with Uncle Carl again--giggling and smiling--which will hopefully encourage him to stop by more often. It was nice to see family who travelled from Cinti and Indiana--although poor great-grandma T. thought that there were tons of people there and only about 1/6 of my side of the family was there for my dad's side, and about 1/2 of my mom's side came...so it could have been much crazier, more like family Christmas which I can only imagine will be unbelievably insane this year with a baby added into the mix.

Evie also got a very pretty cross necklace from Shari, Traci, Jodi, et al and was very happy to wear her first necklace.Evie had a party outfit that you can see a snippet of here--we have big plans for some professional pics of this one so you might see it again soon! The beret is tooo cute!

Super Noggin'

So I was taking a picture of Evie this morning in her tie-dye jeans from Nana and wouldn't you know she happens to 'lunge' forward to perfectly depict the one thing I didn't update on about her doctor's appointment yesterday. Her weight is at 50%, height at 60% and her head is 90% (at 17 and 3/4 in)--according to Dr Gray she has lots of brains growing up in there! Anyway, this picture totally emphasizes her massive smarts!

Evie's 6 Month Appointment

Evie had her 6 mo appointment today and she is not happy at all about the 3 shots she had to get. The doctor said she looked perfect, and she weighed in at 15 lbs 14 oz and measured at 26 and 1/8 inches (so mommy's guesses at 5 months were a little off).

Right now she is extremely ticked off so back to baby!

Evie June ate her first fruit

Evie had her first fruit this week--bananas! She's not sure if they are really better than veggies or not. She has been very talkative and is teething hard-core--we can feel one coming in every time she shoves our hand and fingers into her mouth! We're worried she might be a carnivore:) But since everything goes in the mouth seems unlikely.

Otherwise, she is rolling all over the place and chatting up a storm! She just has tons to say and we wish we were advanced enough to understand everything--clearly she is a smart cookie. The folks at daycare predict she will be an early crawler--which she is really trying to figure out how to do, but her 5th limb--her head--is holding her back. She has also started to give hugs more regularly and she gives the best hugs. Very snugalicious!

We've survived 2 of mommy's 5 trips for the year. This week I was gone for 2 nights in a row which was harder than my first trip but it went ok.

Here are some fun pics:

Overall dress Evie

Evie shares her awesome new blocks from Grandpa and Nana
Francois Evie courtesy of Grandma and ShariEvie plays with the Penn State lion someone mommy met on her trip got for her (and which Aunt Lynn will love--notice Evie in her OSU cheerleading outfit)
Sailor Evie!