Mommy's 30!

Mommy's 30th birthday was Tuesday and we had lots of fun. On Monday I ate for the first time at the Cheesecake Factory and then we went to Texas Roadhouse on her birthday. Mommy also took me to the doctor on her birthday to make sure I had gotten rid of my ear infection. It's finally gone and now I weigh 21 pounds, 5 ounces (with clothes on) and am about 31 inches long!
I enjoy helping mommy clean up--when she gives me a paper towel I find yucky spots on the floor and take care of them! I don't think mom and dad realized I could be so helpful with chores this young. We are getting a deck at my house and it is almost done so I got to stomp and play on it today! Then we went for a walk; as you can see I pushed the stroller:)

Busy May & Happy Mother's Day!!

Hey there! So it's May already, and Evie's been plenty busy so far this month! So here are some highlights of Evie's past couple weeks.

We took advantage of the great late Spring weather and used one of Evie's birthday presents (a zoo pass!) to go to the Columbus Zoo with our friends Bethany, Jeff & Glenn. The weather was great, but Columbus IS currently in that just barely too cold morning to just barely too hot afternoon phase, so by later in the day things were starting to get a bit too warm. Still, Evie had a great time taking in the sights & showing off her new shades. She especially enjoyed the flamingos and the aquarium:


Evie remains a very loved little girl, and has gotten lots of fun new presents recently -- like this great Evie-sized picnic table complete with it's own umbrella! Evie loves it - even indoors, she likes sitting and reading or playing with toys... (she also likes to try and STAND on it, much to Mommy & Daddy's chagrin - the girl's a daredevil!)


Evie's friends and family are also doing their best to make sure Evie stays in the "Best Dressed of '07" fashion lists. Here are a just a few of the many beautiful outfits she's gotten recently:




But of course, today is a special day... being Mommy's SECOND official Mother's Day! Evie even got Mommy some new Mommy-themed books to read with her during story time & bedtime. To celebrate the day, we all went to the delicious & extravagant Mother's Day Brunch at The Blackwell. Unfortunately, Grandma V. wasn't feeling well and had to stay home - get well soon Grandma V.! Evie misses you!

The food was incredible as always - it's tough not to eat until it hurts with a spread this good. Evie knows how much Daddy loves the food, and even went so far as to share her own:


Of everyone, Evie was the most sensible at lunch... which meant that she was still hungry for dinner, unlike Mommy & Daddy. So she got to try out her very first TV Dinner! (Gerber Graduates Chicken & Pasta Wheels w/ Peas) She had a good time with it, and didn't even try to flip the whole tray until the very end!


And finally, after such a busy day, what better way to end a great Mother's Day than by snuggling with Mommy!

Cinti Visit

I was really, really sick this week--I was so sick I got dehydrated and ended up at the ER to get some fluids pumped in me. As a result, I missed some good Evie stuff but she had a pretty busy week!

She now says shoe when her shoes fall off or if she wants to put them on and even when you show her a shoe. Her other big word this week isn't one that she says but when we read her books that have a shirt in them, she'll grab her shirt and tug it when you say shirt!

She is drooling like crazy and I hope some teeth appear shortly, but so far no success. She has been letting me put my finger in there to check things out and she laughs when I rub her gums--she thinks it is very funny.

She also has two new habits, one of which is a little unusual. She sticks her fingers in her ears like "hear no evil" a lot. To joke around we usually then cover ear eyes and mouth too! The other one is not so odd, but she has taking to really hard-core sucking her thumb. She used to be a very light thumb sucker if she was very tired but now she runs around with her thumb in her mouth a lot of the time.

Saturday, we did our first trip as just the two of us to Cincinnati to go to a cousin's bridal shower--she did great with the car ride and meeting so many new people all at once. She was running around everywhere so I was pretty tired but it was fun. Here are some pictures:This is my grandma with all her female great-grandchildren--notice how many are crying?

First Birthday Party

Loads of people came to Evie's first birthday party yesterday and I think we all had lots of fun within the chaos! Thanks to everyone for sharing the day with her! She got a lot of nice things and was a little more interested in her cake this time, even ending up with icing in her ear!!She went through 3 outfit changes, just like a mini diva should! It was very 'My Super Sweet 16'. Afterwards she took a nap and then we went to Bucca di Beppo with her cousins from Indiana. She was an absolute riot--she kept feeding mommy pieces of her food and when I would eat them she laughed so hard she eventually got the hiccups and she had to put her head down on the table to 'control' her laughter. It was hysterical!

Last week we also went to the park by Otterbein and she loved the train for little kids to climb on:Look at the crazy daredevil!

12 month appointment

Evie had her one year appointment today--
25% for weight at 19 lb 12 oz
50% for height at 29 inches
85% for noggin' at 43.5 cm

When she was born her head was about 13 cm around (thank goodness)! Can you believe that bitty body supports such a huge head!

They also asked about how many words she says so we rattled off stuff like: mama, dada, bubba (dogs and cats and bunnies), bye-bye, uh-oh, num-num (food), ball and down (most recent and also uses for up). Apparently the doctor usually looks for a baby to have 3 words down by 15 months so I would say Evie is a little chatty:). She is such a show-off!

She also has her second ear infection, in her left ear again this time!