Nine Months

Holy crap, we are 3/4 of the way through this crazy first year! I just realized that my baby showers were almost a year ago! Time is flyin and this kid is just getting bigger and bigger! I compared her current photos with her one month photos (go and check em out!) and was blown away. Here she is in all of her Valentine's Day cuteness:

This kid is crazy, like full-on, weird sound-making, weird face making crazy, but in a good way;) The craziness is not unexpected.

Eight Months

Ha, my friend just posted her six month old's photo a little late which reminded me that I need to post Evey's eight month photos! 

The photo taking is becoming increasingly difficult, this time she kept straightening out in my arms and taking her socks off.

It's cute, though, and really shows who she is, a cute crazy little monster! Also gotta love my shirt all askew, which happened when I was trying to wrestle her into position.

And then the block photo, oh boy, I'm surprised we had one turn out ok! She immediately goes to play with the blocks, and so we did a ton of weird things to try and distract her, and it worked, even if the reason was just that she was concerned her parents were going insane.

Yay for the cute Evey girl! Can't wait to see the drama your nine month photos bring!

My Birthday Party

I turned 30 last month, which wasn't as big of a deal as I thought it was going to be. When I turned 25 I freaked out, and looking back I have no idea why. I think I'm pretty chill with this mega milestone because I don't have much room in my brain for much else lately, let alone freaking out about turning a new decade, so this mommy brain thing can be good sometimes:) Anyway, we had a party in the backyard, yes it was cold, but we had heaters and a fire pit! I saw awesome outdoor winter parties on Pinterest and thought I'd give it a try. Pepper and Drew were on hand to help make it wonderful, and Mindi was an amazing help as well! We had chili, baked potatoes, rolls, hot cider, mulled wine, hot cocoa, smores, and Christmas crack! We also gave out fleece blankets to ward off the chill and to double as party favors.

Snow!

We got a crap ton of snow on Tuesday; I guess I should have looked at the weather report because I had no idea we were expecting any. Evey went to daycare Tuesday, but before Chris took her, I wanted some snow pictures! She slept in that morning (7:30 is sleeping in for Evey and it is greatly appreciated) and as soon as she was up, I got her changed, dressed, fed, and then put her in her snowsuit and tossed her in the snow!

Chris was already outside de-icing the cars and shoveling 

Snow angel!

Evey's thoughts: what the eff, mom and dad 

Yah, she didn't really know what to think or do, not to mention she wasn't incredibly happy when I was putting her into the snowsuit. Whatever, I got some first snow pics and I'm happy, and we didn't keep her in it too long;)

A New Year

I loved being asked what we were doing for New Year's Eve yesterday when we were out and about. Ha ha, I would say, and then would look at the super cute almost eight month old we were toting around. We did go to dinner, a very early one at Mimi's (for some reason we keep ending up there, last night it was because the wait was too long at PF Chang's). 

On our way to our big night out with a sparkly bow!

Always thinks the wine is for her;)

Last family photo of the year

And then we put Evey to bed, and we went to bed, until she woke up crying at 9:30 and we couldn't put her back to sleep til 10:30. And then I woke up at 12:00 on the dot, told Chris Happy New Year, and then heard fireworks going off. Yep, that's the extent of it, maybe next year we'll aim to stay up til 11!