Our Birthdays 2015

So December is insane for everyone, typically, and for us we like to add to the crazy by having our birthdays fall smack dab in the middle of the month, along with a handful of other close friends and family members as well. And being the party loving people we are, we must always have a party! We're back to doing joint birthday parties now that both of our 30th birthdays have come and gone, scary...and I've got to choose some kind of theme to work with and I chose to have a green with envy party! Most of the food was green, we wore green, and we had a ton of green balloons floating around, so we stuck to the theme pretty well. I didn't take any photos with my phone, and only have a family shot of us that a friend took, but I will add the photos Chris took with his camera soon.

Evey's dress was so adorable, and we got it from Sippee's, so yay for second hand! My crazy spangled shirt was also second hand and I got it from Sippee's parent store, Junkee. Chris could not settle on a clothing item from Junkee so he decided to settle on a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle shirt from Target, always the classy guy;)

We threw our birthday party on Chris' birthday, which ended up being an absolutely horrible snowy day, and a lot of our family and friends had to leave early so that they wouldn't be snowed in. Honestly, it's not the first time, and I'm sure if wont be the last, curse you winter birthdays! But it's all good because we had a great time with everyone and were absolutely grateful to everyone who came out and everyone who wished us happy birthdays.

The day before the party we went to The Isles to have high tea and it'll probably be the last time we bring Evey there for at least three years;) She was pretty antsy and we eventually gave up and handed her my phone with Peg + Cat going and a scone. She was quite content after that.

It was another lovely birthday celebration!

Christmas 2015

We ventured to Vegas again for Xmas, but did not drive again, that would be a big hell no, after what happened last year, so we flew, and we were all much happier;) The visit was jam packed with family and friend visits, naturally, and so we had a whirlwind five days!

This girl was all over the airport this time! She was incredibly intrigued by the suitcase weighing machines and the slot machines in the terminal. She definitely didn't let a late flight, which was even later due to crappy weather, slow her down!

We just hung out at Chris' parents house the next morning. Evey had fun exploring while we chatted up the parents.

And she had a blast playing with Grandpa! Later that day we went to Justin's for Christmas Eve dinner and we spent the night too. Lots of food, family, and friends.

The next day, Christmas Day! we got up at our usual early morning time and waited for everyone else to get up and get ready so we could go to Chris' grandma's house to celebrate with even more family! We exchanged Secret Santa gifts and ate more amazing food!

We didn't get back to Chris' parents house until 8:30, and we had Evey open her gifts. I'm a horrible parent and didn't take any photos of her doing this, it must have completely slipped my mind! But she enjoyed tearing through bags and wrapping paper and thoroughly ignoring the gifts that they contained, like all good 19 month olds do.

The next day I was the first to get up, probably due to the fact that I had developed pink eye! Not fun to get that, obviously, but it really sucks when you're not home and you don't bring your glasses with you...all I can say is that the next couple days sucked vision wise, and I spent a lovely 3 hours at the urgent care. Good times. 

That day we also met up with some of my high school buddies, which always makes me happy.

Chris saw Star Wars the night before we left with his dad and Steffen, so me, Debi, Nichole, and Evey all got to enjoy each other's company, and some late night Starbucks

Until next time, grandparents!

Thanksgiving in Tennessee

For Thanksgiving this year we visited my parents and brother in Tennessee, and my Kristin and her family came too! It was a whirlwind trip of hanging out, visiting the aquarium, eating, drinking, and visiting with extended family! It was funny to watch Evey and Collin interact; they are very different toddlers;)

We celebrated Xmas with my family and aunt, uncle, and cousins; my mom even decorated early! So the kiddos had plenty to play with while we were there!

We had breakfast at the Vegas airport. She slept from Reno to Vegas, which is wonderful because she got up at 4;)

We had a really long travel day because we decided to save money and drive from Nashville to Seymour, which was a little over three hours, instead of flying into Knoxville. I was exhausted, but I don't think I'd do anything differently.

Evey and Grandad chillin.

My parents got her a stroller and baby doll, which she pushed everywhere! She even made sure she gave her baby a bottle on occasion. She hasn't played with her much at home, it's probably due to the fact that she has too many toys!

Group photo with my cousin Madison, her niece, and Collin.

She seems so innocent, doesn't she?:)

Evey did not voluntarily walk to anyone in the beginning, so Uncle Andrew lured  her over with TV, genius!

 

We all went to the Ripley's Aquarium. My cousin and her baby from Georgia joined us too!

Swimming with the fishes.

My cousin Christina with the pops and husband.

This was our whole group, minus the photographer, of course.

Crazy family selfies are awesome!

Evey enjoyed playing with Collin's chain saw...

And Collin enjoyed playing with her baby 

 

Aunt Kristin was able to snag some Evey time.

Oh yah, this was Evey's thanksgiving dinner, a roll. <sigh> My mom made an amazing Thanksgiving meal, as always, and we went to my Aunt Sandra's for dessert, which was also absolutely amazing. Christina made the best bread pudding!

We took photos in front of my parents' house the day we left, so I will share those soon, but here's one that Kristin took of Chris holding the wee ones and the comparison from 14 months ago! We've decided to do this every single time we meet, and Chris said that he will continue to hold them both, we'll see about that;)