Evelyn's First Birthday!

Last weekend our sweet girl turned one. I still can't believe how the time has flown. I wanted to have a big party for her birthday because I just wanted to celebrate our big girl and the amazing first year we've had. I had lots of fun channeling my overly emotional energy into decorating for her party, and I had some good help from our sweet family. Gigi and Papa even came in town for the weekend, which made it so very special. Evelyn, you are one very loved little girl!

So, here are the pictures of her party, as promised...

 

 My big 1 year old

With Mommy and Daddy

With Papa

With Gigi

Pre-cake

First bite!

Licking the plate

Feeding Daddy

This is DELICIOUS!

Cake face

Ok, share with Mom too

I think she liked it!

She loved her smash cake- pretty sure it's safe to say this girl likes her sweets!

 

First time opening birthday presents

Thanks for all the new toys!

 

With Papa

She got to stay up late playing with all her new toys, this dump truck being a new favorite:)

The Details...

The adorable SMASH CAKE! 

Thanks to Christine, who did such a great job!

  

 

Evelyn, it is such a joy to be your parents, 

and we loved making the day special to celebrate how wonderful you are. 

We love you!

We Bought A Camper...

What are we thinking?!?! This past weekend we bought a camper! Yes, like a home on wheels--two, very old wheels holding up a bunch of aluminum, to be more accurate. Why, you ask? Well, we love camping. And we had a baby. So, understandably, we decided to give up some of the rustic, dirty, cold nights, dusty, tent camping to go for a few more conveniences. Doing that with a baby was just not gonna happen. So we started looking at pop-up campers. I really didn't like any of them. Until this. The Apache- we both agreed that's what we wanted, but they are hard to find because they are vintage and haven't been in production since 1985. Then last weekend one finally came available and we hurriedly drove to Houston to get it. Though it certainly needs a little TLC, it's in pretty good condition.  We're excited to renovate and make it ours. Because we are just so bored and have nothing to do with our time, apparently. But, we got a great deal and we're both pretty happy with our second home, now residing in our garage until we start the renovations:) Here's a few pictures...

Front door

Backside

View from one side

View from the other side

Little sink/stove area

Stay tuned, hopefully we'll have some pictures of the renovated camper someday...

Gender Reveal Party

So our dear friends, Jon and Erin, are having twins. And we are all so excited for them we can hardly stand it. And since everything with twins is bigger and better, we decided to throw them a party for reveal the gender of their sweet babies last Friday night. We had so much fun and it was such a special evening. Here are a few of the pictures...

The anxious couple

Evelyn telling Jon she wanted some boyfriends...

Now for the guesses-- TEAM BOTH

TEAM BOY

TEAM GIRL

And.....

BOYS!!!

Congratulations you two!!!

And goodnight:)

**Thanks for the lovely photos, Erin!

Oh my.

Our girl is standing up now. She pulls up onto everything and is crawling around faster than we can keep up with her. It's just crazy how much personality she has, and how fun we have every single day just watching her learn new things. Oh I just can't get enough, so I thought I'd share a couple pictures I snapped today...

9 Month Photos

WHERE has the time gone?!?!? Seriously, they tell you that "she's gonna grow up so fast" but OH how terribly quickly the time has gone! I have prayed since she was born that I would cherish every moment and remember all these special times, but it makes me so emotional to think how it feels like just yesterday that we were bringing her home from the hospital. Now, we've settled into a routine and such a fun life with our sweet girl, but I still hate to think how time continues to fly by. Every time someone tells me how big she is or how they can't believe she's already this old or how the next few years are just gonna go so quick, I have to take a deep breath so I don't start crying and then say a prayer that God continues to help me soak up every moment with my baby. Last week Kim was in town, so she took some 9 month photos for me while she was here. Thanks so much Aunt Kim! I just love how you always capture the sweetness of our precious girl!!!

And the love of watermelon begins...

Pretty sure she gets it from me, my Mom, and my Memommy:)

Happy 9 months sweet girl! We love watching you as you grow and learn about so many new things. 

It is so much fun seeing your personality develop, and we are so blessed to get to be your parents!!