Eleven Months Old

Miss Mavery is a mess. That's just about all I can say. She is not walking yet but she is "furniture walking" and doing good with Mr. Lion the walker.
She thinks it's really funny to crawl under the end table and sometimes she sits under there and drinks her bottle. Silly Girl!
We are getting excited about celebrating her first birthday next month. I'm thinking she will take her first steps before she turns one. Yikes!

Around here lately...

I have been trying to get some shots of the girls together. I am usually not successful.
Mavery discovered the sand table. She gets mad every time I take her away for eating the sand.
Evie discovered the toy store ads when we were using old newspaper to pack boxes Saturday morning. It kept her quite entertained.
Evie and mavery like to wrestle. Surprisingly, Mavery can hold her own.
And the last pic is of evie playing on her friend Abigail's trampoline.

Crazy Hair Day

It was Evie's last day at preschool today and it just happened to be crazy hair day. We had fun putting it up in braids this morning. Mavery wasn't so patient with us. I guess she wanted crazy hair too!

Ten Months Old and Happy Easter

Sisters are Fun!

Now why wouldn't Mavery want to ride around in the dolly stroller or the shopping cart?? I've gotta keep my eye on these two. What's scary is that mavery looks like she's having a blast in both the stroller and cart. Good Times! Good Times!

Recently...

A couple of fun pictures of the family. Evie and her BFF, Abigail, playing on the park. And the last two are my sun bathing beauties. I think we're ready for summer!

Nine Months Old

Our Little Dumpling is nine months old. She's funny and quick and she's got four sharp little teeth. She's not walking but she uses everything to pull up to a standing position, even her big sister! Mavery likes drinking juice and eating cheese, goldfish crackers, bread, fruit, and anything that we are eating. She has started babbling "dadada" and it's super cute. I'm ready for her to say "Mamama!"

A Sunny Day

Since it was 80+ degrees today, Mavery and I did some playing in the back yard. Here's what she thought of it:

Um...why is that light SO BRIGHT?

Um...what's this green stuff? Do I eat it?

Um...what's this red thing I'm sitting on? Do I eat it?

Hey, this is kinda fun to climb on.

Ahhh...I can get used to this!

Evie's Birthday Party

We celebrated Evie's third birthday this past Saturday with a party at McDonalds. It was a blast and all of Evie's friends from church were able to come. We have been taking her to this particular McDonalds for the past couple of weeks to do "trial runs" on the big slide. There is always one step that is too tall for Evie to navigate on her own so she usually needs an older kid to help her up. It's usually not a problem to find a willing older kiddo to help her up. So, when we got there Saturday for her party, she was ready to have some fun. And fun they did have!

The whole crew

The Girls Table

The Boys Table (It looked kinda like a Jr. High Dance)

Evie stood tall and proud while everyone sang Happy Birthday to her.

She's not shy...

She received a dolly stroller and a Dora Doll

(look out for what she used the stroller for in a later post...)

more presents

Catch me, Mrs. Katherine!!!

And some Cinderella Dress-up Clothes. Can't have enough dress-up clothes...

Happy Birthday, Evie! We still can't believe you are THREE!!

Happy Valentines's Day!

Some day I'll get a good photo of both girls looking and smiling at the camera
Today was not that day. But the progression of poses into Evie finally hugging Mavery's head is pretty funny. (not sure Maves thought it was that funny...)
Have a happy heart day!!

Three years old and Eight months old

We'll start with the Birthday Girl. Miss Evie turned three years old today. Yikes! It just doesn't seem possible.

Evie is growing up so quickly. I have been joking that we are going straight from "terrible twos" to "sassy little lady". Evie keeps us on our toes daily. She keeps us laughing and wanting to pull our hair out all at the same time. I can't imagine how we ended up with such a vibrant little girl with so much personality, but I can't imagine life without her.

Evie loves her little sister, she loves playing dress up, she loves to dance, play with her friends and eat. Our girls are eaters! Evie talks almost non-stop from the time she wakes up until the time she finally goes to sleep at night. I love having conversations with her and hearing what's going on inside of her imaginative little head. We love you Sweet Evie Girl!

Miss Mavery had a rather busy month herself. All in month seven, Mavery began sitting up really well, crawling really well, pulling up to a standing position and she cut two bottom teeth. I don't know who is more exhausted, me or her!

Mavery is a stinker. I think she is going to be our mischievous little lady. I can see her pulling pranks on fellow family members in the future and getting away with it by flashing her angelic little smile. Mavery is fully mobile. She follows me everywhere, especially into the bathroom when I go to run her bath at night. She loves bath time.

Mavery is not a fan of baby food. She has almost entirely skipped baby food. She wants what we are eating and she makes it VERY clear at the dinner table. So, we resort to cutting cheese, bread, fruit, etc., into tiny little bites that she can manage to eat with her two little teeth. What a mess! I'm wondering if she will walk before her first birthday. Oh help!

We are having fun with our two little girls. Most days life is crazy and drama-filled. We have lots of laughter and lots of crying at our house. With two girls who will one day be teenagers, I don't think that will change much. Let the good times roll!

The World I Live In...

I live with three wonderful women. As husband and dad... they shower me with love and affection - it's great. It's also very, very girly around here... and when I say very, very girly... I mean very, very, very girly.