Eva's Surprises

Eva surprised us both this morning with not only her "long distance" Army Crawl but also he two new bottom teeth starting to poke out of her gums! Two big momentous achievements only a week before her first birthday!

We are at Gigi's house today and heading Up North (for those of you non-Michiganders this means up north Michigan to Charlevoix/Traverse City area, which is not in the Upper Peninsula). Looking forward to a nice week of R&R.

Swimming

This weekend the skies looked like rain any minute, unfortunately it deterred us from doing too much and didn't really rain. Eric and I did take Eva to the pool on Saturday evening around 5pm. We were amazed that no one was there because the sun had cleared up and it was an 80 degree day. We swam in the big pool and also took Eva to explore the kiddy pool. We decided it was time to leave when Eva starting to drink the water and cough :)

Doggie

So I swear Eva can say Doggie. I will have to tape it and find out what others think. My dad got her this stuffed animal dog and everytime I give it to her she goes "doggie" and hugs it. At least that's what I hear :) .... I'll record it and get votes!

Eva's Butt Scoot

Eva and Daddy

11 Months!

11 Months old! I cannot believe my baby is almost a year!

What's new in Eva's life...
Eva is still not crawling but she gets around pretty well all the same. She scoots on her butt to get to where she wants to go and rolls on her tummy. She just hasn't figured out how to use her legs to crawl. She sticks them straight out like airplane arms so she does not move forward. She does push herself backwards on the wood floor. Funny girl!

She loves to eat. We've tried out some more finger foods though I'm under the impression that there is more I could be giving her...I just don't know what else is the right choice. She has had cheese, graham crackers, bananas, pears, peaches, tofu, mushrooms, tomato, eggs, pancakes. Tonight I think I'll try pasta.

No teeth yet, I know I wrote a blog in Nov thinking she was getting teeth but nothing! My baby is a late bloomer :)

Anyway here are some shots from this morning, though she wasn't giving me any smiles :)

Eva wouldn't let me take a good shot this morning....These were the best!

Memorial Day Weekend

We had amazing weather this past Memorial Day Weekend. We kicked the weekend off by cutting out of work early and going for a round of 9 holes. Eric and I had a good time. Saturday and Sunday was a bunch of outdoor yardwork on our house. I was able to clean up the rest of the garden (my mom helped me with most of it the other weekend). Eric washed all 3 cars, hung up my window boxes, and hung three hooks for hanging plants. The yard looks great! Monday Eva decided to wake up late and then her nap schedule was off so we missed the parade but we did make it to our neighbors cookout! Overall a great weekend!

The Evo came out last weekend...Eva got to test out her driving skills!

We sat outside in the yard and played with some toys!