Halloween Practice

So Meredith emailed me the other day about a website having a 50% off sale on baby Halloween costumes. I was very excited because I wanted to buy a costume but felt the baby costumes were too expensive. Hooray for 50% off! Great, except that I used the sale to justify buying Evia 2 Halloween costumes and ended up saving $0. Here are some pictures where we tried on the costumes to make sure they fit. We'll post more on Halloween when she's not wearing her PJs too.

Costume #1 Bumble Bee - This will likely be her primary costume since most people think the second costume was an odd choice for a baby.




Costume #2 Great White Shark - C'mon. How many babies do see dressed like this? I've seen many a baby bumble bee before. What else do you expect? As Meredith described us once, "you are the only two people who can show up to a party in costumes no one else gets."



I have knit many things for Evia but this is the first garment that fits her. I still need to put buttons on her jacket. All the others are too big and she won't be able to wear them until this winter.

I just think this picture is cute. She can move around and rolls a lot now. She has a blanket she plays on in the living room. She was having a good time playing this weekend and wore herself out.

Happy Birthday to Me!

Friday was my 32nd birthday. Randy got me a super awesome gift. I've wanted a video camera for a while and he bought me one. It takes HD videos and still pictures.


I had to play with it once we got the battery charged. Me and Evia on my birthday.


My mom and dad come down every year for my birthday. It always falls around mom's fall break.



Evia likes the big books.

Picture Post

I haven't posted in a while, so here are some pictures taken since the last post.
Evia enjoying tummy time. She is getting so strong. She can push herself up with her arms and hold herself up now.

I love this picture. Her eyes are so wide and bright.

She was laughing out loud. She laughs a lot now, but whenever I try to get a video of it, she stops. One day, I'll get a video of her laughing.

More Fun With Food

We were feeding Evia her rice cereal tonight and she is pretty funny. She would eat the cereal and as soon as we took the spoon away, she would cry. She did this for a while, and we thought it was cute. Here's a video of her eating.

Evia has been chewing on her hands for about a week now. Today she decided toys were better. She sticks them all in her mouth and even chewed on her bumbo. She drools all the time.

Evia started going to daycare this week. She will be going three days a week since I'm going back into my office part time. When I dropped her off, she was sitting on the floor with one of the workers. Two other babies immediately crawled over and started patting Evia's legs. Evia was cooing and "talking" back to them. It was pretty cute.

She also has started sleeping in her nursery this past week. That has been an interesting transition but she sleeps a little longer each night. I'm hoping she starts sleeping through the night soon. She seems to change every day. I can't believe how big she is getting.