Evia and Santa

Santa came to our church. Evia was not a fan.


It was funny to see her waving and saying hi to Santa while crying.

Splash Park

My mom, dad, sister, brother-in-law and Bennett came to visit this past weekend. We went to the park to let the kids play and run around. There is a water splash park there, but we thought it would be off because it is October. We were wrong. Randy and I were watching Evia and Bennett play in the water area when the water suddenly came on and sprayed all of us. There was no keeping Evia and Bennett out of the water. They thoroughly enjoyed running and playing.

New Toys

Evia has several new items which are very fun to play with.
1. Orange Chair - Randy bought this for Evia. It is a seat, step stool, and jungle gym all in one.









2. Dog Kennel - For some reason, Evia has decided that Daisy's kennel is the best place to hang out.







3. Outside Playhouse - She still likes the swing best, but enjoys the playhouse and slide. She tries to climb up the slide and was sharing with Bennett.

Labor Day Fun

Evia and I went to Oklahoma for Labor Day weekend. She had fun sliding on the play set.

First Zoo Trip

We took Evia to the zoo for the first time a couple weeks ago. She really enjoyed it. She knows that our dog Daisy says "woof woof". She would stop at every animal and yell "oof oof".

She was tired by the end of the day.

Picture Post

This post is a couple months late. Evia turned 1 on May 6. We celebrated her birthday in Oklahoma over Memorial Day weekend. She needed a onesie so everyone knows who is the birthday girl.


The family ready for first birthday fun.

Evia had her own cake for smashing and eating.

Tentative at first. Not sure what to do with it.

Starting to figure it out. The cake was good!

Not shy at all now. How much can I eat in one bite?

Woo-hoo! Sugar Rush!

Ten Months Old

I haven't blogged in a while. We've been sick around the Sharp house. I had a sinus infection that lasted about a month, and Evia caught it. She was sick this past week. We are all finally on the mend though.

We took Evia in for her nine month checkup at the beginning of February. She weighed 17 lb 3 oz and was 27 inches long. No shots on that trip, so that was nice.

She turned ten months old yesterday. Here's a picture from this morning.


She is a very happy, active baby. Evia has moved to the cruising stage. She moves around the living room by walking while holding onto furniture, tables, and toys. She is pretty quick and is trying to stand on her own. I think she will be walking soon. She laughs a lot and loves playing in the bath tub. I can't believe how much she has grown and how she changes every day.

Nine Months Old - with new tricks

Here is Evia's latest trick. She has been crawling for a month and loves to stand up. She pulls up on furniture and takes little steps while holding on. Today, Randy and I were playing Mario Kart and I notice Evia showing off her new baby skills. Behold, Evia the climber.

She did this several times. We would pull her off the toy train, and she would crawl back over and climb on it to stand up.

Last week Evia didn't have any clean pajamas in her new, larger size. I had just moved her to the larger PJs, so decided it would be fine to put her in the one size smaller set because it was clean. I dressed her, put her in the pack and play, and went to brush my teeth. When I cam back, the zipper had split and her belly was sticking out of her PJs. I started laughing which Evia also found funny. She then laughed and rolled around causing the zipper to split over its full length. Her PJs stayed fastened at the top and she had one leg hanging out. I had to get a picture. She ended up sleeping in her regular clothes and I did laundry the next morning.

Mommy's Helper

Evia has decided she likes to help around the house. She is very good with the laundry.

Now that Evia has mastered crawling, she has moved on to pulling up on things and trying to stand. She uses the alphabet train and takes little steps while holding onto it. She falls a lot but gets right back up on the train. They have a toy like this at her day care and she does the same thing there. Her teacher locked the toy in the closet. Evia's routine with the toy is stand up, fall, fake cry, repeat.


We got these new end tables with an open bottom, and she enjoys crawling up onto the little shelf. At first, she could climb up but couldn't get back down. Here she is letting us know she needs off the table. Of course, she climbed right back on it when I pulled her down.


The table is more fun now that she can get on and off by herself.

Eight Months Old

Evia has been working on crawling for a few weeks now. She finally put it all together on her eight month birthday. She also has figured out how to sit up on her own. The crawling is neat to see and very scary. I can't turn my back on her at all now. I have to put her in the pack and play to keep her contained. We have a baby fence system but haven't set it up yet. Baby proofing has begun and will be continued through the weekend.

Christmas Pictures

It's been a while since I posted and a lot has happened. Since it was Evia's first Christmas, we had to get a picture with Santa.




We went to Oklahoma to visit family for Christmas. It was a great trip. Randy's birthday is right after Christmas. We went out to eat with his family. Here's Evia with her Grandma Rachelle and Papa Mike.


Evia and cousin Jacob.

Evia, Aunt Missy, and cousin Josh

Evia and Grandpa Ron

Evia in the pretty Christmas dress her Grams made for her.

Grams bought Evia a great onesie. It has the periodic table on it.

Evia and cousin Hannah in their matching PJs.

Evia and Aunt Haley


I took a ton of pictures over Christmas and realized that I didn't get any of Evia with my parents for her first Christmas. I only got one of Evia, Randy, and me together, and we look terrible in it. We still had a great time and great memories.