I've Been Tagged

My sister Meredith tagged me. Here are 8 things about me.

8 TV Shows I Watch
1. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
2. Burn Notice
3. The Office
4. 30 Rock
5. Real Housewives of OC/Atlanta/NYC
6. Project Runway
7. Football (college/NFL/i've even been know to watch arena league)
8. Anything MMA (ultimate fighter/UFC/WEC wrekcage)

8 Favorite Restaurants
1. Sylvia's Enchilada Kitchen
2. Hungry's
3. Babin's Seafood
4. Carrabba's
5. Texadelphia
6. Chilleno's
7. Hideaway Pizza
8. Luby's

8 Things That Happened Today
1. Got an iced hazelnut coffee at McDonald's (mmmm love)
2. Got sick at work
3. Left work early but worked at home anyway
4. Napped with Evia
5. Knitted on a sweater
6. Worked a Su Doku puzzle
7. Sang Evia's favorite songs to her when she got mad. She doesn't care that I can't carry a tune.
8. Surfed the internet

8 Things I look Forward To
1. Relaxing this weekend and getting over the bug that Randy and/or I have been sick with for the past week.
2. Hanging out with Randy & Evia
3. Christmas
4. Seeing Evia crawl. She can't sit on her own yet but she can get on her hands and knees and scoot.
5. Finishing the sweater I'm knitting for myself.
6. Christmas - i miss family
7. Randy finishing the killer project he's currently working on.
8. Christmas - Can't wait to see family

8 Things I Wish For
1. That I live long enough to raise Evia to adulthood.
2. That I go to Heaven.
3. That I'm a good example to Evia and she grows up to be a christian woman.
4. To have a good relationship with Evia like I had and continue have with my parents.
5. That Evia throws Randy and me a super awesome surprise 50th wedding anniversary party.
6. Unlimited amounts of cashmere yarn
7. A maid. Randy has agreed we can hire one but I just haven't done it yet. busy and lazy...the very reason my house is dirty and a maid is needed in the first place.
8. That I would win mega millions, move to a big house in Oklahoma closer to Randy's and my families, and buy an Aston Martin

8 People I Tag
1. Haley
2. H-Bomb
3. Aunt Sissy
4. Bennett's Mom
5. See #1 on Meredith's tagged list
6. All of the above
7. Do you see a pattern?
8. Seriously Haley, update your blog already!

Evia's First Bedlam

It's Bedlam Baby! Evia is ready for bedlam. Her pals Bullet and Pistol Pete are going to watch the game with her. Go Pokes!

Baby's First Christmas

Here is Evia's first picture with Santa. She wouldn't smile for us but at least she looked at the camera.

Six Months Old

Where does the time go? Evia was six months old on Thursday. She went in for her check up and is doing great. She weighs 13 lbs 11 oz and is 25 in long. She's in the 10th and 25th percentiles. She can roll over and sit if supported. She is very vocal and her jumpy seat is hands down her favorite toy.

Here she is all dressed up for the OSU/Texas Tech game. I had to change her after she got mad and spit up. During the second half, mommy was also so mad she could spit.

Randy and I enjoy watching UFC fights, so a coworker bought this onesie for Evia. She is pound-for-pound the cutest baby in the world.

She enjoys her mat and rolls around to get to her toys. We have to keep small things off the living room floor now because she will roll to something and immediately stick it in her mouth.

A not so fun first

Monday night was our first emergency room trip with Evia. Before I get into it, she is doing fine. She has been sick since Sunday with symptoms of a bad cold. Last night, she started having difficulty breathing and we called the pediatrician. Her recommendation was to go to the ER. This worried Randy and me. Fortunately, her issues are all upper respiratory. No RSV, no pneumonia. She is feeling much better today but is still really stuffy. I can't imagine not being able to blow my own nose. I am now an expert with a bulb syringe. Here is video proof that she is feeling better. She loves her bouncy seat. She has figured out how to make it jump and play music.

Happy Halloween

We had an enjoyable first Halloween with Evia. She was super cute in her shark suit. She's in her stroller ready to go to our neighborhood Halloween party. I'm glad we went with the shark since there were other baby bumble bees there. Evia in her bee suit was way cuter than the other bees and we wouldn't want the other baby bees feeling bad about their costumes.



She quickly tired of the shark suit and finished the evening in her pumpkin onesie.


I think this picture of Evia and Randy is really cute. They look so much alike. Sometimes, she will make a face that is just so Randy.

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.