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.

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.