Beach and Babies

Evie is now 11 months old... Yep! We are only one month away from her big birthday. Time is flying now!! This past weekend we went to the beach with some friends and Evie's BFF, Katelyn. My friend Meredith invited us to go to Wild Dunes because they have a house there and it wasn't being rented for the weekend so we definitely took her up on the offer. We all had such a great time relaxing and watching the babies interact! Katelyn is 6 days older than Evie so we love getting them together to play. Thanks Meredith and Paul for the wonderful hospitality and a great mini vacation!

We decided to give all the babies a bath together. I was a nervous wreck because of course Evie was slipping and sliding all over the place. My child can't be still! Needless to say the bath didn't last long!

Saturday morning we decided to go out to the beach after the babies had their nap. Evie was enjoying it and of course had to have her first taste of SAND. She then started putting handfuls in her mouth. We had to constantly tell her no! Thankfully she eventually stopped because I gave her some cheerios!  We were only able to stay out there about an hour, but we did manage to get some sun!:)

 

Saturday evening we came back out on the beach to snap a few family photos. It was quite comical to try and get the babies to look at the camera. We took turns taking pictures of each other hoping to get some good ones. After the 600 pictures that Paul and Meredith took of their family and ours we did manage to get a few good ones!:)

 



Love this girl and our friendship...look forward to watching our girls grow up together!



This is one of my favorites from the weekend. Meredith and I discovered that the girls had the same outfit so OF COURSE we both brought the outfit and just had to take some pics. Could they be any cuter?!:)



 

My beautiful, blue-eyed 11 month old. I can't even begin to describe how much I love this little girl. So incredibly thankful for this blessing!!



Evie's first Easter

Evie's first Easter basket
Picnic play set
Books
Bubbles
Bath toys

 

She wouldn't look at the camera
so this was the best I could get.

Absolutely in love with this picture.
She DID NOT like sitting in the grass and
I think it was a little too bright for her.

 

Three Amazing Years

Three years of wedding bliss! I couldn't imagine going through life without Gray. He is my right hand and such a wonderful husband. I am blessed beyond belief that God chose this man to be my husband! I am one lucky girl! Happy Anniversary to my sweet husband!

 

 

 

 

 

 

10 Months Old

Evie is 10 months old and into EVERYTHING! She is on the go non-stop and she isn't even walking yet. Time is flying and she will be ONE in less than 2 months. I am loving this age though...She is so fun to watch and play with. She laughs at everything and is just so sweet. She will smile at anyone and waves bye when we say "bye-bye". She waves both forward and backwards. Every day she seems to do something different or new.  She is constantly crawling all over the house and she loves to pull up on the furniture. She thinks it is the funniest thing when you stand behind the couch and lean over it while she is on the other side. We recently re-did our kitchen floor and Evie loves to crawl to it. She, of course, has fallen back on her head a couple times, which is so scary, but I know it's the first of many. Our kitchen is open into our living room so unfortunately we can't put a gate up to keep her out of there.

Evie is a growing girl. She weighs about 20 pounds now and is wearing 9-12 month clothes. She finally moved up to size 3 diapers! I am looking forward to the warmer weather because she has some cute spring clothes and I love seeing her little legs. She is still on the same feeding schedule and we have recently started giving her a lot of different foods other than baby food. She still eats baby fruits, but has other foods for dinner. Evie has had chicken, biscuits, bananas, pancakes, watermelon, squash, sweet potatoes and pasta. She wasn't crazy about the squash, but hopefully when we try it again she will eat it.

We unfortunately haven't been able to avoid the sickness around our house. Evie is just getting over her third and hopefully last ear infection. Until this weekend she has been sick every other weekend. Her ear infections cause her to throw up because of all the drainage they cause and she doesn't eat much at all. We can usually tell when she is getting another ear infection because she starts coughing and has a runny nose. We're hoping to not see these symptoms for a while!
Evie is "talking" all the time. She of course says "da-da" and "ma-ma". She just starting saying "geee"...whatever that means :). It is so cute to hear her babbling. We always talk back to her. She has quickly learned the meaning of "no" because of everything she is getting into that she shouldn't be. The minute we say "no Evie" she turns around and looks right at us.
I know I say this all the time but it is seriously hard to believe that Evie is already 10 months old. I am hoping these next two months slow down so I can enjoy my "baby" a little longer! I continue to count my blessings every minute of the day because of my sweet girl. She is so, so amazing and I can't imagine my life any different!

 

What has Evie been up to?

Finally posting some pictures from the past two months...

Back in February we went to Parker's 2nd birthday party. It is so hard to believe he is already 2 years old!! We had a good time at his party and enjoyed seeing our sweet friends!

We finally got to meet Blakely!:)



A couple of weeks ago our friends Christine and Jimmy came into town and we FINALLY got to see them. I had strep throat, but was not letting that stand in my way...it had been forever since we last saw them!! Their little boy JB has grown so much and I am so glad we got to spend a little bit of time with them. I hate that they don't live closer so Evie and JB could play more, but we try to see them as much as possible! Paige, Parker and Mackenzie were there too so all the babies got to play!



                                                                                              

 

Evie and Croft at Mills' 2nd birthday party. Croft was very excited to see his "baby Evie" as he calls her. He had a card and bracelet that he had made for her! He seriously is so sweet!

We took Evie to her first Carolina baseball game. She enjoyed being out there for a little bit, but she was definitely ready for a nap after being out in the sun for a while!



 

9 Months Old

Here we are again...another monthly blog post. Evie is now 9 months old!! She is absolutely the sweetest little baby and I thank God daily for such an amazing gift! Gray and I are so incredibly blessed!!! We had her nine month well check and everything was great which is so nice to hear! She weighs 19 lbs. and is 28 & 3/4 inches long! She is still wearing 9 month clothes and size 2 diapers. She is growing constantly length wise so it won't be long before she grows out of these 9 month pants.

Evie still gives us trouble when we feed her vegetables. She LOVES fruit so we try to switch up each bite with a vegetable and a fruit. That is about the only way we can get her to eat her veggies. She has recently tried pancakes, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes and bread. We give her puffs and yogurt melts for a snack. Evie still has four bottles a day and every time she sees us making the bottle she gets so excited! She doesn't always finish them, but she does love that bottle!

We are officially in the process of baby proofing the house. Evie is into EVERYTHING at this point! She has been army crawling for a while, but just starting crawling on her knees. I couldn't believe it when she first got on her knees. Luckily Gray and I were both in the room with her when she did it. She doesn't always use her knees...I think sometimes she forgets or either it's easier for her to just crawl on her stomach. Either way she can move FAST! She loves crawling to her toy box and taking all the toys out and putting them back in. I can't even handle how cute it is when she does this!

Evie is always talking and laughing. She is such a happy baby and hardly ever cries. She will smile at just about anyone! I have a feeling she is going to be very social like many of her grandparents! :) She has been saying da-da a lot and FINALLY said ma-ma. My heart melted into a thousand pieces when I first heard this. She just recently starting saying ga-ga too.

Here are a few nine month pictures I could get before she moved on to something else!;)

 

 

 

 

 

 

I still had to try and take my chalkboard pictures, but those are not so easy anymore. This may be the last time I use it. :) These were the best I could get!