Thanksgiving, 6 months, and Christmas

This may end up being a picture log because I have tons of pictures from the last month. So for Thanksgiving we went to our friends the Jensen's in Utah. It was way good to see them and for Evelyn and Mason to get better acquainted.

We got tho go to the Denver Botanical Gardens Trail of lights in early December which was a lot of fun. Evelyn LOVED the lights. It was too cold though. We had planned on going to the blossoms of light show too...but we chickened out.

Evelyn also got to go on the swings for her first time. She didn't quite know what to do with herself. She enjoyed sucking on the swing (I know, I know, germs, gross...whatever) But didn't like the actual 'swinging' part. And she Hated the slide. It was only like 3 feet long but it made her cry. She'll soon learn the joy of sliding I'm sure.

AND....6 months already. We were at Stevens parents house when she turned 6 months so for her photo shoot we got to go down to the beach. It was super cute. She LOVED it. I'm not quite sure what she liked...it was smelly, over cast, and little chilly but she was smiling so big she about swallowed her face.

I know it looks like a cry, but seriously, biggest smile EVER! She was ecstatic.

As far as what she's doing now...She is 17 lbs and 8 oz and 27in long, that puts her in the 80th percentile for weight and the 90th for height. Somewhere between 5 and 6 months she was able to roll from back to front quite fluidly. She's gotten over her 'I hate being on my Tummy' phase and now you can't keep her on her back. Even when we're changing her diaper...which is sometimes a little frustrating. She also sleeps on her belly now, which worried me at first because it's pounded into you "Don't EVER let them sleep on their belly...sids...suffocation..." So I asked at her 6months appointment and it's fine now...I hate that no no no, then all of a sudden yes stuff...stupid really. And she's eating very well. Loves peaches, pears, sweet potatoes, carrots, squash, chicken....she hated peas at first but about swallowed Stevens hand last night because he wasn't fast enough with them.

She can pretty much sit up by her own self but really just loves to jump. So she spends most of her day in her door way jumper and in one of those bouncy activity stations. She doesn't hold still for anything. Not even during meals. Yesterday she got her knees underneath her, so crawling is just a few days/weeks away.

She loves Daisy still...more than me most days I'm pretty sure. Especially since we've all had cold and I've had to be the bad guy and clean her nose. If you put you hand near her face now, she freaks out. I tried to have Steven clean her last night ,just put a saline solution in her nose and then aspirate it out, she jerked and he squirted it in her eyes. It's just saline so not a big deal but I guess that makes me the permanent bad guy.

CHRISTMAS!!! We love Christmas. We were at my family's house for Christmas and is was wonderful. Evelyn got more toys than she knows what to do with, which makes me happy because she didn't have any....she also got some really cute clothes and a movie...shrek, the last one, whatever it's called. She really just loved the paper...don't they all.

FAVORITE part of Christmas.... Yep...stuck on there...stuck to her tongue flesh.

She also went sledding for the first time. Pay no attention to my giant, ripped jacket. It's the latest fashion on the mountain.

Since we've gotten home we've just been trying to relax...aka get over our colds. I had it in Seattle, Steven had it in Spokane, and then all three of have had it since we got home on the 29th. For New Years Eve we went to some friends house and played games. It was nice to get out of the house and have some fun. We love games.

Steven went back to work...we really he had to work the 30th and 31st and then went back to work to start off busy season on January 4. Yesterday I made Evelyn a towel dress out of a hand towel since she's out grown her robe. It only cost me 3 dollars to make.

She's in her jammies with the towel on because I can't keep Daisy away from her and she's so wiggely, I didn't want her exposed.


I've been crafting up a storm. I got my hair cut in early December (love it!) and have gone hair accessory wild. I have more hair stuff than I'll ever wear, but it's fun. These are just two of them, and as general rule, when you take pictures of yourself you have to make that face. And yes, that is a hat. An everyday, out and about hat.