Long Time, No Blog

Well it's been a few months and a lot has happened. Evelyn is now one whole year old. She started walking two weeks before her first birthday and hasn't slowed down since. In fact that is one of the main reasons I haven't been able to blog. She loves to pound on the computer, or when I'm on our desk top, cry until I put her on my lap and then pound on the key board. She can say all sorts of words, and can understand and follow directions really well....when she wants. She's all sorts of independent. She can nod yes and shake her head no so now I actually know what she wants and she seems a lot less frusterated all the time. It's so fun watching her learn. She also loves cheese. Not just a little, a lot.

We're also in a house now and loving it. We're currently renting but the plan is to buy a house in the next couple years (not this house) and I'm so excited. But this house, we even have a back yard for Daisy and that makes a huge difference. I think she really likes it.

Evelyn likes to vacuum with her popcorn popper while I vacuum.

The tiny 'half bedroom' in our house. It's going to be my craft room/ computer room

Me and Steven made these shelves for our library.

This is Evelyn's room completely lined with toys. We swore we were not going to be one of those families who had more toys that they're kids will ever know what to do with but people just give us stuff. I really like her giant frame on the wall though. That's where we hang her art work.

Other than the moving into a house thing and Evelyn being one, we've been super busy but I can't think of what we've been up to... I go to the gym a lot and am loving it...most days. Some days are a little overwhelming and it just seems like on more thing I have to do, but it's always worth it. I feel pretty good these days.

I've also been going the a lot of yard sales and decided that I love them! I've been obsessed with this Just Between Friends sale because you can get really cheap baby stuff. Well my friends, you haven't seen marked down prices until you've been to a really good yard sale. I got all of this for ten dollars. Seriously, there are like 10 shirts, 5 dresses, 3 pants, some jammies, sweaters, shoes. So AWESOME! I love saving money.

Stevens completed his first quarter at Eastern and starts his MBA program in two weeks. He had a month between quarters and it's been really nice actually seeing him around. Given it'll start back up in two weeks and he'll be even busier than before, we're enjoying the now.
I got two more moles removed...one was just a 'hey put a band aid on it' kinda deal, the other was 14 stitches...14. It's no walk in the park let me tell you. I was allergic to the cream they gave me and also to the bandages so it freaking hurts. Its on my stomach so Evelyn's always kicking and touching it (when I hold her, it's right where her shoes are) and the day I was sliced open, I must have smelled like the iodine or something because I was on the couch and Daisy came up to me, smelled it and then bit it. Needless to say it's been an ordeal. I just took the stitches out and it's going to be quite an ugly scar.

We're still going strong on the no gluten thing...and by we I mean mostly me. Steven's been really supportive though. He even switched to corn tortillas and will eat my gluten free concoctions. I've only done one purposefully gluten free recipe so far. It's pretty easy to be gluten free without recipes. Just a lot of potatoes and brown rice. I did made Zucchini lasagna that was fantastic. I also find I have a lot of omelets.
I never got around to putting up Evelyn's one year pictures yet and we also took a family picture in July, so here are the pictures.