Happy Halloween #2

This afternoon, I let Evelyn play with halloween build-a-bear that my sister gave me a couple of years ago. My birthday is around halloween (27th) and so I got this really cute orange bear with a pumpkin costume on it. Evelyn had so much fun playing with it.

Candy bag belongs to the bear

Kisses for the bear

Snuggles for the bear

More snuggles

Happy Halloween #1

Today, I will be taking alot of photos since its Evelyn's first halloween. Therefore, I decided to break them up in a couple of posts. Here are the first pics from this morning.

Evelyn and Rusty sharing a toy.

Evelyn always seems to have her mouth open for pics!


And another mouth open pic!

Getting sassy!

Happy Girl!

High Ropes Course

In a past post I talked about our trip to Camp Cedar Cliff. While on this trip I faced my fears and went on the High Ropes Course. Last year I was pregnant, so I had a good excuse. But this year...no excuse. So below are some pics to prove that I went on the course and was scared to death. (Thanks Allyson for the pics)

10 Months

Today Evelyn is 10 months old. We don't go to the doctor this month but it doesn't look like she has grown much. Evelyn loves to stand up. She can pretty much use anything to stand up (couch, toys, windows, walls, dishwasher, etc). She doesn't need anything to pull up on a flat surface like our glass sliding door (which is just crazy). Evelyn is "cruising" all the furniture, toys, walls, etc. She will even walk with help from us or her walker.

We are currently working on transitioning to a sippy cup. So far its not going well since she doesn't like to hold her own drink. The goal is to have her using a sippy cup by 12 months. After her first birthday, we will transition to regular milk. Evelyn is eating baby food as well as finger food. She just loves fruits like peaches, pineapple, and pears. She has also tried small potatoes, rice, corn, and bread. So far, she will pretty much eat anything but green foods.

This month we have gotten two new toys that she just loves and I figured I would let you know about them (for all the moms that have children younger than me). First is the Fisher-Price Brilliant Basics: Activity Walker. Its a walker and becomes a wagon then your child is a little older. She just loves it and will use it to walk around (with some help). The second toy is vtech Sit to Stand Alphabet Train. She just got this toy today and is very interested in it. You can sit and play with all the buttons. You can use the front part of the train as a walker. And lastly, you can sit on the back part of the train and drive around.

I caught Evelyn in action (about to sit down)

Traveling Weekends

This month has been full of fun filled weekends. Last weekend, Daniel and I went to Camp Cedar Cliff with Kinetic Worship for a high school camp. Daniel H, Matt N, Aaron E, Cameron K, and my husband are in a band that likes to play outside our church. So the band guys, Allyson H., Mike, Lauren, and I all went to Asheville for the weekend. It was a fun filled weekend of great Worship, delicious food, and new adventures (I did the high ropes course). Special thanks to my parents for taking care of Evelyn while we were at camp.

This weekend, I was able to go to Asheville again on the first ever Kinetic Women's Retreat. What an awesome weekend to Worship, grow and learn more about Jesus, and fellowship with some of my best friends. Thank you to all the women on the trip....it was an awesome weekend. And thank you to my wonderful husband for being a single parent for the weekend.

This coming weekend Evelyn will attend her first ever Halloween Party. More about that to come.

Below are some pictures of the beautiful leave in Asheville.

Walking with Assistance - Video

Take One

Take Two

Walking with Assistance

This week Evelyn decided it was time to walk (well, with some help from us). She is currently walking while holding on to our hands and just loves it.

For some reason I'm having trouble posting the video of Evelyn's new trick. Hopefully I can get it up soon.

Fun at the Mall

Sandra (Evelyn's grandma) and Mildred (Evelyn's great grandma) came to Charlotte to see Evelyn. We went to the mall and played on some toy cars.

Chili Cook-Off

Each year our church has a Chili Cook-Off. This year was just amazing. Perfect weather, great chili, and wonderful friends. Below are some pics from the cook-off.

Evelyn hanging on to Jonas' stroller while he gets his first taste of a rock (Boys will be Boys).

Evelyn and me on the sand volleyball court.

Kitchen bowls are more fun than toys!

Evelyn discovers that a kitchen bowl is more fun than her toys.

First Carter Brothers Trip

Friday Evening, the whole family went to Archdale to have dinner with Daniel's parents (Clay just turned 51....so we were celebrating). We met at Carter Brothers (Daniel's favorite bbq place) and it was Evelyn's first visit. While there she also tested her new sippy cup for the first time.

Coffee Table at Emerald Isle

While at the beach last week, Evelyn discovered the coffee table (we don't have one in our home) and had so much fun using it to stand. Below are some pictures of her with the coffee table.