Hilton Head Pics

Last week Evelyn and I went to Hilton Head. Below are some pics from the trip.

(From Left to Right) Aunt Melissa, Evelyn, and Aunt Megan (They are actually my cousins, so they should be Evelyn's second cousins. They didn't like that title)

While at the beach Evelyn was teething really bad. So anything cold made her happy. Here she is enjoying her first peach. (People food before baby food...oops)

(From Left to Right) Aunt Megan, Evelyn, and Me (Steph)

A spoon dipped in ice water seemed to make her happy. Whatever works, right?

Peace of Mind

Some of you may not know that I'm a weather freak. I come from a line of weather freaks (My dad is always watching the weather channel...and I am too). When I was a little girl, my dad and I got stuck on the golf course during a very scary thunderstorm. Ever since that day, I have been very conscious about the weather around me.

Since the birth of our daughter, Daniel and I always check the weather before we go to bed. Daniel also warns me of the type of weather to expect for the day each morning whether it be a air quality alert or thunderstorms in the afternoon. Now that we have another life that depends on us, new fears arise such as weather issues.

After waking to thunderstorms a couple of weeks ago and learning the morning after that there were tornados that touched down not to far from our house, we decided we needed to do something to insure our safety. So my gaget crazy husband suggested a weather radio. At first I was skeptical because we have bought a weather radio before that didn't work. But I agreed with my husband and we bought a Midland weather radio.

This is by far the best "baby" purchase we have made. The night we turned it on Daniel had band practice. And guess what, the radio went off and we had severe storms that evening.

This week my husband has been in Kentucky playing bass guitar at a church camp. I can't even begin to discribe to you how relax I have been about the weather while he as been gone compared to other times he has been away. It's nice to know that if some bad storms or tornados are in the area, that I will be woken up and warned. One of my biggest fears as a mom is for something to happen to my daughter and not having the ability to help her. The weather is one less thing I don't have to worry about thanks to this inexpensive purchase (http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=90128246&listingid=1348708&dcaid=17902).

Last Week Evelyn Pics

Orlando Pics

My mom and I at Epcot.

The Girls after riding a crazy roller coaster.

from left to Me, Megan (cousin), Melissa (cousin), Stacey (my sister)

The girls after riding Tower of Terror.

Mommy Trip

Hello everyone....sorry for not posting in a while. I went on a work/vacation trip and I'm finally settled back in.

Last week I left Charlotte on Monday to begin my work/vacation trip to Orlando. This was the first time that I have left Evelyn for longer than 4 hours at a time. Daniel's parents (Sandra and Clay) came into town to watch Evelyn during the day since she doesn't go to daycare and Daniel had to work. It sounds like they had a blast and that Evelyn was really good.

Monday afternoon I arrived in Orlando with the entire week planned for me. I work for a company called Culminis. If anyone doesn't know whom Culminis is, we are a not-for-profit company that works with user groups and are supported by Microsoft (http://www.culminis.com/). So yes, I sorta of work for Microsoft (they pay my pay check).

Anyways, Culminis each year has a booth in the Community area at Tech Ed. This is a very large event put on my Microsoft each year. This year there was over 9,000 participants. Want to know more....... http://www.microsoft.com/events/teched2008/itpro/default.mspx
So Tuesday though Friday I worked our booth at the convention center and attended the evening activities with my fellow workers.

Also, it just worked out to be the same week that my family was in Orlando as well. They were there to celebrate my sister just graduating from college and my cousin turning 21. Therefore, I stayed the weekend to hang out with them. Every evening we went to a Disney park and had a blast. Since we have two family members that work for Disney, the majority of us got in for free. That as a money saver since the parks cost around $75 now. Isn't that crazy.

So after a busy week and long weekend....I'm more tired than ever. Glad to be back home where life isn't so crazy and home with my little girl. Hope you all had a great week. Some pictures to come. :)

Family Dog

This post is for our special pup....Rusty. One October afternoon we went to Petsmart with the Jacksons to look at puppies. They Jackson's decided to adopt a family pup. The one they picked just so happened to have a brother that was there for adoption. After some convincing, we got the brother. So there we are with a new puppy....only 3 months into our marriage.....in a small apartment.....ahhhh. But it was one of the best decisions we have ever made. We just love him so much.

Its taken some time for Rusty to adjust to not being number one. He had been number one for so long and now he had to share his home with a new baby. But now he is adjusted and just loves Evelyn so much. I'm looking forward to watching our two babies grow up together.

Here are some pictures we took of Evelyn and Rusty over that last few months.

Special Dress

In the Jones family, a special dress has been passed from child to child for 40 years. This dress was handmade by a Jones Grandmother and each child wears it when they are being chistened. Since Daniel and I believe in dedicating your baby and allowing them do decide when they want to follow christ and be baptised, we chose to just take pictures of Evelyn in this one of a kind, special dress. The amazing thing is the first child to wear this dress 40 years ago is having a child this summer, so I was able to pass it on to her family last week.