Evelyn is Crawling

Monday, after granddad Perkins funeral, Evelyn decided to surprise the entire Perkins clan. She started crawling. My little baby girl crawling 10 days before she turns 8 months...Amazing. Although I shouldn't be surprised....I was an early walker. Below is a small video of her crawling at granddad house (her great granddad).

Grilling Dinner

We are still in Utah and having so much fun. Each day, Evelyn gets her morning nap at home and then we go out for lunch. After lunch we do some activity (shopping) and then come home for the evening.

Each night we cook dinner at home and Evelyn decided to help. The picture below shows Evelyn eating the grill brush used to put marinade on our meat. This was her first time with a kitchen utensil and she wasn't sure about it.

Stacking Blocks

Before heading to Utah, I bought a new Fisher-Price Toy (Baby's First Blocks). This has turned out to be a wonderful toy and I highly recommend it.

Evelyn isn't quite old enough to put the blocks through the special holes on the top of the toy. But she loves to dump the bucket over and make a mess. But her most favorite thing is when mommy stacks the blocks. She concentrates very hard and tries to just take the top block off with out the stack falling. But it falls every time. Below are some pictures of her playing in Utah with the blocks.

Focused on the blocks

Not sure what to do

And they fell down

Playing with blocks is tiring

Outside Utah

My parents have a wonderful house in Park City, Utah. Below are some pictures outside.

Playing with the chair arm on the back deck

Going after granddads' finger

Checking out the cold grass (not a fan)

View from back deck

First Airplane Ride

On Thursday, Evelyn had her first airplane ride. It was so much easier than I expected. With my sister helping, traveling to Utah went pretty smoothly. We checked in with 4 bags (one for me, one for Evelyn, one for Stacey, and the pack-n-play). Afterwards, we went through security and since we were traveling with a small child, we got to go in the quick line.

Through both airports we had the stroller and carseat but didn't buy a seat for Evelyn. Therefore she hung out in Stacey's and my lap. She slept most of the take-off and landings (which was great) and only was fussy when she got bored or tired. Below are a few pictures in the airport.

Happy Baby

Seven months old has turned out to be one of the best months so far. Most of the feeding issues are over (except that she will go meals with out eating alot, but were ok with that). She can sit up and hang out on her tummy to play. Mom and Dad don't have to always entertain her, for the most part she can entertain herself (yesssss!). And she seems to become a happy baby. Just like yesterday, we went to Kinetic Kids Group at Anne's and the only time she cried was wen she bonked her head (and she didn't even get a morning nap). It was awesome.

Last night, Evelyn got a visit from her Perkins grandparents. We all had so much fun hanging out, eating dinner, and trying to make Evelyn laugh. Below are some pictures that Sandra and I took last night.

Normal Evelyn when you try to take pictures.

Happy Evelyn after some tickling.

Evelyn giggling and snuggling with grandpa Clay.

Evelyn loved his shirt.

Peeking and smiling over the couch.

Airplane Travel

I know I haven't posted in a while, sorry! Life has been kind of crazy around here. But I did want to post a quick note that Evelyn and I will be traveling by plane with my sister to Utah on Thursday. So if you have any suggestions on traveling on a plane with an infant....please let me know.