What a difference a Year Makes

I found this picture from last Christmas. I can't believe how big she has gotten. She seems so grown up now. She has such a personality. She is becoming very independent and likes to tell us "no" if we try to help her with anything. She loves her play kitchen, reading books and coloring. She is very curious and learning something new each day. She is getting a pretty good vocabulary. Saying a lot of words clearly but still a lot that only mom & dad know. She has a new "smile" that she will do if we ask her to smile which is a cheesey smile ear to ear. She loves an audience and getting attention. Can't wait to see what the next year brings for her!

Christmas Tree Time

We went to get our Christmas tree this weekend and Evelyn had so much fun. They had a Santa and real reindeer which Evelyn did ok with. She wanted off of Santa's lap pretty quickly but she really liked the reindeer. But, she had the most fun running around all of the trees.

Photo Shoot

We finally got around to getting more professional pics of Evelyn. It only took me forever!! Here are some of the cute ones!

I can make a toy out of anything

Evelyn loves boxes and she had quite a good time playing in the empty diaper box the other night.

Say Cheese

Evelyn can now actually stop & pose for the camera and say "cheese". She let me take these pics the other morning before daycare. What a little lady!

Happy Birthday Mimi!

We had the family over for Mimi's birthday a couple weeks ago for a surprise brunch. Mimi had fun marching and dancing with all of the grandaughters!! Evelyn also had fun with cousins Claire & Kylan.

Happy Birthday Pop!

John's dad had a birthday last week and we went over for cake & ice cream along with cousin Kylan and Uncle Chris. The girls had fun playing together and running around the house like crazy women!

Lazy Night

Evelyn is usually pretty wiggly and doesn't like to lay still too often. But, the other night she was pretty tired so we both hopped into bed, rested & watched TV.

More Halloween

We went to see Cassie & Nora on Halloween as well to bring them treats. All of the girls liked seeing each other in their costumes.

Raggedy Ann

Evelyn was Raggedy Ann for Halloween this year. She wore her costume all day but could only handle wearing the wig in spurts. She had a busy day of apperances to make that day. She went to my work and Nana's work where we met up with Zoe & Connor. He didn't want to wear his monkey costume, but ended up wearing it by the end of the day. Evelyn was tuckered out at the end of the night!

Happy Halloween

Some cute Pre Halloween Pics.

Carving Pumpkins

This year Evelyn was slightly interested in Halloween. We tried to have her help carve pumpkins but she wasn't too sure about it. A little too sloppy for her I guess!

Bed Head

Evelyn had some very nice hair the other morning when I went to get her out of bed. Pictures had to be taken!

Already obsessed with shoes

This girl loves shoes. Mine & hers. She will pull out every pair of shoes that I have and try them on. She is now able to get some of her own shoes on by herself although not always on the correct foot!

Climber

Evelyn now loves to climb. We have a high bed so there are steps that go up to it. This is her new favorite place to climb on. Then she will play with everything on the nightstand!

Reading the Sunday Paper

Evelyn enjoyed reading the Sunday paper with Mom the other weekend.