Eva's 1st Birthday Party

Eva in her Birthday outfit


cupcakes


the Happy Birthday song!


Eva smeared the red frosting all over herself, and had yet to take a bite!


HAPPY BIRTHDAY EVA!

Zoe and Thomas

Before Eva's Birthday Party - Papa Tom, Daddy, and Me went to Greenfield Village to see Thomas. We had a lot of fun!!


Here we are on Thomas!


Me riding the Lion - on the carousel.

Play Time

Zoe on the "Circle" slide


Eva smiling


Kisses to everyone!

Zoe's Stats at 3 years old

On Mommy's Birthday - last Thursday - we went to the doctors. I had to answer some questions about myself and what I could do. Mommy helped a bit. I was beyond the benchmarks for my age. Mommy was surprised, since she doesn't usually think too much about my abilities and if they are exceedingly above the average kid. I also got measured and weighed. I was 37.5 inches and 31 pounds. I'm in the 53rd percentile, which Mommy thinks is funny. Giving a "percentage" to a child is rather silly, especially one things that are not controllable. Mommy says that weight is, if I was very heavy...but genetics determines height. Oh well.

I can identify all my letters, lower case and upper case. I can spell some words, and I love to sound out words to identify the first letter. I sing lots of songs, and I love watching the following things on TV: Curious George, Word World, Pee Wee's Big Adventure, Snow White, Pinky Dinky Doo, and the Letter Factory. I play games and LOVE to paint. I also help cook and clean with Mommy & Daddy.

Mommy says I'm pretty amazing.

Happy Birthday Zoe/Happy Easter

Zoe eating her Blue cake


Zoe and Eva saying "Happy Easter"

This year I wanted a Blue Birthday...and Mommy got me all Blue things. Look at my cool cake that I helped decorate:

Happy Valentine's Day

Eva's Heart Belongs to Mommy!

Zoe's Heart Belongs to Daddy

Precious Zoe

Wide-Eyed Eva

MERRY CHRISTMAS

santa

Today we went and visited Santa. I agreed to sit next to him, but Eva had no problem sitting on his lap. I asked him for a Thomas train, and I thought I was going to get it there. So I was a bit confused that I left without my train. Mommy and Daddy reassured me that I would see my train on Christmas morning if I continued to be a good girl. Santa said I had a gold star next to my name on his list because I was a great help with Eva. He sees EVERYTHING you know!


I kept my distance - but I made sure to tell him everything I wanted.


There were SO many people there! I really don't like crowds...

Happy Halloween

Eva at 5 months

Eva is now over 5 months old! She is 19 pounds 8 ounces and 27 inches. She is still growing quickly!

Mommy hopes to get more pictures up on here real soon. We've had a very busy month (so far) with appointments, preschool visits, and upcoming Halloween fun!

As always, Eva and I are having fun!

Zoe's Swim Class

The pics of Zoe's swim class -


Zoe swimming with Daddy - CHEESE!

Swimming on her back. Notice her hair does NOT touch the water!

The instructor - one of three different ones in the first three classes! HAHA!

Zoe kicking her feet - notice again that her hair is NOT touching the water.

Moving her arms AND legs - her hair at this point is a bit wet....but notice again that she is using her neck to prevent further wetness.

Jumping off the side of the pool!

Zoe jumps again!

adventures

Last Sunday we went Apple Picking. I picked apples all by myself! As you can see I had a really great time!


Eva also picked apples with Mommy's help. She wasn't as happy as I was to be picking them. We ate warm donuts afterwards and today Daddy made yummy apple sauce!


Eva had cereal this week. She loved it! She seemed to want to eat it faster than Mommy could feed her!


Here I am helping Mommy feed Eva. I really love her!


Here are Daddy and me at my swim class! I love it! I can move my arms, and kick my legs, jump from the side of the pool, and blow bubbles. I'm not real thrilled to get my hair wet though, as you can see from this picture!

Eva at 4 months

Eva went to the doctor with Mommy today.
18 pounds 2 ounces
26.5 inches

The doctor said she was very healthy. Eva has been rolling over for a month now, and the doctor was very excited and said that breastmilk was the reason! Mommy had to laugh at that. Here is a silly picture of me!

pictures of us

Here are some recent pictures of Eva and I.


This is me posing for Mommy


Eva sitting her her Bumbo seat


Here we are in our Beatles T-shirts

Ponies

On Sunday our church had a picnic and invited ponies for the children to ride. Most of the kids rode once, but I didn't want to stop riding. I loved every minute of it, and cried when the ponies had to take naps! Eva was too small to ride, but I showed her how much fun I had!

Eva 3 Months

Yesterday baby Eva was 3 months old! It's hard to imagine what life was like without her! I love her so much!

Today Mommy took her to the doctors for updates and shots. Her stats (as Mommy calls them) are as follows:

Weight: 15pounds 15ounces
Height: 24.5 inches

Eva is bigger than I was, but I'm still bigger than her now! She can almost roll over and loves to talk to anyone that will listen. Mommy says that she sleeps 5 or 6 hours at night without waking now. I sleep 10 hours, but Eva needs to wake to drink Mommy's milk.

We both are growing every day!

our trip to Lansing

Last weekend, July 27th - July 29th, my family went to Lansing and East Lansing. Lansing is Michigan's state capitol. But we were there because Daddy went to Michigan State when he was younger. We got to see beautiful gardens, swim in a big pool and visit with friends and family. It was really a great time!

Daddy & Zoe in the big pool


Mommy & Eva watching


Botanical Gardens at MSU


Zoe and the sheep at MSU's Children's Gardens


Zoe and her friends - Arianna and Camden

more adventures

We are definitely busy girls these days. Most of our time is spent playing...and I also help Mommy clean the house. I really love doing dishes! Soap is so cool...I sing the song Mommy wrote "Wash Your Hands" when we are washing the dishes.

Eva and I got baptized and had a really cool party with the family afterward. Pastor "Amen" and his wife, Patty, also came to celebrate. My favorite gift was a book from G.G. called, "100 Bible Stories". I have learned a lot about God and Jesus. I plan on teaching Eva all about God one day too!

Here are some recent pics from July: