long over due update

I can't believe how long it has been since I updated our blog. I'd love to say it's because we have been so busy but the truth is that we really haven't done much of anything and I think that's why I haven't posted. There's just not much to post about. I was looking at our camera last night hoping there would be some good pictures on there but I guess I haven't taken any pictures since before Christmas! That proves how boring we have been around here. I have taken some on my phone though. They aren't the best pictures but at least its something. We do have some BIG NEWS. We are expecting baby #2 in July. We just found out yesterday that we are having another little GIRL! We were so excited when they told us. We have been hoping for another little girl since this one is due 6 days after Evelynn's birthday so we have everything we need. All the clothes are in the right season even! I was a little surprised because I was sure it was a boy. I made the tech look 3 times to make sure. She said she was 99% sure but I'm still a little nervous. We are very excited. Preston is the cutest Daddy. When the tech asked if we were happy having another girl he told her, "yeah. I love girls. I would be happy with all girls." He melts my heart! I love to just watch him play with Evie on the weekends. Neither one of them look any happier than when they are together. Of course they both love me too so don't be worried about that. It will be super fun to have another girl around here.

Preston didn't want to take this picture. He thinks we look really lame but I wanted to post it for our children to see in the future. Can't wait to meet you Baby Girl #2!!

Here are some fun things about Evie
-weighs 22.4 pounds. She is 25th percentile on weight and height. 
-She loves to dance. She will do it for just about anyone
-She says her name now. When you ask her what her name is she points her little finger to her chest and says Evelynn very clearly. It is so cute!
-We babysit a friends kids a couple days a week right now and she has become really good friends with a little boy name Ethan. She calls him E E and they are best buds. I have some funny videos of them together but they are so hard to post on here so I don't think I will post them.
-Evie still LOVES her baby dolls. They are by far her favorite toy. We have left out all her baby stuff like her swing and bouncer cause she passes her baby through all of them all day long. Yesterday I noticed that she now calls her baby doll Emily. One of the kids we babysit is a 8 month old named Emily. I love that she has named her baby! She is so cute!
-When she wants something she tells you to "open it"
-She can work her way around my phone almost as well as I can
-She goes to nursery now and HATES it. The nursery leader is a good friend of ours and whenever Evie sees her no matter where we are she starts to freak out and wont leave my side. lol sad but sooo funny!
-She hands out free kisses all day long. I LOVE IT!
-knows all her animals and their noises
-Still loves Tonka. If he isn't in the same room as her she yells and yells for him till he shows up and then she is fine.
-Loves to skype with Grandmas and Grandpas. When ever she sees the computer she thinks that is what we are going to do.
-she LOVES buckles. We recently put her in a booster seat at the kitchen table and she can sit there for and hour buckling and unbuckling the buckles.
-she loves showers and brushing her teeth
 Here are a couple random pictures I found on my phone of her.

Here are a couple pictures of us at Prestons work christmas party. Evie really didn't like Santa at all!!

Here are just a couple picture on Valentines Day. A friend of ours threw a Valentines Day Party for all the younger kids who don't go to school. There were balloons on strings all over and Evie LOVED playing with them.We decorated cookies and cupcakes and had lunch. It was so fun! I think Valentines Day will be one of our favorites from now on!

Evie got her first haircut this past week. We really only cute a couple centimeters off but she liked it regardless. Now every time we are in the kitchen she wants to sit on the stool and have me put the cutting cape on her. To bad she doesn't have more hair so we can do it more often.

catching up

I realized today that I frequently look at my friends blogs wishing they would update them so I could know what they are up to. It rarely occurs to me that I haven't updated mine in a long time either! So here I am letting everyone who looks at this know what we are up to. I can't believe I haven't even blogged about halloween! Here's a cute picture of our little piggy!

Evelynn had the best time trick or treating. She was way better at it than I thought she would be too. She walked right up to the door stuck her little hand out and said "treat". Everyone thought she was pretty cute. They would put some candy in her hand, she would go over to her bag and stick it in and turn right back around to ask for another treat. She got triple treats at most houses! The next day we went for a walk with Tonka and she couldn't understand why we weren't stopping to ask for more candy. It is so fun to be a Mom!

 Not a whole lot else has been going on around here. We had a fun Thanksgiving. We had a couple friends over to our house so I only had to make a couple things for dinner. It is nice to have friends to spend the holidays with when family isn't around. We let the kids play and we all ate as much as we could. I promised myself I would take some pictures this year and once again I forgot. So no fun pictures of our Thanksgiving. In just a couple weeks we will be heading to Colorado for Christmas and we are pretty excited for a little vacation. Also 2 of my best friends had babies in the past couple months and I can't wait to meet their little girls!! Well I hope to update this sooner next time! Until then.. Happy Holidays!

finally

I finally got around to blogging again! The hard drive on our computer has been full for forever and we finally just put all our pictures on the external hard drive. Which means I can post new pictures now!! We have had a really awesome summer. It's hard to believe it's over already. Here are some of my favorite pictures from the summer that I never got around to posting.

 The 4th of July

 this can is empty by the way!

 Just a couple weekends ago Preston took a Monday off and we headed up to Gettysburg. It was a fun little vacation and we learned so much while we were there. Next time anyone comes to visit us we will have to take them up there. History is kinda cool!

At the end of September we took a vacation to the  beach with 2 other families. I am still waiting on some photos from those girls before I put them up. That vacation deserves a post of it's own. :) Hope you liked the pics!

Evelynn is ONE!!

Evelynn has been one for over a month now. I know this is really late! Her birthday was July 7th and it was a really fun day. Kids birthdays are so much fun! The Saturday before she turned one we threw her a little party at the pool with some of our good friends. We took a grill down to our neighborhood pool and had a barbeque. It was a good time. Thanks to all our friends who made it a special day. Here's some pictures of our little girls big day.

We love you so much Evelynn and we can't imagine our family with out you!! HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAY!!

I know I know

I have been really bad at blogging! I keep meaning to blog about something and then I get busy and forget. So much has been going on here! Thank goodness we have cameras or else I would never remember what we have be doing the past couple months. Here are some pictures of a Triathlon Preston did a couple months ago.

He came in 18th place. I think he was really hoping to be in the top 10 but 18th is pretty good for someone who wasn't able to train much for it. Evie and I were so proud of him!

I don't think that I mentioned that Preston started a new job about a month ago. He is now an Executive Officer which is pretty much a secretary to a General. It's longer hours and a lot of work. Most of the time he doesn't get home till after 8 which is usually after Evie has already gone to bed. Needless to say it is going to be a very long year for all of us but it's only a year long position and we will all make the best of our weekends together!


A couple weekends ago we were able to go visit some of our friends that live in Boston. We were only there for 3 days but we had a lot of fun. Preston went on a crazy hike to the summit of Mt. Washington. They had to come back early because the weather was so cold. His hands were so swollen from the cold weather! It's hard to explain how gross they looked and a picture doesn't do enough justice for them. I'm happy to say that his hands are back to normal size now and despite him being sure he got stretch marks from how big they got, he didn't and they are fine!

We went to down town Boston the last day we were there. It was so fun. We had some awesome pizza and then just walked around. There were cute little carousels everywhere so we let the girls ride one. Evie LOVED it. She liked sitting on the horse but wanted off until it started moving then she had so much fun! She is so cute! Nicole and I even went to a little Carnival they had on base there one night. There were lots of kids rides, music and food. The weather wasn't great but we made the most of it and were glad we went. I'm sad I didn't get any pictures there. We had a really good time in Boston and were glad we made it out there since our friends are leaving for Germany in a couple months. We will have to go there to see them next time I guess.

 

These are 3 cute little girls!!

 Ok.. this post is long enough so I am going to cut it off. We threw Evies birthday party yesterday so I will post about that sometime this week!! Probably after her real birthday which is on Thursday. I can't believe she is going to be 1 already. She is walking now too! It all happens so fast! Here is just a cute little video of her that I took the other day and a cute picture. We love this girl to death!

OH EVIE!!

Evie is getting more and more fun everyday! She is learning things so fast! The other day she found this toy and just went for it. Take a look! 

She is now a pro at walking with this toy!! We can't even believe that before to long she will be walking all by herself!

A couple weeks ago I took some 9 month/Easter pictures of her and I am just now getting around to posting them. Sorry! She is now 10 months and it is still crazy to me that in 2 months we will have a 1 year old! 

 At Evie's 9 month check up she weighed 17.3 pounds and was 27 inches long. What a little cutie huh!! She eats like a horse and finds new ways to bug Tonka every day. She is a master at climbing the stairs and waves like a beauty queen. She loves to play this game where you lay her on the bed and she will dive off knowing you will catch her. Hopefully someone is always there to catch her. She says Mama now and I LOVE IT! :) When she really starts talking she is never going to stop. She just jabbers all day long. I think Tonka even thinks it's to much. She loves going to the gym with mom and playing on all the cool toys they have there for her. Her blanket is one of her best friends and the most excited she gets is when Dad walks through the front door. Baths are still awesome and we have recently found that she loves the beach. We love this girl!