Evie is 9 months and two weeks old; Eric is 2 and a half years old!

Eric has started singing. He has been doing his own rendition of 'Twinkle Twinkle Little Star' which goes something like,
"ma da, ma da, ma da, ma;
ma da, ma da, ma da, ma;
ma da ma da mumble mumble"
i think he can't remember the rest of the song, lol!


Silly Dada put this bandana on her head. I'm not sure if he was going for 'biker babe' or 'house cleaning hair,' LOL!


Look at her cute little Disney Aristocats shirt with kitty Marie and her jeans with all the embroidery and sparkles - they help cut down on the rug-burned knees too from all the crawling Miss Evie is doing these days! :)


Evie got her 9 month shots :( her bandaid had dinosaurs riding skateboards, Eric thought it was pretty cool, lol. Evie's 9 month stats are 18.10 pounds, 47 cm head, 27.75 inches tall.


Evie says, "OMG, that's the cutest baby girl I've ever seen, I'm going to kiss her!"


She was right, that IS the cutest baby girl EVER!!!


With the money I have made selling my digital scrapbooking supplies, I bought Evie this disney princess toy organizer. She really seems to like it!


Look at how cute they are, playing peek-a-boo together!!!


My friend Lori came to visit from Arizona. We haven't seen each other since high school! We both married high school boys and have children now and we are friends on facebook so we can chat all the time. :)


When Lori visited, we went to McDonald's because they have an indoor play place. This was Evie and Eric's first time at McDonalds. Evie was too little to play in the indoor play place, so she sat with me and watched.


Eric was not too little and he had a BLAST!










This play place was 3 stories tall and Eric went all the way to the top floor! Then he went over to the slide and do you think he slid down? of course not, he RAN down! My heart jumped into my throat, lol!


I got Eric a sleep number toddler pillow for Christmas. He really seems to like it. This is the first time he has ever shown interest in wanting to sleep in bed like a grown up, with his head on a pillow at the head of the bed and his feet at the foot of the bed and the blanket covering him. Why is it SO cute when little kids do stuff like grown ups?

Evie is 9 months and one week old; Eric is 2 and a half years old!

Merry Christmas!


We had a wonderful Christmas together!


We decorated the tree with projects from pre-school!


These are all the December crafts from school.


Evie had more fun with the wrapping than anything else, lol! She got dolls and stuffed animals and books, but the tissue paper the gifts came in was the best gift ever (until she decided to taste it).


Eric got so many nice things, but I think his favorite is the V-Tech Learning System (its like a video game).


And of course, anything to do with dinosaurs is always a big hit, lol!


Besides the banner in the photo before this one, I also put together a Dinosaur Field Guide kit for Eric and I to put together.


Eric also go this organization shelf, a race track rug, a farmhouse, puzzles, books, and his very own Sleep Number brand toddler-sized pillow.


Mook had a good Christmas too!


And so did Bailey!

Evie is 9 months old; Eric is 2 and a half years old!

We went to see Santa!!! There were lots of fun games and toys and activites (not to mention cookies) to keep everyone busy before Santa arrived.


Here's the before...


and here is the after, lol!


Christmas with Gran and Papa


Evie LOVES her Sleeping Beauty outfit, but she is sad that she has to wait to wear it until it is washed.


Eric LOVES the tent - the dinosaur flashlight inside was an even bigger hit!


Bailey also likes the tent, lol!


Christmas with Gramma and Grammpa


Eric LOVES the workbench!


Evie loves it too, lol! Plastic wrenches and fake wood are quite tasty!


Evie LOVES her Baby Gymnastics Activity Wall and her Baby's First Christmas bib!


Eric sneeks a peek outside with "Bernard." They are spying on the kitty cats who are eating dinner.

Eric noticed that Evie is crawling and he is enthralled! He is crawling all over the place following her and trying to get her to follow him. Then she will stop and try to pick up a toy and he will take it away and put it down and say something to her which is probably encouragement to continue crawling not stop and play, lol! Below is a short video of her first long-ish crawl.

***I'm having technical difficulties, so I have posted the same video 3 times using 3 different services, hopefully everyone can see at least one of the videos - let me know which one you can see so i will know for next time!

From Evie

Evie is 8 months and four weeks old; Eric is 2 and a half years old!

Evie pulled herself up from a sitting position to a standing position, using the toy piano on Dec 9, 2010!!!

Eric used the restroom and made #1 and #2 on Dec 11, 2010!!!


I saw this hairbow online, complete with instructions, isn't it the cutest thing? (or should i say lack-of-hair bow, lol!)


This hairbow was part of the same tutorial online and there are a ton more, this lady is creative with her ribbon!!!


So handsome in his little moose sweater!


Christmas with Grandpa Jim


Thanks for the dinosaurs Grandpa Jim!

Evie is 8 months and three weeks old; Eric is 2 and a half years old!

Evie sat up by herself on Tuesday Dec 7th! She is getting so close to crawling (she is creeping along now using her head and rolling).


What a cute look!


That look is the look Eric gives me when he is about to get into something he's not supposed to get into! And look who has it already at just 8 months old!!!


School party photo


School art featuring Evie's hands


School art featuring Eric's hands


School Holiday Party photo together


Eric is in Bailey's crate, lol!!!


Eric got an early Christmas present, a TV for his room! He is very excited (literally on the edge of his seat) and has T-Rex join him in watching a Baby Einstein Video.


Having a TV in your room is so awesome, Eric is sure to share it with his other dinosaur friends! I walked into his room and saw how he had carefully placed his apatosaurus upright in the chair and facing the TV, lol!!!


Scott ran a 26 mile marathon called The North Face Endurance Challenge on Dec 4, 2010. He did a great job in the rain and slippery mud! WOO HOO Scott, great job, we are so proud of you!!! ‎♥♥‎♥