Evie is 10 months and three weeks old; Eric is 2 and a half years old!

Happy Valentine's Day!!!

Evie took 5 steps and then held on to the table (didn't fall down!) on Feb 10th!


Our Princess takes a step!


Here's another step! Her shirt says, "50% Mommy, 50% Daddy, 100% CUTE!" and look at the sweet silver flower detailing on her khakis!


Daddy and Evie build a Mega-Blocks city, then have a goldfish cracker break!


Eric made a Valentine craft at school. The 4 circles in each corner are dinosaur stickers.


Eric and Evie at school with all their Valentine Day loot! Eric is smiling because he knows brownies are on the way, lol!




You can't buy dinosaur Valentines around here anywhere, so I made 45 valentines for each child in Eric's class.


Eric received 9 and Evie received 1!   :(


Thank you Lisa for the cute (and delicious looking) outfits!!!


Overall, we had a very nice Valentine's Day. Scott got pizza and I rented a movie and made a new 'blondie' recipe for dessert (think brownies without the cocoa). It took us almost 4 hours to watch this 2 hour movie (the kids kept needing something), but it was a really good movie. I wouldn't call "Centurian" a romantic Valentine movie, lol, but we both enjoyed it.

Evie is 10 months and two weeks old; Eric is 2 and a half years old!

Eric's new thing is turning on every light in the house just because he can, lol. Evie is learning how to communicate with Eric via various screetching, I'm sure the neighbors just love us, lol!


The breakfast of champions: shredded mini wheats, no milk, and apple juice infused with a flintstones vitamin!


I was trying to get Evie to smile for a picture, I kept asking her to smile over and over again, finally Eric sat down in front of me and smiled. I'm not sure if he was sick of hearing me ask or figured if Evie wasn't going to do it, somebody should, lol!


Even tho its way before his time, Eric knows who Fonzi is and will stick his thumb up and say, "Aaaaaaa!" His new sunglasses make him extra cool just like Fonzi! Thanks for the cool glasses Papa Steve and Gran!


Scott heads out to the trails with his buddy Steve (notice that he is sporting his brand new hydration pack - its the thing that looks like a backpack but is full of water and snacks and tools etc!)


Here are the trails - YIKES! Yes that is Steve's bike way up there!


Here is Scott on the trails - thanks for the pix Steve!


Evie sits in a restaurant high chair for the first time on Feb 1. She liked being part of the eating action!


A special treat from Papa Steve and Gran!


Eric is ready for the big game! He's got on his Blue's Clues Super Bowl Shirt and his Super Bowl Balloon in hand!


Our team didn't win, but we had fun tossing the old pigskin around the livingroom!

From 10 months old Jan 25 to Feb 24

"Come on, Eeee!" he tells her and they race down the hallway! Click the image and you will be taken to the video.

Evie is 10 months and one week old; Eric is 2 and a half years old!

Evie took one step on Jan 27. Then she took one step in the morning of the 28 and another step in the evening. On February 3 she took 2 steps! And on Feb 4 she started drinking out of a sippy cup without any help!


Eric loves McDonald's play place! I got into the actual structure to take this picture, it was really worth the sore knees and elbows, this is such a perfect shot!


At school there is a dental van. Eric's teacher encouraged everyone to visit, so we did. Eric got to look all around and sit in the big reclining dental chair. We didn't have the dentist look at his teeth. This was just a visit to sort of understand what the dentist is all about. The dentist gave Eric a sticker and I bought him a new toothbrush. Then we came home and had a healthy snack!


Little miss is definately a brownie, lol!


Thank you Gert and Martin for this super cute outfit!!! It matches her cupcake shoes!


Here's our happy girl crawling along, she is a speed demon!


Thank you Pat for this super darling outfit!


Evie got to sit in the big girl bathtub to have her bath! Usually she is in the baby bathtub, but Dada said she was ready to be a big girl. Eric can't wait until he can splash around with Evie in the bathtub!

Evie is 10 months old; Eric is 2 and a half years old!

I can't believe Evie is 10 months old already!!!!!

Evie is standing without holding on, for longer and longer periods of time. She even tries to take a step but hasn't been able to just yet - VERY soon she will be walking all over the place and giving Eric a run for his money, lol!


This isn't the best picture, but you can clearly see her standing on her own!


Another not-so-great pic, but I thought her little babooska was so cute, lol!


Through the tunnel!


Time to take Bailey for a walk! Is that the cutest coat or what?


Thank you for the super cute Robeez Gramma Linda! Evie loves shoes!


I had a wonderful birthday! Scott took the week off from work and we had quality family bonding time and ate a lot of yummy food! Evie is wearing a cupcake on her shirt to celebrate, lol!


Here's just one of the delicious treats I got for my birthday!


Kellie took me out for a super yummy lunch!


Scott came to school! Eric and Evie had a lot of fun showing Dada all around!


We even got a pic of me with the kids at school!!! :)

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

My friend Kellie bought Eric a DVD on learning the alphabet (a LeapFrog DVD her kids watched and loved and learned a lot from). Eric has watched it 3 times and can already say each letter sound!!!

Evie has been pulling up on toys and furniture for about 4 weeks and has been standing on her own for about 2 weeks for very short periods of time. I keep trying to get a picture, but perhaps I will be able to when she can keep her balance for a bit longer. :)

Eric has stopped calling Evie "L'il Ma" and has started calling her "Eeee." If I prompt him several times in a row he will try to say "Evie" but it sounds more like "Eee Eee"

Scott was awarded Employee Of The Year!!!!! WOO HOO!!!!!


We are working hard on the alphabet these days. "E" is for ERIC!!!



and "M" is for MOOK!



This is Eric's "smile" when I tell him I am taking his pic and want him to smile, lol! (you can see it in the above pic of the elephants too)



A lady at school gave us her double stroller, she said she didn't need it anymore. Scott spent 2 days cleaning it up (cuz it was pretty gross) and now it looks awesome! When I first put Evie in it, she did her little happy dance, lol!



She is on her way, check out that smile as she is in mid-crawl!



I got this sippy cup for Evie before she was born, she is finally old enough to use it now! :)



A metallic pink butterfly in her hair, metallic pink flowers on her leggings and a super cute pink dress! This girl is stylin'!

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

Eric and Dada the day after xmas playing at the park next to our house.


I gave Evie my doll, Maiandra. However, Eric seems much more interested. He takes such good care of her, strokes her hair, reads her stories, feeds her, cleans her face, reads her a good night story, and tucks her in.


We went to this park near Dada's work, Eric just can't get enuf of parks!


swinging is now fun (it used to be very boring)


Dada likes the park too, lol!


going up


going down


There's just not enough Dada to go around, lol!


Thank you Susie for the beautiful hand made blanket for Evie, she loves it!!!


"There's a what on my shirt?"


Her crawling is getting SO fast!

Another vid of Evie crawling - she is doing so well!!!


A vid of Evie's happy dance. There is no sound, but I am asking her repeatedly if she is a happy girl and her reply is her happy head-shaking dance, lol! too cute!