After our trip to the zoo yesterday, we stopped at a beautiful park towards the city. Evalie got to play in the grass, stretch her legs, and swing! Evie has a friend that lives by the park, and she and her family happened to be there too!
Honoring God in Faith, Word, Deed, and Dirty Diapers!
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Zoo Pictures
You may know that we have membership to the Cincinnati Zoo. We go quite often. Yesterday was a beautiful day. Not too hot, but warm and sunny. So we packed up and headed to the zoo.
Evalie got up close to a monkey (I don't remember what this is exactly). There is glass between them, don't worry!
And we fed the Lorikeets. Evalie kept trying to grab the birds off of Daddy's hand!
This was taken last week at the zoo. I love Daddy and Daughter pictures! They are so sweet!
The Long-Awaited Oregon Pictures
I know that it has taken me for.ev.er. to post these, but here they are! Well, a VERY small sampling. I took over 300 pictures on our trip. Here is the summary. 
Evalie got to fly for the first time. She did fabulously! We were on flights for over 10 hours. And she slept for all but 2 hours of our flights. The time she was awake, she sat between us and shredded beverage napkins!
The view from our cottage, and a sweet moment between daddy and daughter.
We got to meet Evalie's cousins for the first time. Miss Olivia and Mr. Quin. The three babies played very well together. You can't really tell that from this picture, but I think Uncle Greg is pinching the babies! LOL!
It turns out that it's a bit cold in Oregon in May and June. But we did get to spend some time on the beach. We all played in the sand for a long time. Daddy and the Uncles, Aunt Sara too, went Sand Surfing.
Sandy Feet!
Dipping tiny (and freezing) toes into the Pacific Ocean!
One morning my Father-in-law, Scott, talked to some fishermen that were launching their boats on the beach. Long story short...we had fresh fish and fresh crabs for dinner that night. It was a fabulous feast. We all ate together, so much fun, so much food! Yum!
Even though it was too cold to swim in the ocean, Evie got to take a dip in Grandpa and Grandma's hot tub! I turned the jets on and she HATED it, but she likes the water otherwise!
Ann and Andrew got married! The reason we made the trek to Oregon. Ann looked beautiful, it was a lovely wedding despite the rain.
Ann and Andrew got married! The reason we made the trek to Oregon. Ann looked beautiful, it was a lovely wedding despite the rain.Our little family at the wedding.
The brothers and their babies. Josh and Olivia. Andrew and Quintyn. Alex and Evalie.
We spent a lot of time just hanging out together. It is so much fun being with our family. I love this picture of some of the girls resting together on Kari's HUGE bed!
Evie and Olivia said good-bye early in the morning. I like to call this picture The Purple PJ Princesses!
In between dropping off Scott, Kari and Sara at the airport and having to be there ourselves, we went to the Portland Children's Museum. Evalie had a great time exploring in the infant area.
We ended our vacation by visiting the Indianapolis Zoo. That is one amazing zoo! Evalie got to pet an elephant, a shark, ride a pony, and see a dolphin show.
It was a great trip!
It was a great trip!
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Blue Eyes (And Black Too)
Miss Evalie is crawling all over the house now. She is very curious and getting into EVERYTHING! I love her adventurous spirit, but it is stressing me out. I am so worried that she is going to get hurt.
And for good reason. Already she has had two scrapes, one on her arm and one on her cheek. And Miss Evalie has had her first black eye.
Evie's favorite thing to do is get into our Entertainment Center cabinet. She opens and closes the door, and then she empties it out. A few days ago, Evalie was happily emptying the cabinet of all our DVDs when I heard a very loud crash followed by the loudest scream I have ever heard come from my baby girl. She was trying to stand up and had fallen into the cabinet and hit her eye! So scary for me and for her!
Thankfully she calmed down quickly. I tried to get some ice on her eye to reduce swelling, but if you have ever tried to put ice on a curious, mobile 8 month old, you know it's not too easy!
I guess I have to be more careful of what I let her play with. And I also have to realize that bumps and scrapes and bruises are a part of growing up!
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
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