Lilypie First Birthday tickers

Lilypie First Birthday tickers

Monday, September 19, 2011

First Family Trip

We got to take our first trip as a family of 3 with Evie outside of Mama this weekend! It was definitely an adventure, especially since we went with Jonathan's parents, sister, brother and sister-in-law with their son Andy (12 weeks older than Evie), his Aunt and grandmothers! The two babies alone make any trip an adventure now. We had a great time enjoying the mountains of TN and some cooler weather. Evie is an outdoor girl so it was wonderful to be able to take her walking without either of us sweating.
Here are a few pictures from the weekend...
Doing VERY well on her first road-trip!
(With a little help from some entertainment Granna and Papa sent just in time...)

First trip to the aquarium...Mama and Daddy's first date was to an aquarium so we figured it was only fitting that it be her first "amusement park" (of sorts).

The whole group!

In other news, Evie is growing in leaps and bounds! She is smiling, talking, and has even started rolling over! She has shown herself to be true to her pregnancy name of "Reepicheep" who was a mouse that was known for many things we wish for Evie, including a BIG personality and strength despite a small stature...Evie has finally broken double digits and weighed 10 lbs 3 oz at the last doctor's appointment almost a month ago and she was 22 inches long. She has just passed her cousin's birthweight but what she lacks in size she definitely makes up for in personality (and lung strength...) The doctor says she's growing wonderfully!

"Tummy time" to practice rolling over!

Evie has also discovered cloth diapers (thanks JJ and JD!) and is thrilled with her hair, she has always loved playing with it and first discovered it when she was just a couple of weeks old but now she regularly plays with it (when she finds it at the back of her head, as you can see she has lost a lot of her first round of hair!)

One last discovery for now....Evie has discovered that Aunt Jessica LOVES hairbows!

Thanks for the continued prayers! We are so very blessed.