First Easter Egg Hunt

Eva, Mamie and Mommy ventured out last weekend for the first annual Easter egg hunt! It was a beautiful day and Eva enjoyed herself immensely. Mamie made her the little bag she's carrying to put her eggs in. Unfortunately, although not surprisingly, Mommy was late getting her there and we missed the 10:00 am whistle for the 0-3 year old hunt. Poor little Eva didn't have a chance...the rest of the tykes snatched up all of the eggs before we even got there! But that didn't stop our girl....after giving them all a piece of her mind (top picture) we hustled over to the back of the 4-6 year old's hunting ground before the whistle blew and made our move. Those silly little fools never saw us coming! Eva's favorite part was actually teasing all the kids while we waited in line to collect her prizes (note little boy with white bunny bag in second picture). Much to their relief, we then headed off for the obligatory Easter Bunny picture. We weren't sure how she'd react after her Santa picture fiasco but she LOVED the Easter Bunny! She was very fascinated with his teeth...go figure.

Can’t wait for next year!

Eva also wants to send a BIG thank you to everyone for all of her birthday presents and well wishes! She had a great time playing with all of her presents and was the cutest little leprechaun in all of Texas!

11 months and counting...

I can't believe she's almost 1 year old...she's growing up too fast! I know it's been a while since our last post so I'll try to catch up. She can say hi, dada, mama (but on her own terms, never when you ask her to), wave bye-bye and point at the birdies. She also now has 1.5 teeth and eats like a champ! She's even developed a palate for ice cream like her Daddy! Some of her other favorites include mashed potatoes, guacamole and ...sand, as we discovered last week while in Hawaii. She hasn't started walking yet but we won't be surprised if it happens any day now. In the interim, she's adept at 'cruising' through the house holding onto furniture. Most of all, Eva LOVES to tease the dogs by taking their favorite toys and taunting them by not giving it back! I think she got the teasing gene from Grandpa Lewis! ;)

It's The Great Pumpkin!!!

Evangeline loves trick or treating already!! She even got 'extra' candy for being so darn cute! Can't say i disagree! :) I do wish we would've had a more inventive costume but I bought this one in a weak pregnant moment last year. She had a great time laughing at all of the scary costumes and even waved bye-bye to the grouchy neighbor next door. I know I'll probably live to regret saying this one day but I just wish she could talk already! She screeches, she growls, she giggles but no words yet. She's also super close to crawling...she does a push up, then puts her butt up, but the train cannot yet leave the station. She's very strong and we've already had to lower her co-sleeper all the way down because she almost crawled out of it last week! She also went and voted with Mamie and Papa this week. Not sure how she ended up voting Republican though but I have my suspicions.....

The Lewis Laugh???

You decide!

OPEN WIDE.....It's time for carrots!

At 6 months Evangeline has ventured into the world of solid foods. Some of her favorites are cereal, peas, sweet potatoes and most of all carrots! (Although she gets her table manners from her daddy I think....)

First Tooth

Her first tooth finally broke through Aug 25 and not a moment too soon! Poor baby...she was in so much pain. She also was having a major a spit up problem so we switched back to Similac Sensitive since her GERD seems to have gone away. She's doing MUCH better on that now. Now we only go through 2-3 bibs a day instead of 10-15! As of this post she as just started to sit up by herself using only her hands for support. We are so proud! :) She's also quite the jabberjaws and likes to tell us in baby gibberish what is on her mind. She loves her jumper 1. because it allows her more mobility 2. because it puts her at little dog level. She likes to jump AT Lucy and Gracy and yell at them to get their attention. She's a fiesty one that's for sure! Not sure where she gets that from.......

Here's a short video for those that haven't already seen it. (Mommy isn't technically savvy enough to figure out how to compress movies yet so it's not the best video we have but it'll do for now). Note tooth.

First Trip to Michigan

Evangeline took her first trip to Michigan last weekend and thanks to Aunt Robin, had her Baptism on Sunday. She made a great first impression on the priest....held his hand as he baptised her and even laughed when he poured water on her head. She's quite the little charmer these days!

She did pretty good on the plane too... we weren't 'that couple with the crying baby' after all. Oh she cried a for the first half of the trip on the way there but snoozed on her Daddy's belly the entire flight back. (Daddy is magic!) Overall she did pretty darn good for a 5 month old and loved visiting with everyone all weekend. And she finally got to meet her Uncles Andrew and Robert and cousins Alexandra and Austin (and Rufus).