1st Christmas! 2nd tooth! Crawling!

To begin with, I hope everybody had a great Christmas! We did! We spent the weekend in Mesa, and got to see my parents and siblings, and some cousins, aunts, and uncles that I haven't seen in a long time! And, they hadn't seen Evlyn! So, it was a lot of fun! These first pictures are of Evlyn in her little Huggies onesie. Huggies sent her 2, and I had fun taking pics of her. :)

 haha love the little logo on the butt! She could be their spokes' baby, right?

This next picture is from our walk this morning. She was just sucking her thumb and having a grand ol' time!

 For Christmas, we were definitely spoiled! My parents gave me a camera, case, memory card, some kitchen things I had asked for, and a family game! Paige gave us a cool calendar with puzzles and me some pretty eyeshadow. Aimee gave us a cool menu planner and Evlyn a cute little dress. Here are 2 of the things Jared's parents got us. I had to take pictures so ppl would believe me. You know how much I like peanut butter, right? Well, I do. I finally counted and discovered that I eat 18 oz. all by myself easily in a month. Typical jars are 16 oz. (1 lb.) And, that was without baking it or giving any away. :) So, I was especially excited when we opened this...

 80 oz!!! Plus, this is my FAVORITE peanut butter, which they don't sell in AZ!! I was so sad I even wrote the company! We got addicted in Idaho, only to discover they don't have it here. So, now we have 80 oz! That will take me about 4.5 months to go through. However, if you take Jared into account, we'll probably finish it in about 2.5 to 3 months. :) I'm glad my hubby enjoys peanut butter too! The next gift they gave us was fun too! I really like dates!

 56 oz! That might take me a little longer to go through! haha.
Here's Evlyn opening a gift from my parents. (we had to help her!)

 And, here's our new little family on Christmas day! Evlyn was a little tired or something lol.

 This one's not very good of us, but it's better of Evlyn. Well, at least she doesn't have her pacifier!

 These next 2 pictures were sooo cute!! Evlyn fell asleep and Jared put her next to her cousin, Landon, who was sleeping. I got Jared hair clippers, which he desperately needed, a shaving oil that is supposed to be good for your skin, a UV light that disinfects things, and a family picture so he can have one on his desk at work. I was so happy he liked everything! He spoiled me! He made me 2 CDs, and got a deluxe hotel stay for our anniversary next week! He even took off work for that day! And, he got me a Bath and Body Works lotion that smells really good, and 2 pairs of earrings.  And, this was probably the first year that both of our gifts were a surprise! haha For some reason, it seems like one or both find out at least one of our gifts. :P

 The pictures are dark b/c I didn't want to wake them up with a flash. Here's Evlyn sleeping on Paige. She was one tired little girl!

 haha Evlyn liked this cornucopia and tried to eat it.

 Now, we are back at home and Evlyn is getting better and better at crawling! I took a video of it, but on my sister's camera lol. So, I'll post it when I get it. But, she's started to pull herself up and try walking. So, Last night Jared tried to help her along a little. Here's a video! She's so strong at 7.5 months! I think she'll be walking by 9 or 10 months!

Cute, right? Here are some pics of her standing with the help of a box. :)

And, like the title says, Evlyn has 2 teeth now! The second poked through yesterday. I realized that this is exactly ,to the day, 1 month from her first tooth's appearance! Crazy, right?

1st time swinging! 1st time w/ Santa!

So, today on our walk, I decided to put Evlyn in a baby swing at the park. I don't know why I didn't do this sooner! She loved it!

 Here's a precious pic of Evlyn enjoying daddy's kisses. :)

 Last Saturday, we went to Mesa and to my parents' ward Christmas party. They had Santa, so we got Evlyn to sit on his lap. She didn't cry, but looked super confused the whole time. haha

 Here's another b-day outfit I didn't post. I love this sweater! The jeans are the same as the other pic, and the shoes are my little sister's. She let me borrow them.

 Trying to crawl...

 Trying to go into a crawling position.Speaking of which, Evlyn now army crawls pretty well and can say mama and what we think to be more. yay! my little 7 month old is so smart! And, she pulls herself up to standing both in her crib and on the couch. Also, she LOVES walking when we hold her little hands.

 We opened the present Jared's parents gave her along with Kiana's children, b/c everyone's going to be out of town for Christmas. Evlyn ripped a little of the paper! Of course, we had to do the rest. She really likes this little kitchen set, and it's so cute! Her little cousin Margo got the same. In this pic, though, Evlyn looks more interested in Donnovan's present. lol

 The two baby girls. We tried to get them to smile but there were like 3 cameras flashing, and 6 ppl yelling crazy things to try to get them to smile. haha needless to say, there were no smiles. But, they were pretty good just sitting there looking confused!

Merry Christmas everyone! The next post will be about my baby's first Christmas!!

1rst Thanksgiving! Christmas decorations!

Our internet is insanely slow, so this will be the last post until we switch internet companies.

Here's Evlyn on her first Thanksgiving! She loved playing with her cousins' balloons! It might be lame, but I'm gonna get one for her for Christmas. :P Thanksgiving was great, and we ate TONS!! There were at least 8 different desserts, which I thought was the best part lol. And, I tried most of them. (Banana cream, chocolate, pumpkin, pecan, blueberry, and lemon mirange(sp?) pie, then cookies, chocolate covered fruit, and whipped cream. yumm!!! We went to Jared's family for Thanksgiving.

Then, on Saturday, we went to visit our friends, Laurice and Mary. We played Rock Band for the first time, and I had a blast! Here's my hubby on the drums, and Laurice on the guitar. (Mary and I beat them!)

 Evlyn LOVES water! I might have said this before, but it's hillarious how much she does!

 Random family picture! Jared took me shopping for my birthday! I got skinny jeans (which I swore I would never wear lol), the neclace, and the jacket thingy. I really like all of them! I also got a really cute sweater, which I'll have to show you in a different post when I take a picture, and a shirt. :) He spoiled me!

 Here's cute little Evlyn with Angela Gregory. She's in he young womens with me.

 Last weekend, our friends had a yard sale. They said we could sell some stuff too, so we hung out with them most of the morning. Here's sleepy little Evlyn snuggling with her daddy!

My grandpa came to town and visited us last later that afternoon. We went with him and my dad to see a nativity display at a stake center. It was amazing how many nativities were there! I took a few pictures of my favorite/ones that stood out. This one was just interesting. Igloos and Eskimoes, and polar bears. lol 

 I thought this one was pretty.

 And, I really liked this one! It was from Israel.

 I really liked this one too! Mary very pregnant on the donkey, and Joseph leading the donkey. I thought it was very beautiful!

Now for some cute smiles! Her personality and smiles just keep getting cuter! We love her so much, and when she smiles it's so contageous!

Daddy, no more kisses!

Look! Only one hand!

Now, for the Christmas decorations!! yay!! I LOVE Christmas! I had to wait and wait to put the decorations up, which we did the day after Thanksgiving. yay! Here's our cute little tree! This year is a lot of firsts! Our first Christmas in our house, our first Christmas tree, and Evlyn's first Christmas! I still haven't found the perfect tree-topper, so we don't have one yet. :P

 This cute little nativity was made for us by a friend!

This is a hot pad that I made years ago, but I've never used it. So, I decided to hang it up as a decoration.

 Yay wreaths! I love wreaths!

 My little violin that plays Christmas songs! I've had this for about 10 years, and it still works!

 Poinsetta!

 And, another wreath! I love the sound it makes when you shake it! Did I mention I love Christmas?!  I love Christmas music, Christmas deocrations, Christmas lights, Christmas trees,... you get the picture.

Oh, one more thing! We have new callings...sorta. The bishop called what seemed like half of the ward to be in the ward choir, including us. Then, he asked me to be the pianist. So, neither of us are really singing, b/c Jared watches Evlyn while I play. haha. Oh well, it's fun. And, I get to play Christmas music! :) Well, that is all. Oh, just kidding. One last thing! Jared finished his class next Tuesday!! YAY!!!!

6 months!

My little cutie is growing up so much! She turned 6 months on 11-11-11! At her doctor's appointment, she weighed 16 lbs. 13 oz, and was 26 inches tall. That's the 75th percentile for both. :) She's finally starting to get some hair too! Although, still not enough to know for sure what color it will be. Sometimes it looks brown and sometimes red. Oh well. Here's some cute pictures of her. :)

 Okay, look at these jeans!! They were given to us from a friend, and they're skinny jeans. They have rhindstones, fake holes, and are so funny! I love how it looks like she's posing!

 PIANO!! She likes to hit the keys, and sometimes sings with me when I play and sing. She loved playing this piano, because the bench was higher so she was closer to the keys.

 The next female Beethoven?

 More smiles! :)

 I love this one! She's so interested in this book!

So, we had some ribs that were in the freezer and needed to be used up. I decided to look up a recipe, which was hard b/c most had bbq sauce, which I can't have b/c I can't eat tomatoes without getting sick. I finally found a garlic herb recipe, and added some potatoes and carrots. It was sooo yummy! My first time making ribs was a success and I was so proud!

 Being cute in her pjs!

 She liked the pedals on the piano!

 And, here's daddy reading to Evlyn. It was so precious, I had to capture it!

 2 Weekends ago, we went to Mesa to see my parents. Aimee and her family came and we all took some family pictures at the Mesa temple. Here are some of the ones Aimee took.

 I love all of them! Especially the ones Aimee got of Evlyn!

 haha! She kept pulling the grass and trying to eat it! I'm glad Aimee got this picture before we took the grass out of her hands!

 Matching cousins! Aimee bought these dresses for the pictures so they could match.

 Baby cousins! Brixton liked the grass too.

All of the siblings! We're all about the same height sitting! I think standing too. lol

Evlyn really likes her new walker! She's pretty fast too! Jared opened the fridge and before we knew it, here she was! :)

                                          Back to the family pictures! Here's our immediate family.
                                     

                                     

And here's everyone!