Thanksgiving Swing Time

we tried to upload this video yesterday twice, but were unsuccessful - sorry mom. So I tried first thing this morning and it finally worked.

Here's Evie loving her swing time....

Turkey Day Morning!

Evie's Blue Steel look!



Our thanksgiving setting!

This is just the beginning....add shrimp, brisket and turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy, creamed corn, homemade cranberry sauce, coleslaw, Pilbury baked rolls and butter, and Old Fashioneds to wash it all down. What a feast!!

Evie had fun on our Thanksgiving morning walk..

Here she is hiding in a blanket!

I like this... her fast moving hands make me think of her as a sea otter smashing an aboloney with a rock

Evie is sick :(

but you wouldn't know it by how she is acting!!

She has a little fever, and we think/hope she is getting better already.

Roxanne came up with a great new game.. putting a burp rag on her head and letting her take it off... babies rule!

so many firsts!

Evie's first painting brought home from school. It's a turkey. Use your imagination.

She has started to stand up, with a little assistance. As you can see from this video, she is a little off balance yet, and easily distracted. Don't worry, no Evie's were hurt in the making of this video.



As you can see from this video she is gaining balance quickly, getting better at it from just a couple days ago when the first video was shot.


She also had her first taste of southern biscuit - hmmm, hmmmm. She likes to duck her head, mouth open, toward the food like a little bird. We're still working on her putting food into her mouth with her own hand.


Thanks for checking out our blog everyone!!

Fun Sunday!

We had a great hike at Spicewood Springs! There is finally water in the spring, it stunk that all summer it was bone dry cause it is a great place to hang out and beat the heat. It is cool now in Spring-fall (Austin's second and shorter season), but it is still a great place to hike at. We broke out the Baby Bjorn like baby carrying device. Evie loved it!! She was so happy the entire time! I stepped on a rusty roofing nail and had to get a Tetanus shot later that day :(

Here we are with Louie (and his friend Louie) at our favorite watering hole.

Louie loved playing in the shallow water but thought that a full dip was just a little bit too cold for him..

We have been giving Evie teething biscuits... here she is discovering that the biscuits can be used as a drum. Evie loves her some drumming...

Finally, here we have Evie reinacting a scene from The Never Ending Story (starring Louie Butters Scotch as Falcor). We dont know where the dramatic arm movement came from in this video, I think she was doing her best Atreyu impression.