Baby Steps

I just had to do a quick post to say that Eve took her first steps tonight while I was making dinner. She was sitting on the floor all by herself and stood up and took four steps to look at the baby in the oven. It was so cute!!

Pretty Pony

Eve loves the horse. It sings this annoying song "I'm a little pony" I hear it in my sleep!! She gets to excited to ride the pony and she doesn't even need help getting off the pony.

Grandma's Helper

Eve gets so excited when Grandma Kim starts doing dishes! She loves climbing right in and "helping" her out.

Enjoying Home Life

So since we got back from Ohio I don't think we have left the house more than twice and that was only to make a quick run to the grocery store. It is kinda nice being at home; though Eve would probably prefer to be a world traveler so we have to come up with other things to entertain her. While we were at Angela's Eve got to play with their busy ball popper. It was way more fun than it sounds and so of course we had to buy one and I think that she would love to just have the music going all day long; she plays them like she the dj for the house. It is so cute.

She has also decided now is the time to get into trouble. It seems while we were gone she grew a few inches... because all the places which were baby safe when we left are not safe places to keep things out of her reach anymore. To add to this problem she has also discovered that the wipe container is the perfect little step stool enabling her to get a few more inches to make the task of keeping things out of her reach nearly impossible.

Other exciting things going on around here is the appearance of new TEETH. It seems Eve got a 4-5 for the price of one coupon on teeth. So now she has 3 on bottom (looks like one more is going to appear there) and 4 coming in on top. She will look like Count Dracula though because her top teeth are not the front and center ones but the next two on either side... what a crazy girl!! So we have been enjoying a teething baby who is also sick with a cold. Nothing else would make me happier than spending all of my time locked up in the house with a sick teething baby. Actually she isn't that bad... as usual she remains a relatively cheerful baby! I will try to post pictures of her teeth when she decides to stop screaming every time I try to determine how much progress she has made on cutting those little suckers.

Ohio Trip

We got back from Ohio last night. We were lucky enough to make our quick connections and make it all the way back to Anchorage no problems. Eve was a dream baby on the plane; she played quietly and didn't cry. I was relieved because I didn't think I could handle it if she was too bad.

We had lots of fun in Ohio. Eve loves other kids. Angela jokes that we need to adopt a 2 year old for Eve to follow around. She just loved following Abrianna around. It was hilarious. Abrianna alternated between loving the cute baby and viewing her as a competitor. It was fun to watch. By the end of the trip Eve had learned to fight back; which was perfect. Now she is wandering around the house noting the lack of action.

We got to enjoy nice weather; even being early fall it was warmer than our Alaskan summer. We are happy that Angela and Jeremy shared their home with us for a while. It was fun to be in the middle of the mix of kids!

Young's Dairy

So Angela took us to Young's Dairy the other day while Alex was at school. It was tons of fun; probably more for the mom's than for the kids. Eve and Abrianna were scared to death of the goats... they were screaming. After getting out of her stroller Abrianna was a little more welcome to the idea of the goats and even waved goodbye to them. The goats were pretty tricky; one of them tried to eat Alice's bag... it was hilarious.

The other attraction was birdzilla; this turkey was nuts!!! It had every kid that went by screaming!! It was just like birdzilla off of Homeward Bound... that that is what we called it. It was fun to see how our girls were so scared by the farm animals since we were raised around farm animals and would have seen that as a normal day.

Happy Money Day!

For years Ian and I have been celebrating money day (the day that the Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend is paid out). Of course we have always been poor college students; so our money day celebration has been more along the lines of splurging and going out to eat together. Right now I am in Ohio visiting my sister so we are spending money day apart. We will have to put the money day celebration on hold. I just had to post this to wish all those Alaskans out there a happy money day!!! (Especially my husband!)

Losing My Mind

So if I didn't have a little sister checking up on me I think I would have no idea what is going on. Alice called me today to check to see when I am heading to Angela's. I could swear that I was going there on the 8th, but luckily I emailed the flight information to Angela and on her calendar she has it written down as the 5th and Alice recognized the difference between the our schedules. Of course I was the one who had it wrong; I think this is just further evidence that I am losing my mind. I can just imagine Angela going the airport late at night her time waiting and waiting and waiting and finally calling my cell phone, only to discover I am at home giving Eve a bath swearing up and down that I don't go to her house until Monday.

The good news is that the weekend has been great!! We get a little extension to our weekend because Ian doesn't have class tomorrow either. I have been loving having him home for the long weekend; I got to quilt and do things during the day (when I am usually busy all by myself with Eve) I feel liberated!!!

Now I have to focus on getting packed for Angela's. I thought that I had a whole week to worry about it but for some reason Friday seems much sooner than a whole week from now so I am going to have to get down to business. It should be fun!! We are looking forward to Eve having a chance to play with her cousins!! I think she will love it because she loves kids, or anyone who will pay attention to her.