Days like Today

It's days like today, snowing and freezing, that make me look forward to my trip to Florida in February and my trip to California in March!

8 months old!

Evelyn is 8 months old. I can't believe how big she is getting and for some reason all this growing is causing her to need some extra feedings during the night, we'll see how long this lasts. We couldn't be more proud to have such a wonderful daughter and spirit in our home.

Fun-Filled Holiday!

Well we have made it back home after an awesome Christmas break with all our families. We seemed to fit in a lot of fun in such a short amount of time. The trip started off with a days drive to Georgia to enjoy some visiting with Kyle's family. The next day was my birthday, which I can't believe I'm already 28 years old. It was so fun, we went to the Aquarium in Atlanta which really was awesome. I love the water and loved seeing all the animals. It is the largest aquarium and you could see just about any water animal you could think of. Later I got to go and get a nice manicure and pedicure.
I think Evelyn enjoyed seeing all the fish as well, though she wasn't into the fake ones. That weekend Kyle and I got to have our own little getaway while Evelyn stayed with Grandma and Grandpa. Our first plans were to go to New York but when we saw the big snow storms and delayed airlines, we said never mind and had Delta fly us to lovely Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. It was so warm and relaxing. It was a nice 80 degrees. Kyle and I spent just about all day on the beach soaking up the sun. We sure did miss Evelyn it was the first time I was away from her that long, but it was nice to have a short break and to have a few uninterupted nights of sleep.

Here's Kyle eating some huge crab legs.
Christmas at Kyle's parents house was really nice, it was fun to see everyone and enjoy the time together.

Christmas morning was my favorite. I just loved watching Evelyn open her presents and see her reactions. I'm sure I was more excited than she was but we did have fun with her. She is just such a cutie and growing so fast, she came home with 2 teeth. Lucky for us she is such a good traveler and had fun visiting with all her aunts, uncles and cousins.

Here we are headed to California. Evelyn got to enjoy a nice seat in first class. I mean I don't think she thought she would travel any other way, hopefully the guy next to her was able to enjoy his first class experience with a 7 month old next to him.
Evelyn was so excited to see her cousin Chloe, they had so much fun together.
We went and visited my sister, Dr. Judd, at her office. Evelyn was just glad to know this doctors visit didn't include any shots.

For New Year's my brother's family had a party at their house which was a lot of fun. We ate a lot of good food and enjoyed bringing in the New Year together.

We really enjoyed the time we had with our families and friends and were sad to leave but we do look forward to another fun semester with our Michigan family.