Yuck

I hate the new blogger. I just want my old template and layout back. Sigh.

Kissing

We can't stop kissing her and sometimes we even let her kiss us back.
And sometimes the only way she'll stop crying when she's resisting her nap is by laying in the football hold and becoming a sucker fish...resulting in the ensuing trauma on my arm.

How are these the same size?

Both of these pjs are Carter's, both 6 months, both the same style...

Swimming

Baby's first day at the pool! Negatives of living in a small town in georgia- all the pools are at least 30 minutes away. Yuck. But we went anyway, to a kid-friendly pool. Eva was taking it all in most of the time. I think she half-smiled once, and after about 20 minutes she had enough and started crying. So then i tricked her by putting on her fancy bathroom and then went back and sat in the shallow water with her (it had a beach type entrance). When she had enough of that we went in the locker room where she had her first shower - so many firsts! I can't wait until this summer when we get to swim in outdoor pools that aren't so far away.

Oh Christmas Tree

We braved the 45 minute drive to costco so we could get a cheap tree...we stopped at a Xmas tree stand by the side of the road and they wanted $135! (We wanted a tall one because we have high ceilings now) so that price kept us headed toward costco where we paid a cool $27.99 for a 9 1/2 footer (yes I measured, and yes I am counting that super long scraggly branch on the top). So take that Vicki's Christmas Trees.

We also let Eva pick out her very first ornament the other day and she really wanted this awesome dinosaur, she told me in her sleep.

Thanksgiving

Due to some sickness in the area, I found out a few days before that I would be hosting thanksgiving dinner at my house! Don't worry I already had most everything I needed. George and i have been wanting to host a big get together for a while in our new house, so it was great to finally have the opportunity. The perfect amount of people came (9 not counting us), but next year we will welcome more! That's right I said next year. We decided that it went so perfectly that we will host thanksgiving at our house every year and whoever wants to come is welcome. Also for anyone who really knows me knows that I am specifically picky with certain holiday food being a certain way...so I relish the opportunity to cook it all. And with george doing all the cleaning it doesn't get much better than that. Unfortunately I only have one picture of thanksgiving day... Uncle Spencer wanted to embarrass Eva by taking a picture of her belly/pants, and proceeding to call it a "Dunlap," as in "her belly dunlap over her pants." Rude. But here it is.

Side note, I am having troubles buying Eva pants...many of them are way to small and squeeze her little (or big) belly...which I don't find out until after I wash them. Maybe my next baby girl will be slender? I can't wait to have another!

Also I must include a picture of her in her Thanksgiving week sale goods.

Halloween

I got a baby giraffe costume before Eva was born, therefore when I thought she would be a boy. But we kept it, and I tried girlying it up, but then thought she was cutest in just the plain costume.

We went to the trunk or treat, where she fell asleep before getting any treats. Halloween night we went to my sister-in-law's house, and as soon as we walked down the street she was asleep again. It must be the combo of warm costume and chilly night air. She sure was cute! Also, who makes a giraffe costume without the horns and with the wrong coloring! Many people thought she was a cow...I even tried making her girly giraffe horns, but figured she then looked like an alien giraffe. Here are all her costume variations.