We celebrated Jamie’s 32nd birthday last week
(and his twin Amy also!). He managed to
grab a beer after work, and then we headed out with the Donoghue’s for dinner
and cake! It was not the most epic
birthday, but he had a nice time and got some fun gifts. He has his master’s presentation tonight,
paper due next week and his art show next week – then we can really celebrate!
Singing to her Daddy
Hats off to you, Daddy!
Cousin jail
Astoria - best cakes in town!
Happy Birthday, Amy!
What about me? Isn't it still my birthday?
Here's Maggie sending a video message to Jamie earlier in the day:
Jamie’s students put on their spoof film festival at the
Main Art Theater on Wednesday. Grandma
took the girls overnight so that I could come to his event. He worked so hard to get everything complete,
and I know he is relieved that it is over.
The kids did a really great job, and I had a fun time seeing their work.
A little dark, but congrats Foley filmers!
Evie had her 1-year well visit and is doing great! She is now
23 lb, 12 oz and 31.5 inches tall – ranging 90% to 97% on the growth
chart. We have switched over to milk
completely, woo hoo!
Chillin, waiting for the doctor
Scary thing happened yesterday – I ran upstairs for a couple
minutes to put away the laundry, and left the two girls downstairs. I put everything away and began to
head downstairs only to find Evie 8 steps up!
She looked up at me, lost her balance and tumbled down the stairs. Thankfully she was totally fine, just a little shaken up. I was so surprised (and
incredibly guilty feeling), I didn’t know she could climb like that!
Fearless
We had nice weather this weekend, so we had some fun
times at the parks! Evie is all about
going down the slides, and Maggie can climb like a little monkey now!
Trying to conquer it all
I get so nervous when she climbs this part, but she does great!
Just thinking
Enjoying the breeze
Evie is obsessed with the slide!
Fancy a game of tic-tac-toe, Mama?
Peace
Some others:
Fashion forward
Grandma made this gorgeous blanket for Evie's birthday! Love it!
Our Evelyn Rose is 1 year old, and is a little ball of
life! She is such a happy-go-lucky girl,
and has superbaby strength! She likes
eating pretty much everything and seems to be tolerating the transition to milk
pretty well. Evie is a very inquisitive kiddo, and is
usually most interested in things she shouldn't touch (potty chairs, garbage cans,
shoes…). She is a very quick crawler
now, and we really have to watch that the proper doors and baby gates are
closed. She also loves to sing her own compositions in the car as loud as possible.
Exactly 1 year old
...and moving on
My little smushy muffin face - where did the year go?
We had the family over to celebrate this weekend, and were
blessed with a gorgeous, sunny day (this is not usual for any event that I
plan)! The cousins all had fun at the
Minnie Mouse party, and Evie seemed pleased with her cake. I thought she would be wired all night after
eating so much sugar, but my poor baby just passed out in my arms and slept
through the night.
Evie's not-so-mini Minnie cake
Minnie cupcakes made by Jamie's former student
Don't even think about it
Just getting started
Trying to imitate Daddy's beard
Lessons on how to eat a cupcake
Will only has eyes for the cupcakes
Cupcake experts
Presents!
So much to play with... decisions, decisions
Hanging with Claire in the basement
Cousin time!
Our tree bloomed just in time for the party!
I still wanted to make sure we did something special for Evie's actual birthday on Tuesday, so I asked Grandma to work with Maggie to bake a
cake, and then I frosted it with Maggie after work on Monday… Let me know if you
want me to decorate a cake for your kid, I’m clearly very talented:
I find this cake threatening
Attempting to open her gift... thankfully her big sister is around to help open and thoroughly test each toy:
Here’s a few others from the week:
Princess BB-8
Taking a stroll with Grandma
Crawling race!
Teething... must chew everything!
When you tell your daughter to put her
underwear on... and technically, she does.
My little butthead.
Last weekend we celebrated Easter with the Donoghues since
we were out of town on the actual day.
Maggie and Will had a great time finding eggs and opening their Easter
baskets from Grandma and Grandpa! Evie
was still pretty sick, and was rather cranky most of the night – but she was
also a sweet cuddlebug! My days of
cuddling a little baby are running out!
The best we could get of all three kids
Cuddling her buddy, Will
Sweet snuggles with Aunt Amy
Eating chocolate with her peeps
Uncle Justin is so much fun!
On a mission for eggs
More chocolate...
Presents! Woo hoo!
I will point. You can go get the eggs for me.
This past Saturday we went to the Tigers game with a bunch of
friends and Jamie’s co-workers. My
cousin Donna works for the Tigers, and awesomely donated 150 tickets to the
staff at Bishop Foley! It was a very chilly day, and most people left early. Somehow we ended up staying for the whole game; well, actually we stayed through the 8th inning, but by the time we got Maggie to walk all the way down and out of the stadium, the game was well over!
Huddling for warmth
Maggie refused to wear mittens the entire game!
So I gave her hand warmers... which she used for her eyes?
Tiger hats are so hot right now
My nieces and nephew came... and then smartly left early to watch the Red Wings in a warm place!
Maggie and I went for haircuts together this weekend. She patiently played on the ipad while I got
my hair done – 45 minutes with no whining?!
Mom was impressed. This was also
the first haircut where she actually sat still and her hair all ended up one
length! The hairdresser blow-dried Maggie's hair, and Maggie just kept giggling nervously - adorable.
Before
After!
Afterward we went for ice cream because I was so proud of
her good behavior (but mostly because I was really craving dessert), and then
we went shopping to buy her birthday presents for Daddy and Evie… she told them
both exactly what she picked out as soon as we got home. Do not ever tell Maggie a secret – she simply
cannot keep information to herself!
Want some?
Other photos:
Looking for the bath tub
Evie LOVES balls - her new kickball
from Grandma and Grandpa is a hit!
