Picture time...

Kira had today off school so I decided it would be a good morning to take Kira and Eva to have their pictures taken since Dylan DID have school!  As always, it was an adventure.

Kira is not my most photographic child...I think she just tries too hard. ;-)  Here's a few of the better ones.....

Yep...that's all.  3 pictures but you only need 1, right!

I decided to try a few with the girls together too....

I got this one....

Kira wanted to hold Eva soooooooooo bad but I think it was just a lot of work for her to keep her balance and try to hold Eva.

And then it was Eva's turn...you know, my smiley baby. Yeah, right....

No WAY was she letting go of the green block!  And there's a typical smile with her tongue out!

Time to try and fly!  I love this sweet smile!!!

I'm really bored here folks!

Kinda smile....

And the typical "one finger checking out something new" pose for Eva!

Man, getting kids pictures done is exhausting! :-)

Eva's birthday celebration #1....

We celebrated Eva's birthday with just us as a family last night.....party happens this weekend for Kira and Eva!  Here's a few pictures from Eva's 1st birthday!

Loves her Amazing Animals Zoo...she has played with it non-stop since she got it yesterday.  Would you like to hear me sing the songs????? :-)

We opened a few more presents in the evening....a fun book from Eema and Bumpa!  She giggles at the babys on the pages.

A purple monkey from Kira....to match Kira's pink one.  But like most one year olds...the bag was the most fun!

A book from Woods and shoes from Dylan! :-)

Trial run on her diary, peanut, egg and soy-free cake and frosting...not too bad at all!

Eva LOVED it and tears were quick when it was gone!

And look at her holding her cup by herself...loving the Hemp milk!

No way, she can't be ONE?!?!?!?!?!?

How is it possible that last yer at this time I was checking into the hospital and trying to relax while waiting to meet our sweet girl?  It really doesn't seem like it's been a year......

Where did that dark hair come from??

Mommy holding sweet Eva for the 1st time

As much as we hoped, Eva couldn't not make a trip to Special Care

Kira meeting Eva for the 1st time

Snuggles with Daddy

Dylan meeting Eva for the 1st time...his first and certainly not last head rub for Eva!

HOME!  Dylan couldn't wait to hold Eva!

And neither could Kira!

Just a few days old.....

One month old (March)

2 months old (April)

3 months (May)

4 months (June)

5 months (July)

6 months (August)

7 months (September)

8 months (October)

9 months (November)

10 months (December)

11 months (January)

REALLY?!?!  How can she be ONE???

(not the best picture but man, she's hard to get a pic of!) :-)

At a year old, Eva is sitting up like a big girl and spinning in circles on her tummy.  She has several words...hi, bye, in, out, mama, yes, car and hey!  She loves to nurse but we will be starting to wean soon...Mommy is ready but I'm not so sure about Eva. She loves her Hemp milk and drinks out of a straw cup. Eva still gets up at night...sometimes only once, sometimes more.  She has discovered that naps are bad and really do make for a happy baby!  She adores her brother and sister and squeals when she sees them after school.  Eva is a snuggler...and I love it!

Happy birthday sweet girl!  You bring so much joy (and noise) to our house!  We all love you!

2 for 2!!...and our traveling adventures!

2 for 2!  Eva was an angel on the way from Texas just like she was on the way there!  When we got to the airport, I found out that our gate had been switched which involved a long walk, riding a shuttle and another long walk....got to the gate to find out that our flight was delayed.  Eva was still a happy girl, giggling and loving all the people.  Then our plane arrived and we found out that there was another delay...Eva was not so happy about this delay.  She was sooo tired by this point and I was starting to have the uh-oh feeling in the pit of my stomach but about 10 minutes before we boarded the plane, Eva fell asleep.  I wasn't sure if this a good thing or a bad thing since sometimes those little cat naps are all she thinks she needs.  We boarded the plane, took off, flew all the way to Madison, got off the plane and when we got to baggage claim, Eva finally woke up with a smile!  That's my girl!  Jason said that he's going to remind her of this next time she screams on the way to Iowa...she owes him a few quiet trips he thinks! :-) 

So while we were in Texas, we got to meeting our adorable niece and cousin!!  Lily is such a sweetie!

We got to see what awesome parents Jer and Val are!  (And I'm not sure how I was there for 4 1/2 days and didn't get any pics of Val???)

We learned that something about Texas gives Eva really funny bedhead!!

Eva got very attached to her Zabba blankie which she kept calling "za!"

Eva got to see a baby....and learned that footed sleepers don't come off like her socks!

We got to laugh at this picture!

We had an almost 70 degree day and loved being outside!

Eva learned the word "gentle"...atleast with the baby...smacking mommy is the face is still fun!

When not at home, Mommy needs to stay close or this is the face we saw!

Eva had her 1st dill pickle...loved it...sucked all the juice off, took it out of her mouth and handed it nicely to Mommy!  (Eema will be proud of her love of dill pickles!) And not in a picture but Eva learned how to hold her cup and drink out of it by herself...FINALLY!

Eva and Mommy traveled good together!...but I'm not ready to do it again anytime soon by myself!

I took this at the Dallas/Ft. Worth airport while Eva was still happy!

And a really nice "grandma" from Sun Prairie took this for us! 

And as nice it as it was to have one-on-one time with Eva...it was good to get home to these 2 goofballs!!