Partaking of the Fruits of My Labor....

Well, I've waited a long time, but I'm finally reaping the nutritious benefits of planting and tending to a vegetable garden. I've used my cilantro, basil, parsley in a pesto and then I made chicken fried rice with the sugar snap peas and they both were soooo good! These are by far the best sugar snap peas I've ever tasted! Oh, and I've also been using my dill in scrambled eggs.
Tonight, I'm harvesting zucchini for dinner. I have to wait for the green beans and corn.

Evie and Uncle Mick

My Uncle Mick was just here from Pennsylvania. He came out for Evie's Dedication and spent a lot of time with her. She likes him a lot, which doesn't surprise me because he was one of my favorite relatives growing up!

We are getting our house re-roofed as I type this post. Evie is napping through all the pounding and banging. She's probably not sleeping very well, but at least it's something. I think we are going to go to the pool today to keep a tired baby from getting too crabby! My objective for today is DISTRACTION!!! Keep me in your prayers!

Evie's Baby Dedication

Everyone has been to either a Baby Dedication or Baby Baptism before right? You know how there are categories in which the babies typically fit into... For example: the scared baby, the crying baby, the quiet/observant baby, the smiley baby, the sleeping baby. Well, my daughter has created a new category....the noisy/sticking out tongue baby! She stuck her tongue out of her mouth for the entire ceremony and would not stop talking! It was too funny! I kept pushing her tongue back in her mouth, but to no avail! It kept coming back out. The congregation got a kick out of it.

It was a great service and we were so blessed that family and friends came to support us!

New Milestones for Evie:

• Deliberating playing tug-of-war with Cozy
• 2nd tooth is coming in
• Moving from a belly position to sitting
• Cruising on the hardwood floors and teaching us what has not been baby proofed
• Waves bye-bye, but sometimes is a little confused and claps instead

It's so crazy how fast she is changing and growing. I'm just realizing that she understands a lot more than I've been giving her credit for.

Hope everyone is having a BLESSED week!

Evie's 9 Month Physical

Wow! Our little is off the charts again in height! She's the average length of a 14 month old! She is doing great! Doctor gave her an A+.
Here's her stats:

• Weight 18lbs 13oz/ 50% ( I thought for sure she would be 20lbs by now, at least she feels like 20lbs)
• Length 30"/>97%
• Head 17.5"/60%

Here's a super cute pic of Evie and her 13 month old cousin Henry. Have a great weekend!

Milestone: Modified Side Army Crawl

Well Evie has been kind of army crawling for over a week now. It's an interesting version so I wanted to wait to post about it until we got a good video. I cannot get over how long she is! We go in for her 9 month Baby wellness check up on Friday.

We went to the cabin on the 4th and Evie experienced her first dip in the lake. She didn't enjoy it a whole lot. She was kind of cold and her bottom lip quivered. Today we went to the St. Louis Park pool and it was a much more enjoyable experience. She was splashing around and climbing all over me. I dunked her under the water a few times and she did really well. I'll try and get some footage the next time I go with a friend. All in all we are doing very well. This weekend is Evie's Baby Dedication service. We are looking forward to committing in front of our family, friends, and God our dedication to grow Evie up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

Evie has graduated to the next car seat! She's too long for the infant car seat.

Hang'n with Ethan!

Well, our friends Ethan and Amy left to go back home to California today. Amy is a good girlfriend that I know from High School. Her son Ethan just turned one and she made a visit to MN for his birthday party. It was so much fun having another baby in the house. He is three months older than Evie, but Evie definitely has him beat in the length and chub department. Ethan exposed Evie to a bunch of new things like: Gerber veggie sticks, Yo-baby, getting pushed around in the laundry basket, taking a bath with another baby....I could go on and on. I think she's going to miss her little/big friend Ethan. Enjoy the clips below from their stay!