Evelette's 1st Birthday Party!!

Evelette's 1st birthday party was a great sucess! She looked oh so cute in her ladybug dress, ripped and tore open most of her presents, and even ate and did some cake smashing to her ladybug cake! It was my first attempt at decorating a cake, it was hard work and took forever, but all in all I think it turned out really good for my first try! Even if it was destroyed in like five seconds, it was well worth it! :) I get really emotional thinking about the fact that I have a ONE YEAR OLD DAUGHTER, (in 5 days). Time has sure flown and it is quite amazing what a great first year we have had with her. She is such a great, happy little girl. Mike and I are truly blessed to have her as our beautiful little girl. For all you people out there that don't want kids, come see my little baby and trust me, you will WANT one!!! She is such a joy to be around and just brightens my every day.
Evey is so blessed to have such great family and friends who all came to support her for her big day! Here are some pictures of her party:

My Beautiful, silly daughter

This here is my Evelette sitting in a little kids chair at the doctor's office, that was the first smile I had seen all day. She loved sitting in a chair just her size. Poor little sweetheart had high fevers all day and night non-stop for two days. We finally took her to the doctor and found out she has an ear infection. All I can say is I totally know how she feels, I had an ear infection when I was prego with her that lasted a month. I just feel so bad for her because she can't tell me what she needs or what hurts. She just wants to cuddle with me ALL DAY. Which I totally love because she normally NEVER, NEVER, EVER sit still. But I most definitely get nothing done. It is so sad seeing her not herself. Hopefully now that we know what is wrong and have antibiotics, she will recover quickly so she can be happy and healthy for our long trip to Utah next week!

This next picture is a BIG deal for me. . . MY NEW CAR!!!! I never thought we would see the day that we got me a new, nice car. I have had countless crap cars over the years. I am so blessed to have a sweet hubby that provides for us, and makes it possible for me to have a reliable car for Evey and I to do all our driving in. And for those of you that don't know where I live, there is pretty much nothing here in town, so for groceries, errands, doctor's appointments, etc, we have to drive an hour to Vernal or two hours to Grand Junction. So for me to have a reliable car is a big deal for how much driving we do. Not to mention the fact that Eve's carseat literally barley fit in the middle in the back seat of my cavalier. It has so many great features that make my life so much easier, makes trips more comfortable (Plus I can bring WHATEVER I WANT!!) There is lots of room to grow.. :) Nope, I am not prego!!

not a wonderful picture, but shows off my love :) yes I am a bit obsessed. but you would be too if you saw what I have driven in the past!!

These next pictures are just some current pictures of my baby girl

Snarfin' down on a breadstick!

Happiest little girl in the universe

Eating yummy cottage cheese with mommy, she has to be eating EVERYTHING I eat. She is so silly

K I do have to say I have a very sexy husband! I have such a bubbly baby girl. I am a very lucky girl!!

She LOVES trying to crawl onto our nightstands. and when she does she thinks she is SO sneaky!!

My little "helper"

Poor girl had a bad accident, got the humidifier dropped on her head. I really hope it doesn't scar! I love the face expressions she makes-such personality!!

She LOVES visiting daddy at work!

Yep thats right, just chillin', laid back, while mommy shops. I get a kick out of her every second. She never fails to make me laugh!

Her new favorite spot in the cart, sitting in the back, going through all the stuff. haha

Preview of Evelette's 1st birthday pictures, done by the fantastic Kristin Michelle Photography!

 

We are looking very forward to Thanksgiving! Hope everyone has a great and safe holiday, stuffing their face!!

Halloween, a little late

 Evelette was a "ballerina" for Halloween this year. Her first Halloween really wasn't all that exciting, sadly. We were out of town the weekend before and missed the party and trunk-or-treat we would have dressed up and gone to. The actual Halloween night, we just stayed home and played cards with Mike's brother Jordan, who was staying with us for a few days, while the trick or treaters came beggin' for candy! I am pretty sure Evey was dressed up for like 25 minutes or not much longer. haha but she sure did enjoy dumping the candy bowl everywhere and smashing all the remaining candy, that is probably a good thing though because I do NOT need extra candy sitting around the house tempting me every second! We didn't end up taking her trick-or-treating because she can't walk yet, and probably would just be scared and hating the cold. Anyways, we're hoping next year's Halloween will be a little more eventful for us. Here are some pictures of Eve in her tutu I made:

Being little miss persistant, doing everything in her power to get my camera... haha obvisouly not working out too well.

cutie pie

I kept trying to get her standing up, but as soon as I got my camera ready, she was already going to her knees, on her way to steal my camera....silly Evey!

My camera is SO slow!!

Love this little ballerina of mine :)

Hope you all had a much more exciting Halloween than we did!!

Fall and My Birthday Weekend

The beginning of fall has been great, besides my 3 week never ending sinus infection, so far! Evey is still as curious as ever, more and more as she is able to crawl, scoot, climb, walk along things.

She loves to follow me around the house and "help" me organize and clean things. She is such a cutie.

I turned the big 23 on October 23. My family came out to celebrate and I also was VERY, VERY, VERY surprised when I went to answer the door and my two best friends, Britny Burningham, her little boy, and Jamie Hunter, were standing on my porch. I about had a heart attack!!! We had such a fun time together that weekend. I couldn't have asked for anything more than my family and all my friends crammed together in my small house for three days. :) SO MUCH FUN!
Now, just a million pictures of our awesome weekend here in Rangely, CO :)

Aiden and Evelette had so much fun together!

I am blessed to have such a happy, happy baby!

My lovely husband got me a wonderful birthday gift, head to toe riding gear! I love it!

This is one of Eve's MANY, MANY faces. I am in love with her spunky little personality.

Her faces crack me up!! ... much more to come...

Cheesin' it for Grandpa Blackwell!

The boys going riding, without ME of course... :(

Showing off her big muscles!

Eve's with Aunt Lelly

Goin on a walk!

I love this baby girl of mine

Of course, the one day I decide to be lazy and not get ready, I have surprise visitors! haha good thing they love me anyways :)

Evey loved having his friend visiting for the weekend

One of my favorites of the whole weekend, Evey sure loves her daddy!

Us girls making some goodies in the kitchen!

She loves to eat big girl food!

Enjoying me some birthday cake!

Our wittle family!

Happy 23rd to me and thanks for helping to make it a special one for me everyone who came to visit!!

P.S. I have NO IDEA why some of the pictures are slightly to the left or right.... sorry I fail a blogging haha