Sunday, November 7, 2010

Arizona State Fair

Fairs are fun! 

Lights sparkle attracting kids of all ages. Smells of good (greasy) foods fill the air. Cotton candy and other sweet treats share their aromas hoping to entice. 

Everything is bigger at the fair.


It's where adults transform into kids again




and try to win the big prizes.

It's where go big or go home exists. 
And you try to go big as many times as you can before you have to go home.

 And it's where little ones soak in new memories.



Friday, November 5, 2010

Walking!

Yes, you read that right. The little miss is W-A-L-K-I-N-G! For the last month or so, she would walk a few steps from Kyle to me and back again. But then she decided for a week or two that she didn't want to do that anymore. So we reverted back to always walking holding onto someone's hands. Then this past Sunday, Kyle decided to try and walk with her holding on to just one of her hands. She was a little unsure about it at first, but soon got her balance. Then on Monday, I set her down on the floor after a diaper change so she could sit while I washed my hands. Miss Eva decided that she didn't want to sit and stayed standing and then took about 5 steps on her very own! I was very excited and tried to get her to do it again throughout the day, but she decided not to. 

Wednesday, she decided, would be the day she was ready to walk A LOT more! (Just like you said she would, Mom. :) ) I was making dinner and heard laughter and praises from Kyle and his mom upstairs. Then Kyle called me up to see what was happening. And to my great surprise, little Miss Eva was walking as steady as could be much longer distances than she had before! It was such a happy and proud moment for us. What a joy! Kyle and I decided then to try a really long distance (the length of our upstairs hallway) and see if she would walk it. She did with no hesitations or problems.



Thursday, November 4, 2010

First Halloween

It was difficult to decide what Eva should be for her first Halloween. I knew she would be cute dressed up as anything, so that made it harder to decide. After all the options I told Kyle about, I chose one that I hadn't even mentioned to him. Haha. Best of all....she loved it! Well, she didn't try to take it off at least. :)

Our cute little ladybug

My friend Danielle made the wings. Aren't they great?!