First Trip to the ZOO!

We had a great day Saturday taking Evelyn to the zoo for the first time! We had beautiful weather and the crowds were not too bad. Here are a few pictures of our adventures:

The otters

The bird house

At the Zoomazium- a great place for kids to get their wiggles out!

Evelyn has continued to be more active and mobile! It is so much fun to watch her explore the house. It is also helping me keep the floors remarkably clean! A flip-flop, dog bowl or toy, or bag is way more interesting than her own toys! Here are a few pictures of her latest adventures:

Sometimes we help her up, sometimes she gets up by herself. She is also working on getting out of standing. We have had a few "timber!" moments, poor girl.

I snapped this picture this morning. Our house was so cold- I had her all bundled up!

Here are a few videos for you!

Hanging On

Step Climber

Workin' It with a guest appearance by Olivia

Active little girl!

Evelyn has been getting really good at sitting up on her own! She is sitting herself up on her own and getting out of sitting without kicking herself over too badly! She is now really interested in climbing and pulling herself up. We are really going to have to baby proof the house this weekend. She is so close to crawling! She can pull her knees underneath herself, but she hasn't figured out how to move from there. She is also doing a bunch of Downward Facing Dogs these days!

We are using a new daycare provider for the next month while my regular lady is unavailable. When I picked her up on Monday, she had this fantastic ponytail! Her first ponytail! I'm hooked.

Here are a few more pictures and a video for you to enjoy!

(Watch til the end!)

Almost 7 months old

So much has happened in the past month! I am so excited to share with you! My parents came up for a week to visit and go to a home-brew beer conference. While they were up, Evelyn was baptized! It was such a great day! She was very good and entertaining as she gave the congregation big smiles and happy feet. Roger and Julie are her sponsors. Afterward the service, we all collected at our house for lunch.

The following week, Alicia (Nate's sister) came up to visit. We had a great time catching up with her.

Then, we went to Holden Village for a week long vacation! Evelyn had many first on this trip:

Her first hotel stay...

Her first boat ride...

Her first bus ride...

Her first Fourth of July...

Here she is all ready to go!

We stayed in a dorm-like lodge with two beds, a crib, and a table. For some of the feeding, we were in our room. To prevent the neon orange food from getting on our bed, we sat her up on her changing pad!

She started teething while on the trip. Here she is (in her tie-dye t-shirt) trying out a teething biscuit.

So tired!

It was a great week of relaxation, family time, and hiking! I went on my longest hike ever- ten miles to the beautiful Lake Hart. Check out facebook for more Holden Village pictures.

More hiking pictures from Ten Mile hike (only two miles, go figure) and Monkey Bear Falls:

We stopped in Leavenworth on the way out and the way home. We love this fun little town!

We are back to reality now. Nate's job it going great! He is officially spinning off to his new company this week. As for me and Evelyn, her daycare will be closed for the next month (!) so we will be trying out a temporary daycare starting next week. Olivia is glad to be home and to get a little rest after spending the week with a dog sitter.