Everleigh really likes dancing to her favorite cartoons. Tonight, it was the backyardigans...

Back From The Dead

Just when you thought this blog had died..... BAM!... it's back. Rachael has informed me that I should get off my lazy bum and update everyone on Everleigh and what all we as a family have been up too. I generally heed her advice, so here we are.

A lot has happened since the last blog at four months old. There is too much to post so I will just update everyone on what has happened recently. Everleigh just turned 13 months old. Last month we had a birthday party for her. She seemed to really enjoy herself. She liked all of the attention and enjoyed everyone coming to see her. She liked all of her presents and played with all of them. She especially liked the clothes she got. (this scares me) She held on to one particular outfit the whole time she unwrapped gifts and would hold it up every so often and say "ooooo". Thank you to everyone who came. Here are some pictures from the event.

She likes opening presents. Imagine that...

Thanks for the massive cupcake, Mom.

Rachael has her trained to eat neat. She was probably scared

of getting wiped down with a towel here. haha

After some convincing, she dug in!

Everleigh was happy to see cousin Harrison.

Mimi and Papau got Everleigh a horse. Here she is riding

with cousin Finley with the help of Grammie.

Everleigh enjoys the chair from Grampa and Grammie. She

watches Baby Einstein and takes her afternoon tea in it.



One of our favorite past times this summer has been swimming. We bought a plastic pool to put in the backyard in order for Everleigh to get accustomed to the water. It wasn't long before we made a trip to the community pool. Everleigh loves splashing around and watching the other kids play. She likes to talk and squeal at them. She invited cousin Finley over to swim with her. They had a blast.

4 Months

Everleigh turned 4 months last week. She is a lot of fun. She is a very happy baby that has learned how to use her vocal chords. She likes to wake up at 4 in the morning and talk, laugh, and squeel. It is hard not to lay in bed laughing even though it is 4am. A few days ago she started growling and grunting. She thinks it is funny and laughs at herself when she does it. She is close to getting some teeth and likes to chew and slobber on things. She rode a skateboard the other day with her dad and loved it. As soon as her feet sat on the board, she started laughing. Her and her second cousin Harrison visited with each other this weekend. It was pretty funny watching them coo at each other. Tonight, we were watching Monday Night Football and playing in the floor. We have a good time singing together.... or grunting together.

3 Months

Everleigh turned 3 months yesterday and we decided it was a good time to take some pictures. She is really starting to develop a little personality. She is a very good baby and doesn't fuss much. She laughs and smiles all of the time. She likes to squeel and make all kind of noises. She rolled over for the first time this week. She has taken a real liking to the television. Everytime it catches her eye, she stares at it until someone moves her. Her mother doesn't like this one bit and does her best to keep her facing away from the TV when it is on. I think it is pretty funny myself. The TV was on when we were trying to take her 3 month pictures and we had to turn it off because we couldn't get her to look at us.

Halloween Weekend

We have had a busy Halloween weekend. On Friday night, we went to Ryan and Stephanie's small group Halloween party. They held a pumpkin carving contest and our pirate ship won. Ever threw up all over me (Andrew), so I went to the party as Dad with puke on shirt. I also managed to spill milk all in the diaper bag. After all of that excitement, Everleigh fell asleep and stayed that way through the whole party (see picture). Today, we got ready for all of the trick or treaters. Everleigh and I set outside and handed out candy. She seemed to have a good time. She was the cutest pumpkin ever!!

2 months

Here are some photos from the first two months. Sorry for the delay in the posts.

First Gameday

Today is Everleigh's first gameday. She is all dressed up and ready to cheer the Red Raiders on to victory. (i hope :/) Here are a few pictures. She has since passed out on her rug. I guess she is resting up for the game.