Weekend Update

It was a quiet weekend at home. I only managed to snap a few pics of Evie...

 Waving to mama

 I love this toothy smile

 First bubble bath

 She loved it!

 Someone joined her in the closet 

 sneaking out to surprise mama

One Year

I can't believe my baby is one-year-old. The year passed in the blink of an eye. 

She's a playful little monkey. She likes to explore and play with people. She's less interested in her toys. She loves being upside down and prefers to to be chased around the house. She has a newfound interest in our closet. She sneaks away to hide behind Brady's clothes then waits for us to come find her. It's super cute, but I've started closing our bedroom door to prevent her from wandering off. 

Evie is has become a lot more talkative. It's nonstop babble around our house. I can have a three minute conversation with her and not understand a word she's saying, but she really enjoys it. We're starting to introduce sign language. She hasn't signed anything yet, but she pays attention when we sign. We've only started with four words - water, milk, mommy, daddy. 

She's taken her first steps, but it's walking yet. She always takes 1-2 steps then tumbles. Her primary mode of transportation is still crawling. She's started crawling on her feet sometimes. We call it her bear crawl and it's adorable.

She still sleeps 12 hours at night. Bedtime is still 7:00PM. She also takes three naps (approximately one hour each) during the day. I keep trying to adjust her schedule to two longer naps, but she's not having it.

This girl wants all the food. She's not picky. However, she does let us know when she's full by throwing her food on the floor😒 I keep Clorox wipes next to the kitchen sink now. I know I'll need to clean the floor after each meal. Chicken curry has become one of her favorite meals. I make it nearly every week. She also loves berries, clementines, greek yogurt, sweet potatoes. She had acai bowls and poke bowls and California and loved them. 

One big change has been the transition to whole milk. I expected this to be difficult for her, but Evie likes whole milk. We intended to slowly wean her off breast milk, but she drank a full bottle of whole milk at daycare two weeks ago and didn't seem to notice (or care) that it was different. Now, I'm done pumping🙌 I'm still nursing her morning and night, but we'll wean these nursing sessions soon.

Molars still haven't broken through. It's been a long process. Her gums are very swollen. She's been handling teething really well this time around. We've only had a few bad nights. 

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San Diego & Palm Springs

It was a great trip! 

Southern California has a special place in our hearts. Our first family vacation with Evie was to San Diego and Palm Springs when she was one-month-old (post linked here)! This trip brought back lots of memories.

We had two days in San Diego. The first day was spent under the sea! Colin had to complete his scuba certification dives so Brady and I tagged along. The water was freezing. I think the dive instructor said it was 53° and we were in wet suits... and mine was too big😒 but it was cool to do a shore dive and we did see some massive crabs and lobsters.

Lets do this

 Limited poses

 Me and Colin? Hard to tell

The lobster

Happy to get out of this cold water

 Dive #1 complete

Our second day in San Deigo had a fair amount of patio-hopping. The weather was amazing. There is nothing better than a gin & tonic at the Hotel Del Coronado Sun Deck!

 Clayton's for breakfast

 Evie loves acai bowls lol

 Picking flowers

 Pretty bird

 I love this view

 This one too!

 Dad life

 Evie making everyone laugh per usual

 The best patio

 Up past her bedtime

We jumped out of an airplane on Saturday morning😳 We went to Skydive San Diego. Connor did a solo jump, but Brady, Ann, Cait and I did tandem dives. The views were incredible! We ended up queasy afterwards, but I'm glad we did it and I would definitely do it again in a cool location.

Waiting for the wind to calm

 We're ready to jump

 We watched the pros first. Their parachutes were tiny.

After skydiving, we drove to Palm Springs! We had four days in the desert. We strolled around downtown, enjoyed drinks on the patios, ate the most amazing brunch at FARM... it was so good, we went twice. 

 Beautiful sunset

Bloody Marys at FARM

 Evie drinking out of a big girl glass

The restaurants felt like a Nancy Meyer's movie

 Lovely strolls

 Had to capture these vibrant flowers

 Celebrations

 Uncle Colin taught Evie how to high-five

 Backyard fun (notice Connor in the background?)😂

 Blue eyes

 Walking to dinner

We went to Joshua Tree National Park. Brady and I hiked with his parents while his brothers tried to find a spot to rock climb. The park is 100% rock, but somehow they couldn't find a place to climb😂 Cait stayed home with Evie and played in the pool. Evie loved the pool. She swam every single day.

 Stunning views

 Climbing on rocks

 Brice and Brady

 Looking for a good spot to climb

 Parents day out

 At the top (ish)

Can you see me?

 Pool time!

 I love this picture

 Well done with the photos, Cait!

 My waterbug

 She loved this float

We ended the trip with birthday cake for Evie!