Iowa

 Happy Holidays from Iowa! 

Surprise, surprise I had another hip surgery. This is the fourth (and final). The silver lining of this surgery is the fact that we get to spend the holidays in Iowa with our family. I'm recovering at my parents house while Evie is having lots of fun with her nanas, grandpas, uncles, aunts, and cousins. She's going to be disappointed to go home in the new year!

The perk of having surgery in Arizona

My sisters took the kids to meet Santa!

Lights at Reiman Gardens

with cookies, hot cocoa and a princess dress of course

Snuggling baby Carter

Snow day!!

She absolutely loved playing the snow

She was outside all day with her nana and uncle

This baby (and Runner) goes everywhere with her 

She looks so grown up with this pose

Decorating the tree with dad

There are 59 candles on that cake! We had to open the door to let the smoke out lol

More baby cuddles

Hello

It's been a minute...

I've had a lot of thoughts about this blog lately. Do I keep posting? Do I let it go? I'm horribly inconsistent with it this year, but I really enjoy blogging and love to look back and reminisce (and stalk baby Evie photos). 

Like everyone else, we haven't been doing much this year. Every week is the same. Fortunately, Evie has very low expectations of us now. She's happy with crafts and walks to the park. I really wish she had the attention span for a movie, but she doesn't last longer than 15 minutes. I, on the other hand, have been watching Netflix every single night. I recently finished season 1 of Virgin River and just started season 4 of The Crown. I'm also really into podcasts this year. I'm hooked on Smartless, Absolutely Not, and This Is Important. 

We'll see what happens with this blog, but I'll leave you with a few random pictures from the past month...

Evie looking for boats

Candy transport via baskets, chutes, nerf guns, etc.

Baby comes everywhere

She's a daddy's girl

Evie caught me sneaking oreos

Trip to Iowa

 It's been nearly two months since I updated this little blog. Honestly, not much has happened. We took a trip to Iowa to meet the two newest editions to the family. My sisters both had baby boys! So crazy after having a family of girls for so long. Amanda had Chance in July and Brie had Carter in September. It was so nice to cuddle sleepy babies and soak up that newborn smell again. Evie thoroughly enjoyed playing with her cousins and I got to run with my dad! We ran further and faster than either of us have when we've been running alone.

Just give this girl a coloring book and iPad, she'll rock a 3 hour flight

Baby Chance

Livi kept trying to sit in her barbie car

The girls!

Story time for all ages lol

Uncle Brady is actually a big fan of babies

Trip to the orchard

Watching a baby goat race

So sweet to see them all together

This girl has one speed and it's fast

Livi couldn't do a lot of the activities at the orchard, but she probably had the best time lol

Jump, jump

Cutie

All smiling!!

Hayride

Walks with Bompa to find deer

Evie has a very special bond with her nana

See what I mean?

Evie's Aunty Cait (she kept correcting my mom when she called her Caitlin lol)

This picture makes me laugh

Riding her new bike! She cried when she had to leave the bike

So proud of her baby cousins

Playdate with Amanda and Morgan!

Weekend(s) Update

All our weekends look pretty similar. The only outings are the park or beach. We've been trying to mix things up so we went to Seattle this weekend. We visited Alki Beach and had a great time. I went for a run along the Sound while Brady and Evie played on the beach. We swam together after my run. It was so hot, the water actually felt good!  

 Picking blackberries

 Froggie floaty 

 View of Seattle during my run

 Evie wanted a cheeseburger and fries for dinner

 These are kind of smiles we get from Ev now

 Face covered in cotton candy ice cream

 The summer of 2020

 This girl is in her element

 The new shoulder ride