A Month Out of Pocket!

I have pictures to upload, I promise. For the past month, we have been crazy busy here in the Peel household. Evelynn has been sleeping in the room where I typically update the blog, so I haven't had a chance to post. Plus, I've been exhausted. We managed an out of town trip for a friend's wedding, helping my sister and her family move down here, etc. It's just been too busy for words! But I do have pictures and will try to get on as soon as I can to get them uploaded. I've missed sharing them with you as much as you have missed seeing them, I am sure. Until then, keep checking back...

Endearingly Evelynn

I have more adorable pictures of our littlest one, who is rapidly approaching 6 months! Here are some of the best of the best that I have been able to download from the camera for now. I will be adding more from my phone later. Evelynn is indeed quite endearing, but she is also quite a challenge! We are gearing up to battle her big-time on sleep issues now that potty training with Claire is pretty well taken care of. Wish us luck - Evie Jane is quite the little fighter sometimes - and she is NOT much of a sleeper!

Just for Fun

Here's to time with Daddy!

Poor Evie! She's being LOVED to death!

 Don't you just love the personality??



 Up

Up

And away!

Better with Two

There's just nothing like a sister. For holding hands... Or swinging... Or playing... For sharing laughs... Or love...

Claire Claire Bo Bear

Claire is as busy as ever as she rapidly approaches her 2nd birthday. We are looking forward to a fun summer! Here are a few recent pictures of Claire in all her busy activity! Ever since her cousins Mercy and Wyatt visited, Claire has been really into cooking in her play kitchen. (They did A TON of this while they were here).
Claire likes to clean up after herself. She really "gets into" it. LOL

Claire loves hats. Here she is sporting one of Geoff's granddaddy's hats at Nini's house.

Riding her car through the house - BEEP BEEP

In the bouncy seat - Evie's of course, but Claire still likes to climb in once in awhile.

C'mon, Mommy! Giddy Up!

Ready to ride "Dinah" her rocking dinosaur

And away she goes!

Five Months Flying By!

Sweet Evelynn Jane is five months old. (Pictures below) Still TRYING to roll over, she concentrates much more on sitting up. She can sit up pretty well now and can and does roll, though rarely. She is showing signs of figuring out the jumperoo any day now. She LOVES Claire. Claire makes her smile, makes her laugh, and is such a good big sister - playing with her, teaching her, and sharing with her. Evie Jane is ticklish and Mommy is really good at getting laughs out of her. She is a big smiley baby, showing off that dimple anytime she isn't too sleepy. She is Mommy's girl - big time - and often cries if Mommy leaves her with anyone else, even Daddy or Nini. She is starting to sleep better and is now spending whole nights in her crib in her shared room with Claire, but isn't really anywhere near getting rid of that one feeding in the middle of the night. Mommy thinks that will be a project toward the end of the month. She sleeps really well in the afternoon when Claire rests too, but doesn't nap much or well in the mornings. Evelynn LOVES to eat and is eating three meals a day and nursing every 3 to 4 hours (though we're really close to just every 4 hours). She also loves a sippy cup with a little diluted apple juice. She can even hold the sippy cup for awhile. She loves her wubby (the paci with a little giraffe attached) and uses this for comfort if she happens to wake in the night or is having trouble going to sleep for a nap. She is still a little chunk though she appears to be on the verge of getting mobile and I have a feeling she will start thinning out soon. We don't call her Eviedillo much anymore since that stage has past. Instead, she is Boo Boo Chicken or Evie Jane, and we are encouraging the use of her full name, Evelynn, in non-family circles. Five months have flown by! Wearing some of CLAIRE'S clothes. Evelynn is ready for the next size (9-12 months), but I just haven't gotten them down from the attic yet. She can wear t-shirts and shorts of Claire's though, and that has been an easy quick solution for dressing her in the meanwhile.
This little doll has found her feet - so so fun! We try to have a good amount of floor time every day to have her working on her rolling and sitting up.

Hmmm. You taste like, um, daddy. Yep. Daddy. Getting a solid afternoon nap in her crib in Mommy & Daddy's room. This is now the only time she sleeps in the small crib.

Mommy's new favorite picture - lovin' her daddy

More Daddy time

One happy Daddy

Geoff is probably going to be annoyed about all these photos of him on the blog, but I'm sure y'all are all fans of these great Daddy-daughter moments.

Sweet baby

Headed to church

Mommy's turn!

Sugar baby

Moments with my little girl

Big girl with her sippy cup