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Friday, December 31, 2010

blessed | 2010

so many big life changes have happened in 2010. if i didn't have this blog i'm not sure how much of the early part of the year i'd remember. we were caring for the sweetest newborn i've ever laid eyes on. but sleep was rare. to be honest, how did we survive?!

we made the big move back to lincoln in may. and ever since things have been go-go-go. so take a look back at the most precious year of our lives with the sweetest baby girl...

birth story: dec 27th [the end of 2009] we welcomed evie in to this world.

here's to new beginnings in 2011. happy new year!!

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

one year old

best month yet. my life is forever changed. it is impossible to believe that year has gone by. all week i have been thinking back on where i was a year ago. and today i stand here amazed. i have never been more in love with anyone or anything. my sweet baby girl is one. ONE. wow. she is the most precious daughter and i'm feeling so blessed.

• evie is now 17 lbs 12 ounces and 28.5 inches long (5th percentile)...

• she got a new carseat but will still remain rear-facing since she is not 20 lbs

• evie is understanding cause & effect and can play with a toy independently knowing exactly how it works
• she is yet to take independent steps - but is SO close
• her christmas wish did not come true yet. her two front teeth are still missing & she only has the bottom two
• evie can now give hugs & kisses when asked
• she will turn her white noise machine on & light switch off when its bedtime
• evie's favorite word this month has been mama (and i'm loving it!)
• she had her first christmas & was incredibly spoiled! :)
• evie loves to play the piano

• she will mock us (copy us) when we cough or sneeze...and then laugh hysterically afterward

• her new favorite food is blueberries

• evie bonked the bridge of her nose on the coffee table and got a nice scratch & bruise

• she is still wearing size 2 diapers and 9-12 month clothing

• evie loves throwing food over the side of her highchair and saying "uh-oh"

a hustad christmas

what a special christmas celebration we had this year with the hustad clan! on the evening of the 26th we got together with the lovelace family. we had a wonderful time chatting it up with the cousins. the kiddos sure had a blast making a mess of the toy room.

one of my favorite people in the world! emily!

adrienne & evie just chatting it up

on the 27th we got the hustads all got together to celebrate. what a treat to watch our nephews open their presents! they had such a blast ripping apart the presents. it was hard to keep the toys in the boxes...they wanted to play with them right away! evie sat back and observed her cousins like usual. but what fun we had together. it's always a great time :)

sister.in.law nicole

uncle jason helping evie open presents....err maybe the other way around?

kinsey looking beautiful

decs flashing a smile in between gifts :)

evie was more interested in her milk than her presents

asher was the photographer on this one :)

kinsey & i may or may not have gotten addicted to this computer game....oops.

creepy dancing christmas bear

our family on evie's first birthday :)

Monday, December 27, 2010

a haggar christmas

this is the first christmas i have been able to spend with my family in 4 years. it was also the first time that erik (and evie obviously) got to share in the haggar family christmas traditions. what a wonderful 4 days we spent in in south dakota with my parentals, brother & sister.in.law. it was relaxing, exciting, wonderful, and much needed.

we left wednesday (a day earlier than planned) in some what of a hurry to avoid the bad weather that was predicted on thursday. we arrived early afternoon and evie played with grandpa for several hours. he chased her around the living room playing games, looking at grammie's "pretties"

my brother & i have always been the competitive type - but this year we were a team. we rallied against my husband in our traditional game of risk. of course after beating out erik, bret turned his back on his wonderful sister & won :)

christmas eve was a wonderful day. we went to the christmas eve service at church & evie wore her first christmas dress that grammie bought her. she looked so so cute.

and then came christmas presents....and then some more....and then some more..... :)

christmas day was filled with lots of playtime. great-grandma cooper came for a visit and evie had a great time playing games with her. they laughed and smiled together!!

evie loved grammies magnets!

because evie's birthday party is in lincoln, we had a haggar family bday party for her while we were in south dakota. evie got her very first pony from uncle bret & aunt kim. and she LOVES it. "such a pretty pony...click-ity clack...click-ity clack."