ready for her first gig?

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while mike probably has higher hopes for evie's musical talents, she looks to be off to a good start with her tambourine.

mutual admiration society

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i finally made it to the new playground at golden gate park with evie. it's absolutely spectacular. we were planning to take her on the carousel, but ran into some friends and went over to the de young again and went up in the observation tower. by the time we got back to the carousel, she was napping.

all in all a lovely day, and nice to remember as the 50 mph winds and rain howl outside.

i really like this picture of the two of us. my girl just brings me so much joy. i loved having 11 days in a row with her.

pucker up!

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flower power!

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flower children unite! grandma, evie and i went to the conservatory of flowers in golden gate park the day after christmas (that whole tiger mauling changed our plans to go to the zoo...). we then walked over to the de young and went up in the observation tower for the first time. it was a clear day and the view was spectacular.

i figure spending time in golden gate park will add to evie's "flower child" of san francisco cred. that and me making her listen to joni mitchell, csn&y and the dead. i'm probably going to end up making her a republican...

evie and grandma get down

grandma and grandpa got evie this little radio that plays nine songs. nine songs over and over and over and over.... it was cute when she played it for grandma though

big laughs

evie was all smiles at dinner tonight (who knew that turkey cutlets and polenta could bring such joy).

taking a stand

so little ms. evie has been hovering for a second or two after letting go of furniture for a few weeks, but this morning, she was straight out standing for 3-4 seconds before hitting the ground. i'm guessing walking isn't too far off.

we had a great visit with grandma and grandpa over xmas. i was surprised to see grandpa crawling around on the floor playing with her. pics and videos coming soon.

she's got the music in her

oh yeah, she's got rhythm. she started "dancing" over the weekend.



i was so proud. then she started eating her shoe...

baby you can drive my car

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beep. beep.

getting ready for xmas

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i'm not much for holiday decorations, but i have to say, having evie makes it feel like more of a big deal to me. it kind of surprised me, because i figured that it really doesn't matter to her at all, but here i am putting up the stockings grandma sent, and lighting up a little live tree (evie loves looking at the lights). i guess i'm not quite the scrooge i thought i was...

mmm. buffalo.

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well she may be messy, but she is a good eater. that'd be buffalo, avocado, sweet potato and brocolli she's having for dinner. believe it or not, most of it does make it to her mouth.

oh, and check out those chompers. they total six now!

four legged friends, beware!

evie recently discovered cats. it started when we were feeding kimberly's cat frida, and continued on our trip to chicago, where there were three cats. mike's niece daryl's cat "big" was a big hit with evie. she basically chased him whenever she saw him. she couldn't figure out what to do when she caught him, though.



towards the end you'll hear a shout out to "mom"!

at the museum

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we took evie to see the olafur eliason exhibit at the sfmoma on a rainy day a couple of weeks ago. they built a giant kaleidoscope on the walkway to the 5th floor. lots of great things to look at. evie seemed to enjoy all of the lights.

we bought her a children's book of andy warhol drawings to mark the occasion. nice for evie and mom and dad.

thanksgiving with the mccurdys

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we flew to chicago to spend thanksgiving with mike's family and have a memorial for his dad. the trip's been great, and dinner was fantastic, but evie started to get overwhelmed with all of the people today. she's sleeping now, so mom and dad are happy.

heart melting!

so little ms. evie has been pretty great lately. getting more and more animated all of the time. she's a little chatterbox (like her mom). last week she was in her high chair, and she looked over at her dad and sai "hi da". we both heard it and wondered if it was on purpose, or a random occurrence. as the week went on we heard more "da's" and more "hi's" and some ""ma's"". still, i was a little skeptical that it was on purpose. then this morning i walked into her room to pick her up from her crib and she reached up an said "ma ma". yeah, this time i decided it was on purpose. amazing and heart melting.

made being up at six totally worth while! it even made me forget about those four teeth she has coming in on top for a minute.

we head to naperville (chicago) later today for thanksgiving. evie's going to get to meet more family (aunt sue and her family and buzz & judy). please cross your fingers for a smooth trip!

it's an 11!

yeah, an 11, as in 11 hours of sleep last night for evie! all that meat is making her sleepy. she was a little cranky tonight, and actually refused most of her dinner (a first), so i'm not hopeful that we're going to see a repeat performance.

evie gets the pincer down

evie is developmentally ahead of schedule on all thing eating related. more proof that she is our daughter. check out her pincer grip. that girl wants all food in her mouth.



it seems that she's finally topped 16 pounds, so all of this eating is good!

vegetarians need not apply

evie's taking after good ol' moms and pops with her love of all things food. we started her on meat a couple of weeks ago, and so far chicken, turkey and beef are all to her liking. of course she's getting the fancy grass fed, organic beef that mike and i can't afford for ourselves...

evie of destruction

my girl likes to crawl and climb and get her hands on whatever mommy might have.

evie's first halloween

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ok, so i didn't get her a costume. does it really make me a bad mom? i did find something vaguely ethnic looking in her closet, and she has her little bandana bib... maybe a cowgirl? i think i could convince her of that if i had too...