2015

It sure has gone by fast, this time. :) I can't believe Evelyn is going to be 4 years old in less than 1 month!!!! She's growing up so fast and I'm so proud to be her mother! Evelyn is smart, caring, funny and just the most polite child ever! Today as I write this she is at home with Daddy, poor kiddo has had a fever and a horrible cough the last couple days. We've got her down to 99 but I was pretty worried when she was up to 103.1 two days ago!! Needless to say, she consumed lots of popsicles and Gatorade while Mommy held cold wash clothes to her head for a couple hours.

Today I have an appointment with a doctor, I'm anticipating being diagnosed with Trigeminal Neuralgia (TN) also known as "Suicide Disease", it's a neuropathic disorder characterized by episodes of intense pain in the face, originating from the trigeminal nerve. It has been described as among the most painful conditions known to humankind.  This disease usually manifests itself after the age of 50, but lucky me gets it at 27.

Anyways, here are some pictures. Enjoy.

Birthday Girl!!!

This past weekend we celebrated Evelyn's 2nd Birthday, she did so well!!  Of course she loved the presents, playing"Fishy Fishy This Is Evelyn!", and running around with a cake & ice cream high all weekend, but she also loved hanging out with all of her "guys"!!

She grew even more attached to Uncle Carl up at Grandpa and Grandma Schinkel's, he's her new best buddy I think!  She sat with Grandpa Mark a lot and he helped her (or hindered) with her presents.  Grandma Ronda played with Evelyn and helped her put money in her money jar.  We also got to see Great Aunt Linda and Great Uncle Bill, Marlette and Duane (my, Lisa's, God Parents), Kathy (Marlette's sister and my dad's cousins).  We sure appreciate and love all the presents Evelyn got so Thank You So Very Very Much!!  She's playing with most of them as we speak and the ones that she'll wear, well, I'm super excited about those!! On the eating front:  Evelyn ate a lot of mommy and daddy's pizza too, (it's always better off of someone else's plate right??) surprisingly since Uncle Carl and Grandpa Mark are always spoiling her appetite with their competition of "Evelyn, I've got a cracker for you!"  "No, Evelyn IIII've got a cracker for you".

At the Sulack Birthday party she ran around with her cousin Celia, chatted up her Auntie's and Uncles, and got lovey dovey with Grandpa John and Grandma Pam.  Celia pulled the Birthday girl around on her favorite blanket going "Wheeeee!  Wheeee!".  We also got to enjoy the company of Carl, Joe and the kids, Grandpa and Grandma, and Auntie Karin and Uncle Andrew!  At this moment, as we speak, Evelyn is trying to feed me "food" from her "crockpot" that Karin and Andrew gave her, and using her doctor tools that we got her.  Hahaha, she's so cute!  Thank you all for the presents, and for putting up with the Disney Princess theme, (I know Hunter was having a hard time with that but he ended up not minding eating his cupcake off it).  Evelyn had a blast at the party and playing Fishy Fishy, she didn't want to relinquish her turn to anyone, so thank you to some who let her Fishy Fishy for you! :)

It's Been Awhile.. Sorry. :D

Wow, it's been like 3 months since I updated our little Evelyn blog here, :/.  Well, as an update, Evelyn has definitely been displaying some terrible 2 traits.  Also, Nick's Dad always hoped that Evelyn would be like Nick when he was a kid, he called it payback... we're now being paid back... which I don't understand because I feel like I was a pretty good kid and don't deserve this "payback"... oh well, I can hopefully say the same thing to Evelyn some day.  Hehe.

So some of the pictures are from Evelyn carving the pumpkin, and some are of the first substantial snowfall and all in between, so enjoy!!

 Messy cheesin' face

 Getting the ishies out

Helping Grandpa John

 Reading with Daddy

 First snowball ever!!

Playing in the first snowfall with Daddy

 and Mommy!

Not A Baby Anymore!

Evelyn sure has grown into a toddler the last few months... and has gained some attitude. :)  We are currently on a schedule of: wake up, eat breakfast, watch Shrek, eat lunch, nap, wake up, watch Shrek whilst eating a snack, eat dinner, watch Shrek, bath, teeth brushed, bed.  Needless to say, I'm getting a little bored with all 4 Shreks, I have tried other movies but this seems to be an EXTREME favorite.  I guess it's payback, my dad said he watched the Little Mermaid a bagillion gazillion times when I was little.
On another note, I would like to say Evelyn is still enjoying her books.  We even read them while we watch Shrek *sigh*, but mostly we look at her big picture books of stuff like "my big world book", "my big animal book" or something of the like before bedtime. Evelyn is getting so so good at being able to point to the picture I say, also making some animal noises, she knows cat, dog, lion/tiger, monkey and a couple others pretty well.
Last weekend we went to a bonfire hosted by Nick's best friend Nick and his wife and Evelyn had such a good time!  At first she was a little nervous around the dogs (2 Jack Russell's, an Alaskan Husky and a Yorkie) but warmed up in increments. First it was running and burying her face into Mommy's leg, then it was curiosity, then it was holding a hand out to them, then it was petting them, then it was taking a couple steps to keep them in sight, and finally... chasing them around.  Haha!
Well, now to the part you've all been waiting for, I've got quite a few:

Friends

Last week my girlfriend Cassie Jo came down with her two beautiful children Victoria (3) and Vincent (20/21 Months), we had such a great time, the kids just took up like old pals.  Evelyn would bring Vin food and drink and comb through his hair with her fingers and Vin would escort Evelyn around with his hand on the small of her back... and then later started tackling her to the ground and hugging her. Lol.  They sat on the couch together cuddled in blankies watching Tangled, it was BEYOND adorable!!

Hello All!!  It's been a little while since I've posted anything, Evelyn has really been a handful lately!! :)  She is now starting to learn how to use the potty, we've had a handful of successes!!  Also, her vocabulary is starting to grow!!  Her best words are "Mama" "Daddy" "Baby" "Nigh Nigh" "Juice" and some other ones that I know what she's saying but they're not exactly clear.  So here ya are, some pictures:

Evelyn and I went to the MN Landscape Arboretum with Crystal and Leah, it was great!!  Such beautiful flowers and Evelyn loved looking around!!  Running too once I let her out! :)  Evelyn has just been enjoying being out amongst nature, maybe she'll develop a little green thumb. :)  I'm glad we all had such a great time!  Amongst other news Evelyn now has 6 teeth on the top and 6 teeth on the bottom.  She can say somethings, but you'd really have to listen to her a lot to understand what she is saying.  She said "baby" for the first time today when Crystal was letting her look at Leah.  Or I'll say "what sound does a doggy make" and Evelyn will sometimes reply with a "oof"  Lol, can't quite make those "R" or "L" sounds very well.  She knows "shoes" which she pronounces "shesh" she knows "ma ma" "da da" "sooks (socks)" "baw (ball)" "ba ba (sippy cup)" "hi" (sometimes) and "buh bye" :)

Zoo!!!!

Yesterday we had a good time at the Zoo, Evelyn was fascinated by the seals, penguins, lions, tigers, bears OH MY!!  :D  We all had so much fun!!  And also since the last time we've posted Evelyn has become quite the walker!!  Really good at it, an old pro!  Here are some pictures: