Wow long time no udpate! lol

Well here it goes! The first update in a LONG time! I'll post links to pictures later on but here's some new info!

Bryan's busy at work...they're getting ready to do the "move aboard" for the ship on August 11th. And then in September they start a 2 week "sea trial" where he'll be gone on the ship for two weeks...and then again in October they do the same thing! It all just means that they're getting closer to having the ship finished and then it will be time for commissioning and being closer to deployment! He also got an Early Promote on his evaluation and gets to take his E5 exam this fall! He's VERY excited and I'm very proud of him!

Evelyn is doing great! I can't believe that her birthday is in 2 WEEKS! And she'll be a year old! Holy cow where has the time gone! lol She's cruising on EVERYTHING and will walk between things that are close together. She's babbling like crazy! and starting to add the "th" and "L" sounds into EVERYTHING! It's super cute! She's also clapping, waving, doing sign language for "milk", says "dada", "mama", "baby", "up", and a few other things that we can't fully understand! lol We're also brushing her 2 teeth now! She LOVES it! She has a cute tooth brush too! She's teething again and is starting to cut 2 more teeth! We just bought her an Amber Teething necklace to help with the pain. If you want more information about them just google it! They're AMAZING! I got one for myself too!

As for me there really isn't a whole lot of new things going on. We're 100% cloth diapering Evelyn now! And we're loving it! Saves SO much money! And it's not as bad as you would think! Still making our own babyfood although Evelyn is eating more and more table food everyday! She's such a big eater! She LOVES food! We've also got her sleeping through the night in her own bed again! HOORAY! lol It took awhile but we have a schedule!

I'm babysitting a cute little boy named Darion 5 days a week. He's a great kid! And it helps bring some more money into the house to help out with some things. And I'm also going to be starting to watch another little baby that was born the same day as Evelyn. Her name is Autumn. So that will be fun! Well that's all for now! I'll update more later on!

Family Christmas Pictures

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Our First Family Christmas

Our first family christmas went GREAT!! We had a blast creating some new traditions for OUR family! :) On Christmas Eve we made homemade fudge and homemade sugar cookies with homemade icing! YUMMY! They turned out GREAT! Then on christmas day we got up and opened presents, watched the christmas parade, listened to christmas music all day, and started cooking dinner!!

We had turkey, homemade gravy, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, green bean casserole, stuffing, pot roast with veggies, homemade cookies, apple pie, boston cream pie, cheesecake, homemade fudge, and hawaiian sweet rolls! It was a GREAT dinner! :) I was really proud of myself! We were expecting 10 people total for dinner and there ended up only being 4 of us!! :( So we have TONS of left overs but we're inviting some people over for dinner tonight to help us get rid of it! lol

The pictures are in the post before this! If you click on the picture of the tree it will take you to the photobucket album of all the pictures! I'll try to post some videos on here!!



Evelyn after her bath!


Evelyn Playin with her toys!!


Daddy Balancing Evelyn


Evelyn on her first Christmas!!

Evelyn's First Christmas

Photobucket Album

Christmas Family Pictures

Well today we had our family pictures taken at JCPenney's!! I'm SO excited! They turned out GREAT! We all looked fabulous! I'll post some pictures when they're up on the smilesbywire site! :)

Evelyn is doing well! At her 4 month appt on December 4th she was 24 inches long and 11 lbs 4 oz! And she's eating solids regularly now! Usually twice a day, 2 oz in the morning and 2 oz in the afternoon. 1oz of fruit with 1 oz of rice cereal in the morning and 1 oz of veggie with 1 oz of rice cereal in the afternoon! :) So far we've tried squash, peas, carrots, apples and peaches! We've only had problems with the peaches. She gets a little rash on her tummy and where it touched her face! But it goes away quickly! She LOVES eating! lol

Another update!! Evelyn and I will be going to Michigan to visit both mine and Bryan's families!! I'm SO excited to go back home! We'll be there for two weeks in January! We leave from Richmond January 13th and will be coming back on January 27th! Evelyn's first trip to MI since she's been born! I can't wait for everyone to meet her!

Well we have a busy week coming up with hair appts, playdates, cleaning the house, and then on Christmas Eve our pictures come in! I'll write another update later!

Evelyn Laughed!!

Evelyn laughed for the first time in her bath on tuesday!! It was SO exciting!! I've never heard her laugh before! It was such a great experience! I can't believe that next week she'll be 4 months old! She's starting to be able to sit up a little bit better! And DEFINITELY making more noises! lol

Bryan got "promoted" or frocked as the navy calls it! The ceremony was today! It was so fun to watch! He's now a Petty Officer 3rd Class! His title is MM3 Keast! Crazy to think that he's been at this command for a year already! And he's now an E4! Gone up two ranks since he joined the Navy a year and half ago! I'm SO proud of him!

We've started cloth diapering Evelyn. Still doing the cloth every other day during the day...but that's only because we only have enough to do them that often!! lol But atleast it's a start! She seems to be happier in them!

Our house is coming along. We're slowly getting unpacked! The living room is almost done, the bathroom is close, and the rest of the rooms are atleast sorted out as to what boxes go where! lol I'll post pictures when we're done! We're setting up the christmas tree either tomorrow or sunday! :) I'm SO excited! Still have to get christmas stockings for us all but we'll get there!

Our New House!!

Here's the inside of our new house!! We're starting to get things cleaned up! The bathroom is getting there....it's almost done! :) Then it's on to the kitchen!! Our goal is to have the bathroom and kitchen done by wednesday when we leave for Jamie's for thanksgiving! We'll see how that goes! lol

However I found the video camera and took some pictures with it and did a little video tour of the house! Here's the videos! Excuse the MESS things are still packed up and keep in mind we've only been here for two days now! lol

Living Room & Kitchen-



Utility Room -



Hallway & Bathroom -



Our Bedroom -



Evelyn's Room -



Owen (Our New Dog) -



Hope that you enjoyed the videos!!
~Sara~