Trip to Florida

Here are the latest pictures.

Evelyn attacked the camera in this video. I like how she looks at the camera cross-eyed.



Here's a video of Evelyn playing at the airport.

When Evelyn would not go to sleep and I realized further measures would have to be taken.
















This is what my kitchen looked like 2 hours before we were to feed the sister missionaries.
I had taken all of our food out of our refrigerator
so we could put in a new one. It was craziness but everything worked out great!

So when we were in the Orlando Airport we met up with this cute little family who were all deaf. It was fun because I was able to sign with them. This little girl and Evelyn were so cute together and played for a long time.



















So in Florida, they have lots of Alligators and Crocodiles. This is something I didn't know so I thought I would share that information with everyone. It was so interesting and somewhat freaky learning about these creatures. We went to a petting zoo that had over 2,000 of them in this small swampy area.

Okay I am teasing about the petting zoo thing. They had fences everywhere!

My favorite was watching these guys put the roof on this little ramada at the Alligator place. It was so cool! We were talking to them about it and they said this roofing holds up better in a hurricane or tornado than the shingles that we use on our houses.

So if me and my family are ever stranded on an island and need shelter, we are so building me one of these. Right Nathaniel? (wink, wink)

So as Nathaniel and I were walking to the ocean we happened to see this and thought we would take a picture of it. Pretty cool, huh?

Waving

Here's a video of Evelyn eating Cheerios and waving. Her wave is more of a "come here" gesture, but it's so darn cute it works.



Her hair is getting so long we have to always keep it pulled back somehow. It goes down to her nose.

They just divided our ward, and we were released as CTR 8 primary teachers. We're going to miss our little boys. Stacey was just called 2nd counselor in the Relief Society, and I was called to be the Assistant Scoutmaster. I'm really excited about my calling. Stacey is jealous, she misses getting outdoors.

Stacey and I have started "reward cards" on our refrigerator. (You know, where you put up stickers when you complete certain tasks, and when you fill up a row you get a reward.) Stacey gets stickers each time someone asks her for a favor and she says "No". Her rewards are Sonic Runs. I get stickers when I do a big sink of dishes, and when I fill my card we're going on a steamboat tour/buffet (guess which part I'm most interested in). I would rather clean the whole house than do dishes, so this has been a good incentive.

Clapping

Evelyn learned how to clap and to wave, it's so cute. Here's a video of her clapping. Her technique is a little different, but it's probably easier than how we do it. I'll have to post a video of her waving some time.

She's wearing a winter coat over her pajamas because she won't stay under her blankets at night. Stacey would like to heat up the house more at night but I'm too cheap. We've compromised at 65 degrees.

Trip to the zoo

Here are the latest pictures.

We went to the zoo yesterday, it was awesome. Evelyn wasn't interested in the elephants or giraffes or tigers; she only liked animals that were within a couple feet and moved a lot. She loved the swimming snapping turtle, we could have left her there for hours.

Evelyn used to eat so well, but now she only wants to eat without our help. We're starting to eat outdoors when the weather allows it.

Here's a video of us introducing Evelyn to Mannheim Steamroller Christmas music. She loves watching the Windows Media Player visualizations while the music plays.

Videos, 10 months old

Evelyn has been snorting like a pig lately, it's so cute. She does it when she gets really excited, or wants attention (like during sacrament meeting or prayers). Here's a prime example:



Evelyn looks like Cindy Lou from Whoville in this video:

10 months old

Here are the latest pictures.

Evelyn loves to play with books as you will see here. Isn't her hair so AWESOME??? :) She looks like a unicorn.