Happiest After Nap

Here is our little girly chatting me up right after her morning nap. She is very friendly and always so happy right after some good sleep. Its fun to get out of the house, but I love the baby I get after lots of sleep! She has started the fake coughing and I think its pretty adorable.



Stephen has created a play area near her room and the bathroom so I have somewhere to put her when I need a shower. It consists of a sleeping bag unzipped and laid out surrounded by every pillow that we own. Its pretty nice although I'm sure once she starts crawling, it won't be anything all that great. :) Here we are, hanging out in the area.







When you are poor, you become creative. Monica bought Eva this board a while back and we still hadn't hung it. Then I came up with the brilliant (if I do say so myself) idea of hanging ribbons from the bottom to put Eva's many bows onto. Needless to say, this girl doesn't need any more bows or we will need a new bow hanger! $ saved: $27ish







Today Eva and I have been wrapping Christmas presents and birthday presents (Nicky, Abigail, Ray, and Stephen's birthdays are in December) so our house is a scrambled mess. Time to get back to cleaning that up.

Aaaand the holiday season begins!

We got our Christmas pictures taken early. We wanted them done outside and Saturday was a perfect day. They are still in the works, so you will see them as soon as I have a CD. Nate and MJ did a great job!

Here is a little sneak peek:





Monica is still editing them. We have 23 at last count and they are looking so beautiful!

We decorated the front windows tonight, but try as hard as I could, I cannot capture any pictures that even do justice to how beautiful it looks. Come and see for yourself! Night time is the best. :)

The right window:






And the left window:



Some misc pictures Nate caught of Eva around the house:





And a couple from Mom: