I'm not very good at this...

I'm not very good at this whole blogging thing. I mean I just never think I have anything to blog about... I mean what do I write Evelyn pooped in the bath tub again! No one wants to hear that!?
And my life just consists of her pretty much so it's not like I have anything to report. Jeff has the most excitement but he is just working, working, working, playing Tiger Woods golf, and working!
I thought Evelyn had eating down. Apparently I was WRONG!!!!

Who needs crawling when I army crawl

Evelyn does not want to crawl. However, she does want to scoot, army crawl, or whatever you would like to call it! Here she is in action!

Life is good!

Memorial Day weekend my grandparents came to visit from Nevada. They had not met their great granddaughter yet, so we were very excited for them to come. We had so such a good time and as you can see Evelyn was also very excited. She was very good with them.

We went and visited some graves, which was actually really nice. We enjoyed our visit very much.

Life is good. Life is really good. We have friends that we love, we have a beautiful daughter, we have everything we need. (not everything we want) I don't have any complaints.

Evelyn's squeal Laugh!

Jeff was playing with Evelyn tonight and she is usually a happy baby, but it is difficult to get her to laugh. Well tonight Jeff found how to make Evelyn laugh harder than I have EVER heard her!

I had to copy Daddy and see if I could get her to laugh too! See if I was a success....

I may be biased, but I don't care who you are that makes you smile!

Ya know just the usual...RANDOM

We have not been up to a whole lot around here but it has been a good week. I'm trying to be better about not watching AS much TV. When Evelyn was born she slept ALLLLLLLL the time. LITERALLY. For the first 2-3 months. So what did I do, I watched a TON of TV. However, now she is more active and we can do more. I am trying to not have it on, a lot of the time I had it on as some background noise. Plus, a lot of the shows I watch are just stupid (yes, I admit it). Before I know it Evelyn will realize what I am watching and be able to understand and that is not good!

Another random thing is Evelyn has learned how to clap! However, she does it at the most random and funny times. She always claps while I'm changing her diaper, "Thanks mom, you are doing a great job!" And then today she clapped while I was getting dressed and when I was basically in my birthday suit (sorry if that is too much information) she looked at me and started clapping! It was like she was saying nice job mom! It made me laugh out loud SO funny!

New favorite snack: Peanut Butter Captain Crunch, delicious!!!! Anyone else snack on random stuff????

Pet Peeve: When I get myself a snack food (PBCC) and then Jeff eats it!! I need to start hiding my food! haha!

Almost done. Jeff is growing a beard. I hate kissing a beard. However, it doesn't look too bad, it's a short beard...But I still do not like kissing a beard. Wait wait he just came out of the bathroom with a chin strap. I am speechless.

Last random thing. We watched a little girl tonight around 20 months. Evelyn loved watching her she was so entertained. Jeff thinks Evelyn needs a sibbling. After 2 hours I was tired.

MOMS I NEED YOU!!!!

Okay, I know there are books out there ALL about sleeping schedules, and so forth. However, I have enjoyed cuddling my little girl to sleep for the past 8 months or so. Well 2 weeks ago we decided we needed to start putting her in her crib when she needed to go to sleep. Well everyone said oh she'll cry for the first little bit but it will get better. Well it is NOT getting better. She cries for 45 minutes to an hour EVERY night.

It is SO bad that Jeff can't handle it sometimes. I do think it is my fault because I still hold her for naps. My question is do I just need to let her cry for naps too? Is it all or nothing? I have loved cuddling her to sleep but I feel like (sadly) it is time for her to learn how to fall asleep on her own.

I could use some advice, because this is tough.

Hiking, outdoors, and other Oswell Fun!

Last weekend we hiked the "Y." I have been here for 2 and half years and had never done it so we did it! It was beautiful outside and I was sick of being inside so we took advantage of the weather and did the STEEP short hike. It was really fun and Evelyn really enjoyed it. She was in our front carrier facing out and she was kicking and smiling and every one we passed. After using the front carrier (Jeff was, not me) we decided we really need a hiking back pack. Any suggestions? (Kira, I know you have one, do you like it?) Anyway, poor Jeff was sweating so bad and his back was hurting carrying Evelyn, one of her pigtails was wet from Daddy's sweat!

Can you tell Evelyn loved the hike? We got up to the Y just in time for sunset! It was beautiful and a really nice night out. We enjoyed sitting at the top for awhile and enjoying the views. However, it was around 8:00 and that is Ev's bed time so we headed down shortly.

After the hike we went to Coldstone to cancel out the hike completely! Boy was it yummy though! Evelyn was sleeping :)

Well last week we had beautiful weather 75 and sunny! Perfect weather to enjoy the outdoors. So I would bring some toys out for Evelyn and we would sit outside and enjoy. Evelyn LOVES being outside she played on this blanket for 2-3 hours before she finally couldn't stay awake any longer! By the way, if you were wondering, YES Evelyn is wearing adorable Jellies! They go with every thing and are very practical and that is how I justified the purchase!

Evelyn's friend Linkin came over and they played together for a couple of hours as well! She loves having friends over. AND mommy LOVES having Linkin's mom over so we can chat and have some girl time. I need that...some mom's can do it 24/7 with out other girls, but I need to feel like a 23 year old some times and not a frumpy mom! :)

In other news the reason I have been behind in blogging is my car. I had to finally bite the bullet and registar my car in Utah which means my car had to pass emissions! My check engine light has literally been on for 3 years. My car has always ran fine, except on long car trips it struggles a little bit. But for the most part my 98' Honda with 190,000 miles on it, is a CHAMP. However, you can not pass emissions in Utah with the light on! So I take it to a mechanic and ask him to shut it off for me and see if I can go long enough without it coming back on that I could pass emissions. Well he shut it off and also informed me that I needed a new windshield to pass the safety test. Great, awesome, put it on my Tab.

So I went and got my windshield taken care of, which I was hoping insurance would cover but it didn't so that was kinda of expensive. Then my check engine light came back on... Great. I go back to the mechanic and he tells I have to get it fixed and it was 2 different things the catilac converter and something with the vtec. So he shuts my check engine light off one more time and told me to drive one more time and see if I could luck out since we really couldn't afford to fix it.

If you are hoping for a miracle, so was I. When the light came back on I was thinking, there was NO miracle. But I went back to the mechanic and the light said it was only my catilac converter this time NO vtec problem. MIRACLE? I think so! I got it fixed and finally passed emissions. YAY!

In other news we are trying to teach evelyn to clap and high five.