Calling all Seasoned Travelers

I'm happy to say that in one week my little family is going to fly to California for a few days. (Do any of you recall our survival of the Time-Share-Presentation?) Well the time has come for me to start preparing our things for this vacation. I am so excited, and realize that I am also inexperienced in flying with a child. Meaning, I've never done it. Our flight is two hours and Evelyn may or may not have her own seat, depending on how full our flight is. This is where all of you come in: what do I do? What should I bring? What do I prepare? What toys or snack are best? Am I totally missing a huge aspect of flying with a child that becomes obvious after the first failed attempt?

Please comment on this if you know anything, unless you're just going to tell me that I'm going way overboard. But isn't that the joy of being a parent to only one child?

Wedding Day

No, not my wedding day, but my father-in-laws. The kids looked so cute! This is Evelyn all ready and just playing at Kurtis and Jolenes' house. This picture pretty much sums up Evelyns feelings towards Caleb. She couldn't get enough hugging him.

Old Style family picture, plus a shot of my new do.

Waiting for the ceremony to start, some Chex will help with that.

Here's the bride and groom getting hitched. As you can see they looked great, and it was a fun day.

More of My Obsession

I simply cannot get enough of my daughters hair. It is getting longer and curlier.

(Plus, a sneak peak at a bathroom in our house. I plan on posting pictures of the house, but first I need to take some.)

This is what happens the day after french braids:

Snoozin' With Grandma

Evelyn loves when grandma Shawnee babysits her before bed time because that means they get to fall asleep together in a big bed. I don't think she would ever do this with me. So last week when this happened I had to take a picture of it to capture the memory for both of these guys.

Ultrasound

We are having another girl! We are so excited for Evelyn to have a sister. I've been so anxious to find out so I can get going on her baby book, and sewing some burp cloths. I borrowed them with Evelyn so it's time I made my own. Evelyn and I went shopping the day after the ultrasound and bought some cute fabric, and a sweet little baby book. Derek hung some sweet curtains in babys' new room and I am just so excited!

We already know what we're going to name her,
Gweneth JoAnne. Derek and I have LOVED the names Evelyn and Gwen since we first talked baby names so we are happy to be able to use them both. JoAnne is, of course, Dereks moms name who passed away about a year and a half ago.

Cookies!

I have a sweet tooth when I'm pregnant. I love cookies when I'm pregnant. Therefore, we made cookies last week and Evelyn was a great helper.

Here she is rolling the Snickerdoodles in the cinnamon and sugar, and concentrating very hard.
This is an action shot of her rubbing the cinnamon and sugar off her hands.

This is one of those great messy face pictures. She wasn't too mad when I interrupted her phone call to take this picture. She walks around saying, 'hello! hello!" into her phone.

Frost For a Change

It was such a beautiful morning! Thursday nights frost left everything covered in thick frost. It was so pretty. Derek and I were so disappointed that my father-in-law was out of town. I thought he would just love to take pictures this morning. So, in honor of him, Derek did his best to capture the beauty. Here are some of my favorites from our front yard.