OOPS!!!! Tired Mommy + Active Toddler = Forgotten Blog

Wow a ton of time has past since I last posted.  Let's play catch up.

As a family we have had a lot of changes since I was last on this blog.  We are now a retired military family.  Mike was medically retired from the USAF Summer of 2013 and in September 2013 we moved from Mountain Home up to Boise, ID....Yep this Country Gal is now living in the city.  Oh what an adventure.

Evelyn is now a rambunctious 2 year old.  She is approx 34 inches tall and 25 pounds and full of energy every day most all of the day.  In late Oct 2014 we finally had to turn around her car seat so she is now a forward facing kid and can see where we are going instead of where we've been.  She is enjoying this new view point and I occasionally feel her foot on my arm while I am driving.  Her current favourite stuffed animals are her Ponies she got from Auntie Misty Christmas of 2013.  Favourite toys change daily.  Even tho she is 2 years old we still occasionally still get to celebrate 1sts. Like her first trip to Arizona to meet her crazy family down there at the Williams Family Ranch and her first trip to the Boise Zoo for Boo at the Zoo and her first time going to day care (yes I finally realized that I need a bit of a break each week and it has been beneficial for us both to have her going to day care 1 day a week.

I will try my best to keep this more updated but here are a few pictures from the last 2 years to update you about her.

 Chowing down on apple slices at Denny's in Show Low, AZ (July 2014)

                                                  Look who's 1 year old (August 2013)

                                            Mama's little Trekkie (Halloween 2013)

                                         Getting in some lightsaber practice with Daddy (Summer 2014)

Family picture of my mom, Mike, Me and Evelyn before Air Force Appreciation Day Parade (Sept 2014)

                                            Evelyn carrying an apple at the Apple Orchard (Oct 2014)

                                                Daddy helping to pick an Apple (Oct 2014)

                              Eating our apple at the Apple Orchard (Oct 2014) - sorry picture is turned

                                              Chilling eating a waffle before the Color Run (August 2014)  She enjoyed most of the race and came out amazingly clean compared to Mama who was a walking rainbow (see next picture).

4 months old

Evelyn at 4 months

 

Caught Daddy snoozing with the baby wide awake

She put her Taggie on her head herself

Happy New Year

Sitting pretty

(first time she kept a bow on long enough for a picture)

So glad my dog Penny is laid back since Evelyn found ear fur

Going out in the snow for a walk

First taste of oatmeal

Mama's little baseball watching buddy

Christmas 2012

Christmast 2012 at Grandma Murphy's house

 

Evelyn and her 1st Christmas stocking

chewing on a stuffed candy cane

"Look what I found, Mama" (no she didn't eat the candy cane)

Candy cane and Christmas bear

Sitting pretty in her Christmas dress

Mama and Evelyn on Christmas morning

3 generations of Murphy's

Family Christmas picture (Evelyn wanted a nap)

3 months old

Time to back track....Here are some photos that show Evelyn at 3 months old

3 month old Evelyn

First time in blue jeans

pretty in pink

Just chillin on play mat

Born to be spoiled

Christmas outfit (one of many)

First homemade Christmas Ornament

Daddy and Evelyn on Christmas Eve

Evelyn's Christmas Eve dress

OOPS

I just realized it has been AGES since I last updated my blog.  Life has been full of ups and downs as we cope with life as parents to an infant.  I do believe the last time I posted Evelyn was only a 2 month old newborn....now we have a 7 month old infant on our hands.  More to come later.

2 Months Old

Wow...time is just flying by.  Evelyn is already 2 months old and is growing by leaps and bounds it seems like.  In the past month she has had several  firsts.  She has started really babbling a lot when she is awake so we can now "converse" with each other.  She smiles quite a bit in response to not only mine or Mike's smiles but also when she is happily playing on her tummy time mat (either on tummy or on back).  Evelyn has also figured out the whole rolling from tummy to back routine so tummy time has gotten interesting.  She figured out how to roll from tummy to back right before she went on her first road trip to Portland to visit her Aunt Sherry and her cousins.  She is a very good travelling baby :)  Mike and I also got to hear her first laughter, such a lovely sound that warms the heart so very much. 

At Evelyn's 2 month appt she got her first round of shots....I cried after we got home and she was down for a nap.  I know they are a necessity for her well-being but because we had to hurt her to keep her healthy it made me sad.  I hate it when she hurts.  She is now 9 pounds 12 ounces, and is 22 inches long.  Doctor says she is growing just fine and that we are doing good. Definitely glad to hear this since so many times I feel like a horrible mommy because she cries so hard at times. 

When it comes to play time Evelyn loves her swing and is starting to become very attached to her blue Oball and her tag blanket.  I forgot the one day to put her Oball on the carseat and she definitely let me know her displeasure :(.   And if she has a grip on the tag blanket and you try to take it from her she tightens her grip and screams.  Guess my child has her favorite items :)

Evelyn in her swing....you can see her tag blanket hanging from swing, she hasn't realized it is there yet but she will.

 

Getting ready for our trip to Oregon.

 

With her Aunt Sherry

 

Look at me, I am 2 months old

 

Just chilling with the ladybug mommy gave her

Oregon Roadtrip October 18-24, 2012

Well on October 18th, my mum and I took Evelyn on her first road trip.  We drove to Pendleton, OR for her first hotel stay that night.  She was an awesome little traveler and did really well sleeping in a place other than home for the first time.  The second day we made it to Oregon City and my sister's house.  Evelyn loved the attention that my niece and sister gave her while we were there and even tho her routine was disrupted she was a trooper while we were gone. 

I wasn't able to get a picture of her by the Welcome to Oregon sign like I wanted to because it was too cool and I forgot to bring her winter pram with us (bad mommy).  I had plenty of blankets to keep her warm in her carrier tho :).  She was even in her first snow storm as we had snow over the Blues Mountains as we were coming home from Oregon.  Not even 2 months old and she has been in 2 states now :)  My hope is to get her to as many states as I can.

                                         My niece, Amy, and my sister, Sherry with Evelyn

                                                       My sister, Sherry with Evelyn