November 2011

11/1- EB loves to play in her bed.  Here she is trying to put on her own PJs.  Also, with her are two more of her favorite things- her pillow and Elmo.

11/2- Playtime!

Hunter and Emily both love the "Frankie" phone that Summer and family gave to Eva Brooke.  It has really been a hit toy!

Emily was busy cooking up something yummy for all of us to eat.

"Sharing" is a new concept for Eva Brooke... We're still working on that one.

11/3- Before EB was ever thought about, Pop won this personalized stool off a radio contest.  (Yes, that's random.  My parents are unusally lucky people!)  EB really likes to play on it, but we have had to put it away lately because we've had a couple of close calls.

She still likes to carry around things that are too big for her.  We have also put some of her toys in her closet, and she loves it.  She crawls "inside" to get out of diaper changes, going to bed, etc.

The rocking horse was a gift from Santa last year.  EB is just becoming more interested, and she can now get on the horse by herself.

She still loves music!

11/4

11/5- EB's first (real) hayride at Barn Creek

She wasn't scared at all, even though it went a little faster than I expected!

Eva Brooke and Mimi

My cousins Sawyer, Canyon, and Natalie

We decided to get one more use out of the watermelon costume.

EB is a big fan of a "ucker" these days.  When you say the word, she smiles and giggles, and you just have to let her have one!

11/11- My early birthday celebration

In my assortment of candles, we do not have a nine.  Andrew improvised.  Thanks, honey :-)

It's been a wonderful 29 years...but I'm gonna hold right there!

11/13- EB's serious face, which reminds me of Andrew.

And the sweet happy face!

11/20- We have put our house up for sale.  We started out trying to sell FSBO, but then accidentally found another house we liked :-)  After the sellers of the house accepted our offer (thank you, poor economy!), we listed our house with a realtor.  We have had a few lookers for our house, but no luck yet (blah, poor economy!).  That's just how it goes, I guess!

For Sale!

We have put our house on the market!  Wow, this has all happened so fast.  We are under contract on a house in town, and need to sell ours ASAP!  (PS - Tell your friends! :-) ) We are very excited and have been keeping our eyes open for some time.  It is very bittersweet because we love our house and neighbors so much!!

Happy Halloween!

Eva Brooke, our sweet little watermelon

We went to our church's trunk-or-treat on Halloween night.  Eva Brooke really seemed to have a fun time.  I thought she might get scared, but she really didn't... except for Mr. Ronnie and his terribly scary mask!

EB helping Daddy pass out candy.

Angie and her sweet little lion, Hunter

Sitting for a picture with Mr. Chuck.

Now for the side view!

Eva Brooke with Grayson (dinosaur) and Mary Robbins (poodle).

With Emily as a beautiful mermaid.

Love these precious babies!

With Caroline as a bumble bee.

We gave EB her first sucker, and she liked that!

Hope everyone had as much fun and ate as much candy as we did!  What "sweet" memories!

Vacationing

My Mom and Dad invited us to go to Pigeon Forge with them for a little getaway.  On October 25, we headed out, in two separate vehicles, of course!  We ate at one of our favorite places, Huck Finn's Catfish.  We are so grateful our little one is a pro-traveler.

We love to walk the streets of Gatlinburg at night.  Everything around was beautifully decorated for fall.  The leaves were starting to turn and were gorgeous.

There were some giant pumpkins, and Eva Brooke really got excited.

On October 26, the girls headed to the outlets while Dad and Andrew played some golf.  Eva Brooke was a good shopper, so she got to "ride" the horses.  I think you can tell how excited she was!

We had eaten a yummy meal earlier that afternoon, so we stopped at Shoney's for some hot fudge cake and strawberry pie later that evening.

They gave Eva Brooke her first crayons.  Pop was showing her how to color.  She was really into it, at least until that dessert came!

I held up a spoon of each dessert after she had tried them to see which one she liked better.  She just started giggling!  She likes sweets like her Mama!

On October 27, we headed out early and ate breakfast at the Apple Barn.  Boy, we like to eat!

EB really likes scarecrows this year and scaring everyone by saying "boo."

"Uh-uh-uh"-ing (hugging) her new "Melmo" toy.

Pop feeding EB some donut!  EB would see the Krispy Kreme box and say "mmm."

We had a balcony in our very-nice three story cabin, and Eva Brooke loved to take Mimi up to look down at us.

Who even knows how many times Mimi went up and down those stairs with EB...

Thanks to Pop and Mimi for a fun, laid-back vacation and for inviting us to stay with you.  It was stress-free, with lots of food, napping, shopping, and golf.  How much better does it get?!