Four Months

And now, my rendition of "My Favorite Things", from The Sound of Music.

"Tea in my new mug,

And flowers for no reason,

Baby smiles,

Crochet,

And rain out of season.

Homemade cake,

Picnics,

And babies who "sing",

These are a few of my favorite things.

When no one calls me, and baby's crying, when I'm feeling sad...I simply remember my favorite things, and then I don't feel so bad!"

TA DA! But really, they are some of my favorites. (I know that picture of the rain/umbrella is a couple weeks old but it's true, and it rhymed.)

So, Evie has discovered that she has control over her voice. And BOY does she know how to use it. (See video on facebook) I thought she was chatty before, but no. She just yells and babbles and "sings" and laughs away, all the time. No noise, she's probably sleeping.

This is the quietest she will EVER BE.

Happy 4th of July! We got all matchy and took some pictures, then just hung out and had a little BBQ with my family. We didn't take Evie to the fireworks cause Crying Baby? No thanks. But Caesar and I went and it ended up being a nice relaxing quiet day.

The cake was what I made for dessert on the 4th. Caesar thinks the middle looks moldy but it's just blueberry jam. I also picked some cherries from the backyard and made a cherry sauce thing. Mmm. The cake is pretty basic. Just weigh 3 eggs and add that much sugar, butter, and flour, plus a teaspoon baking soda, a splash of vanilla and a couple tablespoons milk. (Cream sugar + butter, add eggs one at a time, then flour, then the rest,bake at 350) Nice and simple. I think it's called a Victoria Sponge Cake? Something like that. Anyway, it was delicious.

And Caesar brought me flowers. :)

The resaurant we picked this week was the Himalayan restaurant on the Windsor Town Green. I think it's actually called...Himalayan Restaurant. Yeah. But we got it to go and ate on the grass with Evie and it was SO good. We had the Veggie Masala and now I'm hungry and want more. But the picnic part was really fun; it was nice to just hang outside the three of us with no tv or ipad or anything. And Evie enjoyed her leaf-watching of course. We will do this more, I hope.

And LOOK! We saw a rabbit! Just being all cute on the Green munching some grass. Caesar thought I was silly for getting excited about it, but I can't wait till Evie is big enough to either; a) get excited with me, or b) roll her eyes at me with her dad. My money's on a. I mean, it's a bunny, right!?

Talking to her paci. Because things don't need to be animate for this girl to carry on a conversation.

Tummy Time!

Also, she still enjoys eating fingers, and not just her own...she was born with that tooth on the bottom so beware!

And now my baby is Four Months old. I've decided she should stop growing now.

 

From rain to a million degrees

 

So at the beginning of last week it was nice and rainy...perfect for a walk with an umbrella. :)

Evie took the pacifier out of her mouth (she's getting really good with her hands), and she laid there talking to it....so funny.

 

Vegan pancakes...so naturally I smothered them in butter and had a big glass of milk.

Finished Quilt! I love it! And Evie loves looking at all the patterns too...

 

 

Later in the week it got super hot so we went to the river one evening...Cali and Evie both loved it.

Evie was sitting on my lap and Cali runs out of the water, stops in front of us, and shakes all the water off her! Poor Evie was not pleased, so she buries her face in Caesar's chest for a few minutes.

I brought my silver paint pen to write on some rocks :)

She's a genius! ;) she was fussing while I was trying to comb out my hair so I opened the book and held it in front of her. She grabbed it herself and just stared and stared.

We are trying to eat out only once a week and we want to try places we have never been before. So we went somewhere called Viola's in Santa Rosa and it was SO good. For dessert I had chocolate mousse, which was delicious, but not as awesome as Caesar's fried apple pie. We will definitely be going back.

We went to the park yesterday and let Evie lay on a blanket under a tree...she loves looking up at those leaves.

 

Sunrise

 

We found these pictures of Caesar and I and discovered we had the same toy! :) also, Evie is the perfect mix of the two of us. Surprise, surprise.

These are at about 6 in the morning....she's so happy when she first wakes up, she just stretches out her little legs and smiles at us. Until she gets annoyed with her diaper, and the day begins.

This is what I see out the bedroom window from where I usually sit on the bed with Evie...our backyard is like a jungle, and I love these pink flowers...does anyone know what they're called?

When Evie woke up at sunrise a few days ago, I took some pictures because it was so bright and pretty outside. The photos don't quite show how orangey-pink the sky was, but it was beautiful. I see more and more sunrises lately. Thanks for the wake up call, Evie!

It has begun. Splashing in the bathtub. She used to just sit there all mellow, but now she throws all her energy into flailing all her little limbs.

We love the park...I think maybe on Caesar's next day off we should take a blaket for Evie to lay on under a tree. She loves looking at her leafy branches and we have never taken her out of the sling/stroller at the park, so I think she would like it.

Yes. September got herself stuck in a tree. This is why she is an indoor cat.

This little giraffe plays "Talk to the Animals" from Dr. Doolittle (the ACTUAL movie, not that one with Eddie Murphy) in pretty music box music. It was Josh's when he was a baby and now Evie loves it.

Smiling at that cute baby in the mirror.

She generally stops smiling when she sees the camera (of course), but now she has discovered that there is a screen on the back of it....she likes screens. (Again, of course)