Tales of the Travelling Tot

A TON of pictures were promised and here they are! I'll put my comments above each photo. Enjoy!

*Oh, and Evelyn learned how to whistle since yesterday's post. Yes. Whistle.

Evie's flapping her hands so fast that you can't see them! That's my old high chair that my mom saved and just added a new pad. That thing is 30 years old and still looks great.



Hanging out with Aunty Kerry in the backyard.


I LOVE this picture of my happy little girl!


Evie's so dramatic. "Romeo, oh Romeo..."
Close-up


Evie's contemplating life while chewing on a blade of grass.




Hanging out with Great Aunty Kathy



...and now we're done being held.


The paparazzi is always taking pics of Evie!


While in CT, Evie and I met up with Carrie and her daughter Claudia at the UConn Dairy Bar. Yummm...the ice cream there is so incredibly yummy! Carrie and I know each other from many summers at camp and Claudia is 4 days older than Evie.

Checking each other out.


Watching a big dairy truck back up.


Gramma and Grampa threw an early first birthday party for Evie! She was so lucky to receive a ton of lovely clothes and toys. She also had her first cupcake. Well, she mainly tasted the frosting and none of the cake part. Then she smeared it all over her face.







All cleaned up!
My good friend Hillary came to the party with her daughter Claire. Claire is 2 days older than Evie. Hillary introduced me and Eric. <3


My step-cousins graduated from UConn and Grampa, Evie and I went to the combined graduation party at a local park. Evie had a blast looking at the other kids there and crawling in the grass.

Posing with Grampa and Great Uncle Ricky.


Hanging out with Gramma

Mommy's friends Carol and Nick came over one day with their granddaughter Ava. Ava is 15 months old and too cute! Evie LOVES the play teapot set they bought her. Mom and Carol have been friends for over 40 years and went to nursing school together.



Let me out!


Another day, Evie and I went to Wickham Park with Heather and her twins, Jacob and Abby. Heather and I are friends from UConn. Her twins are 8 months old and too stinking cute! She also has a 5 year old daughter, Stephanie, but she was at pre-school during our outing. I couldn't complain about pushing Evie up the wicked steep hill because Heather had two babies in that double stroller!


Hanging out with Great-Gramma Gudlewski.


Awww, Evie decided to lay down on this big teddy bear.

Hanging out with Great Gramma Burns. Gramma Burns is in hospice care now, but she lit up every time we came to visit. Evelyn was so sweet and gentle with her! She was pulling the sheets up on Gramma's bed to play peek-a-boo and gave her very soft kisses. Gramma laughed several times too! It's hard seeing my gramma so weak, but I'm so incredibly glad her great-granddaughter made her happy.



Sneak preview of First Birthday pictures!

Evelyn had her first pickle at Rein's Deli!! It's a tradition for a kid to have their picture taken and placed on the Pickle Puss board. Evie LOVED sucking on the pickle. It was so cute to watch her gnaw.





That's all, folks!