Tuesday, August 30, 2011

No news is good news?

So... it's been a while. I appologize :(
Not much has been going on at the Ricketts house.

Its been over 8,000 degrees in the great state of Texas...
Not really, but it has been over 100 for two and half months now... and I'm SO OVER IT!!!
100 degree weather is bad enough... but when you have to carry around a 20 lbs weight it's even worse!
So we've been stuck at home, a lot, leaving us with little to report. (and I've been REALLY lazy)

Speaking of stuck at home... this is the cave we've been living in...
The curtains haven't been opened in FOREVER because it gets too hot.
I can't wait until the oven, also known as the weather, cools down.


"What's up with your door?" you ask.
"That would be the result of marrying an eagle scout" I respond.
My genius husband put up a car sun shade over the glass door to keep the sun out.
The temperature literally dropped 10 degrees!! YAY!


The boxes are for Evie... she likes to "pull up" on them.

Back to Evie...

Evie has been zooming around, she still army crawls (I'm not sure she will ever "real crawl") but she is so fast.
She pulls up on everything, loves to walk holding your hands and can sit up on her own (from her tummy).

As I mentioned above, she weighs 20 or 21 lbs (depending on the scale). She is already wearing her 12 month clothes and has moved up to 18 month on a few pieces. She is a giant!
Everyone loves to stop me at the store and tell me how much they love chubby babies. And then I show them the back of her legs... and they can't believe it so they have to pinch them! I love my chunky monkey! So cute!

She is very curious. 
She LOVES to read books and turn the pages. 
She is starting to make a lot more noises, which include screaming, whining, talking and humming.
She has a bit of "mommy anxiety" right now.
Her favorite person in the whole world is her daddy.
She is a picky eater :(
She can put cherrios in her mouth all by herself.
She waves her hands in the air, up and down really fast.
She loves to play peekaboo.

I love her.

Who needs a Jack-in-the-box when you have a George-in-the-box... with claws no less!

Happy Girl

"What are you looking at?"

"Me? Oh, okay!"

Standing at the new play table

I LOVE my daddy, and he LOVES me!!!

"Umm, why did you close the door? I was trying to escape!"

Big Smile

So pretty

Getting in trouble

Getting in more trouble

Eating markers

Looking out and banging on the window at the plumbers fixing our broken pipe

Stuck... she literally didn't know how to get down... she cried...
I love to read!





Thursday, July 7, 2011

4th of July!

Daddy had to work on the 4th so we had a pretty low key day.

Mommy went shopping with Grammy for baby clothes, I've already grown out of all my 9 month stuff!

Then we had a BBQ dinner with uncle Nick at my Grammy's house.

Playtime with Uncle Nick



Snuggle time with my daddy :)

Playtime!

June was filled with playing! Evie learned how to army crawl, she's starting to talk a bit and she loves to play "peek-a-boo"!

She's also starting to get in to trouble... let the baby proofing begin :)

One afternoon she crawled up to the PS3 and hit the eject button... out popped a DVD! Now she crawls straight for it hoping it will happen again. She loves pulling things apart and dumping her toy baskets... and of course everything goes in her mouth.
Nap time? I think not!

Yes, that's a chemistry onsie

This is what happens when daddy is left in charge :)


Playtime with my buddy Ezra




Working on my Pilates moves

Pulling down baskets...

Playtime with my BFF Maggie!

Baby Blanket

Grammy (Lisa's mom) made Evie a baby blanket. This was a very special gift to Evie, and very momentous for Lisa as she was attached to her baby blanket as a child. Claire and Lisa picked out the fabric before Evie was born, even before we knew she was a girl, and there's a piece of Lisa's baby blanket sewn in the middle.

I'm sure this blanket will go everywhere we go, just like mommy's did!

Mommy's blanket patch is in the middle left.

Smile!


Back side

Peek a Boo!

Splish Splash

Little Miss had her first experience in the pool on June 13th. We headed up to Brian's parent's house for a dip in order to cool down... it's been over 100 degrees for a month now!!!

Evie wasn't sure at first, but as soon as she figured out she could splash she was happy as a clam.


more interested in the hat tie than the water...


Hanging out with my daddy!