Evie and I visiting my sister-in-law(Aunt Liz) from May 22-May 30.
We had a blast!!! Plus, Evie Gene(much to Eugene's sadness(and Aunt Tess's)) learned how to crawl while we were there!!!! Just shy of 8 months and she is crawling like a pro!! We had been seeing all the signs for a couple weeks prior to the visit, and Eugene and Tess had been trying very hard to motivate her to crawl but nothing worked. We enjoyed and relaxed the whole week. Shopping, driving, beach, food, crossfit(only once ;)), chatting!!! The trip gave me a chance to get to know my sister in law better and to miss her more. I hope that her and Tom eventually come back to the area so we can she them more. Evie LOVED her Aunt Liz, immediately upon meeting each other, Evie smiled and went to her with open arms.
Aunt Liz bought Evie her pail and shovel. She mostly just chewed on the shovel and hit things with it. I would fill the bucket with toys and she would IMMEDIATELY dump it out.
We went to Wrightsville Beach. It was very nice and clean. We picked a beautiful day to go, all sun, not a cloud in the sky. The took about 3 hrs. We had a very hard time finding a place to park and stopped for lunch after looking for a parking spot for 45 mins. We ended up paying a homeowner to park in there drive way. The guy was amused when I asked if he was going to have us towed and if it was really his house.
Evie loved playing in her tent and was haming it up to the cute girl sitting by us. She was not to fond of the water but it was very cold. Liz and I were a site walking in, all the crap you have to bring with for a baby is exhausting. The little stroller would not 'stroll' threw the sand, so I lifted one end and liz lifted the other(while carrying all the crap) with Evie still in the stroller. We were panicked when we got to the beach because there were not really any spots to sit, but realized that if we walked farther down the beach it wasn't as busy. We took a walk down the beach and all the old people commented how cute a baby I have : ) and waved at Evie, and she responded with her cute little smile.
Evie loved this coffed table, she spent hours pulling her self up, playing with her toys, getting back down, and throwing her toys off. I was making lunch and left her to play like pictured, came back a few mins later and she was all the way by her carseat!! There was a few instances that happened that I knew she crawled but I didn't see it. So I got the camera out and tried to catch her crawling. No success. I put the video camera down and went back over to the kitchen(open floor plan, I can she her from the stove.) When I looked back she was all the way over by the fire place. So.... I decided to bait her by putting her new, much loved, seseme street stacking cups across the room nicely stacked just waiting for her to knock over. SUCCESSS!!! She took the bait, and crawled right to the cups.
This is a picture of Evie and I waiting at the airport in Raleigh to go home. Flying with an 8 month old was exhausting. Not bad, just tiring. Thankfully she was a very good baby, and flew like a pro. My baby who never naps took a 45 min nap for both flights. Evie smiled for everyone and never cried. On the flight home I over heard a lady say to her adult daugher, " Cute kid, I hope she stays that way"...lol right... that was encouraging. Both flights nobody was next to me so I was able to sit her in the seat for a while and lay her down when she was napping.
Helping??? Question mark. Lol Anytime I do laundry she quick crawls her way over to the basket and drags one piece out at a time. Screams and laughs, I am not sure whats so funny but its very cute : )
