Just a couple more cute pictures...

 Violet is apparently in an outrageously photogenic stage

 (Above) I love that face!  Don't you just want to kiss those perfect cheeks?! 

 What do you suppose Evy is doing in this picture?  She's sitting in Mommy's chair, wearing my nursing wrap, nursing her baby doll (her doll is under the wrap).  When she's done, she burps her and changes her diaper. 

Halloween

 We had a great Halloween!  In case you can't tell, Evy was a Zebra, Vi was a dinosaur, Josh was a Star Wars fan, and I was an angel.  I actually got their costumes at the same garage sale a year apart.  I bought Vi's last year and Evy's this year at the Huntington Blvd. Mile Long Yard Sale.  When we bought Vi's, I was pregnant w/ her but didn't know her gender.  It's sort of a boyish costume but I added a pink bow.  She was pretty delighted with her costume!  I think she knew how cute she was.  We started the night with some trick or treating on our street. 

 In the above picture, it's hard to see, but Evy brought one of her dolls trick or treating with her in her bucket.  Evy was really excited about all the candy she got for saying "trick or treat".  She wanted to eat it all immediately but she settled for two pieces before dinner.  Violet just loved seeing so many friendly people and being held all night.  

 

 Below are the candy buckets that Nanny made for the girls.

 Every year I face paint at our church's Fall Family Festival.  This year Evy came right up (cutting in front of the line) and asked me to paint her face too!  She wanted a kitty on this cheek and a turtle on the other cheek.  And she did such a good job sitting still for Mommy. 

 Vi smiling at her Aunt Sarah...

 Here are our candy buckets in the dark.  Daddy had to carry them because they were so full of candy (good job girls!). 

Evy feeds Vi

Tonight we discovered that Evy is just as capable as we are of feeding Violet.  It's a little messier when Evy does it, but she still gets it done.  

Fall

 Great Grandma Margaret made these adorable dresses for the girls. 

 The picture below is not only a great picture of Violet, but it's also funny because it looks like Evy is about to step on Vi (she's not; she's actually trying to sit on her pumpkin). 

 I love these two (above and below) pictures!  I can't believe we actually got them both to smile at the same time.  Josh took as many pictures as he could while I danced around clapping and singing "Down at Grandpa's Farm".  Teamwork! 

 

Theology

Here's Evy sharing the most important thing she'll ever know.

More Summer Fun

We enjoy trying to squeeze all 4 of us into pictures! We call this Evy's "pirate face."

Below, Evy is reading a bedtime story with cousins Maddie and Megan.

Violet and Grandpa are buddies. Here they're taking a nap together.

This picture just makes us laugh.

Happy Violet!

Evy likes to help in the kitchen. We're hoping she has a promising career ahead of her in the culinary arts.

We're making a salad together. Evy likes to use the salad spinner.

Last week we took advantage of the unusually cool weather and went to the zoo with Grandpa and Grandma.

This is how Evy wanted to walk all morning.

Violet enjoys relaxing on Dad's chair.

Here are a few videos for fun.
In this last video, Evy is eating a tomato. At the end she says, "Ready picture!" ("I'm ready to take a picture!")
We're having a great year with our tomato plants. Last week we had some friends over for the evening and they brought some cookies for dessert. Our friend Meredith gave Evy a chocolate chip cookie before we went out back to look at the garden. While eating her cookie outside, Evy noticed a beautiful, ripe tomato so she handed her half eaten cookie to Meredith . . . so she could pick and eat the tomato instead. Evy'd rather eat a tomato than a cookie I guess.

Violet's Newborn Pictures

Here's our little Violet, a week and a half old, posing for her newborn pictures on Daddy's guitar. Don't worry, she doesn't usually sleep on Josh's guitar; it just makes for adorable, memorable pictures!

Nana made this cute crocheted diaper and I (Mommy) made Vi's hat. A good friend of Uncle Ken and Aunt Anna's took these beautiful pictures for us.

Nana made this cocoon too.

Just look at these beautiful lips!

Big sister Evy counting Vi's "piggies."

I wonder what she's dreaming about...

Such a beautiful baby!