"If food doesn't cheer yu up, by golly, your doomed." --Stacy J. Blake--

Lately I have started putting some baby food into Evelyn's baby cereal, just to mix things up a bit for her. I started one week with some prunes (she was a bit constipated from eating real food). Then last week I gave her some green beans one day, which she liked ok, and this week I tried some sweet peas, which she seems to like more than the green beans. I was feeding her the other night and she was just being so darn cute after she was done eating that I had to snap some shots of her. This kid is just too funny and so much fun!







(P.S.- only 23 days til I fly out to Rhode Island for Mark's graduation and get to see him!!!! YAY!!!!!!!!!! I'm so excited!!!!!!!!!)

"Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength; loving someone deeply gives you courage." --Lao Tzu--

A couple days ago my dad came over with a box that had just been delivered for me...no it wasn't my Cricut which I have been waiting for for daaaaaays and daaaaaaaaaaays and it's still not here!!! Argh! Anywho, it was a vase with fresh flowers in it from my wonderful, amazing husband! I couldn't believe it, mainly cuz I didn't think Mark had any free time to do something like that, although I guess it doesn't take too long to order flowers, but still. It was very unexpected but very much appreciated! :) A very pleasant surprise indeed.

The flowers were ones that hadn't bloomed yet so this morning they had fully bloomed and they are so gorgeous! I really don't have a darn clue what type they are but they're beautiful! They were a Valentine's Day/Birthday surprise for me even though he already let me get the Cricut for my present but I'm not complainin'! I love how sweet and wonderful he is to me even when he's going through a rather hard time at OCS and is worn out. He still finds time to do something nice to surprise me. All I have to say is I have the BEST husband ever! I just love him so much!

Here's some pics of my beautiful bouquet.






I did have a pretty good birthday even though Mark wasn't here. I got to pick what we had for Sunday dinner so we had a yummy breakfast dinner. Then on my actual birthday I didn't really do too much except go out to eat at the Rib Crib with my parents, which that was pretty darn great, so yummy! The best part of the day though was that Mark got to call me! It was only for a couple minutes but it was still wonderful. He is doing pretty good btw, just worn out like I said. He just always says that he's tired. He stays up late a lot to study or get ready for inspections or other things. He keeps pretty busy that's for sure. He's so close to being done though! I just bought my ticket to go out there for his graduation and will be leaving four weeks from yesterday or 27 days :) I'm so excited!!!!!!!!!!!! I can't wait to see him!

"The only thing worth stealing is a kiss from a sleeping child" --Joe Houldsworth--

So I was sitting on my bed the other day with Evelyn playing next to me while I read a book (Percy Jackson, The Last Olympian...great series that one is!). I noticed she was getting sleepy and luckily I had my camera next to me cuz I got this funny little series of pics.






She's such a funny little thing when she's falling asleep. Sometimes she fights it off so hard even if she's tired beyond belief. Other times I wrap her up, put her in bed, and she's out. Then there's times like this where we're just chillin' and she difts off all nice and quiet. I like those the best :)

"A daughter may outgrow your lap, but she will never outgrow your heart."

Evelyn hasn't quite outgrown my lap but she has grown a lot since she arrived! It's crazy how a big a difference a few pounds on a baby is! Anyway, this post is another before and after. I was going through some pics I got from my mom's camera and found this sweet little pic of Evelyn when she was two weeks old.



And here is her most recent pic I have.



She was so tiny and wrinkly when she was a newborn! She seems so different now that she's bigger and more active :) It's crazy how much difference four months makes! I'm excited to see how the next four months will change her!