Books!

This weekend was packed. Saturday was the usual: errands, shopping, laying around, going to the Children's Museum. Evelyn was interacting with the other babies a little more on this trip to the museum. She pulled one kid's pacifier right out of her mouth, and yanked on another kid's shirt! So yeah, that's great.

Sunday was a trip to Greeley for a joint birthday party for Jon and his siblings. Aw, the family photo.
Evelyn doing one of her three favorite things: crawling up stairs. She is action-baby!

My daughter is so cute. (Do you see that adorable dress? Thank you, Baby Gap! I am such a sucker for their clothes.)

Evelyn also loves flowers.

And finally, her #1 love: Books!

That is the sad puppy counting book, her favorite favorite favorite. We read it probably 20 times a day. Evelyn will, from time to time, scream when I put the book down. That's fun. Carol had two copies: one small one that she gave us, and one big version that she keeps at her house. It isn't a board book so it is getting pretty torn up. Aside from reading the sad puppy counting book, Evelyn also likes to throw it around, sit on it, eat it, bend it in half, etc.

We went to a garage sale and bought a cute little (slightly damaged) bookshelf for Evelyn's room. The way she loves books she'll fill it up before long. We are also starting to plan her first birthday party (can you believe she is almost one?) and the theme will be Books!

We aren't going too crazy for Evie's birthday. I mean, she's only one year old. So we decided NOT to rent out Coors Field and instead decided on Elitch's. We're doing pony rides and hot-air balloon rides, but we had to draw the line at an Air Force fly-over. I mean, some things are just too much.

Ha! I kid. Of course. No, we are thinking BBQ pizzas in the backyard with family and a couple friends that have kids. I am going to attempt to make a cake in the shape of a book. I am going to channel my innner Duff Goldman (the only time I'll do that!) to carve a cake that looks like an open book. Oh, sure, Wilton makes a cake pan in the shape of a book, but that is too easy. Why spend he $20 on a cake pan I'll only use once! Madness!

So that was our weekend. And scene!