T-V-E-V

Just like her mother did at her age, Evie loves TV. The other morning she woke up and the first thing she did was point to the TV and babble something really cute to demand to watch a cartoon. Because she had been up a lot the night before with teething pain, I said something like "aww, you're so cute" and turned on an episode of Shaun the Sheep. This is a picture that I took of her that morning. This is what Evie's favorite kind of morning looks like. 

Spring Buds

If you have been following my yard adventure from last year you will know how amazing it is that my little crabapple trees that I planted in the hard, frozen, ground last year are alive and budding! I was so stoked when I saw these little guys poking their heads out of the twigs that are my trees. 

I planted the trees last October because we got the required trees on super-sale and the HOA was on our back to get something in. The first tree I planted lost most of it's root ball when I tried to take it out of the bucket and it is really top heavy and awkwardly drooping down to one side. Due to the lack of the root ball, the hole I dug at the recommended twice the width and to the size of the estimated root ball, the hole was WAY too big and the tree sat too low in the ground and gathered water around the base. I was sure it was going to get root rot before spring. After a week or so, I went back out with my shovel and dug the tree back up and re-planted it higher in the ground with more soil augmenter. As you can see, I can't believe it survived all the abuse! What a testament to the strength, versatility, and endurance of Mother Nature! 

Daddy Play Time

One of Evie's favorite things to do is play with her Daddy.  I took a couple of videos because I thought it was cute. They are just short with nothing really to them but I love watching Evie and Seth play, it really warms my heart and makes me grateful that I was able to marry such a great man! (See, Seth. Now you can't give me crap and writing about you on FB and the blog!)

FINALLY FRAMED!

The framers finished the basement yesterday! Yay! I am so excited to finally have some evidence of our work and planning on the house going somewhere. In this upstairs area we are putting in a bedroom, bathroom, playroom, and laundry/kitchenette. Here are some pictures!

This is a picture from the laundry area looking at the playroom and bedroom on the far side.

This is the huge bedroom closet. I think its something like 10'x3' 1/2"

This is a picture from the family room door looking at the mechanical room and laundry room area.

 Bathroom!

Mechanical room

 Bathroom and play room

 Stairs to sub-basement 

Closet and under-stair storage of bedroom number 5

 Sub-basement bedroom #5

First Box of Toygaroo Toys!

Last weekend I signed up for this genius site called Toygaroo.com. Basically, the site is like Netflix for toys. For a flat-rate monthly fee you get a predetermined number of toys per month or every two months. We signed up for 4 toys every month and today we got our first shipment! I felt like a little kid at Christmas when I heard the mailman's knock on the door today. Evie didn't know what was going on but very soon realized that this was awesome. I'm sorry that some of these pictures are not right-side up, I'm too lazy to rotate them outside Blogger. It was really fun watching her dig through the box and realize that these toys were for her. 

We opened the box (which includes a pre-paid return label) and revealed our first box of Toygaroo toys! One of the things that sold me about this company is that they steam-clean, organically sanitize, and shrink wrap each toy to make sure they are "yuck" free. I expected the toys to be in good condition but all of them (with the exception of one) are in "like new" condition! The thing that really pushes it over the top of awesome is this next part. Each of the toys I ordered require batteries, I was expecting to have to buy batteries that would be dedicated to the Toygaroo toys and removed before returning the toys but get this, ALL the toys came with working batteries! Evie and I are loving this company so far. I'll keep you updated on our Toygaroo experience! 

Evie's Crazy Dance