Food = Fun

I finally captured the funny snort on video.

Visit with Meme and Aunt Michele

I am kicking myself for not taking any photos of Meme and Aunt Michele....

Last Sunday Gilbert, Eva and I went over for lunch since my Aunt Michele was in town. We had a wonderful time together and look forward to her return visit in May.

Puffs are a beautiful thing...

She loves to look outside.

Gifts from Grandma

Gilbert's Mom sent Eva a package filled with all kinds of goodies. She had a great time opening it and going through everything. Thanks Grandma!!

Disclaimer - Our bedroom and bathroom are a disaster. It is what happens when you have kids. Time for cleaning and organizing goes out the window...

Growing Up

Eva took her first steps on Tuesday. She walked a few times throughout the day and was quite pleased with herself. She hasn't done it since, but I am sure it is just a matter of time before she remembers that she can walk!!

She loves to play her version of hide and seek. If I open the bedroom door she will take off across the hall to either the guest room or her bedroom and wait for me to come and get her. She also likes to crawl inbetween furniture and peek up at me. She is a super fast crawler!!

She walks around her learn and groove music table and gets so excited that she starts breathing funny - almost like a snort. She really likes the mobility thing...

Eva loves to do everything by herself. She wants to feed herself and hold a cup herself. Last night she filled a cup in the bathtub up with water and tried to drink it! She really observes and mimics from that. On Monday she watched Sophia playing with a clapper toy and then went over and knew just what to do with it to make noise.

I am worried about finding a job, but so blessed at the same time to be able to have this special time at home with Eva.

Cousins

On Monday evening we headed over to Amy and Cory's. I made my homemade pizza (so good) and we wanted to see Issac and play with Sophia.

These are actually pictures from Sunday when Sophia came over to play. I gave the girls an Oreo. I think they liked it!

In the car. Eva has been HORRIBLE about being in her carseat lately. She will cry the whole time. I kept her entertained by letting her take my sunglasses on and off my face.

I don't know how professional photographers do it. It was so tough to get the 2 girls to look at the camera. Isaac of course was perfect.

I like this one of Isaac giving the peace sign.

Checking out the little guy. Eva loves all kids, but really isn't sure what to do with babies.

Perfection. I can't get over how tiny he is and that I had a baby that was even smaller. He is such a sweet baby!

Here is a video of Eva and Sophia going down the slide of the bouncy. They have so much fun together and Eva really learns a lot from being around Sophia.

Eating & Playing

Here are some pictures and video from Saturday. We didn't do anything exciting - just ran some errands and ate at chic-fil-a. Gilbert and I are on a very tight budget and don't get to eat out anymore. But we came in under budget this month and decided to eat out for lunch at chic-fil-a! Eva liked the fries and chicken but enjoyed watching all the kids play even more!!

After we got home from running errands, we played upstairs.

She does this crazy thing where she wrinkles up her nose and kinda snorts. I need to capture it on video.....

Kissing mama.

This picture is funny because she looks....

Eva eyeing Daddy's food.

She had chicken, green beans, corn and homemade buttermilk biscuit. She liked the green beans the best.

He's Here

Issac Grant Cissell was born a little before 9AM this morning. Gilbert and I kept Sophia this morning and took her over in the afternoon. Poor little girl fell asleep when we were about 2 minutes away from the hospital. So Gilbert stayed in the car with the sleeping girls and I got to go in by myself and love on little Isaac. He is such a handsome little man - all 9lbs 3ozs of him!

Little Ike

This is a picture of Sophia when she was born. I think the Cissell babies look alike!