Gobble, gobble!

Lucky Evie celebrated Turkey Day in Spring Lake surrounded by family, including Stan the Man, her youngest cousin pictured above (Evie is also sporting her "thankful for mommy" t-shirt proudly). Ba and Opa traveled up with us as well so we had almost the entire family hosted by Grandma Bebe and Popi - Aunt Casey, Uncle Dave, Jules and Stan; Uncle Wally and Aunty Karen and cousin Molly. We had a delicious dinner with the works - every dish you could ask for was there - and Dad made some great sausage stuffing just like Uncle Karl's.

Grandma Bebe and Popi proudly display the turkey.

Jules cries out in delight over pumpkin pie. Molly takes in her first Thanksgiving with mommy Karen.
Evie gets dressed up in her Lily Pulitzer outfit with Daddy.

Evie was a big fan of the rocking chair but unfortunately liked standing on it more than sitting on it, to Mommy's dismay.

Finally she sits down and gives Mommy a break.

Evie enjoyed the Christmas village that Daddy set up - Grandma Bebe showed her how to sprinkle snow on all the people but she had the most fun sprinkling it on mommy.

Bagels for Babies...

The weekend started with the return of Daddy from some business trips - he was gone nearly all week and Mommy and Evie missed him so. Evie also had a little case of the sniffles, but she was still a trooper doing Stroller Strides with mommy and running a couple of errands on Saturday.

On Sunday, we all went over to Kate, Mike, and Izzy's new house where we had a delicious breakfast. Evie and the rest of the kids had a great time playing with all the toys and chewing on her bagel.

By the end of the weekend, Mommy had caught Evie's sniffles - whoops.

Evie checks out her first jack o' lantern.

Daddy finally got around to carving our pumpkin this weekend - Evie was a little intimidated when the lights were out but the next morning "Jack" was her friend. She took off his "stem hat" and liked poking her fingers in Jack's ears and eyebrows. Then she had a blast pushing Jack around the kitchen in her favorite chair.

An adventurous week with Grandma BeBe!

What a fun time Evie had with Grandma Bebe this week, as the two took over the town -- not only DC but Old Town as well. The two went into the city on Wednesday to walk around the FDR memorial, where Evie went and petted FDR's Scottie Fala. She and Eleanor also checked each other out. Finally, Evie and Grandma checked out the Lincoln Memorial. That night Evie tried her first taste of Popi's meatballs before heading over to yoga with mommy.

The next day Evie played peek-a-boo behind the chair before bundling up and going on a long walk by the waterfront with Grandma.

What a fun couple of days with Grandma!

Grandma BeBe's pictures of Evie

Grandma BeBe is visiting for a couple of days and brought some great photos of Evie on the beach and in the pool with Evie. She and Evie are going to have a great time over the next couple of days - checking out the FDR memorial and taking in some storytelling hours...

Mardi Gras Rehearsal Dinner

The happy couple organized a fantastic dinner on the Sandpiper Deck with a Mardi Gras theme! As the sun set, we all enjoyed a delicious meal with the lovely setting.

The family decked out in our finest!

Aunty Michelle, Evie and Mom..
Evie with cousin Adeline (as a zombie bride) playing in the sand. It was a little to hot for Evie to wear her lion cub costume!
Mommy and daughter hit the dance floor with Adeline.

Daddy, thank you for sharing your key lime pie with me! Delish!

Evie gets all gussied up for Karl and Amy's wedding...

I love Ba's necklace! Did you notice our dresses match - totally unplanned!

With Mommy and Ba...

Got some time to spare, so I'm going to try playing some chess...

Look at Uncle Karl all dappered up...

Amy and Karl being announced as husband and wife..

Evie had a great time dancing with Daddy at the reception..

Yea! What a party!

Down to Florida for Uncle Karl's wedding!

Evie took her first flight this weekend down to Tampa, Florida for Uncle Karl's wedding to Amy. She did a great job on the plane... sleeping the whole way... once we arrived, we caught up with the bride and groom for a lovely lunch at the resort which was like paradise. Then we were soon off to the beach and pool for some fun. Evie loved the beach - the water was pretty calm so she could run around in the pools and ran straight into the small waves. She also loved playing with the sand and shells, which were quite helpful in taking small tastes of sea water and sand. Luckily after a few licks she gave up on her taste tests.

More pictures of Amy's and Karl's wedding coming up...