Evie turns 1

Kylie got her own birthday post so I figured Evie should too. My baby is officially 1 now, hard to believe. This year has gone by very quickly in many ways and yet it also felt like a long year with 2 little ones. We had Evie's 1 year check up on Monday and she's doing great. When the dr said "Let's see how much you've grown"- she opened both arms up wide as if to say "So big"- it was so cute. She weighs 17 lbs 10 oz which puts her at the 25% for weight. She is btwn 25-50% for height and 75% for head size- lots of brains in there! She has 7 teeth with 1 more almost here. She's crawling super fast but I think is still several months away from walking as I've only seen her pull to a stand twice and no cruising yet. She is a great eater, although is also a super fast eater and chokes easily so I'm still cutting her food up small. She's mastered the sippy cup but likes to throw it from her chair. She has two words- mama and hi and can almost wave hello and goodbye- she puts her arm out but doesn't really wave yet. She loves to clap and dance to music. She's finally sleeping better at night and not waking up as early. She is a smiley, happy little girl who loves attention and let's you know with a loud scream if she's not getting what she wants. Here's some pics from her birthday. 

 Pumpkin pancakes with syrup for breakfast, Evie's saying "I can't hear you singing...louder please"

"For Me? Hooray!"

Opening a present later in the day- the balloon was definitely more of a hit with her

Eating at El Indio for dinner

And Menchies frozen yogurt for dessert. "Can I please have some more Dad?"

"Enough pictures already, I'm waiting...."

Happy birthday sweetie!

Bon Anniversarie Kylie and Evie

Since Kylie and Evie's birthdays are only 2 weeks apart we decided to have a joint party for them the weekend in between. We enjoyed an afternoon in Paris right in our own backyard. The weather was perfect and we all had a blast.

Bonjour

The bounce house is ready (and just barely fit!) I didn't take tree heights into consideration when I measured for it:) 

And the Boulangerie is open- we ate croissant sandwiches (we baked the Trader Joe's croissants that morning- so yummy), quiche, cheese and crackers, fruit, and pastries. Thank you to my mom for making my awning vision a reality :)

Merci Beaucoup for the many presents. The girls are loving them!!

The bounce house was a total hit. So glad I got the one with the slide too. So fun for climbing up...

And going down!

And jumping inside, watch out Jadon! (Side note: Ky LOVED this bounce house. She didn't nap the day of her party and literally stayed inside the jumper until they picked it up at 4)

Evie with Grandpa B and Grandma Meg

Evie had some friends there too. Here she is with Ella (13 months) and Ellie (6 months) and mommy's Courtney and Emily. E names must be popular right now!

We attempted to play Pin the Heart on the Eiffel Tower...it was a bit of a flop (Ky cried and wouldn't play because she didn't want the blindfold on)

But a few of the other kids tried. I asked Carter to go first since he was the oldest at 6 and told me he was really good at that game. Turns out he was right because he ended up winning :)

Kylie enjoying a sweet moment with her Daddy

Sebastian's turn

My mom gave a mini (2 minute) French lesson. Here she is telling the kids to plug their nose to help with the French accent.

Next we had cupcakes. Kylie doesn't love being in front of a crowd so after we sang to her she burst into tears. This caused Evie to start crying too so here they were after we sang.

Luckily they cheered up after they tasted their cupcakes

Especially this one (her first real sugar experience)

Why have you been holding out on me mom?!

Jadon, have you tried these yet?? Here, I'll give you some on your face. (He was such a good sport while Evie clobbered his face with her sticky fingers)

Cute cupcakes for everyone

We opened some presents outside but Kylie kept going back in to the jumper so we had to finish the rest later. Friends and family were so generous and the girls got so many wonderful gifts!

Here's Kylie trying out her fun new pony bike from Grandpa Jim and Grandma Meg

And the girls being pulled in their new wagon from Grandma and Grandpa B (given to them the day before)

Thanks to everyone who made it to the party. And thank you to Rachel and Alison for all the awesome pictures! 

Au revoir

Halloween Fun

Kylie's preschool class celebrated Halloween with a school parade and making a teacher's brew of dried ice in the classroom. Here's most of the kids in her class- I think a cut a few out of the shot.

3 princesses in her class

Holding hands with Cinderella and Scooby Doo during the parade

We started trick or treating early by heading down to the Riviera with the Holmes, Sheri's mom Linda, and Grandma Meg. I had heard about this event for a few years but this was our first time participating, so much fun! Def want to make it a tradition

Tinkerbell and Ariel looking so innocent. "May we have some candy please?"

This is the best day ever!

Me and my girls

"How are you doing in there Evie?"

"One for Stevie too." Kylie made sure to get candy for her friend at each stop.

my sweet little lambie

We even got to meet Elmo. Ky wasn't so sure about him though...

"Look what I got mom!"

 Grandma Meg and Evie

After the Riviera, we headed back to our house for a quick dinner so the girls would eat something besides candy all night. Then we did a little trick or treating up and down our street. By now, they were old pros.

After trick or treating, we let Kylie stay up late and pass out candy. She loved it except "I don't like those scary masks" she kept saying..And neither do I

Daddy helped her sort and count her loot.

I may or may not have eaten most of it by now, shhh... don't tell her :)

Kylie turns 3!

It's been a busy fall and I need to get caught up on some blog posts. Kylie turned 3 a week ago. How can my baby girl be 3 already?! She got to celebrate in preschool by putting candles on a felt cake, and blowing out a fake candle.

All the kids seemed to enjoy the pumpkin cupcakes I made. It's nice that we can bring treats for birthdays in preschool since it's almost never allowed in elementary school anymore.

 

 We had a  pretty quiet day on her actual bday since we were doing a joint party with Evie the following weekend (I'll blog about that soon) Kylie opened her presents when she woke up- she was very excited about her new scooter.

 

 She got a chocolate croissant for breakfast- mostly just ate the chocolate out of it.

She also got a stomp rocket. So. much. fun.

In  the afternoon we headed to Valley Park for a picnic lunch and a chance to practice scooting on the basketball courts while Daddy skated. It's amazing how much she improved in 1 afternoon.

We were planning on going to Chick-Fil-A for dinner and had promised Ky nuggets and chocolate milk. We drove up and were ready to park when doh! we forgot it was closed on Sunday. We were dressed super cas so we tried another easy place (Pat & Oscar's)- only to discover it was closed now too! 3rd times the charm- we finally decided to go to BJs. After dinner she got her first pizookie.

Is that for me?!

I think she likes it.

Yep, pretty sure.

We love you Kylie Bear. You'll always be our baby girl.