Waiting

Evelyn is all ready for Grandma and Grandpa to arrive tomorrow... (Mommy and Daddy are pretty excited to see them too.)

Shameless

Yes, it's yet another baby picture... She's just so photogenic, and we're pretty besotted.

Bonding

Today the cousins hung out for a while. They are pretty cute together!

Shadows

Snacks

Daddy has a somewhat different snack technique than Mommy...

Pink

Tiny

One of my favorite pictures of Evelyn, taken when she was only a week and a half old. She still really likes napping with her arms over her head.

Reading

The Very Hungry Caterpillar is some pretty engrossing literature these days.

Celebration

Bluebell ice cream has returned to the stores in DFW, and there is much rejoicing indeed! Ben and I are pretty much ruined now when it comes to other ice cream, so maybe we are becoming Texans...

Relaxation

Sometimes you just need to take things easy for a bit. Habibti is a great role model!

Quilt

We have a quilt over one of our bedroom windows to make it easier for Evelyn to nap right now. It's really pretty when the sun comes through it in the afternoon!

Daddy

Contrast

Halloween

Evelyn had to go to bed before she could hand out any candy to trick-or-treaters, but she supervised the pumpkin carving before going to sleep.

Screen

Someone decided to hang out on our screen door.

Raking

The leaves may be coming down, and the weather may be a bit more fallish, but I can still rake barefoot, and that's just confusing.

Delicious

I broke my no-flour rule in a spectacular fashion when we received this amazing gift box from Ben's grandparents to celebrate Evelyn. So good!

Help

Evelyn likes to help mommy work on the computer. She's not very good at typing yet, though...

Arboretum

The Dallas Arboretum wasn't all pumpkins and child's tears when we visited it last Wednesday...

Vine

Biased

We might be just a tad biased, but we think she's pretty cute!

Mobile

Evelyn thinks her mobile is pretty fascinating.

Pumpkins

Yesterday, we went to the Dallas Arboretum's Fall Pumpkin Patch so Evelyn could see what fall is sort of supposed to look like. I had a great time!

Evelyn, however, was initially skeptical about taking pictures...

...and then unquestionably unimpressed.

Zucchini

The zucchini noodles were surprisingly attractive as they dehydrated in preparation for lasagna.

Cousins

I only had my phone with me, so the pictures are not great quality, but Evelyn got to spend time with her cousin, Edmund. She was nonplussed.

Garden

Evelyn and I visited a nearby rose garden on Friday after dropping off dinner for a friend. While Evelyn was a not particularly impressed, I enjoyed it a great deal.

Rose

Evelyn Kate

Evelyn Kate arrived on August fifth at home. Her parents and Habibti are pretty excited about her arrival!

Change

Our laundry is looking a little different these days...