Look Who's Standing!!

Mom's cousin Karen got married on Saturday. The wedding took place at the groom's farm. It was a beautiful setting and an equally beautiful day. I forgot to bring my camera, but I pilfered this shot from Sue. Here is Eva, standing and looking at some kittens. Her cousin Steve was giving us the tour. He named the three kitties after us: Steve, Eva, and Lindsay. Eva has discovered that she enjoys standing and "walking." We did lots of walking this weekend. Mom's back is a little sore today from being bent over, helping Eva. Eva has been a little tired from all this new muscle work.

For the love of Honeycrisps!

Grandpa Ron LOVES Honeycrisp apples. He recently bought a half bushel of them while he was up in Gays Mills...true apple country. Eva was very curious when she saw me eating one. She age it a try and found she likes to bite into it just like corn on the cob. In fact, when I later offered her apple slices, she refused them, wanting the whole thing instead.

On a side note, I try to keep this blog full of fun things going on in our life. But, life has its challenges too. We have noticed slight delays in Eva's large muscle development for some time. This morning we had her formal evaluation. As a 14 month old (today!) she has the balance and muscle control of a 10-month-old. This means that she has a 28% delay, qualifying her for physical therapy. Already today, the PT gave us lots of great suggestions. We're looking forward to working with her to help Eva continue to progress in her development.

Shenanigans!

We have a little jokester in our house. Eva loves to do "silly" things and laugh and laugh at herself. She has quite a sense of humor. She loves to play "mother cat," transporting her toys around the house by carrying them in her mouth.

And now, peek-a-boo with a twist...she likes to crawl around with the dish towel over her head. It took a couple of head firsts into the walls or cabinets before she realized she needs to pay some attention to where she is going.

Lovely

Eva poses in front of some beautiful flowers at Park Farms Winery.

Platteville Dairy Days

Our old town of Platteville is swinging in full force this weekend for Dairy Days! We took in the morning parade and spent the afternoon at the fairgrounds. Our fun included seeing livestock and new puppies, eating fried cheesecurds, playing at the park, and going on 2 rides! Eva could've swang for hours...

Dad and Eva brave the slide

A baby puppy!

Hey guys, check out our hot car

And last, but not least, a spin on the carousel

Good Morning!

Eva...fresh out of bed on a sticky summer morning.

Another Adventure of Eva and Mom

Les and I have recently been pretty preoccupied with moving, building a house, and work commitments. So yesterday, I planned a day all about Eva. We played all morning and went for a long walk. Then, in the afternoon, we planned to load up and head to Verona to visit Liz and all of her "friends" from daycare.

Things didn't go as expected. We had just gotten on the highway when the car failed. It was pretty scary...at 65 mph I suddenly had limited steering ability and brakes. Thankfully, we were on an uphill incline so I coasted up the hill and pulled onto the shoulder before throwing the car into park to come to a full stop.

Luckily Dad came to the rescue about 10 minutes later and we had the car towed. No word yet on the fate of our little Daewoo... While it was definately an "adventure" we really had the best case scenario: close to home, in the middle of the day, and help was easily available.

Labor Day at the Park

We met Grandma and Grandpa at the park for a Labor Day picnic today. The bees were terrible! They kepts swarming our table. Eva enjoyed playing at the park. Afterwards, we stopped out to see our new house. It's coming along...the shingles and electricity are going in right now.