Magic Markers: Fun times!

This past week was a big week for us. I decided to take Evelyn to visit KY by myself. I was so nervous about driving there without Pat, but I really wanted to the chance to catch up with some friends before I go back to work in a few weeks. I didn't need to worry because Evelyn was good as gold on the drive there and slept the whole time. On Wednesday, Evelyn got to see T&W Printing for the first time. I know that she was very impressed by it all... and she loved getting to see her Pops too! We visited GiGi Mitchell and Great-Aunt Carolyn and had lots of fun playing with them. Later that day, Evelyn and I went on a walk with Kiki and stopped to get ice cream. Yum! Evie is looking forward to the day that she can actually eat ice cream. Pops can't wait until she can try some...I think he'd give her a taste now if I let him! On Thursday, Evie and I went to Sawyer Point to meet Mommy's friend Julie. We had such a wonderful day! We walked around the parks enjoying the views and the breeze. We made our way past stadiums and downtown to Fountain Square. We had lunch and cooled off in the air conditioning. We stopped for some quick shopping and a yummy treat from Starbucks. Then we met up with Mommy's friend Bridget on the way back. Through it all, Evelyn was such a good girl! She napped most of the time, but when she was awake she was very happy and smiley. After our walk, we went to Aunt Holly's apartment for a visit. Kiki, Pops and Uncle Adam met us there and we all went to dinner. I'm still not completely comfortable taking Evelyn out to restaurants, but she was a perfect little lady...mostly. We did have a messy little incident with her diaper (ew!). This was quickly rectified and then she just sat in her seat looking around, cooing and smiling until she fell asleep. On Friday, Evelyn and I met up with Kate and baby Meg. We had fun hanging out at the park with them, but it was too hot to stay very long unfortunately. We can't wait until the next time we can get together with them and play! After the park, we went to visit Great-Aunt Linda and Maria. We loved hanging out and getting to see them (and Luci, Kevin and Great-Uncle Jerry too!). Evelyn and I headed home on Saturday afternoon after a busy couple of days. I wish we could have stayed even longer, but I know that Daddy was very happy to have his baby girl back!

We enjoyed just spending time together as a family this weekend. We got some yard work done and had a pizza party on Saturday. We woke up to sweet smiles and cooing from Evelyn on Sunday. She is such a happy girl in the morning! Aunt Shannon came to see Evelyn on Sunday. Evie enjoyed playing with her auntie!

May 28th was an extra special day for us because it Memorial Day this year and it was also Pat's birthday! We decided to go out to breakfast and then just spend the day relaxing and hanging out together per Pat's request.

Here are a few pics of Evelyn over the past week or so....