Loving this time of year!

I was definitely sad to see this weekend end.  I had an extra day off and I enjoyed every single extra second that I got to spend with Evelyn.  As an added bonus, my mom and sister came up to see us on Friday and do some Christmas shopping.  Evie loved hitting the mall with us girls!  She was an angel the entire day!  Of course, it helped that Aunt Shannon, Kiki and I took turns holding her when she got tired of sitting in her stroller.  She loved the commotion of the mall and all of the decorations.  She even saw Santa – from a distance.  Daddy wasn’t with us so we decided to wait until he could be there for her to get closer and maybe sit on his lap.  After all of our shopping we had dinner and again Evelyn did fantastic.  She enjoys drinking water from a straw so that kept her entertained and happy.

 Saturday and Sunday were mostly spent hanging out at the house.   We wrapped some presents, made peanut butter cookies, watched a Christmas movie and played with our girl.  She’s a busy little bee, always on the go.  She pulled up on the couch last week *all by herself*.  I was a little caught off guard by this.  She still seems so little to me, but at almost 9 months I guess she’s getting to be a big girl!  She’s making messes, getting into stuff, and having a ball doing it!

 I find myself thinking about how she will be a year in a little over three months…and then stopping myself from thinking about it.  I want to enjoy the here-and-now with Evelyn.  I want to enjoy the stage that she’s at now.  She’ll never be this age again.