Photo shoot

For those of you that don't know, B's family is full of really talented photographers. B's sister, Alisa, took pictures of us when we were pregnant with Evelyn (mind you, those were in Oregon in November-- complete with sweater and jeans!).  Brendon's brother and his wife were here last week (more about that soon!) and Brent was kind enough to take some pics of us for this pregnancy.  Temps have been in the 70s-80s, lately... and even a few 90s. Thankfully, we found a shady spot for some pics.

Here are some of my faves.
Brendon, 34 years.
Annie, 30 years.
Evelyn Anne, 2 years, 3 months.
Baby girl Powell: 25 weeks.

A lesson...

In fried okra from am visiting expert. At long last!!
Thanks Deanne!











So wonderful to have you visit!!

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Ev sings about the planets!

She's been singing about the planets for about a month now- thanks to aunt and uncle for finally catching it on video!



Here are the words, incase you missed 'em:

Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars,
These are the planets near our star.

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, too.
Neptune and Pluto, we can't see you.

I know the planets, do you?

(Yes. We still include Pluto!! Long live Pluto's planet status!)

Evelyn Anne-2 years and 3 months

So... we are just a few days shy of Ev's 27 month birthday.  I have neglected to post about her birthday activities we had in February. Amazing how time flies.  We had a wonderful party at her daycare, as well as one at our home with family. Before pictures, here are some stats:

First, let's remember where we started:
Born: ~6:30am, Feb. 8th 2010 in Portland, Oregon (8 days overdue!)
Weight: 8lbs, 11oz (85%)
Height: 21.5 inches (90%)

1 year appt:

1 year check up on Feb. 21, 2011 in Nashville, Tennessee

Weight: 19lbs, 9oz (22%)

Height: 28.5 inches (22%)

2 year check up:
2 year check up on Feb. 10, 2012 in Nashville, Tennessee
Weight: 26lbs, 9oz (40%)
Height: 33 inches (32%)

She's still a little peanut... the biggest she ever was, was when she was born. (Lucky, mom. ha!)

We have lucked out, though, in that her appetite and her willingness to sleep are MUCH bigger than she is!!!

In addition, we are really excited that she's turning out to be every bit as inquisitive and talkative as we expected. Congrats to her on her quick mastery of book memorization, exclusively eating with a spoon and fork, saying all her ABCs and counting to 10 in both English and Spanish, trying many different foods, continually working to be polite, and speaking full sentences and singing us songs.

Among other things, this past year brought her first haircut, potty training and learning to dress herself. 

What will the next bring??

((After all this bragging about her... there is one little parenting thing that Brendon and I want to brag about:

Some of you know this, but... WE DID IT. We made it 2 years without EVER buying her a single stitch of canned/jared baby food.

To those of you who think it's impossible to work 2 full time jobs AND make your own baby food- I must implore you that it IS possible. And WAY easier than you think!))

Congrats on 2 years, Evelyn Anne. We love you.

And now for some birthday pics....