Camping!

This past weekend, we took our second camping trip as family of four!
In Oregon, Brendon and I camped frequently, but since we moved to Nashville when Ev was 4 months old, we hadn't really camped at all until Cora was about a month old.  Recently, we've wanted to get back to doing all the things we did before kids, or at least modified versions thereof.

We really do loving being in the outdoors, so we packed up and headed out last weekend.  We arrived at the camping spot around 10am, went for a hike (and discovered a river we think might be ok for fly fishing!), had lunch, pitched the tents and the girls went down for naps.  During nap time, the rain started... and continued.... by 5pm we'd had enough of the continuous rain and decided to pack up and head home. Glad we did, as it continued to rain all evening and night.
On the way home we stopped by "Truelove's Pizza and Grits" in Columbia, TN.
Awesome.
Only in the South.

All in all, we had a GREAT time and can't wait to go again weekend after next.

All packed up!

Norwegian cookie + toasted marshmallow!

(Here's where the rain started.)

The rain map on the way home...

Nice.

All the gear hung out to dry at home...

Happy Easter!

Love,

The Powells

7 months!

We've been horrible about posting (something about a postdoc, managing a spirits distributor, a three year old and a 7 month old), but we wanted to say this little cutie (pi!) is 7 months today!



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Evelyn Anne is three!

This post is a couple of weeks late, but on February 8th, Evelyn Anne turned 3 years old!
Evelyn still exhibits the same enthusiasm for life that she always has.
New this year: 
-becoming more fluent in both English and Spanish 
-refining her fashion skills (insistence on completely dressing herself)
-throwing and kicking a ball quite well (we can't wait for soccer!)
-first formal swimming lessons
-sitting up to the table without a high chair
-being a WONDERFUL big sister
-starting her endeavor to collect everything in the world that is pink
-going #1 and #2 on the potty (only diapers overnight now!)
-first salon haircut
-an vastly improved ability to tell us stories that go on, and on and on and on, 
-first books checked out at the library...
 And many, many more things.  Here's a look back at where we started and how we got here...

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%)

3 year check up:
3 year check up on Feb. 10, 2013 in Nashville, Tennessee
Weight: 30.5lbs (55%)
Height: 36 inches (35%)

Snow in Nashville!

Well, it wasn't much, but we had some! For two mornings running now, we've had some snow on the ground.  We are even supposed to get some more tonight!   Here are a few pics.

(The world's smallest snowman. Built in record speed, such as to avoid the near-immediate melt. ha!)

(PS- Earlier in the week, it had been 73 degrees. And then two days later, we had tornadoes. And then the snow came the day after that. Even more "remember when we lived in Tenneessee" moments...)