My February...

Another note, Evie is finally adjusting to daycare.. She seems to really be blossoming. She is opening up to people, and situations, and also to foods!! She has tried and eaten more foods in the past month than she has at home in quite some time!! But on the down side she has also developed a liking for M&M's.. Which she calls nom a nom's.. LOL!! Here is to hoping I can catch up March before it gets away from me!

Day 9

Today my princess put together a puzzle, all by herself. Not the wooden kind with the shapes cut out, but a real honest to goodness jigsaw puzzle. My mom loved putting together, so I know she would have loved this!! Now Evie asks to put it together all the time!

Day 8

This is a picture of my fish tank.. It is not easy to take a picture of a fish tank and have it turn out any good, so I am pretty happy with how this one turned out.. We have a 36 gallon bow front saltwater tank.. (we have a clownfish too that you can't see in this pic) We are pretty new to the whole saltwater tank thing, but so far it has been pretty easy. It is very relaxing to watch and Evie loves it. We all have learned a lot about saltwater fish and their habitat!

Day 7

I know not really the greatest picture, but I was thinking for some reason about great Christmas presents.. This is one of the best ones I have ever gotten.. DH bought it for me the first christmas we were together.. Every time I look at it, I smile!

Day 6

Tonight after Evie got home from one of our friend's houses, she was playing at the dining room table. She was using her building blocks, and I was snapping some pictures of her. Then she noticed I was taking pictures, and she looked up and said "cheese!!!!" So, this is her cheese face!

Day 5

The past week has been very much a roller coaster for Evie. Her schedule is competely messed up. I found her like this on the couch, she had crawled up and decided to take a nap with her "bankalie" (blanket) and penguin. I wish she would do this more often!!

Day 4

Evie has been watching these videos on Youtube with a hippo and a dog.. Her favorite is "the lion sleeps tonight" She surprised me the other night, by climbing up to the laptop and clicking on the video she wanted (the web page was already pulled up). Then she started singing and copying the moves that they did on the song.. It was so cute and quite the comic relief!

Day 3

I took this picture today after everyone left after my mom's memorial.. Evie was given this doll by some of the ladies that my husband works for. She loves it!!!

Day 2

Everyone is very somber in my house right now.. Even Izzy seems sad... But she is finding comfort in Evelyn's blankie and Grandma's teddy bear.

Day 1

This week has been the most difficult of my life.. My mother passed away on Sunday January 18th 2009. I don't really think I am processing it all yet. But some friends of mine sent me some flowers of which this is one of the blossoms. It really made me smile, and these flowers are something I never want to forget...

There are a lot of reasons why I decided to start this project. My mom passed away a few days ago, and while it is a very painful event for me, I thought maybe if I took the time to record both sad and happy things that happen that maybe this would be a healing process for me. I also think that if I could look back a year ago, I might have seen this tragic loss coming. But I got so wrapped up in the day to day, that I missed the signs. I don't ever want to do that again... So hopefully this will teach me something. I hope you all enjoy it.