Time flies!

Our beautiful baby girl is now 9 months old! I miss my tiny baby but at the same time I love all the new fun things she learns every day. Here are a couple of recent pics. If you look closely at the second one you can see her two bottom teeth. :)

Eva's 1st sign!

She's been doing it for at least a few days now but I was not entirely convinced that she knew what she was doing. I am now convinced. Eva can sign "milk". She only does it after she is already drinking her bottle, I can't wait until she uses it to 'ask' for her milk (formula). I am going to try to get a video of it tonight or tomorrow so hopefully I will have one posted soon!
Ok, here's video. We are so in love with this little girl!

Labor Day weekend camping

PACT Reunion

We had a reunion of PACT people (the college church group we were in [and Aaron taught] about 10 years ago). It was great to see people we hadn't seen in years and we had a lot of fun.

Fire

On August 28th, there was a devastating fire in our neighborhood. 10 homes were destroyed and 9 damaged and one woman lost her life. I can't imagine what these people must be going though. One couple who lost their home is due with their first baby in 6 weeks (they had finished their nursery and had their baby shower and now they are starting over with just 6 weeks left). Here is a link to their blog....http://lifeafterthefire.blogspot.com/. If you want to help the families impacted by this fire, you can call 590-1437 to make donations to the Boise Fire Department Burn Out Fund. You can also click here https://www.redcrossidaho.org/Default.aspx?TabId=203 to donate through the Red Cross. Also, the families are registering at Bed, Bath, and Beyond for household items. And the couple that lost all their baby stuff is registered at BabiesRUs (registry #44161686).

Eva's had a busy few weeks

First crawling, then pulling up to a stand. Now she has added clapping and cutting her first tooth to her list of new tricks.

New Trick

Now that she has mastered crawling (she's crawling all over now, I'll put her down next to me in the office while I am working on the computer and the next thing I know she is across the house in the laundry room!), she's decided that it would be fun to start pulling to a stand. She mastered this skill just yesterday. She is still pretty wobbly but will even take a step or two while holding onto the couch or the coffee table. I'll try to remember to post a video tonight.