I thank my lucky stars every day that I was chosen to be this little girls mama. From the moment I saw her, I knew she was going to do wonderful things in this world. She has such a kind heart, and can make anyone smile. She is so full of life, very curious, and always gives everything 110%. Anytime I am feeling down, Evelyn comes to give me a hug and ask me whats wrong. She loves her little brother and makes it her duty to make him laugh every day. 

Sometimes when I think about the idea of having to take care of two kids, I get a little intimidated. (okay maybe a lot). Evelyn and I have a really good routine down and bringing another child into the mix might ruin it. But then I sit back and silently watch Evelyn. She is already training herself to be a great big sister! A couple of days ago I walked by Evelyn's room to find her in her rocking chair with a handful of her stuffed animals, singing them a song as she rocked them to sleep. She loves taking her baby doll for walks in the little stroller we got her for Christmas. This morning she was brushing her dolls hair, which I do to Evelyn a lot. She then took the baby doll, brought her to her bed and tucked her in with a blanket. 

How could I possibly believe those thoughts after witnessing those precious moments. Of course I know it might be a little hard at the beginning. Evelyn getting used to having another little person in the house that needs my attention as well. 

But I really think we are going to be okay. 

So Jake is flying out tomorrow for another job interview. This time instead of a short 1-day, it's a 3-day. 3 DAY!! This will be the first night I have slept by myself since we got married! And guess who has hand, foot, and mouth disease? Yep my poor little girl. 

Like the title says. It's going to be a memorable weekend.

(insert tears...lots of tears)

But to make things a little better look at this adorable picture I found while cleaning out my iphone?! 

I love these two!

For young women's we were lucky enough to have a VIP tour of the Provo Airport! Jake was busy doing a group project for school so miss e got to tag along. Normally I cringe at the thought of taking Evelyn with me to young women activities but I was excited to take her and show her something she has never seen before. It's my favorite! 

It's Provo, so the airport is pretty small but it was cool to actually go on the runway and see all the different planes and actually get in them. We also ran up to the air traffic control tower where they have the most spectacular views! Apparently it's the 5th largest building in Provo. After that we went over to the flight simulator they have to train the UVU students who are in the air flight program! They were so nice and let all of the young women try and fly it and land properly. Here are a couple of photos from our little tour.

 ^^This little one was so intrigued by the airplanes and had to inspect almost everything^^

 ^^Inside one of the two passenger airplanes, and yes I am wearing bright pink lipstick!^^

^^My view....sooo many buttons and gages^^

^^One of my little beehives holding hands with Evelyn. They all wanted to hold her hand!^^

^^Out on the catwalk. Evelyn was less than happy that I wouldn't let her just freely walk around the cat walk....needless to say we weren't up there very long!^^

^^That view!^^

^^Bye-bye airplanes! Hope to see you again soon!^^

...you could have touching moments at the library?

Jake was home studying for finals so I thought I would take away this cute little distraction and go to the library. We picked out a couple of books and sat down to look through them. After a couple of minutes, a lady came by us with a group of handicapped boys to read books to them. Most of the mothers that were around quickly grabbed their children and went somewhere else. Not me. I watched Evelyn as she studied these boys, young men really. She grabbed one of her books, walked over to one of them and sat down right next to him, flipping through the pages of her book. A huge smile lit up across this young mans face. The lady told me that he loves little babies. He gave Evelyn a big hug, shook her little hand, waved and said hello. Evelyn giggled with delight. It was such a precious moment for me to witness. There was nothing different about these young men to Evelyn. Nothing to run away from. 

These were new friends that she wanted to share her love of books with. 

^^picture taken by my sister Amie^^

Time for an update! Evelyn is now 14 months, loves to be outside and points at just about everything. She is just about the happiest baby I have ever met. She still only has two little teeth on the bottom but she is super close to having another two on the top. She is turning into such a big girl and loves doing "big girl" things. She loves any animal and knows several animal sounds. She is a very busy body and is constantly on the go, but when she does sit down, it's usually next to a pile of books that she likes to look through. I love this little girl so much and feel so blessed to be her mama. 

that's what stands between Evelyn and her great grandparents. I feel so lucky that Evelyn gets to spend so much time with them. Learn from them. Play with them. It's probably one of the biggest perks of living in their basement. Most mornings the first thing she does is race upstairs as fast as she can, find grandpa, climb on his lap and sometimes, (if she's in the right mood) give him kisses. She makes them happy. And they both make her happy. 

It's such a touching interaction to see. 

If you follow me on instagram you have probably already seen some of these pictures but I had to post them again because they are very special to me. 

medium from Heather Wright on Vimeo.

...is finally back! She just wanted to be a big girl and eat more finger foods. What the....my baby is a toddler?

When Evelyn was a baby, feeding her breast milk was always a little awkward because she was such a loud eater. She would "Mmm" after every gulp. Well the Mmm-ing hasn't stopped but it's not awkward anymore. It's pretty funny. And it totally reminds me of a scene in a very funny movie. 

So funny right?!

I am sooo behind on my monthly videos of Evelyn! So here is a quick update. Evelyn loves to walk around and explore everything. I bring her to the library often and she could be content, walking around, flipping through books for hours. She now has two little teeth on the bottom and boy does that totally change her cute little face! I have a hard time thinking she is not my baby anymore. She is a very curious, but happy toddler. She can tell you what a cow says, "ba-mooooo" and what a dog says (basically she just pants for this one!) Evelyn loves to plash in the tub and is always trying to escape to find great grandpa and go for a ride with him. This little one keeps me on my toes but I wouldn't have it any other way. She sure brings lots of love to our little family.

Despite the fact that Evelyn had a fever and wasn't her normal cheerful self, the party went great. The house was bursting at the seams with family who love our little girl. 

Mmmmm.....cake!