Evie Grace is 10 Months Old!

**Evie and her friend, Talia Nelson**

**Bobbing her head to Dad's tunes**

**Ice Cream Sandwich @ Grandma's House**

Evie inches closer and closer to a year old every day. It's freaking me out how fast they grow up! Like slow down, will ya!? BUT it's so much fun to see her discover herself and become a little person! She's amazing to me! I'm so happy to have her in our lives. What a little piece of Heaven! Since we found out about Evie's hearing loss last week, I've seriously been overwhelmed at what an amazing child we've been blessed with. Only chosen few are given trials like hers - what a special girl! Anyone who has been around Evie knows that she was given an extra special personality! She's our little ball of energy and charm! I know that she can handle anything that life has to offer her.
Here are a few special things about our sweetheart at 10 (seriously) months old:

• Always on the move! She follows me throughout the house and 'helps' me do everything! She especially loves doing dishes :)
  
• Her vocabulary consists of the following: ma ma, da da dada, no no, pa pa, bye bye (and that's just what we understand) She carries on some serious converstaions!
  
• When she wakes up (even from naps) and I come to get her out of her crib she gets SO excited she jumps back and rolls over, burries her head, screams and giggles! (I look forward to it everyday!)


• She really wants to walk! She can balance for a few seconds but then gets a concerned look on her face and sits back down.
  
• She has a different crawl for every room in the house. Living room (hardwood floors) she does this one-legged crawl/scoot, dining room/kitchen (tile floors) she will not let her knees touch the ground! She crawls on her hands and feet only (smart girl)! And the rest of the house has carpet - she usually manages a normal crawl there.
  
• She LoVeS her daddy! When he gets home from work she gets extatic and cralws right to him and puts her arms in the air like 'dad pick me up!'
  
• Braden will put music on his phone and put it up to her ear and she bobs her head with the music!
  
• When the flash on a camera goes off she gives us a major cheesy two bottom teeth grin! Hopefully she'll start cheesing it beforehand!

Evie is just a joy! This age is so much fun! I'm so thankful that Evie is ours! We love her to pieces! :)