First Birthday Party

These are just a few photos of Evie with her cousins on Sunday. Liberty just wanted to carry her all day but Evie loses patience with that and just wants to be able to explore.

Birthday Girl!! (A thousand photos!)

Evie didn't wake until after eight which was annoying because I had been awake since 6:30, too excited to get back to sleep!

We had present opening in Evie's bedroom. She loved her peedie baby doll from Granny and Grandad Ritch and recognised it as a "bubba".





Evie demonstrating the actions to her favourite song "Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes". When she does this you know it's your queue to sing!

Louise and Doug called in before Evie's morning sleep. You can see the new rocking horse that we gave her.

Surprisingly Evie wore her badge most of the day (she didn't eat it or throw it away) and she wore it very well I think, with maybe a slightly sticky face! The badge came on a card from Aunty Shona.



We decided to go somewhere special for Evie's birthday so we went to Willowbank Wildlife Reserve and it was magic. Evie was mesmerised by all the animals.


Here you can see Dadda and Evie in front of the miniature Maori village.

Hangin' tough in the bird aviary.

Watching a Kea ...

... and then worrying about where it's going to land!

Evie watching the ducks, which were probably her favourite things at the park. This was a little annoying because we could've seen them just a minute down the road from our house!


The Birthday Girl!

Visiting

Today I took Evie in to visit my Great Uncle in a rest home in Christchurch. She amused most of the residents who were in the room who weren't asleep or talking to themselves! Uncle Des watched her for ages so she put on bit of a show with big smiles, waving and crawling around the room.

Leslie

Evie with Daddy's 30 year old teddy.

Evie Shona's Busy Day

I hired a new toy from the library for Evie and she loves it. She loves the different activities in it or else she just sits in it and watches the birds out the window.




After being busy in the garden Evie enjoys a soak in the bath to relax her muscles! She also enjoys catching fish and sinking tug boats!

Dadda's Assistant

Evie discovered a new entertainment centre in the office. She looked so cute trying to flick through the files!!

New Toys

I hired this tunnel for Evie from the Toy Library. It took her a while to realise what it was for because she enjoyed looking through it as much as crawling through it.

Bed Time Antics

Mucking aboot with Dadda before bed.

Couch Leaning

Don't you just love the stance? She was a bit shakey at first but then got quite confident just leaning against the couch. For some reason she loves that tube of ointment! Not something I encourage!

Clever Girl!

Evie often points to the abacus at the top of her bed when I pick her up from her nap, today I stood her up so she could play with it, she thought she was so clever. I haven't done it before because I am not in a hurry for her to stand in her cot!!