Evie's First Christmas

The holidays are over. I'm sad and glad at the same time. It was fun, chaotic, yummy, stressful, etc. We made a quick trip to Victoria for our traditional family Christmas. It is just so good to be at Maw-Maw's house with the family on Christmas Eve. Our immediate family had Christmas on Christmas Eve morning. It was fun to watch Evie and our nephew Austin get into it. Evie loved the paper!






Austin: What do you think of Christmas so far?
Evie: I wish they would stop flashing lights in my face.



Mommy loves that smile.

Kicking back with a good book.

Merry Christmas!

"And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord." Luke 2:8-11

May the joy of Jesus' birth fill you with hope and peace. 2009 has been a challenge for us in a number of ways. But, God has been faithful and blessed us beyond what we could imagine. We pray that you will experience God's bountiful blessings in 2010.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from The Duszas

And now for your viewing pleasure, Evie's Christmas photos...

I'm a big girl!

I'm almost 8 months old and I can sit up all by myself.

Happy Halloween!

On Thursday, they had a fall festival at Evie's school. She got to dress up for Halloween and play some fun games. Quite appropriately Evie was Minnie Mouse. Thank you Izzie for letting her borrow the cute Minnie ears. Evie has very little hair so we had to clip them to a headband which kept sliding off her head. Oh well!


I was so anxious to get the party started!

Hi Mommy!

The first game was to pull a lollipop off the board and the number on the back matched a prize.

I won a Tinkerbell spinning top, but I prefer chewing the box.

Doing the cupcake walk with Daddy.

I didn't get an afternoon nap today so I'm done.

Good night!

6 months old

Evie is a healthy, happy, smiley and "chatty" 6 month old. We are enjoying her so much. At her check up last week, she weighed exactly 14 lbs and is 25 3/4 inches. She is petite.

Evie has been scooting backwards, practicing sitting alone, and saying "da-da". She holds her own bottle, has moved to stage 2 foods, reaches for and grabs objects including Mommy's hair, sucks her thumb (usually when she is tired) and has 4 teeth.

I'm enjoying watching her explore the world around her. She has a lot of facial expressions and it makes me wonder what she is thinking.

Can you see her bottom teeth?

On Saturday morning, we met Uncle Shane, Aunt Whitney, and Austin at a local pumpkin farm. It was a beautiful day!

I fell asleep in the car.

Examining a dried pumpkin vine

Trying to eat the ornamental corn

Trying to eat the hay

The cousins

This cracks me up. Evie spit up and Austin looks like he is grossed out!

Maybe Shane and Whitney got some better shots.

Trying to catch up

We're still alive! I know my postings have been few and far between. I will try to do better. I have lots of pics and some video from when Mat's family was here that I want to post. But for now, I thought I would post a recent clip and pics of Evie. She smiles and talks a lot. She is so much fun!



See how big she smiles when looking up at Daddy...

Crazy month

Yes, I realize I have not posted in a month. It seems like we've been going non-stop. I will post more details soon but here are some highlights since my last post and recent pics of Evie.

1. We visited family in south Texas while Mat's family was here.
2. Evie started solids - cereal and fruit.
3. Mat's family left on September 2.
4. Mat went back to work and Evie started "school" on September 7.
5. Our sewer line backed up - moved in with some friends.

Yeah, #5 has not been fun. We are still dealing with it. Hopefully it will all be resolved by Monday. We are so thankful for our sweet friends, the Halls, for taking us in!

I think she was trying to grab the camera in this one.

This was at the park after her Baby Dedication at church.

This was last Saturday playing with Uncle Shane while we watched UT play Wyoming.