"before she came into our life...

we missed her so bad, we missed her so bad, we missed her SO SO BAD!!!"
thanks, carly rae.
this has been our family anthem around here lately. 
song below for my top blog followers -- coco and bud (who may not know the tune) --



anyway, we are all a little obsessed with miss evy grace....
the past three months have been, well, lots of things. but most importantly, exciting, eventful, and full of joy and evy.


we've all been running at a super fast pace around here (not literally...oh how i wish literally).  from march to mid-may it was all about learning to be a mother/father of two, infanthood, holding a job, trey holding a few-- while trying to find time to wrap up the ol' dissertation. we didn't have time for anything else..including life documentation of any kind.  i snapped a few iphone pics and videos when i could... 


we are oh so grateful to both have the entire summer off!!!  getting to spend every waking moment with each other and with our babes.  we have this entire little piece of UT heaven, known as duren to ourselves and have been living it up.


anyway, i'm going to try to upload some pictures, some stats, some check-ins, and a note or two on what the girls are doing these days.  i'd like to think this blog will be around in years to come and dream about looking back with them on all the memories... so here's to the girls. the guinnsters, as trey calls them.


don't have time for much BUT, here's the quick.
joybird guinn is 2 years old; weight 25.4 lbs  31st%/ height 34.75in 72% 
she talks more than anyone i know. non stop. there's not a thought that crosses her mind that she doesn't say out loud. i'm serious.  she feels the need to announce every move that anyone in the house makes. for example, "daddy take his shirt off and go outside", "evy's going night night in the back", "daddy's washing his hands", you get my drift.
she's super affectionate, loves to be held and sang to.  she sings a lot too! hello, little mama, twinkle twinkle, you don't have to call me darlin, darlin, you are my sunshine, just to name a few.
she walks around this house all day long dressing and undressing, diping and wiping-- puppy, evy, and anyone else that will let her. but mainly puppy and evy.  
favorite color is, without a doubt, YELLOW!!!
still loves to play dress up! puts on my clothes, trey's clothes...and has a serious love for evy's clothes. she squeezes into anything she can.
she refers to herself as joybird.
my favorite is when she says "thank you, mommy!" after i give her something..."bless you mommy" after i sneeze, or "i'm sorry, mommy" anytime she thinks she's done something wrong. sweetest little girl around.
she's amazing.


evelyn grace-- 3 months old--
super smiley and would chose to interact and coo and babble with us over anything else.
loves tummy time. prefers to be on her tummy over her back, and is quite physical....
started rolling over at 1 month.
is pretty independent-- doesn't need or like to be rocked to sleep..she's all cuddles and kisses until it's bedtime and then just wants to be put down and do her thing.
is waking once or twice in the night to eat....and can seriously take down some milk!!
recently learned to grab at and hold onto objects, and now puts them in her mouth
enjoys sitting in her bumbo and observing all that's going on. 
she's extra interested in joy!  just watches her and smiles and laughs
has started making those "bird call" kind of squeals that joy used to make. so cute!
laughs back if you laugh at her.
this girl is perfect. 
i will embrace each little day as i know from joys early days-- they fly by. next thing you know, she's two ;)


it's 10:30p...cranberry walnut cookies and a glass of milk await us. no more time to chat here but i'm going to get more serious about these check-ins! oh, and def no time to make cookies from scratch. let me tell you about these little gems we discovered from central market... cranberry walnut. made by the c.market themselves. just pop that goodness in the oven and oh.my.guinness! you've never tasted a better cookie.


the guinnsters: