9 Months

So, on the 12th Eve turned nice months old. She decided to celebrate the day by finally crawling. She had been rocking and taking one or two arm steps but then on Wednesday she just took off. And then after going a few feet she just pops back up to sitting. She was so happy and proud of herself. Now she is getting into everything and loving it. Today she found the airvent and just sat there giggling evertime she would lean over and get it to blow her hair. And she recently has really been loving her books. She has a soft one about a monkey baby taking a bath and it just makes her laugh. Eve has also taken to eating lots of new foods, which she loves to feed to herself. Her favorite thing to eat is by far cheese. She gets excited when we take it out of the refridge. She also eats lots of fruits and her favortite of those is grapes. And she also loves ground beef, which makes Tyler very happy.

As you can tell, Eve is just such a happy child. She is enjoying getting outside and being in the nice weather. We also look forward to my mom coming on Wed.

This is My Town

Although today is Eve's 9 Months Birthday, I am going to write more about that later. I just wanted to post a link to the latest happenings in Ness City as some of you may begin to hear about our little town on the news. Its a sad and very unusual story.

http://www6.comcast.net/news/articles/national/2008/03/12/Woman.In.Bathroom/

On My Soapbox

99% of the time I use this blog to show pictures of the things going on in our lives, and yes mainly things to do with Eve. She's by far the most interesting Rider these days. But today I read an article that gave a very interesting analogy that I wanted to share. It comes from today's Hutchinson News and was written by Barb Nichols, although the analogy come from an unknown author.

When we demand that legislators protect us from the devestating effects of illegal immigration, we are racists and bigots and are accused of having no empathy for those who have broken our laws. Let's see if I undertand what they are thinking about these red-hot issues.

Lets say I break into your house. And when you discover me in your house you insist that I leave. But I say "No! I like it here. It is better than my house. Besides, I have made the beds, washed the dishes, done th laundry, and swept the floors, mowed the lawn, and fixed the roof. I have done all the things that you don't want to do."

But the protestors say to you, "You are required to let me stay in your house, required to feed me, required to add me to your family's insurance plan, required to educate my kids, required to pay for my health care and provide others benefits to me and my family at no charge.
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"If you call the police, all my friends will picket your house, carrying signs that proclaim my right to be in your home. After all, I am merely trying to better myself. I am an honest, hardworking person, except well, I did break into your home. What a deal, I can live in your house, contributing onle a fraction of the cost of my keep and there is nothing you can do about it without being accused of being an uncaring racist bigot."

"Oh and byt the way, I demand that you learn my language so you can communciate with me."
"One more thing. You must go to the bank and get a loan to build onto your house as all my relatives will be arriving shortly and you are required to provide them with the same accommodations as I have."

This analogy really hit home for me, because we have a very large illegal immigrant problem here in Kansas, as we do throughout this country. As the granddaughter of Legal Immigrants I have no problem with immigration, just when people do it illegally. My grandmother lived most of her childhood while her father was far away. Why, because immigration is costly and the family could not afford to take them all. Her father worked many years in America to earn enough money for the rest of the family to legally come. My great-grandmother was a strong caring woman who took care of the family during that time, even when years would go by without them hearing from him. And when they came to America, they worked hard, long hours to provide for the family and taught themselves English. My grandmother would even do some of my Uncles' homework with them so she could learn more. They worked so hard to be citizens and to thrive in this country. It just hurts to know that lots of people want the same benefits without the struggle and reward. I'm sure my grandmother would have loved those years with her father back, but that wouldn't have been the honest right thing to do.

I know that I have some strong opinions, and could say much more, but don't want to spend all day on my soapbox, as Tyler is always quick to point out. So stepping down for a while.

She said Yes!

Today is a very exciting day for my brother Gregg. He asked his girlfriend Tiffany to marry him and she said YES!! We are so happy for them both. Tiffany and Gregg could not be more suited for each other. I am so happy she said yes because I know how very much my brother really loves her. She is a welcome addition to the family and Eve already really loves her.

Fun Play Things

Its so nice to see the joy that some of the simple things in life bring to our little Evee. Here are pictures of her playing with a spoon, a pen and her favorite, a laundry basket and even the laundry itself. She just has such a fun time and she does still love her toys.

Happy Birthday Mom!

Yesturday was my amazing Mom's birthday!! I wish we could spend it with her, but are excited to find out she is coming around Easter to visit us. Just think Mom, she is reaching out to hug you and you can get a real on soon!! We love you!

Our Big 8 Month Old

Our little girl is now an eight month old. She is growing and changing so much still. She is really into her babbling and even started to say some words. She can say Mum especially when I leave the room and she wants me to come back or when I give her to someone else. She never really says it when I ask her too, just when I'm needed. She also says Hi and can mimic yeah. The Hi she says when she is doing her newest talent of waving. The other day we were sitting on our couch and she just looked over at Tyler and waved at him. And did it for over 20 minutes. She also is trying hard to crawl but still has a little to learn. She rocks when sitting but falls in front of herself and them does a little army crawl, but it doesn't get her far. She is getting more determined everyday and willing to try more. She is also able to pull herself up to a stand on anything around a certain height. Here are some pictures I took of her mini photo shoot I took of her today. And Happy Valentine's Day from us and our little valentine.