get a dose of her in jackboots and kilt

we hit the field museum on saturday and eve-sie had a ball, chattering away at sue's skeleton. her other current interests involve attire. she picked out her outfit in the first pic and had a hand in creating the hat and sunglass look, too.

oh, mama, can this really be the end?

if you've visited this blog before, or if you've spent much time with us, you'll know a few things:
1. eve loves to have fun.
2. with her shirt off.
3. she enjoys swings.
4. but prefers slides.
5. ted is still wearing that panda shirt.

wanting to be the ever-supportive spousal unit, i've attempted to turn ted towards other, newer animal t-shirts. my most successful campaign was the purchase of matching rainbow zebra t-shirts for pups and papa at christmas. they've worn them simultaneously, to much delight from both parties. soon, we'll have a post documenting such behavior.

for now, you'll have to content yourself with a photo-smattering of our recent goings on. a week ago today, we returned from buffalo, and in four days, we'll commence operation mamabandonment, during which this mama will be getting her conference on in beantown, and papa/pups will be visited by a very generous aunt, uncle, and possible assorted guests. i hope there will be ample photodocumentation of that visit, as i will need it to get through my absence from the evester.

in these photos, you'll notice that we had a nautical afternoon at the museum of science and industry. eve experimented with the sailor's life and then opted for the nazi submarine. she loved it so much she peed her pants. again and again. i know this because i was holding her.

she is only becoming more and more fun as she gets bigger, and i'm totally addicted to her laugh, which explains some of the craziness of the video included with this post. we've been trying to get her constant chatter on video but have so far been unsuccessful. we'll keep working on it. soon, you'll all hear her say 'good girl.' she is SUCH a good girl.

go to a show, you hope she goes!

apologies for the delay in posts. we've once again been jet-setting and burning all candles in reach. last weekend we had a beautiful 3 days in western NY, and the pups got to see her grandparents and aunts and uncles. DELIGHT. she also got to wear a coonskin cap, a monkey hat, and ride a mechanical horse. MORE DELIGHT. also, she walks and talks constantly. this week's variety includes good girl, lawn mower, and endless calls for poppa. endless. calls. for. poppa.

i wanna hold your hand

this pups grows increasingly mobile and vocal, timing it nicely as we begin to see hints of spring. lately, she tells us "i go outside" and wants to see "flowers." Other perennials inlude momma, poppa, dog, woof woof woof, more, yeah, no no no, yay, milk, water, juice, bayBEE, bear, sergei, bing, apple, etc. basically, she never stops talking.

she also does a very decent version of a fish.

on the road again

well friends, i think evesie can wait to get on the road again, but she's had a whale of a time in the car these past few days. we drove down to indy on tuesday, headed down with family to ft. knox on wednesday for uncle ty's graduation, and then back up to indy on thursday. in the course of those many hours in the car, eve learned how to say 'nana,' which made a certain great-grandmother (who kept her company in the backseat) very, very happy.

as usual, eve delights in most everything she does. including using her own potty, naked, while in a grimy gas station bathroom.

enjoy the pictures from this recent trip--and thanks to hope for sending me some of these!

they've been going in and out of style

this pups was born with a full head of hair and has already modeled several styles. my favorite of these was, doubtless, the faux-hawk. if eve and i could heighten our reality even slightly more, i believe we would both rock the faux-hawk as a matter of public conscience. alas, our hirsute adventures are encumbered -- nay, even dictated -- by institutional restraints. having laid claim to this public service announcement, i now proceed to the sole purpose of this post: fotos of a fat baby with pigtails. i have yet to find appropriate revolutionary discourse for captioning.

let's drive to brighton on the weekend

the title of this post can be found in an exultant chorus from a bloc party song. i've had this line in my head for several days, and the energy in the lyric has made me think of our weekends lately. though we're not heading out of town on these saturdays, i feel like we're approaching our own city with that fervor associated with the getaway destination in the quoted song.

today it was so warm in chicago that i had no idea how to dress eve for indoor or outdoor activities. somehow, she ended up without coat and hat, outside at the lincoln park zoo, but her joy at communing with animals and strangers kept her little self warm and toasty. someone walked by us and remarked, 'now she's the cutest thing i've seen in this place today.' that's probably a bit of an exaggeration, but maybe not.

this collection of pics takes us from last saturday to this one to show you how evester is clearly getting used to her urban lifestyle. the in-house hat wearing pic is not unique. she alternates between two hats, both from the ever-generous spencer's-mom, while in the house. we don't know why she wears these hats inside, but she's very consistent about it. and that thing in her mouth in the third pic is a cornichon, a really strongly flavored pickle. that's my girl. we'll have her eating salt and vinegar chips within the year.