Eva Kate 9-12 Months

I am going back and documenting a few things that I know I will want "one day". I didn't do a baby book or any sort of paper record of my child (because I'm a millennial in every sense of the word or what?) and so this blog and my #savillelifeinpictures on instagram sort of serves as my record book, scrap book, and memory keeper!

So, I'm going to share some 9-12 month stats, and I will come back with a 1st Birthday Party Post here in the future.

Month 9 was wild and crazy, and mama did something some people would call crazy and left the country for a week (ha!). I went to the DR on our annual mission trip and EK stayed home with her daddy for a few days and went to Aunt Angie Camp for the other days. This picture is her in a precious towel and shoes that were sent to her from the precious friends from Los Asises. I blogged about Moose's trip here.

I did capture some stats this month!

We took the girlies to find some sunflowers. I love that we have sweet cousin pictures in literally every stage of life.

My big 9 month old!

Cross Country Season came with a vengeance this year. Miss priss didn't miss a beat!

We took official "one year old pictures" a little bit early!

In September, we took a fun trip with our cousins to the beach!

First zoo trip with Livi!

Our big 10 month old.

11 Months!

And WOAH! She turned a year old!

Our first year with Eva Kate was definitely WILD, but it was a year full of joy and blessing. It was a year to remember, to cherish, and to always be grateful for.

We sure do love our wild one! 

Saville Life

I started this blog several years ago for myself, for our families, and to have a record of our memories. Sometime every few years, I get crazy busy and totally forget the joy that blogging brings me. Then, I remember...and I decide it is time to start back again! Honestly, when I had Eva Kate, something had to give. At first it was my house (grin), then it was this blog and other things that brought me joy, and then it was....etc. until I finally have gotten to a place where I have gotten myself together a little bit! HA! And now I am able to do some little things that bring me joy and are a great outlet. I know Moose cringes every time I begin to blog because I am putting a little bit of our life out there for the entire world, but such is life!

It is time for me to get back on the wagon (309 days after my last post...at least I didn't quit for a whole year, right?) and start documenting once again.

So...that's now.

I ask already that you please forgive me as I get the memories of the past 7 or 8 months recorded on here for myself. I will try to intermingle new content with the old and get caught up and going.

The life we live is way too fun to not document for memories!

In all honesty, this is a little piece of the world where I get to be creative, share memories, explore random thoughts, and just do with what I want. Why wouldn't I carve out a few minutes for it?

It's the Saville Life :)

Eva Kate Eight (and Seven) Months

The end of school + Roberts Family Vacation + just normal life = no time to sit at the computer!
When Blogger's app stopped working well on my iphone, my blogging got considerably worse!

Such Is Life...

And somehow, I blinked and got a big girl!

We will start with 7 months:
Crazy girl did a ton in April and May--most of which included being dragged around the universe to see all sorts of different people and things.

Eva Kate did lots of first things and started her adventure into being "big".

This face is her "mom...stop with the phone you won't let me play with now."

We got to spend lots of time with our friends! Weston had his first birthday party and Henry had his second birthday party. We sure do love these friends.

We sent Aunt Mack off to prom! How is she this big?

We went and watched Track State! Love being a Mustang!!!

Go Aunt Mo and friends!!!This is the 4 by 400 crew. They got 2nd place in their event!

Three cheers for being a Mustang!

I hope this video works--but miss priss started her strange adventure in "crawling". Eva Kate has her mommy's arm strength (ha!) and instead of using her arms, she does this weird head down crawl. It his hilarious and not effective at all! Here's hoping her cousin Livi can teach her soon!!!!

And now...on to 8 months...

This girl grew a whole bunch in this month! She can wave hi, clap click her tongue, say mama and baba, she will sit up in the bath the whole time, she wants to pull up on everything (but can't quite master it without some fingers to assist her), she is a big ole mess! She still wants all of the attention ... example--on the way to Texas, she was totally fine and happy as long as I was sitting beside her. When I was sitting up front, she was super mad!

This month, Melly got down a huge box of toys she had kept at her house from my childhood (and Micah's, Mack's, and Mo's!) The girls were big fans of these toys!

We spent Memorial Day with these great friends!

The girls just love Henry!

I had to go to a school event the same day mom had to spend some time with her dad, so we improvised and EK went too. She was awesome!

And of course, this month, we road tripped to Texas! Hopefully, I will blog all about it ASAP!

Our girl is such a joy. She has so much personality and is the best little member of the Saville family. We can't wait to see her grow and develop even more. She is becoming her own person and I love it so!

Eva Kate--your joy is contagious, and it is just so fun to spend every day with you! 

LOVE.

Eva Kate - Six Months (with a little 5 months)

My sweet wild child is half a year and I can't even describe all of the feelings! I just am thrilled to see her grow and develop all sorts of fun new traits, habits, and little quirks. Eva Kate loves to be around people, do fun things, and party all day and all night. She has finally decided to sleep in her crib all night, except about every 4th day or so...then she needs a little midnight snack :) 

The past two months have been crazy busy, but also crazy full of things that we don't love--sickness! EK had her first stomach bug, a major cold, and battled a case of the "yucks" several times. It didn't stop her from being absolutely precious during the entire time! She grew like a weed this month 26.5 inches is super long...but at 14 and a half pounds, she is still wearing 3 month clothes (thank goodness for shorts season--tall and skinny people don't love jeans!)

Here are some more of EK's stats. 

This month's photo session proved to be super funny. 

Eva Kate was in such a good mood and her little personality showed in each and every picture. She also is sitting by herself now and thinks she can stand up (ha!), so she spent a lot of time trying to get out of whatever position I put her in.

This month was full of fun and adventure! We spent a ton of time outside--hello, heart of track season!

 Eva Kate spent some time with her friend Henry and his mommy Shannon this month. She sent me this precious picture of EK hanging on some of Henry's old toys.

When the bath starts running, this is Eva Kate's face...every single night. She loves to lay on the bath mat and kick around while it is being run and then listen to country music at max volume while taking her nightly bath. Bathtime has become Moose and Eva Kate's evening ritual and nothing could be sweeter! 

Miss Priss thinks she is big and can use all things technology ;)

We spent so much time with Livi this month! Over the course of the past month, we each had tons of sickness at separate times...which means our girls got to spend extra time together! I swear, they really loved getting to ride in the double stroller, even though Livi looks less than thrilled.

Miss big girl learned the joy of riding in the shopping cart rather than the car seat carrier!

We also learned the "stank face". This was completely unprompted and has become Eva Kate's picture taking face of choice...this has been particularly lovely, as Easter was this month and we took tons of pictures:

I pray these girls are always getting into fun and mischievous things together!

First Easter baskets! One from mommy and daddy and one from melly and pop!

And one more from Easter for laughs....

ANNND finally, since I was a loser blogger over the past few months...here are Eva Kate's 5 month stats:

Happy Birthday Moose

I'm baaa-aack from a blogging hiatus of over a month!

Going back to work, track season gearing up, and balancing all of the things left me needing to take a little break from this outlet. However, I have truly missed it and will have lots of updates for you soon!

Yesterday was Moose's birthday!

Last year, we had a big 30th birthday bash, so this year, we kept it simple!

In the move, Moose had a moment of "over it" and trashed our grill. It was a little rusted and starting to not be as effective as a grill, so we decided to just be done. 

I figured he would want a new grill for summer, so I combined that "need" and birthday and decided to get him a grill. Eva Kate and I set out on an adventure yesterday to find one. We realized that a put-together grill wouldn't fit in my car.  Hmm. We wanted a gas/charcoal combo and tried several stores until we finally found the one we liked.

A man helped us get it down, I shoved it in the car with all of my strength, and then Micah helped me get it out of the car.

Yall. That grill had over 80 bolts and 50 pieces. It was like worse than Ikea furniture!!! I put EK in her play seat and we set off. After several hours, interruptions by a needy 6 month old, and a little assistance from Mackenzie, we did it!!! 

Now we have a nice new grill :) When moose got home, my parents, sisters, and Micah, Chelsea, and Livi came over for dinner and cake. 

It was a low key, but fun birthday.

I sure do love birthdays around here. They give me an opportunity to reflect on the past year and think about how far we have come. Thirty has been a huge year for us. New jobs, new baby, new house, new car...basically all the change. I've loved to watch how Moose has ebbed and flowed with all of the change. I've been blessed with a laid back husband and now a great partner as we parent together. 

I love you Moose! Happy 31!!!