The Popovits Family

Ben's 1st Birthday Party!!

2012-01-17T07:37:00.000-08:00

We celebrated Ben's 1st birthday last weekend.
We all had a great time,
and enjoyed yummy cake!

Christmas at Grandma & Grandpa's 2011

2011-12-28T11:18:00.000-08:00

Christmas Day wouldn't be

complete without a visit to

Grandma and Grandpa Popovits house!

AND...it gave the kids another

opportunity to dress up!

It was a very Merry Christmas, indeed!

Christmas Morning 2011

2011-12-28T10:48:00.000-08:00

Santa made a visit to our house!

Everyone got what they asked for...

and then some!

Christmas Eve 2011

2011-12-26T19:44:00.000-08:00

Lauren and Evie in their beautiful
Christmas dresses, made by Aunt Pam.

Such pretty girls!

Cutie Patooties!

Ben's first Christmas!

He had a big grin for his Big Sister, Evie.

Playing with his Thomas Train
from Nanny & Papa.

Such a big boy.

Coming to show Mommy Thomas...heehee.

The girls got a few gifts too, however,
I didn't seem to take pictures. haha.

Ben taking a little snooze with Aunt Pam. :)

Lauren's 6th Birthday

2011-12-06T10:06:00.000-08:00

Pics from Lauren's 6th birthday party:

Lauren and I made her Birthday cake.
It may not be the prettiest cake,
but it sure tasted good!
heehee

Big Smiles from the Birthday Girl!

Make a wish!!

A Princess Paper Doll Set--VERY COOL!

New hair stuff...something we always need!

New clothes...YAY!

Lauren with her new Smurf movie.

Lauren got her very first Barbie!

She's always happy to get new coloring books!

Lauren and Kennedy decorating
Paper Doll Dresses.

Lauren with her new buddy, Monko.

Daddy with his girls after the party.

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Lauren wanted to take a special treat
to her friends in her class.

Bella Birches made these super cute
cookie pops for her, she was so excited!

Her class singing "Happy Birthday" to her.

Birthday hugs from her friend, Phylicity.

Lauren with her teacher, Mrs. MacDonald.

Our new house!

2011-06-19T10:09:00.000-07:00

We should be in sometime next month!

Click picture below to open gallery of pictures! :)

Superhero Fun!

2011-06-19T09:42:00.000-07:00

The girls love to play Superhero!

A ferris wheel ride with Lauren!

2011-06-18T14:27:00.000-07:00

Lauren and I went for a ride on the ferris whell at the summer fest!

Flushing Summerfest Parade 2011

2011-06-09T05:17:00.000-07:00

Check out our fun time at the parade!

Little Rock Stars!

2010-03-08T09:43:00.000-08:00

Yesterday the girls spent some time with their

Nanny and Papa and Johnny and I got to

have a little fun, just the two of us.

When the girls arrived home,

they found us playing Beatles Rock Band.

We all really enjoy the drums!

We decided to let the girls take a try.

They had so much fun!

This is what happens when her sister

won't get out of her way.

Johnny has always joked that Evie

is like Animal from The Muppet Show! The resemblence is really quite uncanny! LOL.

Lele's Snowy Valentine

2010-02-15T08:17:00.000-08:00

We had a snowy Valentine's Day,

so Lele and Daddy went out to play.

Lele has been begging to build a snowman,

so she and her Daddy finally did.

Also, I posted a cute video of Lele with

her buddy, Henry, playing with the snow.

Enjoy!

All suited up and ready to get to work!
Helping Daddy get the base built up.
the snow was a bit wet to roll up,
but Daddy was determined!

Getting closer.

Lele was having a great time with the snow!

Henry really wanted to play in the snow, too!

Lele with her Snowy Valentine.
We used Dum-Dums for eyes,
a sucker for his nose, and
a twizzler for his mouth!
What a SWEET snowman! ;-)

Here's a cute video of Lele and Henry.
I hope you can hear him purring.
He just loves his buddy, Lele!

A Case of the Lunchtime Sillies

2010-02-04T09:31:00.000-08:00

The girls had "A Case of the Lunchtime Sillies"

the other day, so I decided to encourage

this behavior and take pictures of them.

I hope you enjoy them!

Evie hates barrettes, so this seems to be

her new "Lunchtime Hair-do".

Silly Evie.
Did somebody say "CHEESE"?
Oh, those silly sisters, they can be so cute!
Henry sticks close by in case the silliness
gets out of hand, and he might get a bite to eat. Sweet Sisterly Love...
if only they were always this sweet to one another.

Evie Feeding herself with a Fork

2010-01-05T10:45:00.000-08:00

On New Year's Eve, Evie decided to take

the fork from me, and feed herself.

She was doing so well with it,

that I took a quick video

to share with all of you.

You're welcome! :-)

Thanksgiving 2009

2009-11-28T08:36:00.001-08:00

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving Day!

Here are some pictures from our day.

Daddy with the girls.

The turkey that Nanny and Lele made for the table.

Lele helping her "Big Papa" with the Beer Bread.

Lele loves wearing an apron at Nanny's house
when she helps in the kitchen.

Helping Nanny with the potatoes.

Giving her Papa love while he carves the turkey.

She knows how to get whatever she wants from Papa.
She's a smart little stinker. ;-)

Evie waiting with Daddy and "Big Papa" for dinner.

Evie with her Papa.

Happy First Birthday, Evie Rose!

2009-11-18T07:19:00.000-08:00

It's hard to believe that our

Sweet Evelyn Rose is

one year old today!

We had a wonderful time celebrating

her birthday on Saturday.

Here are a few pictures.

You are such a blessing to us!

We love you, Evie Rose!

Black and White Shots Oct. '09

2009-10-13T12:46:00.000-07:00

I love black & white pictures,

and I realized that I hadn't

taken any of the girls recently,

so I thought I would.

Here they are.

"Mommy, look at my bunny ears!"

Lele's favorite bedtime activities with Daddy:

Storytime and "Upside down"!
Why Evie enjoys "Upside down":

She can pull Lele's hair!

Evie running from her Daddy.

She likes to carry her favorite toys:

"Dino" and "Sheep" with her now!

Playing with Momma.

Homecoming Parade and Harvest Festival

2009-10-04T07:18:00.000-07:00

Fall has finally arrived and just in time for

the Flushing Homecoming Parade

and Harvest Festival!

Waiting for the parade to start.

Evie is ready!!

Lele waiting to collect more candy!

Evie enjoyed it when the cheerleaders

clapped, she joined right in!

Making a Halloween bag

at the Harvest Festival.

Playing some fun games...

and meeting the B95 FM Bee!

There wasn't as much for the Evie to do,

we tried to give her a Pumpkin,

but they took it away because she

was too young to paint it.

SAD!

Papa Arkansas Visits and Evie Walks

2009-09-15T09:04:00.000-07:00

My Daddy and Stepmom Jackie

(Papa Arkansas & Nonnie)

were heading up to Canada

to see the Great Lakes & Niagra Falls

and stopped by to visit us on their way.

Evie started to really walk yesterday

and her Papa and Nonnie happened to be here.

Lucky for the rest of you I got a video. :)

Beach Day!

2009-09-07T07:17:00.001-07:00

On Saturday, we headed up to Tawas, MI

to play at the beach on Lake Huron.

We were lucky, our friends the Dyers

were able to come with us, too!

The weather was perfect

and a lot of fun was had by all.

Coming into Tawas, a first good look at the lake.
It's so pretty!

We decided to go up to the State Park this time.

The Lighthouse at Tawas Point.

Evie's first encounter with sand.
She was a bit concerned at first.

Everyone else digging right in!
John and Johnny decided to build a sandcastle.
The girls helped at first.

It didn't take long for Evie to join the fun!

Lele "cheesing" on the beach.
Lele and Daddy taking a break to pose.

Another priceless moment.

Evie's 1st time in the water.

She LOVED it!
(see video below of her spashing)

Daddy and Lele splashing in the water.

Johnny goofing off with Hailey.

The guys worked hard on the sandcastle.

Evie "supervising" their work!

Lele spent most of her time digging in the sand.

She and Hailey were finding "crystals"

(pieces of wood, that they wanted to KEEP).

Almost done with the sandcastle.

TADA!

The finished castle, complete with moat and dock!
We always stop at the Wilson Cheese Shoppe

in Pinconning to get cheese, and

take a picture with the mouse!

Here's a short video I took of Evie

splashing in the lake.

Evie loves to wave now!

Busy, Busy Bees!

2009-08-27T00:40:00.000-07:00

We've had a busy month!

Here are some pics of everything that

has been going on with us lately.

Enjoy!

Evie decided about 3 weeks ago that she

will no longer eat baby food.

So, she's all about eating anything that

she can get her little hands on.

As you probably already heard,

we have added another cat to our family.

His name is Henry, and we all love him!

We had to put up some baby gates to keep

Evie out of certain areas of the house.

Tucker is not so excited about this,

as it means he has to make more of

an effort to get to his food. LOL.

Evie took a bath with her sister for the first

time recently, she was unsure at first, but

once she saw she could splash, she liked it!

Johnny's cousin, Scott, got married on August 15th.

The girls went with us, and they were so cute!

We all had such a great time!

Here are the girls before the wedding

in their pretty dresses!

The wedding reception was amazing!

Scott with his beautiful new wife, Emily!

Aunt Karen and Uncle Jeff

(Mother/Father of Groom).

Everybody, DANCE!!

Lele dancing with Cousin Jake.

Lele dancing with Cousin Emily!

Lele with her Great Grandpa Popovits.

Aunt Janet and Cousin Natalie

The gorgeous cake!

Cutting the cake.

Lele enjoying the yummy cake!

Popovits family tradition,

passing of the tissue box cover,

or in this case, COVERS!

While Ava was here,

we got to celebrate her 4th birthday!

Nanny and Papa rented the Princess Bounce House!

It was a lot of fun, as you can tell from the pictures!

Ava with her new Strawberry Shortcake playset.

WE ARE SO GLAD YOU HAD SUCH

A HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AVA!

We took Lauren and Evelyn to the

Saginaw Children's Zoo last week.

The gardens at the zoo were gorgeous,

the carousel and train were a lot of fun,

and we even saw some animals, too!

It is such a beautiful place!

Lele was so excited to ride the carousel!

We, of course, rode twice!

I spotted this little bench along the way,

and couldn't pass up a picture of the girls

sitting on it together!

We had to take a break for snacks.

Lele was so excited when Daddy bought

her a monkey sipper cup with lemonade!

Evie got excited whenever I let her try

my BIG dill pickle.

She LOVED it, and literally took it from me!

TRAIN RIDE TIME!

They had a nice barn animal section

with a cow you could feed hay to...Daddy helped!

If you know me at all,

you know that I LOVE turtles.

I saw this turtle statue and I knew

it would make a perfect picture!

I was definitely right! :-)

Lots of Fun Stuff!

2009-07-17T13:05:00.000-07:00

We know you've been wondering

what Lele and Evie have been up to lately.

Here are some pics.

Enjoy!

Lauren enjoyed playing with the sprinkler.

Then she decided she would fill the pool and

we asked "How will you fill the pool with water?"

"See, the sprinkler will fill it up!" :)

Daddy decided to get Lauren a bat and ball.

It took a bit of practice.

Then she finally started to get the hang of it.

This is Lauren's brand new Dora bike,
that we found half price at Goodwill!

She's already riding like a pro!

Evie's favorite new thing to do is to get Tucker.

Fun for her, not so much fun for him.

Lele loves it when Evie watches

movies with her in her bedroom.

Lele has officially claimed the easel as her own.

Baby on the Move and 4th of July Fun

2009-07-05T08:21:00.001-07:00

Hello everyone!

So, if you haven't heard, Evie is mobile now.

She's crawling, and pulling up on furniture.

She is obsessed with standing at the livingroom table.

We had a nice 4th of July.

Aunt Melissa had a party for Amy's birthday,

and we all had a great time!

Popovits Family Pics June 2009

2009-06-25T10:55:00.001-07:00

I know I haven't updated the blog in a while,
and I apologize for that.
The month of June has been quite busy for us,
so I decided to construct a
MEGA BLOG ENTRY
with TONS of pictures!

I love this picture so much!
After I took it, I thought,
"Oh my gosh, she looks JUST LIKE Johnny!"

Lele saved up her money and we took her to
Wal-Mart to choose a toy to buy, and she wanted...

a bubble mower (she's Papa's girl)!

Here are some cute photos I took of the girls outside.

Lele also bought some sidewalk chalk

and decorated our front sidewalk.
Evie enjoyed sitting outside watching and playing.

We met up with our friends, the Dyers, and took the

girls to the Flushing Summer Fest Parade and Carnival.
GOOD TIMES!

We drove down to Arkansas to visit my family last week.
We had such a wonderful time!
On the road...we stopped at a rest area.
Evie said she'd take over the driving for Daddy.

Lele and Evie got to swim in my Daddy's pool
for the first time...they LOVED it!
My sister, Stacie, and her kids got to spend
time with us at the pool, it was GREAT!

We went to our favorite park in Fort Smith.
We were lucky this visit to take the girls on
the little train that goes around the park.

Both girls loved the swings!

A rare family photo of all of us!

We spent one night at my Daddy's house and got
pictures of "Papa Arkansas" with the girls
and a picture of all of us together.

We spent a lot of time at my Aunt Jan's house,
which is great because my cousin, Kim has
kids to come play with Lele and Evie, and
my Mamaw lives there now.
Plus, Aunt Jan and Uncle Jerry just might be the
nicest people on the planet, and Lele just adores them!

Aunt Lisa and Cousin Ava came to Michigan for a visit,
and the girls got to play together at "The Hut".

Lele rode a bike for the first time, Evie rode in a

wagon for the first time and it was just a great day!

Loved having them here.

Mother's Day 2009

2009-05-16T18:27:00.000-07:00

Sorry it's taken me a week to get these up.

I had a nice Mother's Day.

Here are a few pics from the day.

Lele helped me bake beer bread for her Nanny.
No, I didn't allow her to drink any of the beer!

While we were baking, Daddy fed Evie her food

(for the first time and he did just fine, I might add).

Lele doesn't like to be left out of anything
(Evie just wanted to get her sister's attention).

An hour later, our yummy beer bread.

Nanny was quite pleased with the beer bread,

and spending time with the girls.

Evie with her Godmomma Ennie.

Happy Mother's Day!

Little Evie Jump Up

2009-05-01T19:01:00.001-07:00

We bought Evie a "Jenny Jump Up" tonight.

She seems to really love it already,

albeit it's more of an "Evie Go Around"

so far, it's still lots of fun for her.

Here are some pictures and a video.

Giggles, Grins, and Sittin' Pretty

2009-04-29T11:20:00.000-07:00

So, I've taken a lot of photos recently,

and I figured that I should share.

Hope you enjoy!

Lele at the playground in her sunglasses. Just a swingin'!
Evie ready for her first visit to "Cruise Night".

She fell asleep about 10 mins later. :)
Evie likes to get her toes.She now will sit up and play for awhile.
Yep...that's how she feels about me!
Giggling at Daddy.

Here's a short little video we took of Evie.

She really thinks her Daddy is funny!

Easter 2009

2009-04-14T16:31:00.000-07:00

We had a wonderful Easter.

Here are some pictures from our day.

The Girls' Easter Baskets.

Mickey Mouse Cards!!

New Movies, too!!

The Easter Bunny didn't forget Evie.

She likes her new book and first Care Bear.

Easter egg hunt at Grandma and Grandpa's.

Ah, yes, she found one!

Another one!
Evie with Aunt Ruthanne.

Oh, that Evie, always wanting to stand up!

Sweet Evelyn Rose.

"I feel pretty! Oh so pretty!"
Evie with Momma.

Daddy with Lele.
Momma with her pretty girls!

Lele and Hailey's Easter Egg Hunt

2009-04-07T11:05:00.001-07:00

On Saturday we did an Easter Egg Hunt

for Hailey and Lele at the Dyer's house.
The girls had a great time!

GO FIND THOSE EGGS!

Lele did stop briefly for this photo.

Hailey was really into the hunt!
Heading inside to check out what was inside the eggs!

Evie Eating Cereal for the First Time!

2009-04-01T14:14:00.001-07:00

I've tried on several occassions to feed Evie

rice cereal, and had no luck.

Last night, I finally tried the rice cereal with apples.

KER-CHING!

We have a winner!

She didn't realize that this was a big deal yet.

She thought Momma was hilarious
and ate like a champ!

YUMMY!

Still eating...

...and so happy!

On a completely unrelated note,

Lele gave Evie sunglasses to put on the other night.

Pretty cute!

Evie is probably thinking,

"Yeah, I'm way too cool for this!"

Evie and the Exersaucer

2009-03-25T17:32:00.000-07:00

We introduced Evie to the exersaucer this week.

She was a little unsure at first, but seems to be

enjoying it more each time she gets in.

What is this thing and why have you put me in it?

Well, this thing is kinda cute!

Now that I have this thing, what do I do with it?

Aha! The elephant is mine!

Lauren never seems to miss a photo op.

2 days later: Much more comfortable.

Exersaucer + Toy Chain = Life is good.

Sisters

2009-03-01T10:53:00.000-08:00

We got a new camera recently and

I have been learning to use it.

Here's a couple cute pictures of the girls.

Enjoy!

Sisters

Happy baby playing again!

Learning this new cameras special features...

here's a black and white pics with color accents.

Pretty cool!

I almost always find Evie sucking her thumb

when she wakes up in the morning.

Lauren the Future Rock Star

2009-02-24T14:44:00.000-08:00

Lauren thinks she might be the next BIG Rock Star.
Here's a recent video we took of her singing.
Enjoy!

Evie is 3 months old!

2009-02-20T18:56:00.000-08:00

Time has just been flying by, and Evie turned
three months old this week.
She's growing and learning things so quickly!
Here are some pics I took today.
Enjoy!

Sweet Evelyn Rose on her play blanket.
She's really getting good at this tummy time stuff!
She's getting so big!
I had to keep removing her hand from
her mouth for these pics....
I'm pretty sure she was thinking about that,
and wondering "Why??".

Evie amazed by her singing elephant toy.

Lele is always wanting to hold Evie,
she just loves her little sister!

Evie and the Bumbo Seat

2009-02-11T11:35:00.000-08:00

For a couple weeks now, Evie has been trying to sit up by herself. If you sit her in your lap, she pulls herself up to an upright position. So, I decided to give the Bumbo Seat a try last week. She's still having a little trouble sitting up for too long, but she does like being able to sit by herself, it seems. Lele thinks her "Dumbo seat", is great, and that Evie wants to sit in it all the time!
Not quite there yet...soon perhaps! Enjoy the pics.

Oh, Happy Baby!

2009-01-27T10:53:00.000-08:00

Evelyn Rose...Oh, Evelyn Rose!
Everybody knows, Sweet Evelyn Rose!
Evelyn Rose...Oh, Evelyn Rose!
She's a happy baby,
Yes, everyone knows!
Evelyn Rose... Oh, Evelyn Rose!
(Yes, I do sing this to her everyday!)

The pictures below prove how happy she is, though!

Happy playing on her play blanket.

"Wanna play with me??"

"Oh, that butterfly is just sooo funny!"

Playing with Daddy.

"Hello, friend!"

Just waking up from a nap in her swing.

Aww...happy being with her Daddy.

Evie's First Video Blog!

2009-01-07T12:21:00.000-08:00

Here it is folks...
EVIE'S FIRST MOVIE!!
She was in quite a "talkative" mood yesterday,
and I happened to have the camera with me,
so I caught some cute video and pictures of her.
The video quality isn't great, but turn it up anyways,
because she was being quite the talker!
Enjoy!!

Here are the exclusive first pictures of Evie smiling!
She looks more and more like her sister all the time.
We are so blessed to have such beautiful girls!

Snow Days Are AWESOME!

2009-01-01T12:09:00.001-08:00

Lele had been talking about playing in the snow,
and finally (before the snow had melted),
Daddy took her outside to play and she had a great time!
Enjoy the pictures!

Lele and Daddy in the snow.

"WHEE!"

If you don't have a hill to slide down...use stairs!

Christmas Day 2008

2008-12-29T10:55:00.000-08:00

We had our usual Christmas Day here.
We opened gifts at our house in the morning,
and headed to Grandma and Grandpa Popovits'
house for lunch and gifts in the afternoon.
It was a wonderful day!
Enjoy the pictures.

Christmas morning by the Christmas Tree!

Lele got stickers and paints from Nana Arkansas.

Lele opening her gifts from Santa.

Lele with her racecar and Handy Manny toolbox.
Way to go, Santa, just what she asked for!

Batman The Dark Knight.
Just what HE asked for, Santa!

Nanny and Papa came by to watch Lele open gifts.
Papa was happy to hold his little Evie.
Not to be left out,
Tucker had his own special gift to open from Santa.

Lele in her Christmas dress from Papa Arkansas.

"Look, I got a new little princess doll!"

Amy, Lele and Emily posing in their Christmas dresses.

Lele just loves "Emi"!

Popovits Family Christmas 2008

2008-12-26T12:42:00.001-08:00

Matt, Lisa and Ava were in town last week for Christmas.
We celebrated Popovits Family Christmas on Dec. 21st.
There was good food, tons of presents for everyone,
and a great time was had by all....especially the girls!
Enjoy the pictures.

Ava and Lele ready to open some gifts!

A rare photo of Johnny and I together.Opening gifts.
Hey, Lele, can you see with that hat on?? Nick opening his gift...Lele was there to assist.
"LOOK! NEW BOOKS!"Wii points for Johnny...a perfect gift.
Nanny was satisfied with holding Evie,
and letting everyone else open gifts.
Ava got a microphone for Christmas.
Ava was too shy to perform for everyone,
however, Lele was quite the ham singing,
"Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star!"

Johnny and Matt enjoyed the microphone, too.

After presents, Papa gave the girls a special treat...
Mini snowman cakes. YUM!

Evie, now WIDE AWAKE, was ready for some pictures.

Evie finds "Ennie" quite captivating!

Daddy giving his baby girl some cuddles.

Popovits Family Photo 2008

Evie and the Swing

2008-12-16T09:18:00.001-08:00

Having two kids, and trying to get something done
is a new challenge for me, so I have been trying
to find ways to give myself little breaks.
Evie met the swing today.

Lauren and Evie with the swing.

Evie got a little upset at first,
but big sister was there to comfort her.

Wide awake in wonder at this new contraption.

Finally enjoying the ride and taking a nap.
Ahh...Mommy's hands are free again...for a moment.

She's Awake!!

2008-12-09T16:03:00.000-08:00

Evie has been a lot more alert the past few days.
Today, after a short nap, I took a few pictures of her.
Enjoy!

"Hello!"

She smiles a lot...no, really! That's a smile!She's trying to talk...she really has so much to say!

"Oh no! I've lost my hands...AGAIN!"

Birthday Extravaganza!

2008-12-07T16:10:00.000-08:00

On Friday night we had a birthday party
for Lele and Johnny at the Herriman's.
Sarah surprised them with an awesome cake,
complete with split theme...
Dora for Lele and Superman for Johnny!
Nick also did an awesome slide show with pictures.
It was such a special night for Lele and Johnny to share.
Enjoy the pictures!

Yep...Dora on one side, Superman on the other!
Genius cake....THANKS, SARAH! :)Lele was so proud to share her birthday with Daddy.

Blowing out the candles together.

"YAY! DADDY WE DID IT!"

Lele and Hailey love to celebrate their birthdays together!

Hailey is quite the helper when it comes to present time.It looks like Lele was going to hit Grandpa,
but I think she was going to "High Five" him.

Daddy got some cool gifts,
like this Ironman shirt...

...and a NEW hat!Nick made an awesome slide show for Johnny!The girls liked the slide show music..."LET'S DANCE!"

Emily, Hailey and Lele, waiting for cake!

YUMMY!

Of course, Evie made her debut, as well.
Lele is quite the proud BIG SISTER,
and posed for pictures with her little sister.
Evie with her Papa.
Evie with Aunt Mimi and Cousin Emily.
Emily just loves babies, even when they're screaming!Evie with Uncle Mark.

More Pics of Evie

2008-11-30T11:10:00.001-08:00

Here are a bunch of photos from the hospital
and a few since we have been home.
Evie has been fighting a "cold" or something, but is
finally feeling much better, she's a great baby!
More pics of her "awake" soon. *laughs*
Enjoy!

Evie with Momma.

Evie with Daddy.

The Proud BIG sister!Evie with her "Nana Arkansas" (as Lele would say).

Evie with her Nanny.

Evie with her Godpapa Nick.
Evie's "coming home outfit" was too big,
but she still looked super cute!
Evie with our nurse, Shelia.
She was wonderful, and took good care of us!

First visitors once we were home,
Grandma Popovits...

and Grandpa Popovits.

Evie was wide awake for her first visit
with "Big Papa" Earley.

Sleeping away in her bassinet when
we first brought her home.

She's been sleeping in her Pooh Portable Bed,
since it's easier for her to sleep sitting up a little.
(Note: We just love this pooh blanket!)

Post Number 100! All about Evelyn!

2008-11-19T16:58:00.001-08:00

This is just a quick post with some pictures of our new arrival.

Evelyn Rose Popovits

We love all of you and are so grateful for all of the support.

We will update the blog with more photos and stories when Mom and Evie come home.

Evelyn was born at 1:48pm on November 18th, 2008.

She weighed 6lbs 12oz and was 20in long.

Enjoy the pictures!!

The Halloween Spectacular Edition

2008-11-01T12:53:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone! Welcome to our blog's
Halloween Spectacular Edition!
We had a great week, and of course took lots
of pictures to document the fun
to share with all of you!

Lele and Daddy carved the pumpkin on Monday night.
Lele was quite impressed with the whole ordeal.

Daddy and Lele getting ready to carve the pumpkin!

Yes Lauren, it's a messy job, but someone's gotta do it!
Ooooh!!! Scary!
(For the record, Lele picked out the template.)

On Wednesday night we had a Reformation Festival
at our church for the kids to come in their costumes,
play games and get TREATS!

Lele ready to go to the festival as
"Jojo the Clown"!
"Look, I have a REAL clown nose!"

Throwing ping pong balls is no problem.
(Actually it's was a little tricky...but she still won!)
Jojo goes in for a winning duck!
The Candy Walk was Momma's favorite event of the night.
(Everyone's a winner!)

Fishin' for a prize!

No church party would be complete without
decorating your very own Scarecrow!

Halloween night we took Lele "Trick or Treating"
and she got LOTS of goodies!

Our lil' trick or treater at "KK's" house!
Posing at KK's with the jack 'o lantern.
Lele with her "Big Papa Earley".
"Trick or Treat!"
We had to make a special stop to see Ennie at
the video store to show off her costume.

Fall in Michigan!!

2008-10-27T09:54:00.001-07:00

Sorry, I've been meaning to post these for a week.

Lele went with her Nanny to a pumpkin patch.
They got a great pumpkin,
(that Daddy's going to carve--pics to follow)
and some cute pics with the pumpkin decorations.

"HAPPY HALLOWEEN!"

That's one HUGE pumpkin!!

"Just hanging out with my pumpkin buddies!"

The weekend before last we went to the apple orchard.
We took a horse-drawn wagon ride, got some apples,
fresh apple donuts, and cider. YUMMY!
Also they have a little petting zoo, so Lele enjoyed that.

It was a great Fall day activity.

"Cheese!"

It was hard to get Lele to take a picture with me,
too many distractions.

Lele posing with the big pumpkins!

The horses and wagon.

GOATS!

This is the friendliest chicken I've ever met!

She loved to just sit on the fence and let people pet her.

Hard to see them, but these are the reindeer
that live at the orchard. Pretty cool!

Homecoming Parade

2008-10-10T16:48:00.001-07:00

Time for Homecoming at Flushing!
We went down with our friends the Dyers
to the parade and let the girls get LOADS of candy.
They had a blast!
Afterwards we went for ice cream...YUM!
Enjoy the pictures.

Lele and Hailey waiting for the parade to start.

Lele was super excited about getting CANDY!

Aww...holding hands with Daddy watching the parade.

Yep, she's Daddy's girl!

Hailey really enjoyed the parade, too.

Next, we went for ice cream.
Tonight we had black cherry...YUM!
Sharing with Momma.

Lele's First Car

2008-10-05T14:52:00.000-07:00

We've been looking for months for
a Little Tykes car for Lele.
We finally found one at a garage sale recently,
it cost us only $2.00! What a steal!
"Go ahead, Lele, drive it like you stole it!"
Enjoy the pics and video.

Lele's first car!

Lele took "Bubbles" for a wild ride!

This is after she was told NOT to run into the van!

Summertime = Fun in the Sun

2008-09-02T11:58:00.000-07:00

Since we're (hopefully) coming to the end of summer,
I figured that we should post a few pics & a VIDEO!
It's not the best video, because I took
it with our camera, but it's fun!
Enjoy!

Just Lele being Lele

2008-08-15T10:23:00.000-07:00

I thought it had been a little while since I just
posted some cute pics of Lele being Lele.

Just Lele.

No matter how hard I try, I can't ever
get her to stop playing with her feet!

Yes, she's a "Perfect Angel". *laughs*

This by far is my favorite,
it seems to most closely capture the "True Lele".

Family Fun Day at Home

2008-07-27T15:51:00.000-07:00

Yesterday we had a nice day just here at the house.

Nick and Jen came over to hang out and play with Lele,
and then Aunt Janet came over for dinner.
We had a great time...especially Lele!

Lele, Godpapa Nick and Ennie with her new wagon.

Lele loves to be pulled around in her wagon,
"Go Ennie"!

Of course, Lele still LOVES to play bubbles.

What a cute pic of Lele with Godpapa Nick. :)

Ennie tried her best to teach Lele to catch the ball.
Jen and Chrissy...
once or twice a year we have a pic together.

On another note, today I baked my first layer cake.
It was a little tricky, but I think it turned out pretty well.
See for yourselves...
YUMMY!

Our Little Evie

2008-07-08T16:03:00.001-07:00

As all of you already know, we had our ultrasound
yesterday and got our first pictures of our little Evie.
Here are a few really good ones.
What a little blessing!
This is our little Evie's cute profile!
She was opening her mouth to put in her thumb.

Evie in all her glory!

Evie's little feet and toes!

Our Weekend of Fun

2008-07-08T12:29:00.000-07:00

We had a great 4th of July weekend, and
we took lots of pictures to share with everyone.
On Friday, we had a fun day at home in the yard.
On Saturday we headed up to the beach.
It was a perfect day for it, sunny and breezy!
We even had a special visitor on Sunday to add
a little extra excitement (see pic below).
Hope everyone else had a nice weekend, too!

"Lele Las Vegas" having fun with her soccer ball.

Lele and Daddy in the backyard.

Time to cool off with Elmo!

Oh yeah, she loves playing with Elmo!

She thought he was also a drinking fountain.

Daddy trying to teach Lele about sand sculpting.

She really enjoyed digging in the sand.
She also enjoyed lying in the sand.

Lele and Momma in the water.

Lele liked the water...
especially when Daddy carried her.
It was a bit cold.

No trip to the beach would be complete
without a stop at Wilson's Cheese Shoppe.
(Momma's favorite part!)

Just to add a little extra excitement,
this snapping turtle wandered into our yard on Sunday.
He lives in the pond, and seemed to have gotten lost.
We helped him get back to it, and
he seemed grateful as he swam away.

Happy Father's Day, Daddy!

2008-06-12T16:53:00.001-07:00

You are the best Daddy a little girl could ever ask for!
Here are some of my favorite pics of us together.

I love you very much,
and wanted you to know you are amazing!

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY, DADDY!
We love you!

Lele's Princess Bed

2008-06-12T16:37:00.001-07:00

We were really lucky and found a great deal on a
Disney Princess Toddler Bed for Lele on Craigslist.
She has now moved into her new room,
and LOVES sleeping in her new Princess Bed.
She's figured out how to wonder out of her room,
but she's good about going back when you tell her.
Here's some pictures, sorry they aren't the best.

Plenty of room for Lele & ALL her babies to sleep with her.

I did say ALL, she has babies at the end of her bed, too!

Patience Pays Off

2008-05-26T09:59:00.000-07:00

I haven't been taking a lot of pictures lately,
and I know that people have missed the updates.
We finally had a wonderful family weekend,
and took LOTS of pictures to share with you.
Patience does pay off, and I hope you
enjoy all the pictures below.
All our love,
Johnny, Chrissy and Lauren

Just playing on our deck, with her slide,
and, of course, her bubble machine.

"Pop! Gotcha!"

Saturday we went to the playground,
it was a perfect day!
What a perfect little pose in the butterfly. :)

Future School bus driver???

No starting at the bottom of the stairs,
this girl likes a challenge!

Lele insisted her Daddy go down the slide with her...
afterwards he said, "That was painful"!

Lele wanted to swing by herself.
"Why aren't I going anywhere, Daddy?"

Lele said this was her favorite slide.
"Bobo" seemed to enjoy the ride, as well.

On Sunday afternoon we met up with our
good friends, the Dyers, at the Wilderness Trails Zoo.
Lele and Hailey had a wonderful time together
and we all enjoyed seeing all the animals.

The exotic bird display was a big hit with the girls.
Trying to get a closer look.
Getting hands on in the Petting Zoo...
with baby goats,

a baby llama,

and even a young buffalo calf.

The girls had a great time together.

Lele insisted on holding hands with Hailey.

These camels surprised us at how big they were.
AMAZING!!

"You can't see through my camflouge!"
We all know how annoying it is when you have
an itch you just can't scratch.
This bear had his own way of dealing with that.
"If you don't have a tree nearby, a fence will do!"

Momma's favorite was this donkey.

What a sweet little family of Canadian Geese.
"Everyone stay together!"

"Thanks for coming to the zoo, Hailey!
Your my bestest friend!"

The Rockstars

2008-04-28T14:04:00.001-07:00

Johnny's favorite Wii game (we own) is Guitar Hero III.
He totally gets into it, and thinks he is a Rockstar!
Lele enjoys when he plays this game, as well;
she gets her DeeDee Doodle Keytar out to play along.

TOTAL ROCKSTARS!

Tea Time

2008-04-21T13:20:00.000-07:00

Sorry I haven't posted any new pictures lately,
here are a couple from last week.
Enjoy!

"Tea Party, Tucker!"

Sometimes it's better to have a private party,
under the table, for instance.

Easter Pictures

2008-03-28T11:02:00.000-07:00

I happened to be in the mood to post,
so here are the Easter Pictures I had taken.
They really aren't all that great, so I apologize,
but you still get to see her in her Easter dress
and with all her goodies.

We had an egg hunt in our livingroom,
since it was too cold to go outside.
"Look at all the eggs I found!"

"Elmo!" and Ernie and lots of coins
(for her piggy bank from Nana) were in her eggs.

Also, Tyrone and Pablo (from the Backyardigans).

Her big gift was a shopping cart
(it came complete w/a squeaky wheel)!

Yeah, she wasn't wanting to pose for this one.
But, she looked so pretty in her dress!

Arkansas Pics

2008-03-27T10:50:00.000-07:00

I know it has taken me a while to post
the pictures from our trip to Arkansas,
but it took a little time to recover, and
then when I thought we had, both Lele and
I got sick. We're doing better, though, so
I decided to take the time to post these.

We really had great weather while we
were there and enjoyed seeing everyone!

Quite a few things were already in bloom in Arkansas.
It WAS, afterall, in the 70s nearly everyday.

Lele picking a flower from Aunt Jan's yard.

"Here Mamaw, I picked this for you!"
Lele with her "Nana Arkansas".

Lele playing with Cousins Ella and Eli.

We celebrated my Daddy's 67th birthday while we there,
he got a Wii...he's golfing!

Lele loved this basket of Easter Eggs
that her Nonnnie had set out.

Lele with her "Papa Arkansas".

Picking one of Nonnie's Daffodils.

Lele with her "Easter Arrangement",
the table really made it easy to arrange the flowers.

I told Lele to let me take a picture of her with her basket.
I crouched down to get a better shot,
so she crouched down, too.

Lele liked to go into Mamaw's room to hide from me.
Here she is "cheesing" for me, after I asked
for her to pose for a picture.

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY, PAPA!"

"Thanks for such a great visit, Papa!"

Lele's 1st haircut

2008-02-27T06:58:00.000-08:00

Seeing as Lauren is now two,
we decided she should have her first real haircut.
Our Aunt Karen ("KK") is the offical
stylist for the family, so she did the honors.
Here are pics we took from the event.

Lele was less than keen with the idea,
and insisted on sitting with "Mommy".

"Haha" also got involved, of course.

Once she settled down she sat very still.

"All done, Haha...take the clips out, please."

"Thanks, KK!"

The end results. Very nice!

Definately another satisfied customer!

Pics from our "Super Weekend"

2008-02-05T10:19:00.001-08:00

Here are pictures from this past weekend.
Lele got REALLY excited when we said
she could play with her Playdoh.
Also, she had a good time hanging out with her
Daddy and watching the Super Bowl.

Shake, shake, shake
those LOUD Maracas!

Spinning around with Daddy!
I'm not sure who got more dizzy, Daddy or Lele,
but they were having a blast!
"PLAYDOH! YES!"
(Lauren's exact response!)
Daddy couldn't resist the Playdoh!

Aww...sweet "mwahs" for Daddy!
"Cheetos, Daddy! Want some?"

"Mmmm...Football!"
(Yep, just like Mommy. I can watch
football if you give me snacks, too!)

Cleaning and Singing

2008-01-29T15:26:00.000-08:00

I figured it had been a while since we had

posted a movie of Lele, so I put
a short one together today.
Also, there's a couple of cute photos below.
Enjoy!

Riding on her Zebra with "BIG Haha".
As you can see, she really loves her vacuum.
All wrapped up in Monkey Love!

Christmas 2007 in Pictures

2008-01-06T12:18:00.000-08:00

Here it is!
What (I'm sure) you have ALL been waiting for:
THE BIG CHRISTMAS POST!
Actually, I seperated it into two posts.
Below are the COLOR pictures,
and then the next post contains the
black and whites pictures.
ENJOY!

Papa Earley with Lele on Christmas Eve.

Nick with Papa Earley.

Lele is "Papa's Girl"!

Momma with Lele in her new pjs
made with love by Nana Earley.Lele with her "Bouncing Zebra" from Santa!
Lele's Godmomma, Sarah, made these pjs for
Lele and her baby..."Kisses for Baby".

Lele got a bike from Santa.

As you'll notice below, Ava liked the bike, alot!
"I'll take care of your bike while you're busy!"

Johnny with the girls.

Uncle Johnny tried so hard to get Ava to smile!

Johnny with his cool new shirt from Jen.

"Umm, Nick, you DO KNOW those are
LELE's pajamas, right?"

Lele made Uncle Nick open up her
Dora Schoolhouse...
the girls were waiting eagerly.

Ava was trying to help put the door back on.

Then the girls were back to playing with
the ever popular Weebles Castle.

They had so much fun together!