One year old!

Evelyn is 1 year old! Aunt Sarah took all these beautiful pictures of our birthday girl at Uncle John and Aunt Val's house in August.

Wilkinson Family Camp Out

When I (Crystal/ Mom) was younger, we had Wilkinson Family Camp Outs every summer. This year, over 15 years since the last one, we had another! It was so great to get to know each other again, and to meet each others' spouses, kids, and friends.

Thanks to my cousin Mollie who took most of these pics w/ her powerful camera and photography skills.

Here's our big group (from left, top-ish row): Grandpa, Nana, cousins Andrew & Michelle, 2nd cousin Ben, Lexy, Lexy's friend, Uncle Rob, Aunt Anna, Eden, Uncle Ken, Elly

(bottom-ish row): Dad, Mom, Evy, cousins Mollie & Andy, and 2nd cousin Natalie

One of the most memorable parts of our trip was this pesky bear, Tito, who liked to come around our camp looking for snacks. Here he is looking down on our site.
We sent him away empty handed.
Good thing Mom hid the snacks!

Uncle Rob w/ his arms full of Ben and Evy (5 months apart).

Everyone loves Evy's Dad! (And all us Mom's especially loved him at this moment while we were making dinner).

"I'll show you how to use it, Ben."

The men took the little ones for a walk in the morning.

Aunt Crystal read books to neices Elly, Eden, and cousin Natalie.

Nana read one of our favorite books to all the kids. They're all so captivated by it!

Grandpa and Nana with their grand girls

Perfect baby blue eyes! I love this picture.

On a hike.

Dad took a turn wearing Evy too.

If you look closely, you'll see that I'm wearing one of my old Wilkinson Family Camp Out t-shirts. I'm a little surprised it still fit but I had to wear it to bring back such fun memories. What a great camp out! Here's to many more!

Nachtigall Family Camp Out

At the end of July we went on a family camp out with Dad's side. Here we all are around the campfire.

From left: Lily, Uncle Tad, cousin Megan, Grandma, Aunt Sarah, cousin Maddie, Evy, Joel, Dad, cousin Ashley, Mom, cousin Cade, Aunt Jenny, Uncle John, Grandpa.

And you can't see her yet, but hiding in Mommy's tummy is Evy's tiny baby sister! We had just found out about her a day or two before this picture.

Snugglin' w/ Daddy

We had spaghetti for dinner! Can you tell how Evy feels about spaghetti?

Enjoying Huntington Lake

Love from Maddie

One of the best things about camping is the dirt!

Boy was there some good dirt!

Evy's big girl cousins are always so good about including her. Mom and Dad

had lots of help all weekend!
Taking a nap down by the lake (snuggling with her baby sister).

So precious.

Summertime Fun

Here's Evelyn with cousins Eden and Elly in their blue dresses from Nana.

From left: Eden, Nana, Elly, Great Grandma Margaret, Evy, Mom

We took a family trip to the Underground Gardens to escape the heat one day. We all enjoyed it quite a bit.

Here's Evy exploring our neighbor Charlie's backyard.

We went down to see a few Dodger games this summer with both Grandpas and Nana.

Giving Joel some support as he plays PS3.

Reading books w/ cousin Maddie

Here's cousin Cade playing video games w/ Dad, Evy, and Josie.

Walking!

Three days shy of 11 months old, Evelyn is walking on her own! We're so proud of our girl! We took this video about 10 minutes after she started walking. (We were a bit too enamored to grab the camera at first). She is heading toward one of her favorite attractions, the open dishwasher. At the end of the video it looks like she takes a mean spill but she actually caught herself on the door of the dishwasher with no harm done.

Little Explorer

Due to her increased mobility (crawling, cruising, and ALMOST walking), Evelyn is becoming quite the little explorer! Everyday is filled with exciting new discoveries!
Above, she's enthralled with Josie's water bowl (and food bowl . . . yum). Evelyn often likes to go visit Josie's food dish while Josie is trying to eat. Like a good dog, Josie just backs away and watches, waiting for one of us to notice and redirect Evy, at which time, Josie can finish her dinner in relative peace.

Below, Evelyn's wearing a tutu and playing with dolls. Mom is so proud. As you can see, waving is pretty popular in our house right now. Squealing and screaming are also popular.

Below is an example of what happens when Evelyn is given access to the fridge. She's like a moth to the flame whenever I open the door. She sees the light, feels the cool air, and hurries over to see what she can find to snack on. Notice when I ask her what she is doing, she responds quite appropriately. You can imagine her saying, "Eating a peach, Mom."

Above is a video of Evelyn discovering Josie's doggy door for the first time. Sorry it's a little dark.