Eva's Moves

This has been a great week with little Eva. She is growing up so fast! She will turn one this week and she is doing great! In this last week she added the words bear and book to her vocabulary. She also learned how to clap and she can now stand unassisted for thirty seconds or more! She has had a busy week!

Happy Valentines Day! On Saturday we went to Kirtland to see the bronze exhibition they are presenting. Wow. I didn't know what to expect, but I think those statues were by far my favorate representation of Christ that I have ever seen. The artist picked up His royal presence and his human charactoristics. I don't even know how to explain the way she captured His presence. If you are living in Cleveland, I think this is a must see exhibition. Let me know what you think. Evelyn had a great time as well. She charmed all of the couple missionaries with her giggling, waving and happiness. Unfortunately, we were not able to bring a camera.

We just had to share. This video will brighten your day. I think Evelyn was just born with music in her soul. She dances whenever she hears any kind of beat, and sometimes she dances when she hears music that no one else can hear. She figured out these dance moves on her own, we didn't teach her.

Enjoy!

Evelyn's Big News

Evelyn is going to be a big sister!

A few weeks ago we found out that we will be adding a new member of the family. On Friday we had an ultrasound to find out an accurate due date.



We found out a lot more than that! It took me a while to process this image too. It looks like we have the joy of adding two more Hazards to our sweet family. That's right. Twins. By the way... I am 6 and a half week pregnant and my twin due date (36 weeks instead of 40) is at the end of August. This is actually a picture of a picture, but you can actualy see little parts of each baby in the sacs. Looking at this ultrasound gives me chills!.

The doctor said in rare cases there was something called 'vanishing twins' where an early ultrasound shows two, then subsequent ultrasounds show only one baby. He said this would be extremely rare in my case because we can already see both babies.

This week has obviously been a good one! We are getting over the 'freaking out inside our heads' phase and we are into the extrememly excited and a little bit daunted phase. We have successfully grown out of our car over this weekend and our house is seeming a little bit cramped (It was so big when we moved in!). Everything will work out perfectly! We are ecstatic and Evelyn would be too if she knew what was going on. ;)

Evelyn is as cute as ever! She is very close to walking and loves to practice. She is inquisitive about everything and as happy as can be. She finally got over her sickies and is back to her normal sweet self.

We are extremely blessed!

I was cooking dinner last night and I heard ridiculous giggling from Evelyn and I had to check it out. This is what I found.

One of those weeks...

During the week it seemed like we were crazy-non-stop-busy, but when we look back and brainstorm what actually happened, we can't think of all that much. I guess it has just been one of those weeks. So, here's what did happen...

The saga of Rachel's dental work continues. This week was actually a big step forward in this regard because she finally got the implant placed for her front tooth. She was pretty nervous about the whole ordeal, and I don't blame her- after all, they did put a screw through her bone. The whole thing went pretty well and today she was actually able to put her fake tooth back in her mouth for about an hour (she won't get the crown on the implant for another couple of months).

While all this was going on, Evelyn decided it was a good time to get really grouchy and smelly and sick. Actually, the grouchy and smelly part was because of the sick part. She was vomiting a lot and had a high fever and became very clingy and poopy and grumpy and a menace. But we love her. We took her to the doctor and got some Pedialyte and Tylenol and she seems to be feeling a little better.

So here we are, Rachel laid up with a sore mouth, Evelyn being a grumpy menace, and I am at school all day. And then, for some reason, I get sick and start throwing up and...well, let's just say that I wasn't able to help out a whole lot around the house.

Yes, it has just been one of those weeks. Thankfully we are all feeling much better now and are excited to see what the new week brings.

Despite all the craziness, we still had some good moments. Here's Eva learning how to play the guitar. We love that bug!

Eva and her tent

Here's a video of Eva's new toy. Also, there are some shots of her just playing. She sure is a cute (and a bit overbearing) girl!

After all that play, she will sleep very well. For more cute pictures of Evelyn, be sure to check out the next post also.

Obsessive Amounts of Pictures

We posted some pictures that Haley took during Christmas break. Nancy (Logan's mom) also had some professional pictures taken of Evelyn. Here are some of our favorite pictures.

The End!

We're Back

As with all things, the farther behind you are with something the more daunting the task seems... I shall begin at the beginning. No, I shall begin at this week and move backwards.

Yesterday we celebrated Martin Luther King day by visiting the Rock and Roll Hall of the Fame and The Great Lakes Science Center. For those of you not from around here, ALL museums are free in Cleveland on Martin Luther King Day. The Science museum was fascinating and I enjoyed the hands on exhibits. Evelyn got up close and personal with some of them as well. The Hall of Fame was amazing in that there is so much memorabilia in one place. It was cool to ooh and ahh at the fun relics from our favorite rock and roll artists. We saw Elvis Presleys car (Brandon, you will be thrilled to know that it was a souped up Mark IV). A story on the plaque was about Elvis buying thirteen cadillacs on the day before he purchased this car. He bought them for family members and friends and for a lady that just happened to be out shopping for a cadillac that day! What a great story.

On Friday we had our first "date group." Jessica and I decided to set up a date night play group. Every fourth week each couple takes a turn babysitting all four kids, but this means that for the other three weeks you get a fabulous date night! This week Logan and I took our turn babysitting and we are looking forward to our date on Friday.

Logan has been very dedicated to riding his bike to school every day. Yes, these past weeks have been below zero and he hasn't complained once. On a particulary cold day he called and told me he arrived at school with ice formed on his chin! Wow. He has a lot of cold weather gear and we are now investing to add a face mask to his collection.

This Christmas Logan and I made gifts for some of the people in our families. We made purses for all of our sisters and we made matching burp cloths and bibs for Haley (she is expecting her first little boy in April). Logan amazes me more and more everyday. I found out that he has a great talent for sewing (he is better than me!). You are amazing Logan. He also made me my favorite present! He designed and created a jewelery holder that hangs in our closet. I am excited about this because now I actually wear jewelery because I am reminded when I get dressed in the morning. Hooray! Logan also surprised me by making a zip up bag for Evelyn while I was still in Utah. She especially loves all of the bobbles he sewed on the outside.

While we were in Utah we went to see the Body Worlds exhibit with my parents. Wow. I am amazed at how perfectly our bodies run. The most interesting thing I noticed on the skeleton was how long our toe bones are! Our toe bones run back almost the length of our foot. One of the other interesting things I learned about was our lungs. I knew that smoker's lungs could turn dark black (they had an example of a lung that looked charred), but I saw another lung that was white with black speckles kind of like a dalmation puppy. This lung was from someone that lived in a big city. Pollution in a big city can actually show up on your lungs. I had never even thought about that. I would recommend this show to anyone.
This mirror isn't flattering to anyone! This is the 'make everything wider' mirror.

Evelyn loved this! It was a blower fan that suspended a beach ball in mid air.
This is the cute bag Logan made for Evelyn. The zipper even has a large ring handle that is easy to grasp. The whole bag is covered with fun buttons, rings, and googly eyes. You can see that Eva adores it.

This is the jewelery holder that I love! Thank you Kiwi!

Happy New Year!

Happy new year to everybody! This week has certainly had its ups and downs for us. To start out with, I had to fly home on Monday in order to take a test before the semester started. Rachel stayed behind to get a little more vacationing in. I had a fantastic vacation with both of our families and we created many lasting memories.

When I got home I noticed two envelopes waiting for us in the mail- One of them contained my test results for the dental boards, and the other contained Rachel's results from the NAD. I opened both of them over the phone with Rachel and we congratulated each other when we found that we both passed. Ahhhhh. That was a sigh of relief.

Rachel has had a good time in Utah with her family and I am glad that she got to stay behind- even though I have been pretty bored without her. I have gotten a lot done (and I've watched a lot of movies), but it just isn't the same without a Rachel and an Evelyn there. I think we are both ready to be reunited tomorrow when she gets back.