Girl Talk

Kjersti: Welcome to Girl Talk. Where we talk about the stuff girls really want to talk about.
Eve: Are you serious?

Kjersti: Sure! Just smile and I'll help you through it.
Eve: What did you just say? I got distracted watching Eli roundhouse kick your Barbi collection.

Kjersti: That's ok. Ewe, something's smelling pretty ripe. That's not you is it?
Eve: I don't know what you're talking about.

Kjersti: Oh great Eve, it got all over my pants!
Eve: You have no idea how much better I feel now.

Kjersti: Oh well. I'm glad Mom is doing the laundry. She'll take care of that for us.

Eve: That's what I'm talking about... really, I'm serious.

Kjersti: We'll see you next time on Girl Talk!

Two Month Re-Cap

There's been a two month gap since our last post. Let me bring you up to speed. At the end of August, we moved out of our home in Watertown, NY. We're going to miss that place and all of the wonderful friends we made there!

We went on a vacation to southern Vermont and visited Jamaica State Park where we hiked to Hamilton Falls. Unfortunately, we set out on this six mile hike at about 5:30 p.m. so by the time we got back to our car, it was completely dark. It was so dark, Heidi and Kjersti thought they saw a ferocious beaver on the trail, but as we got closer, it turned out to be only a puddle. Good times.

We bought a crazy looking, but very functional hat for Eve in Straton, VT.

We were joined on our trip to Vermont by Cody's parents (Gary and Cheryl), Cody's brother, Chris and Heidi's mom, Elaine (behind the camera). We stayed at this awesome cabin. We had a great time!

We moved back into our townhouse in Dumfries, VA and blessed Eve our first week back to our old ward. What a long, strange trip it's been.

Conversations with Eve

13 SEP 09 - Eve: "The bouncer is one of the greatest things ever invented. I especially like "vibration" mode! Soooooo soothing."

16 SEP 09 - Eve: "The doctor gave me my shots today. I wasn't expecting that kind of pain and agony so early in my life. To make matters worse, he gave me blue band-aids instead of pink ones."

16 SEP 09 - Eve: "This is my brave face."

27 SEP 09 - Eve: "I just couldn't stand the binki anymore when I figured out I've got something much more tasty attached to my arm. My mom says I've nearly, 'mastered the left thumb, but still need some work on my right thumb'. I'm not quite sure what that means.

27 SEP 09 - Eve: "Sometimes I try to sneak my thumb in by masking the act with my right arm. My mom just thought I was being cute putting my hands up by my mouth, but there was a lot more going on she didn't know about... and I'm not talking about what was happening in my diaper."

27 SEP 09 - Eve: "Ok, my mom totally busted me in the act here. Dang it!"

Hot Air

Captain Chaos (Eli) and Princess Mayhem (Kjersti) discovered what they think to be the secret source of their super powers... the bicycle pump. Unfortunately, it did not yield the desired effect and has instead left them only with the funny taste of rubber in their mouths.

Tips From Big Sister to Baby Sister

When you burb and spit up, just smile like that afterwards and everyone will TOTALLY adore you!

When I was a baby, I looked just like you. Hey, is that my old onesie?

Wear as much pink as possible at all times. I see you're doing pretty well today!

Never pull dad's finger like this. You'll be forced to leave the room.

Eve Marie Strong

On 13 July 2009 at 1:40 p.m., Eve Marie Strong was born at Samaritan Medical Center in Watertown, NY. She weighed in at a healthy 9 lbs 11 oz and is 23 inches long. She has been a great baby! She cries very little and spends a lot of time just looking around as seen here. As you can see, she has a full head of dark hair complete with tipped highlights. I guess that explains why she was five days overdue; she had to get her hair done.


A cute little girl with nice long feet. I'm sure she'll come to love those over the years.

Kjersti couldn't be more excited to be a big sister!

With a little supervision, Eli loved holding his new sister. He's still getting used to the idea that there is a new baby in the house.

Eve had some whopper stories to tell Cody about life in the womb. I think he got the jist of it, but most of it was pretty tough to understand.

The perfect family picture. Heidi is tired, Kjersti is proud to be the new big sister, Eli is just happy to be there and Eve is zonked out.

Eli's Hog

People really do underestimate the possible bike stunts young boys can pull off when they're aided by training wheels. It's crazy wicked!