I've been doing a lot of biking recently, on my own and with Maddy. Here I am learning how to ride the 3rd wheel bike. It's really fun and we go a long ways on rides with it!


And here I am on my own bike


Also, I'm going to be a big sister soon! I'm excited to help out with the babies, but also a little nervous that they will cry and want to play with my toys. Here is Mommy looking like she has a basketball under her dress. Maddy had to give her a ride on the big bike when we went out!

It's been a strange winter here in the sunny South. January was like spring with 60 degree days. Finally we got our yearly "snowstorm". It started snowing in the morning, and Mommy, Maddy and I went outside to play. There was enough snow on the porch to make a small snowman


Here's the snowman later in the afternoon



I've been lucky enough to play with my friend Leo a lot recently. We like to run around a lot when we're together. I also like to draw, and here I'm trying out some new "gloves"



At the end of January, we went for a bike ride with some friends in the mountains, and celebrated Maddy's birthday. I am practicing for my birthday, as I love birthdays! I liked helping Mommy make the cake, and helping Maddy blow out the candles and open her presents.

Greetings, Fans!

It's been a roller coaster of a summer and fall! Earlier in the month, we had a great trip to Utah with Grandma Leslie, Uncle Steve and Aunt Kristy. Maddy pulled me in the bike trailer on some really bumpy trails! But at the top we had lunch (always a highlight of the day). Oh, and there were some views as well.



After we got back, I was at the park sliding with Mommy and we had an accident on the slide. My foot got caught and twisted, which broke my leg. It hurt A LOT, but the nice doctor fixed it all up with a cast. I got to pick the color, and of course I picked purple - the best color in the world (why would you want any other?). The cast hasn't slowed me down too much, but I have to go back to crawling to get around. I can still climb up on the couch, roll around in the cushions and do everything else like usual. I've even done some sliding since then, although I have to have some help climbing up. I know it's healing though, and I'm going to get the cast off soon. (NOTE: Eva got her cast off last week!)


And recently, there was a really cool holiday called Halloween. I got to dress up in a costume, and then knock on doors, and people gave me candy! I wanted my costume to be a car, so Mommy helped me make the wagon into a car. Then I picked out a costume to wear to school and it was a butterfly with a magic wand. (Editor's note-it was actually supposed to be a fairy, but Eva doesn't know what a fairy is and likes butterflies better, so she said it was a butterfly). I went trick-or-treating with my friend Leo and we both got to ride in the wagon car together. It was amazing - every house a new candy! I couldn't keep up and had to leave some candies half-eaten. Mommy convinced me to save a few in my bag, but it was only because there was only so much instant gratification that one child can have.



That's all for now! You can see more photos by linking to "Recent Eva Pictures"

-Eva

Hey fans!
It seems like a long time since I wrote. Well, you can see what I've been up to in my latest photo album. It spans the time from last fall to now. Lesse, I did lots of stuff. We went to Wisconsin in October to visit, went to California in November to visit, and went to Canmore, BC in February for skiing! I had my 2nd birthday in March, and now I'm talking everyone's ears off. Oh yeah, and grandparents visited a couple times, which is really, really fun!

I hope you like my new blog. It's integrated with all sorts of cool stuff. I even have a video PODCAST! If you use iTunes, you can subscribe to it by selecting the podcasts tab on the left, then going to the advanced menu, "Subscribe to Podcast...", then entering the following into the window that comes up:

feed://homepage.mac.com/mgiddings/page3/files/page3.xml

We'll be posting more videos soon!

That feed also has the latest updates to my blog, so you can subscribe to it in an RSS reader.

Until soon I write again,
Eva


Here is a picture of mommy and I on a chilly night. I had some serious thoughts to share at that moment!

This is a list of Eva's books
Updated 1/6/06
Sorted by book name. Some series books listed below:

Title Author/Publisher

10 Button Book	William Accorsi
A Cat in a Kayak	Maria Coffey
Butterfly/Frog	Robert Lieber
Buzz Buzz Busy Bees
Catch Me	Robert Lieber
Egg in the Hole Book	Richard Scarry
Giggle Giggle Quack	Doreen Cronin
Good Night Gorilla	Peggy Rathmann
Goodnight Moon	Margaret Wise Brown
Let's be Enemies	Janice May Udry
Mrs. Mustard's Baby Faces
My Shimmery Learning Book	Salina Yoon
One the Day You Were Born	Debra Frasier
Puppies at Play	Dorling Kindersley Inc
Roby's Wish	Shirin Yim Bridges
Sam's Cookie	Barbro Lindgren
Sharing and Caring	Elizabeth Hathon
She is Born	Virginia Kroll
Silly Dog	Sterling Publishing Co.
Spot on the Farm	Eric Hill
Stella Luna	Janell Cannon
Swimmer	Shelly Gill
The Little Red Hen	Little Goiden Treasures
The Other Dog	Madeline L'engle
The Snowy Day	Ezra Jack Keats
Wiggle Hop Fly	Fisher Price books
SERIES
I had trouble in getting to Solla Sollew	Dr. Seuss
The Lorax	Dr. Seuss
Mr. Brown can Moo can you?	Dr. Seuss
Come Over to My House	Theo LeSieg
10 Apples up on top	Theo LeSieg
Doggies	Sandra Boynton
Moo, Baa, LaLaLa	Sandra Boynton
The Going to Bed Book	Sandra Boynton
The Bear's Christmas	Stan and Jan Berenstein
The Bear's Vacation	Stan and Jan Berenstein