Our
sweet girl is 18 months old! That is so hard to believe. The other
day we were watching a few of the videos that we’d taken of Evie when
she was about a month
old. She was just starting to roll over a little and she looked so
tiny. Fast forward 18 months and we have a walking, talking bundle of
energy! She's 25lbs and 33 inches tall!
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| Just like Daddy :) |
Evelyn
is doing so many things these days. She is running everywhere and
she’s started to climb. She has not attempted to get out of her crib
yet thank goodness!
I am not ready for that. She is learning to jump. We sing the song
“Pop Goes the Weasel”, and she will jump at the end. Right now, jumping
consists of bending her knees and then springing up. Her feet rarely
leave the ground, but she’s getting there.
Evelyn
likes to use a fork &/or spoon at dinner. This has been helpful in
trying to get her eat new things because she’ll try just about anything
if she can do it
all by herself. We’re still having trouble getting her to eat
non-pureed veggies. She loves green beans and carrots from a jar and
she will suck down the pouch baby food in snap, but it is rare for her
to really eat veggies any other way. She does like
celery – especially if it has peanut butter on it. We sneak veggies
into food, but I’m really hoping I can get her to eat plain vegetables
someday.
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| Evelyn and her G.G Mitchell... Love :) |
Evelyn
still loves to read. Her current favorite is a Winnie the Pooh lullaby
book. It’s one of those books that play songs when you press the
button. I read it
to her no less than 10 times the other night. Her favorite song is
“Are You Sleeping Little Roo?”, an adaptation of
Frere Jacques. She bops her head back and forth, and actually ‘sings’ along with me. :) I’m so happy my girl loves books. We started reading longer books and she is crazy about the Dr.
Seuss book Go Dog Go. We actually brought it to the grocery store with us the other day and it kept her pretty occupied in the cart while I shopped.
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| Big Foot? |
Evelyn
is talking up a storm these days, but we cannot really understand half of
what she says. She will babble on and on, telling us things that only
she knows. She
does say quite a few words – dog, ball, nana (banana), nigh-nigh
(night-night), buba (bubbles), yum, mama, dada, papa, ee (kiki), hi,
hello, bye, boo, no, yes, ease (please), tanks (thanks), wuv you (I love
you), all done and all gone to name a few. I love it when she says “oh
no”. She sounds so serious, like something awful has happened. She
knows some animal sounds, including the “Grrr” of the UK Wildcat (thanks
Pops for teaching her that one)! She tries to repeat a lot of what I
say these days. We don’t always understand
it all, but she’s trying so that’s all that counts.
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| Walking for a good cause |
Evie
likes to watch her shows on TV – ‘Thomas the Tank Engine’, ‘The Chica
Show’, ‘Barney’, ‘Pocoyo’ and ‘Sesame Street’ are favorites. We limit
the time she spends
in front of the TV, but we do allow it. She also loves my IPad. She
knows how to turn it on, flip through the apps and find the one that she
wants. Same goes for the IPhone. Again, we try and limit these
things, but they can be a complete lifesaver in
the car during long drives. Evelyn has turned into quite girly girl.
She loves headbands, purses, bracelets and necklaces. She loves to have
her hair brushed and when I put on my lip balm, she likes me to put a
little on her as well. She looks so proud
when I put a dress on her – she prances around like she’s a star and I
love it!
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| Happy girl! |
She
still loves her blanket and her pacifier. We are going to start taking
the pacifier from her during the day (except for naps) and only allow
it at bedtime now
that she’s 18 months. Our goal is to have it gone at 2 years so we are
starting small. She’s not completely attached to it during the day,
but if she sees a pacifier sitting anywhere, she wants it. I’m not
looking forward to the meltdowns that I know
are coming. Our girl is stubborn and not likely to give up her
pacifier without a fight!
So
that’s Evelyn right now in a nutshell. My spunky, stubborn, sweet
little girl. Every day I love her even more and I literally cannot
imagine my life without her.
