This winter weather is really getting to us. We’re trying not to let it, but I can tell that it’s affecting everyone’s moods. I’m looking forward to the brief respite that we’re supposed to get this week. Maybe I’ll even be able to take Evie outside a long walk! We’ve been spending way too time indoors and we are all going a little stir crazy. The past few weeks have been spent at home. Evie got a mild stomach virus, then a cold/fever and a double ear infection. Poor baby :( Then Pat got the stomach virus, followed by me. Ugh. We’re all feeling better now so hopefully that’s all the sickness we’ll have for a while.
Due to all of our indoor time, we’ve all been watching TV more than normal. Evie currently has a small obsession with Winnie the Pooh and Mickey Mouse. Every day we hear ‘How ‘bout Pooh Bear?” or “How ‘bout Mickey?”. Over the weekend, Pat got Evie a Mickey Mouse balloon at the store and she was beyond thrilled. She carried it around with her most of the day and would hug it occasionally. If only it was so easy to please everybody! Evelyn had several other reasons to smile over the weekend. First, she got three Valentine’s Day cards in the mail – one from her friend Meg, one from Grandma Rita, and one from Grandpa Tim & Katherine. She was so excited and loved them all! Next she got to visit with Pops, Kiki, Aunt Shannon and PJ. They came up on Saturday to hang out with us and watch basketball. We had lots of fun and Kiki brought Evie a new toy – a monkey that shoots balls out of it mouth. Evie thought it was hilarious. After a delicious Sunday morning breakfast at Bob Evans, they had to head back to KY. We are always so sad to see them go – Evie stood at the door with me and pouted as she watched them drive away. 2 hours isn’t that far, but sometimes it seems like it. Especially this time of year when we are so bored and can’t travel as much. I wish we could just pop over and hang out for a while. Maybe someday.
Not too much else has been happening. Baby Marker is getting big and sounded good at my last appointment. I’ve been having lots of Braxton Hicks contractions, which my doctor assured me is very normal, especially with a second baby. I just try and rest when they get too bad (not painful, just uncomfortable). This usually means more TV for Evie – not that she’s complaining. She loves to grab a pillow and her blankie and snuggle up next to mama! I love it too. She getting so big so fast. I can’t believe that we will be celebrating her 2nd birthday in a month! I wish I could slow down time a little. She is such a little girl now. She talks non-stop and we are able to understand more of what she is saying. She knows most of the basic colors and she loves to read her books. The other day she sat on a pillow in our room, turning pages of her book and mumbling to herself. She got to the end and said ‘The End. Now read hippo”, shut the book and then picked up her book about a hippo. She remember her favorite pages in books and we cannot move past those pages until she points out everything that she likes and I acknowledge them too. She can identify animals and knows many of the sounds that they make. She one of those lift-the-flap books for Christmas and it’s one of her favorites now. She will turn right to her favorite page – the bug page. I have no idea why she likes this page so much since she scared of bugs, but she always goes right to that page. As far as food goes, Evelyn has tried a few new things. She loves Cincinnati-style chili and her daddy’s scrambled eggs. The last one drives me nuts because if I make her eggs, she will only pick at them, but if Daddy makes them, she gobbles them up! She loves bacon and pulled pork or beef. She loves eating cereal with milk out of her special bowl (it has a straw built in so that she can drink the milk) and she really likes peanuts. Now if I could get her to eat her veggies! I gave her broccoli the other day and she put one piece in her mouth, spat it out and said ‘Ugh. I not like that.”. No amount of prodding would convince her to even take one taste of the mixed vegetables that I have her the other night. I even broke my own rule and said I’d give her a cookie if she’s just take one bite, but she wouldn’t budge. Our girl can the most stubborn thing in the world if she wants to be!
Not too much else has been happening. Baby Marker is getting big and sounded good at my last appointment. I’ve been having lots of Braxton Hicks contractions, which my doctor assured me is very normal, especially with a second baby. I just try and rest when they get too bad (not painful, just uncomfortable). This usually means more TV for Evie – not that she’s complaining. She loves to grab a pillow and her blankie and snuggle up next to mama! I love it too. She getting so big so fast. I can’t believe that we will be celebrating her 2nd birthday in a month! I wish I could slow down time a little. She is such a little girl now. She talks non-stop and we are able to understand more of what she is saying. She knows most of the basic colors and she loves to read her books. The other day she sat on a pillow in our room, turning pages of her book and mumbling to herself. She got to the end and said ‘The End. Now read hippo”, shut the book and then picked up her book about a hippo. She remember her favorite pages in books and we cannot move past those pages until she points out everything that she likes and I acknowledge them too. She can identify animals and knows many of the sounds that they make. She one of those lift-the-flap books for Christmas and it’s one of her favorites now. She will turn right to her favorite page – the bug page. I have no idea why she likes this page so much since she scared of bugs, but she always goes right to that page. As far as food goes, Evelyn has tried a few new things. She loves Cincinnati-style chili and her daddy’s scrambled eggs. The last one drives me nuts because if I make her eggs, she will only pick at them, but if Daddy makes them, she gobbles them up! She loves bacon and pulled pork or beef. She loves eating cereal with milk out of her special bowl (it has a straw built in so that she can drink the milk) and she really likes peanuts. Now if I could get her to eat her veggies! I gave her broccoli the other day and she put one piece in her mouth, spat it out and said ‘Ugh. I not like that.”. No amount of prodding would convince her to even take one taste of the mixed vegetables that I have her the other night. I even broke my own rule and said I’d give her a cookie if she’s just take one bite, but she wouldn’t budge. Our girl can the most stubborn thing in the world if she wants to be!
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| Skyline Chili...Yummy! |
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| Pumpkin bread and bananas! |
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| Pudding face |
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