11 Months!!

My baby is now 11 months old.  48 weeks.  Crazy!  It’s hard to believe that in just a few short weeks we will be celebrating her first birthday.  I get a lump in my throat just thinking about it…

This past month, Evie has learned all sorts of new things.  She knows how to play peek-a-boo and she loves the game.  She will blow kisses (mwah!) to us and even give us real kisses on occasion.  She’s getting better and better at drinking water from her cup and she’ll actually carry it around with her to take sips.  She loves reading and singing and dance parties with Mommy and Daddy.  She starting to ‘tell’ us what she wants or doesn’t want.  She loves her baby doll.  We are using her doll to help teach her where her eyes, ears, mouth, toes, etc. are and we are also trying to teach her to be sweet to her doll.  And she’s learning! 
After throwing her doll on the ground, poking at its eyes and dragging it around by its hat, she will sit and ‘rock’ her baby from side to side and give it a kiss.  That’s progress!

This month has also been a month of some new foods.  She’s tried shredded cheese and baby cheese puffs – she loves them!!  She’s had parsnips and avocado, as well as Ritz crackers.  We have to watch her with the crackers because she loves to shove the whole thing in her mouth, but she loves them.  She gnawed on a cucumber and seemed to enjoy it, but she didn’t really eat it.  I took it away as soon as saw that she might bite off a piece.  And speaking of biting, my little chomper has 7 teeth and one more is about to pop through!  It’s so cute when she smiles to see all of her little teeth!  It was not easy on any of us when they were coming in, especially the front two, but she seems happier now. 

  

She’s a growing, changing, happy little girl!  Happy 11 Months Evie!

Fun times with Kiki and Pops!

This past weekend, we had a visit from Evie’s Kiki and Pops.  I love seeing my daughter interact with my parents.  They adore her and she just lights up when she gets to see them!  My dad will sit on the floor and play with Evelyn, and she just loves it.  She will show him her toys and climb on his legs and they have a ball!  My mom played with her too, but Evie really loved it when Kiki snuggled with her and read book after book. Evie loves her books!  A current favorite is Pat the Bunny.  After watching our one of our fav basketball teams win – C-A-T-S! Cats! Cats! Cats! – we went out to dinner.  Evie loves sitting in a highchair at the table and watching everyone.  She had a great time playing peek-a-boo with us.  It’s her new favorite game.  She has recently learned to cover her own eyes.  To be honest, sometimes she covers her forehead or her ears with her hands, but she understands the concept and she loves it!  When my parents left the next day, we were sad to see them go, but it’s not as bad as it was before because now we have Facetime.  I got an Ipad for Christmas so now we can call my mom and dad and talk/see them anytime!  Evie is literally obsessed with it.  And it makes it so much better because now they can see her more than once every few weeks.  My dad even brings his Ipad to my grandma’s house and Evie gets to see her G.G. Mitchell!  We have fun with it.  Evelyn is growing and changing so much and I want to be able to share that with them.

Evie and her Pops root for the Wildcats!

Evie loves to hang out with her Kiki!

Peek-a...

Boo!

Yummy cucumber! 

Hi Aunt Shannon!!

Teething Woes

Dear Tooth Fairy,

It will probably be a few years until you pay a visit to our home.  But I wanted to let you know that my little girl Evie is in the process of getting several teeth in her mouth.  Her two front teeth and two on the bottom. These little white gems are causing her all sorts of pain and making sleep at night virtually impossible.  During the day, she’s such a little trooper.  She chews on her teething rings and sucks her pacifier to make her mouth feel better.  She contends with the excessive amount of saliva in her mouth by drooling all over herself (and anyone within a 5 mile radius).  During the day, she still manages to smile and giggle, even with a mild fever.  Then night falls and it’s bedtime.  During the quiet hours in the middle of the night, Evie can no longer put on a happy face.  So she cries.  And she sobs.  And she wails.  Her daddy and I try everything we can think of to help make it better, but nothing seems to help.  And she continues to sob.  Most nights she will eventually wear herself out and fall into a restless sleep around 3 or 4.  This week has not been an easy on in our home.  But hopefully, these little teeth will pop through soon and we can all get some rest.

So Tooth Fairy, I wanted to let you know about Evelyn’s pain.  Someday, she’ll lose these teeth and she’ll go to sleep wondering what the tooth fairy will bring her.  Let me tell you something – you better pay up. 

Sincerely,

Evie’s Mama

I've got a new attitude!!

We've got a little drama queen on our hands.  I have no idea who she gets it from, but I'm guessing Pat.  I know that I don't have a dramatic bone in my body...hee hee!
She tells us what she likes and dislikes and can be very vocal about it.  She's so expressive and we get a kick out of watching her...

A Fairy Princess

A co-worker of mine gave a me a cute little costume for Evie so we had a little photo shoot :)  My little fairy princess looked adorable!!

A Brief Intermission :)

I’ve been a bad blogger lately.  Things have been so crazy lately around our house and it’s been hard for me to sit down and write. 

Evie is growing and changing and learning new things every day.  She’s so busy, always moving and discovering new things.  She loves to pull herself up on things and she’s started cruising the furniture.  As few weeks ago she would hesitate before pulling herself up the couch, but no more. She’s even let go a few times – only to tumble right to the ground.  But she picks herself up and tries it again!  She stands in her crib now, holding onto the rail and crying “mmamammama” when she’s ready to get out.  She lightning fast when she crawls and there is not much that can stop her.  We put up two baby gates to try and confine her to our family room.  Needless to say, she hates them and would much rather be with Mommy and Daddy.  She got several new toys for Christmas that make noise and she loves to ‘dance’ to the beat of the music.  She rocks herself back and forth and gets the biggest smile on her face.  She’s getting better about eating baby food.  She loves yogurt, mangos & applesauce, squash and green beans.  But most of the time, she would prefer to feed herself.  She is obsessed with puffs and Cheerios.  And she is almost always willing to try and bit of whatever we are eating.  Especially if it is sweet.  She had her first lick of a lollipop the other night and loved it.  We don’t give her much sugar at all, but our girl definitely has a sweet tooth.  Evie has 4 teeth– 2 on top, and 2 on bottom.  She has at least one tooth working on coming in too.  Evie is ticklish. She loves to smile and laugh.  And boy oh boy, does she have an attitude.  If she is playing with something that she should be – a computer cord, the remote control, Mommy’s IPAD – and we take it away, she will pitch the biggest fit.  We try and ignore her and tell her that she’s can’t act like that just because she doesn’t get what she wants.  But really – she’s 10 months old and she doesn’t get it yet. 

I could go on and on about my girl, but I’ll stop for now. 

Until next time…

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Happy to be 10 Months!

Our little sweetpea is 10 months old!!  Double digits!  Eek! Time is flying by a little too fast for this momma, but we're having fun!!

Sorry this post is so short!  I'm working on a longer one that I plan to post tomorrow.