Some new things Evie's been working on: standing on her own- she does this more and more, and for longer periods of time. It's funny because she'll stand there no problem... until she realizes that she's not holding onto anything, then she gets down. :) We think she'll be taking steps very soon! Also, Evie has learned to clap, and does it on her own at the funniest times. Most often when she's eating, which is one of her favorite activities these days. ;) She also claps when music comes on, which is super cute. Speaking of music, Evie has also started "dancing" to music- she bops her head back and forth, and if she's standing up she'll bounce up and down. This is her favorite song right now, sometimes we play it ten times in a row! I got a little bit of a video of her bopping around, but I'm working on capturing the clapping.
It's getting harder for me to take photos of Evie these days because she doesn't stay still long enough!! She is ALWAYS on the move, crawling and cruising everywhere. She also is anti-looking at the camera right now, which is funny because a couple months ago she was such a ham looking right at it for me. Oh well, I'm sure it's a phase- there are too many other interesting things to do and see right now!
Some favorite toys include her wooden shape sorter cube and her Fisher Price activity table. She also has really gotten attached to her "lovey" (little pink blanket), so I'm thinking I need to buy a backup now! She also, as I mentioned, loves food, especially peaches, pears, bread, and pasta with red sauce (for evidence, see here).
I mentioned big things going on.... we bought a house!! It's just about 5 minutes away from where we currently live, but we can't wait to be homeowners again. It has 4 bedrooms and a nice big family room (plus a huge garage for Eric), so we're very excited. We plan to move the second weekend in March, so this will be a big change in Evie's life. I mentioned she's very easy-going, so overall I think she'll adjust well. The one thing I'm worried about is sleeping- because she's a little picky when it comes to that. She will really only nap in her crib these days, which is SO nice when we're home, because I can put her in there and she talks for a few minutes and then goes to sleep. But if we're anywhere but home, she pretty much never naps. SOMETIMES, if she's super exhausted, I get 20-30 minutes in my arms, if I nursed her to sleep. Otherwise, she won't nap till we're home. But she's sleeping through the night and taking great naps, so I hope we don't lose that when she goes to her new room. I'm sure it'll be okay, it will be the same crib afterall! :)
I will keep you posted if/when Evie takes her first steps- so exciting!!
P.S. It took me 25 minutes to get the photo above, so yea- you should appreciate it. ;)
