Eva enjoying playtime
Yesterday, Eva turned 10 months old! We even sang Happy 10 month Birthday to her – this was Colin’s idea. Colin is still coming off his 4 week long birthday extravaganza. This boy has had 4 cakes, including one this week with Uncle Christopher and Aunt Colleen. They treated him to a night on his own with a remote control jeep, Burger King and playground time. Lucky Colin! And, as if the month long celebration was not enough, Papa and Bibi come to town tomorrow, and the partying will continue.
Colin looking quite pleased with Cake #4
It’s hard to believe that we have had Eva for almost a month now. She continues to thrive, and she seems to like being part of our family. Thankfully, we’ve gotten over our jetlag and adjusted our internal clocks. I am still sleep deprived, but that’s not Eva’s fault – that would the Olympics fever I have. We DVR it, and then stay up watching until at least midnight. I’m still behind, so I am figuring closing ceremonies will really be on about Wednesday, then back to normal.
Colin started back to school last week. He’s still adjusting, and it’s been a pretty tough week. It has really just dawned on him that he will go 5 days in a row, then only 2 off. It’s a far cry from the cushy one day on one day off schedule we used to have. He still always manages a smile for Eva, and he loves to pick her up and play with her. He has the classic case of wanting to revert back to his babyhood. We have been watching old video and talking a lot about when he was a baby. His most recent request has been to sleep in her crib. One night this week, she cried because she didn’t want to be in her crib, and he cried because he wanted to be in it. We ended up piling both kids into the car, wailing, for a evening drive. Thankfully they were alseep within minutes, and thankfully gas prices are down just in time.
I start back to work the day after Labor Day so I only have one full week left to really enjoy my time off with Eva. I will work from home only part time though, so I will get to see her. We have hired a babysitter to come here during my work hours. She is terrific, and we think she and Eva will get along famously. (Hi Lala if you are reading!)
So – here’s what’s new in Eva’s world:
- A new tooth! Yes – a top one has just popped through, to join the bottom two. I can’t see it, but I feel it. This is great news for Eva. This girl loves to eat finger food. She’s already quite sick of the mush. We’re really impressed with her dexterity already and the variety of things she likes. She didn’t complain about the tooth coming in either!
- One step – in my opinion, not really walking, but Colin believes she is. He wants to celebrate (perhaps with cake?) She anxious to get around, so she may be walking before her 1st birthday. For now, she’s lost the hitch in her crawl, and she’s more into the turbo crawl. She is intent on catching our dog Penny, who wants nothing to do with her.
- Loves the bath – Keisha was right! First one at home..hated it! Second..liked it. Third…loved it, and squealed all the way through.
- On Tour – making the rounds to meet friends – she is very social. So far we’ve had lunch at the school with Colin so he could introduce her, and we’ve seen some of our local buddies at a cookout last weekend and a birthday party. She went to work with Uncle Brandy, and she came to bookclub to meet the gals with me this morning. She’s getting around!
- Haircut – we’d had too many – “Is it a boy or girl” – can you believe that? We had to do something.
Bath try #2 - this is not so bad...
Eva after Penny -see her determination?
Eva explores her room
Eva with Anna
