My Daredevil

Sometimes Eve reminds me so much of Ian that it makes me laugh. The other morning she was standing on top of the seat of her bike doing a cool trick. She thought it was hilarious that she could do this cool trick. It reminds me of Ian wanting to whip around parking lots while I am hanging on for dear life... he is so much more of a daredevil that I am. I dread the day when she gets even more adventurous. I have the feeling there are many injuries in her future.

Chasing the Dragon

When Eve started walking we got her this cute little dragon push toy. We thought that she would really love playing with it. Well she does love playing with it but the way that she plays with it was not the way that I imagined. She gets the dragon out and brings it over to me. She then runs away from me. I am expected to chase after her while she is running away, there is nothing like the anticipation of the clacking sound of the dragon on the wood floor to get her running faster and laughing harder. This game of chase is all that she wanted to do today. I am exhausted!! A mom can only be a dragon for so long.

Looking Sharp

Eve loves styling her hair with her food. It is hilarious when she gets food all over her hands and then spikes her hair or pretends she is washing it with shampoo. This is her after the food has been cleaned out of her hair (that's why her shirt is wet). She is also loving putting on people's clothes... if it is anywhere she will wear it. Anything from slippers to sweatshirts she will find a way to put it on.

My Poor Baby

Eve has really been enjoying being able to go outside. We are thrilled to have temperatures above freezing. Unfortunately walking around outside means tripping sometimes. She tripped on the driveway the other day when walking and got her nose pretty bad. Then today she ran down the hill with me chasing after her and she fell and re-injured her poor little nose. If you think that is bad enough the other day we were going through Fred Meyer and she was standing in the cart... not the seat but inside the cart and somehow she flipped out of the cart and ended up with her face on the floor. Hopefully this is the end of the injuries. Luckily she is pretty happy even looking so pathetic. The plus side for her is that I have a hard time saying no to her when she looks so pathetic so she is getting spoiled right now.

All clean!

Check my ride out

Every time I try ot get a picture of Eve on her bike she hops off of it to check out the camera. She loves to push it around not even on the seat and then she loves going backwards until she runs into something and forward until she runs into something for quite a while. I didn't know that she would be so entertained by the bike... plus she thinks the seat is a great place to sit things down on.

Mini Anica

Eve was so funny today with the mini Anica doll. She wanted it in her lap to give love. Then she tried to lay down next to it. Finally she realized the couch helped her get to all kinds of interesting items she can't normally reach. So she spent her time on Grandma's phone and checking on the baby monitor. Have to love this crazy girl.

Baby Babble

For a few days straight Eve's babble has filled the house non-stop. Ian decided to get a video of her babbling this morning.

Bye Bye Daddy

Today school started back up for Ian. I think Eve is pretty sad that Daddy isn't home to play all of the time. This also means that Aunt Anica is back to school too... so that leaves Mommy to fill in for her missing playmates.

Of course Ian comes home every night... but who knows how much he can really play this semester. He is taking 19 credits so that we don't have to come back up here for him to finish his degree. I will be happy to be done with being up in the cold so I will be happy for a few months of intensive Mommy and Eve time (I just will have to remind myself of this every time I feel overwhelmed).

Our Moose Friend

This moose has been weathering the frigid temperatures in the neighborhood. Actually there have been quite a few moose in the neighborhood. The other night Al and Kim woke up to the dog barking and saw a giant moose right outside their sliding glass door!!

Big Girl Seat

Eve's new car seat came today. We were happy to receive it because she is so done with her little infant car seat and wants to face forward like a big girl. She is so funny she was going crazy with excitement about the new seat. She had to climb all over it and "read" the instructions. She then decided it was okay and decided to move her boots into the new seat; which I take it means that she is so over the old seat and moving on to bigger and better things.

Gangsta Ballerina

Tonight Eve was wandering around the living roomwith the tutu that Aunt Angela made for her. She then thought it would be a good idea to put on Daddy's hat to help her style. It was really hilarious when she put the hat on and it covered her entire face.

I had to add the pic of her with her tongue out. She goes around the house most of the day with her tongue out like that.