Jason and Erin

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

EVELYN 6 Months

Evelyn is now six months (actually almost 8 now). She is such a good baby. Really soooooooooooooo good. Everyone who meets her thinks she is so cute and good. She comes with us everywhere because I am still nursing and she is pretty good wherever we go. She is kind of getting wiggly, but she never fusses or cries unless she is super tired or hungry. She started teething at six months and now has almost 8 teeth. She has handled food really well and can pretty much get anything down. I am nursing her still and still really liking it... I am thinking about weaning and I do want to do it, but it makes me sad to think about. She is growing so fast and this year will be over before I know it! I think I'll hold on to our nursing sessions awhile longer. She is getting really close to crawling and started rolling all around (both ways) right around 7 months. She is a mamas girl, but is pretty happy with anyone. She is starting to take a bottle pretty well and is a chatter box. She is already saying things like DADADADA and BABABABAA. I think she will talk soon.

I love this baby so much and am so blessed to have her. She is the kid that is finally making me feel like a real honest to goodness mom. I feel more at peace with this role since having her and happier with everything. I love being mom. I spend a lot of minutes in my day thanking Heavenly Father for this blessing and I have not been as aware of it until now. Probably the third kid. Probably the fact that Jack and Savannah are so old. Time goes too fast. I'm sure it is a mixture, but my sweet baby has just put a magnifying glass on all that is important and I am so thankful for her and all the rest of my rugrats.

Savannah is THREE!!!

Our little girl turned 3 in January! I don't know where the time has gone. Savannah is truly a light in our life and in our home. She is turning into a darling little thing and talking so much and saying such cute things. We went through a rough patch with temper tantrums etc over the last year or so and I am happy to say she is coming out of it nicely and is turning out to be quite empathetic and polite. Some things about this little girl....

-- She loves her brother and loves to watch a show with him after school.
-- She loves to sing and her favorite song is Rihanna, Diamonds in the Sky. She plays it on my phone and sings along. It is so cute to hear her emphasize different words in the songs. It kind of sounds like she is mad because she doesn't have much tone.
-- She loves babies and her little sister. She has handled Evelyn really well and has never gotten jealous of her.
-- When I tell her something (like goodbye) she will say "Thank you Mama."
-- She loves to help cook and crack eggs. She is doing pretty well with it.
-- She loves to read and will read in her bed with her brother until after 930 most nights.
-- She loves princesses and we recently went and saw Disney on Ice. She loved it and was in heaven throughout the whole show.
-- She loves her friends and is building quite a cute little group. She also loves being included in the big girls and getting babysitters.
-- She loves to show off her baby Evelyn
-- She is a tender heart and does not like to get in trouble. A story that really show this... We were at my moms house and she was playing in the family room. She had just gone to the bathroom and she came up and headed back in there. I asked her if she needed to go again and she got angry at me and pointed and said... NO! but she was holding her belly (it looked like)... anyway, I just let her go and she was in there for a while. When I finally went to check on her, she was trying to wrap toilet paper around a tiny cut on her finger. I guess she had cut herself on one of my Dad's tools and was afraid to tell me. She is very independent and wants to what she can on her own.
-- She loves to snuggle and love
-- Jack gets mad at her because she tries to be his mom
-- She loves to wear Jack's clothes
-- She loves our animals and will spend a long time each day playing with them. I found her on the tramp this afternoon singing her ABC's (PUE) and talking to Zoe. And she is a terror to the cat, but it is his own fault because he lets her haul him around by the scuff of his neck.
-- She constantly asks what time it is.
-- You tell her something that is coming up and she asks "Tonight??"
-- She loves getting ready with me, drying and curling her hair, lotion and perfume and painting her nails.
-- She can't wait for preschool or swimming or going to St. George again. Or Easter. She came down last night and told me thank you for the Easter decorations.

I could go on. She is a joy to have around. A spitfire. A kind hearted soul. I hope all these qualities will be with her as she continues to grow. I love being her mom. I love everything about her and wish I could just freeze her in time. What a blessing.