Looks who's talking

Fun development, Eva is now really trying hard to talk. If you are playing with her and look away, she'll start "talking" to try and get your attention. It is really fun to see. Also, I love to her her giggle. It is more of a chuckle but you can't help but smile when she laughs.

This week she has been rolling over again from her tummy to her back. This morning while Jamie and I were getting ready for work, she rolled over from her back to tummy. She is getting stronger every day. At school they had her sitting up and she sat up by herself for a whole couple of seconds. That's my girl!

We're getting her pictures taken this weekend, so check the blog again for those!

Updates

Happy belated Father's Day to all the dads out there reading this. Eva and her daddy celebrated their first Father's Day up at the cabin. It was an ok weekend weather wise, but they had fun.

Last week Eva had her first ear infection. She has been kinda off since it happened. Not as smiley and fun, but still our precious little girl. When she was at the doctor's last week she got weighed again a rang it at 14 pounds, 1 ounce. This girl is definitely steadily gaining some weight.

One of Jamie's favorite things to do it to tickle Eva's thighs. She thinks this is the funniest thing in the world and giggles for us. Nothing is as precious as her little laugh.

Eva and Jamie celebrating their first Father's Day!

Eva's Three Month Old

Eva turned three months old yesterday! How fast they grow up. To celebrate we went to Mike T's birthday party at Poncho Villa for tacos. Eva was so well behaved at the restaurant. She loved looking around at the lights, ceiling fans and the TVs.

Giggles are now much more frequent and she love to laugh with her dad. Jamie tickles her tummy and she thinks it is super funny.

Eva "graduated" to her crib on Monday night. She was busting at the seams in the bassinet. It is now super fun to see where she will wake up at in the morning since she scoots so much with her feet. Eva is a very mobile little girl!

This picture is a couple weeks old, but she looks so darn cute!

First Week of Daycare

Eva went to her first day of daycare on Monday. She is in a classroom with all boys right now. Big boys. She has a little friend there named Luke to watch out for her. Luke's mommy is my friend Bernadette.

Several of the boys are "graduating" to the Infant 2 room and it will be just Eva and another little boy in the Infant 1 room for most of the summer. She'll get some extra special attention. Plus she is the first girl they've had in the room for quite a few months.

Her teacher, Stella, said the Eva is especially strong and alert for her age. Eva now holds her head up for a really long time and likes to rock side-to-side. Her hands are a constant fascination this week. She even tries to hold her own bottle now.

Look at me. I hold my bottle like a big girl.

New Updates

Over Memorial Day weekend, Eva had her first trip to the cabin. Being Minnesota, it wasn't quite swimming weather yet but we were able to enjoy the outdoors. She was able to spend lots of time being loved by grandma, grandpa, uncles, aunt and her cousin Ava.

One of Eva's favorite activities is to sit outside. It doesn't matter where. At home we sit on the front bench and watch the cars drive by. At the cabin we sit out on the deck and watch the festivities on the lake. There are always some sort of critters that capture her attention.

Auntie Cassy and Eva on the front porch.

We keep working on our tummy time and rolling over. Unfortunately we haven't rolled over in a week. Other things we are trying is learning how to sit up. Eva has a little chair made to help babies learn to sit. Each day she makes progress. Yesterday she would tip over right away and today she was able to sit up for a minute.

Eva's grip has gotten much stronger. She can grab hair and pull real hard or almost cut off your circulation in your finger when she gets ahold of it. Eva has started to try and hold her bottle a little bit during a her bottle feed which usually makes a bit of a mess.

Here Eva is in her bebe pod chair batting at her toy.

On Monday, I start back to work at the office. It will be a hard week for me. I know once the first week is over it will be OK. Any big change is hard though.

What a week

This week had many fun events. Eva decided she is going to be advanced and rolled over four times in a row on Thursday night. She also found her hands and was fascinated by them. It was one of those nights I was such a proud mama!

On Friday, Eva spent her first night away from home at Grandma Judy's house. In fact Grandma had all four of her grandkids. Thankfully, cousin Mackenzie was a huge help and even got up with Eva for her early morning feeding.

Mackenzie (12), Eva (7 weeks old), Abby (almost 4) and Bella (almost 4)
Sunday, Eva attended her cousin Ava's fourth birthday party. Eva has four little girl cousins that were all born within eight days of each other in 2004. What fun!

Ava (almost 4) and Eva (2 weeks old)

Mommy, Eva (9 weeks old) and Daddy at Ava's birthday party

Two Month Update

Eva had her two month checkup yesterday. Dr. Maxwell said she is perfect. Of course Jamie and I already knew that. She got three shots and one oral vaccination yesterday. It took a second for the pain of the first shot to register, then she decided she didn't like it at all. I've never seen her face get so red. A couple minutes after it was done Eva was back to her contented self. Worst side effect we experienced was that she was sleepy in the early evening when she normally isn't. She still did a good job sleeping through the night.


Vitals:
Weight - 12 pounds
Height - 23 1/2 inches

Look you can see my band-aids.