We've sure been busy around here! Andy finishes up his Spring semester classes, and we prepare for taking Eva on a much needed vacation. It will be our first time traveling with Eva, so it is definitely going to be a challenge and an adventure. If anyone has any tips for plane rides with 10 month old squirmy babies, they'd be much appreciated! I might already be having anxiety dreams about this.
Easter was busy, but a lot of fun this year. Eva was too little to participate in the festivities, but I took her to see the Easter bunny at the mall to get her picture taken. I was worried she might cry, but she ended up having a lot of fun. When I sat her down on the bunny's lap, she turned her head up so she could see who was holding her, and then she turned back and started smiling for the camera! Then she started clapping... my heart melted a little when she did this. The most exciting part of Easter for her was probably her 5 outfit changes. Between her blueberry mess, peeing through an outfit, and getting chocolate on another outfit, she pretty much gave everyone a fashion show. Somehow, she had grabbed a chocolate kiss from the table and shoved the entire thing, foil and all, in her mouth. I didn't even realize she had done this until chocolate goo started oozing from her mouth. Mommy fail award.
Family Easter picture
This past month, we transitioned from 3 naps to 2. It's seriously so amazing! I feel like we can actually go run errands and get things accomplished without worrying about her being really fussy and due for a nap while we are out. The best thing about this transition is the fact that she did it all on her own. One week after she turned 9 months, she just decided to start napping longer and having longer awake periods. There were 2 days where we tried to lay her down for her 3rd nap and she just wasn't having it. Then we were sure she was ready! She still wakes up around 6:30-7 am, but her first nap doesn't start until around 9:30 now, and she will sleep until 11. Then she has a long awake period until about 3 where we can get a lot of things done, or just play together for hours :) Her next nap usually lasts until 4-5, and then she is up until bedtime at 8:30. We started moving her bedtime slightly earlier, and so far it hasn't affected her wake up time in the morning. We tried doing this a few months ago, but it just didn't work. I simply couldn't wake up at 5 am with her and still function like a normal person.
Little nugget still army crawls everywhere! She did figure out how to crawl on all fours the other day, but she is sticking with belly slithering as her go to. We actually caught her bear-crawling outside on the concrete one night because she didn't want to scrape her legs! She stuck her little hiney up and inched forward on her hands and tippy toes. I was so impressed that she figured out how to do that all on her own too. Ironically, she took her first 3 steps that same day. She's not walking yet, they were accidental steps. She didn't realize I wasn't holding her hands, and she just decided to take off! When she finally realized no one was holding her she plopped down on her little bottom. Now she clings to my leg when she thinks I am going to let go of her hands and try to make her walk by herself. Such a little stinker! We finally put the baby gate up because she learned how to crawl up the one stair on our main floor to get to the landing in our foyer which leads to our upstairs. I caught her attempting to crawl up the big stairs the other night when I was cooking dinner. Little stinker made it up 2 stairs!
Snack time is still our favorite time of the day around here. Followed closely by bath time. Eva finally found a movie she liked, and unfortunately it's not a Disney or Pixar movie like I was hoping. She is now briefly entertained by this Baby Einstein movie called "Baby Macdonald: A Day on the Farm." It was given to me by my cousin and her daughter, and Eva absolutely loves it! Her favorite books are all the animal noise books and she loves when we make animal sounds at her, so I guess it's fitting. She still prefers reading books over watching movie clips, but I'm glad of this. I never want to be the mom that just lets their kids waste away in front of a tv all day, but sometimes it's nice to have her distracted when I'm trying to get us ready to leave the house or cook dinner before Andy gets home.
This is how our Target trips go. Eva houdinis her way out of the front of the cart... seatbelt and all, and ends up in the front. Captain Eva manning the ship
We also started rubberbanding our cabinets shut this month. Eva learned how to open them up and get inside!
Pulling up on everything!
Giving kisses to Apollo
Tiny, chubby feet!
Did I mention that 2 teeth started to poke through this month? May 1st, the first one came through, and then a couple days later the 2nd one! Still not all the way in, but they are sharp!
Lastly, her monthly chalkboard photo. Time flies when you're having fun!
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