HAPPY HALF BIRTHDAY, BABY EVY!!

stats:

weight: 15.7 lbs = 35th %tile

height: 24.75 inches = 10th %tile (shorty!)

head: 16.38 inches = 18th %tile
eyes: TBD (although the doc said they are too blue to turn brown at this point?) maybe blue, navy blue-ish, green? only time will tell.

thighs: THUNDER!  they are the best!! ;)

hair: starting to grow. yay!  was dark brown at birth and is now growing in a lighter shade of brown

feet: tiny. just like joys were.

what she's doing:

• crawling FAST, and everywhere, and with such determination! 
• CLIMBING. all the way to a stand. it's pretty dangerous at this stage in the game and is making me crazy. she already fell in her crib and hit the wood slats with her head.  so i now understand the real meaning of crib bumpers. i always thought they just looked pretty.  those mesh breathables don't do jack! SO i switched back to the padded ones. i also lowered her crib in order to prevent future scaling. didn't work. she still climbs.

* so here's something i've learned about evy--

clearly, learning to crawl is a physical and a mental game.  you need the strength and you need the cognitive development to move all limbs in unison to get from a to b.  you also need to care and want to move.  well, i've decided that evy's mental game is far ahead of the rest of her game...she's willing herself to do things that i'm not quite positive she's physically ready for. the physical catches up pretty quickly because there's no option. but we seem to go through a week of "the danger zone" until she gets there.  like, pulling to a stand on the wooden floor when she hasn't mastered balancing. 

• she enjoys chasing balls. she pushes these little toy balls down the hall and then crawls to them as fast as she can squealing with delight the whole way. pretty darn cute.  She and pipes are, clearly, growing to be fast friends since fetch is their fave. ;)
• eating rice cereal and loving it.  doing this for a week and then adding fruits and veggies!
• napping great. no paci/no thumb. just content and puts herself to sleep.  same schedule 8:30-10, 12:30-2, 3:30-4.  transitioning to two naps and making nap number 2 1:00-3:00. bedtime = 6:30 -7 ish.  still waking to eat at night. about to cut her off. although last night she went 10 hours so maybe she has made the turn! prayers welcomed because i am TIIIIRED! she does sleep 12 hours at night though. and the 1 or 2 nursing's are only a 5 minute ordeal. ptl.
• starting to climb up things.  NOT OKAY. hold tight there, baby evs. 
• just got through about a week of separation anxiety.  she noticed that i was leaving after putting her down for naps and bed and would cry and watch the door.  she still notices but has gotten okay with the idea.
• teething! no teeth yet but i believe they are just around the bend.
• experimenting with quite a few new noises! and when you make her noises back at her she laughs like it is the funniest thing EVER.
• still loving interaction with ANYONE and everyone.  
• loves joy.  crawls over to see what joy is doing at all times.  tries to crawl up joy and use her to stand.  
• wants to play with joys toys while joy is playing with them.  joy is really good about redirecting evy to her toys or bringing evy something else to play with. so funny.
• she just started this new little maneuver that is hilarious! she goes from a crawl position to...what is that yoga position where you're on your hands and feet and your butt is up in the air? she goes back and forth between the two positions and it cracks us up.  need to catch that on video.
• she loves being outside. we stroll often. all over this side of campus and through the dorms.  she enjoys flirting with fiji's and the girls of SRD. ;)

* that's all for now. we're only one week in to the 6th month so i'll add to this + pictures!

* i'm about to rock this little girls world with a little fall feast i whipped up and froze for her! she's officially mastered sweet potatoes. next is butternut squash and then my roasted sweet potato, squash, apple + nutmeg, cinnamon, all spice medley! 

it's a great time of year to be a first time eater. get ready, girl! fall is upon us.