spring break visit

Oh Eve, what a wonderful visit grama had with you and your parents! It was a week of fun and new experiences. You have grown up to be such a beautiful, smart little girl! Everyone is always sooo happy to see and talk to you! I have nicknamed you Eve Kneivel! Your are really a daredevil and climb on everything and fall. Grama was constantly hovering around you and worried and your momma kept telling me that you would be allright!
I am amazed how you know everyone in your building by name and light up each and every room you enter. The sponge in you just soaks up everything. I especially loved the cute little songs you would make up and sing in the stroller!
You are the biggest animal lover! We had many hours playing with your horsies and all the zoo animals. You even got a grumpy policelady smile when you told her horse bye-bye! When we went to the zoo, you would say hello and goodbye to every animal by name! Grama is getting you every animal she can find and I know you will share them with your new baby brother!
Eve, you are also quite the city girl! You love to hear and see the fire engines and police cars! You ride elevators and escalators and the metro train.
Other than your animals, you and grama would spend lots of time doing puzzles. I can't wait until you are older and we will do lots of big jigsaw puzzles with each other!
I will always cherish your hugs and kisses and remember...my heart is always with you (on your window)
Love,
Grama

Good Morning

I woke up to a lovely call from you this morning!!! You said, "Hello and Good Morning Aunt Ji." It was definately more exciting to wake up to your voice than anyone else's. I also got to experience your first "Wee Wee" in the potty this morning all on your own!!! On the phone of course, but I heard all the congratualatory excitement!!!! You must have some sort of point system at home, because you got five stars for it!!!! I am not really sure what that all means, but it made you happy to get five stars because that is all you said for the next five minutes!!!! WOO HOO EVE!!!! Well I guess your grama is on her way out to see you this morning. You guys will have lots of fun I am sure. She is really excited to see you!!! It makes me jealous, but hopefully I will get to come out there in May or so. I look forward to visiting more now, because your mom is in a little bit better of a mood this go round with her pregnancy. She was sure moody when she was pregnant with you. I never knew what to expect when I heard from her. Well I will be moving a little bit closer, around St. Louis, in the summer so maybe I will be able to see you more over the next three years during graduate school. I sure do miss you and can't wait to hear from you again. I love you!!!!! Aunt Ji

spring is almost here

Well, squirt, it is warming up and you are loving it. We spent the entire last weekend outside walking in the stroller, gardening, and playing at the park. You took a big hit to the cheek with a wheelbarrow handle on Saturday, but it wasn't from dad or I. I thought you may have a black eye, but it was just low enough. I started watching another toddler last week. He is two and his name is Kokayi. You two seem to be best friends already and chase each other around screaming like crazy people. He has this thing he carries around with him that is his mom's old Halloween wig. She washes it in the washing machine, so it is a huge mass of ratty hair. He calls it his doggy and you have started calling it Kokayi's doggy too because of the lack of a better name. It's hideous and it makes me happy that you are attached to Harley the Kitty Cat, because at least people don't look at you or I strangely.

We also started attending mom and me yoga. We wait for Amber and Pippa to pick us up every week and you really like hanging out with Pippa. You have even started to do some yoga poses and I'll keep you updated on how that goes.

You went with me to a doctor's appointment recently and when the doctor asked me sit up on the table you stated, "Mommy, diaper change." Of course, the midwife cracked up and you in turn thought it was funny. Then when she held the monitor on my belly, she asked you if you wanted to hear the baby, and you asked, "Mommy's baby?" She said yes and when you heard the heartbeat you looked around the room and said, "Mommy's baby." It was adorable to say the least.

Grama is coming out on Friday, so I'm sure you have tons of fun in store and Poppie is coming out in a few months to hang out too. Little do they know how busy you will keep them!

More updates on what you are doing currently. You will tell mom and dad I love you and also say it to family on the phone. You ask to call grama, ji ji, erin, and poppie from time to time and of course we always call them. Your dad even called grama the other day when mom wasn't home because you wanted to talk to her. It made her day. You now enjoy painting with paint brushes and watching Elmo and Einstein. You actually request to watch Einstein too many times daily to count, but only get to watch it a few times. We've been riding the bicycle with you in the kiddy cart and you love that. You know just about every name of people we know in the building and greet them by name when you see them (including their dogs). You have barely begun potty training, but love wearing your big girl panties. You love swimming in our swimming pool and do so only with your floatie. You don't want help from anyone. Your hair is finally starting to grow and you like to give hugs when the timing is appropriate. I love how sweet you are and I enjoy watching you change every day. I love you.