Nate and Evie update

Nate and Evelyn are growing up!! Here are some recent developments that are worthy of note, at least to me! =)

Nate is 2!

- he still adores cars and trucks. He must have a large collection of them with him in bed. Apparently they are essential for sleep. I don't mind at all though because he usually plays quietly in his bed for a while after awaking. 

-he knows some of his numbers. The favored ones are 1,2 and 8,9. 

- he loves being outside, but can disappear into a neighbor's yard in a matter of seconds. I cannot wait to get our yard fenced! Hopefully this spring. He is very adventurous and loves wandering around with Lexi. 

-coloring and painting are some of our favorite indoor activities. And dancing. 

-Nate calls Evelyn, "baby Evie" and takes good care of her. If she gets into something (he thinks) she shouldn't have he yells "Oh no no Evie!!" 

-he is talking like crazy and repeats everything I say, even when I don't think that he is listening. Today we went to Hobby Lobby and he kept saying, "Nate going to wobby wobby." I was chuckling from the front seat. 

Evelyn is 9 months old! 

-she has been crawling well for a while and can move around very quickly. She loves going up stairs and has become proficient at the up part but shows zero interest in learning how to go down. We have tried to teach her many times to no avail. 

-she cruises along furniture and stands up easily on her own without any support. She wants to keep up with Nate so badly!

-she loves her baby-doll! She carries it with her everywhere and insists on sleeping with it too. This results in a frequently very dirty baby doll because it is difficult to find a good time to wash it! Evelyn also loves stuffed animals, pictures of people, and basically anything with a face.

-she is extremely happy and laughs all the time. She crinkles her nose up when she smiles and it looks hilarious. 

-she adores Nate and jumps up and down in excitement when he wakes up and she first sees him. In fact, she will climb up the stairs, go into his room and wake him up if I let her. =)

-just in the last month, she has began sleeping well at night in her own bed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (It is impossible to put too many exclamation points after that statement) Usually she wakes up once or twice to nurse in the middle of the night. I can handle that! For a while there she would only sleep right next to me and would wake up many times and not want to go back to sleep. I now have an entirely different perspective on life...a much more cheerful one. =)

-she now loves food with a passion and devours large quantities of almost anything. Including mushrooms. 

That's all that comes to mind right now!