As mentioned above, we are still nursing some. Today she went to school with only one bottle of breastmilk and will get milk in a cup the rest of the day. We'll see how it goes! We've been slowly taking out the bottles and moving to cow's milk in a cup...we'll see how we manage when it's time to get rid of that naptime bottle. At home, she'll usually nurse when she wakes up and then again at bedtime. On the weekends she wants to nurse at naptime as well. She definitely gets distracted and doesn't nurse long at night, so I do think she's close to weaning herself.
Evie has been eating lots of great big people food. She'll try just about anything if I'm feeding her from my plate and has probably eaten more variety of whole pieces of vegetables then her brother has his whole life. Sullivan will eat raw carrot sticks and not much else. She's loving trying to feed herself with a spoon or fork. She hates her highchair and eats half of most of her meals in my lap or on the ground. Sitting her next to her brother is a positive influence and how she first started actually drinking cow's milk. She saw her brother and so I gave her an identical cup with milk and voila!
Her favorite toys are her baby dolls and her books. She loves All of Baby Nose to Toes and Old MacDonald. She'll say the "Me, I do" line from the first and "E-ya, E-ya" for the second. She's getting good at mimicking things we say. When she's not saying things we recognize, she's babbling away about something or "reading" her books. She LOVES to give hugs! She'll just run up to you and give you the biggest hug, and I love it!
On March 2nd, Evie finally got tubes in her ears. Everything went well. She's got her first cold since then, so we'll see if those tubes start draining!
Life is very busy with work, school, soccer, all our extras, but things are going well. We repainted our kitchen/laundry/hallway and it looks SOOOO much better. Flat paint with kids does not work, so I'm happy to have a new color and paint that can be washed! We really want to do the living/dining room, but the ceilings are so tall I'm not sure when we'll be able to tackle that. We have plans for a new veggie garden this year in a different spot that should be easier to get to and to water. Just have to have a weekend of good weather to get it going. I also need to locate some good dirt and go beg for some chicken poop. :)
Sullivan has been doing very well with soccer, although we need to work on sportsmanship a little. He goes in to warrior mode and wants to boo the other team and stuff. Not cool. His new thing is to run to protect the goal whenever the teams start heading that way. He loves to control the game. Sullivan is doing well with his reading. It's hard to convince him to read to us, but he does so great when he finally does. This year has been so much better for him, and I certainly hope next year is good too. He has been registered for KINDERGARTEN! How is that even possible? He's very in to typical boy potty humor. It's next to impossible to get him to stay in his chair at dinner. he wants to constantly get up, check on Evie, run around, talk, talk, talk. He's usually the first to start dinner and the last to finish! He is so full of energy! I'm ready for Spring weather so we can all get outside and run around!
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