Big Girl!

Evie is such a big girl all of a sudden. She pulled herself from sitting to standing for the first time for us last week (well, first time to stay upright anyway) and now she's done it like a million times and is a super pro! Even cooler than this in my opinion though is that she can sit up on her own--she has done it a few times from laying down on her back and is really good at doing it from laying on her stomach position. This is really nice because when she does slowly veer over or fall down she can fix it herself:) She is also pretty comfortable with sitting down on her own from standing although her technique could use some work--she hits her tush pretty hard when she just lets go and bends her knees!

Evie also met Santa for the first time. Merry Moppet has a parent dress up as Santa every year and one of the daddies from her class was Santa Claus on Friday. Grandpa went in and took pictures for us and I think he had lots of fun--Evie's teachers said he was very cool and can come back any time! The pictures are cute--Evie just looks puzzled to be sitting on Santa's lap and then she had quite a field day pulling on his wig. Crazy baby! Evie also went to her first zoo lights with Nana and Grandpa...mommy and daddy went too but had been before a few times. She managed to stay awake the entire time and melted down after we had been there for about 2 hours, which was really pretty good. Then Saturday, she got her first doll house from grandma and went to the Melting Pot with the Trebonis to celebrate their 34 wedding anniversary. She did ok with the Melting Pot but was a bit fussy, horrifying daddy. She also made a huge mess of fallen puffs which she kept knocking on the floor:(. Sunday, we took her to the park again to swing--she LOVES to swing and how many days in December can you go to the park--I mean really, this weather is strange!She's still not sure about the slide, even when daddy goes down with her!

We mailed out Evie's holiday greetings last week so hopefully yours will come soon...enjoy!