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It feels ridiculous to call Eva’s age, “25 months.” But I like documenting what’s going on in Eva’s life each month, and we already have the system in place… so why change it?

So, now that Eva is 25 months old, she is as silly as ever. Today at church, she was looking at her picture book and there was a girl doing a hand stand. What did Eva do then? Tried to do a hand stand. Right there in church.

Her speech has also taken off, which is so exciting. It’s not just words now, she’s saying short sentences! The best one? “I love you.” Then we’ve got, “Mom, come here.” And, “Me help?” Which doesn’t mean, “Can I help?” It means, “Help me.”

Ashley was watching her the other day and she couldn’t get a toy to work. Eva then said, “It’s not working.” It’s so crazy to hear her say new things everyday. I’m such a proud momma.

Eva loves arts and crafts. We water-color, do play-dough, color, draw, and paint all the time. Eva also loves princesses and babies. If she can wear a princess dress while tending to her babies, life is bliss. She loves dancing, playing patty-cake, reading, playing in her tent, and running (“ME RUN, PEEEEEASE?”). I think my favorite thing though about Eva right now is how she is always singing a little song. Most of the time it’s Twinkle, but she occasionally switches it up.

My little baby is TWO YEARS OLD! I cannot believe it! It feels just like yesterday when we checked into the hospital. Heck, it feels just like yesterday when I found out we were expecting! And here we are. With a two year old!

Since we were in DC for Eva’s actual birthday, my sister was so nice and made a cake for Eva. We opened a couple presents together before we hit the road, and then opened up some more presents when we got back to Jersey.

Eva was so excited to open her presents and even learned the word, “Birthday!” She sings bits and pieces of the birthday song, “Happppppyyyyyy twooooo.” It’s adorable.

Not much is different since last month when I wrote about Eva, but she does/says some really funny things these days. She likes to say the word “sad” and frown and then she immediately says “happy!” and jumps and smiles. She’s already practicing being emotional, and turning on and off tears. That’s my girl! Ha!

Eva loves her babies. We have a little Baby Jesus and she gives it lots of kisses from herself and from her other dolls. I caught her having her Belle doll kiss Baby Jesus. I guess Belle would love Baby Jesus though.

One of Eva’s favorite toys right now is her new tent that she got from her Swainhart grandparents. She spends most of the day in there reading and asking me to “come” inside. She grabs my hand and pulls me while saying over and over, “Come, come, come mommy, come!” We sit inside and read, play babies, and just hang out.

Eva loves coloring, playing with play dough, watching Winnie the Pooh, talking/watching/singing about Santa, doing puzzles, taking baths, using her rolly backback around the house, wearing dresses (especially her new dress from the Derrick grandparents, and her new Cinderella dress from her Aunt Hannah), and singing/dancing to music.

Everyday Eva asks to go on a walk, which is so cute to me. “Walk, mommy? Walk?” Other funny things: She comes up to me with her Halloween trick or treat bag, and say, “TREAAAAATTTTTT!” It’s December and she is STILL doing this. If she hears any noices in our apartment building outside, she thinks Daddy is home and looks at me while saying, “DADDY?!?!” That’s pretty adorable. She loves our friends Ashley and Brooks. Pretty much any baby she sees, even if it’s a drawing (she point to the drawing of a baby on the changing tables at the mall) and says, “BROOKS!” She ran over to Ashley and said mommy once, so I think it’s safe to say she’s Ashley’s biggest fan.

Eva is pretty mischevious at times, and she knows it. She’ll look at me before doing something she knows she shouldn’t do. Or show me that she did something she wasn’t supposed to do. Such as coloring on the table/wood floor, playing in the vaseline (why do I keep leaving that out???), throwing food on the floor, taking all the tissues out of the box, and pouring bath water out of the bath. But then she does something adorable and it makes me forget about her craziness!

That’s all I can think of right now, but everyday she makes us laugh and smile. I wish I could capture it all and write about everything!

Happy Birthday, Eva! I am so excited to see you learn and grow this year!

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Wow, I cannot believe we are to 23 months already! Next month, Eva is going to be 2! TWO! Goodness sakes, where did time go? Where did my baby go? Eva is growing up more and more every day, which is SO exciting. But I also want to soak up every bit of baby Eva for as long as I can.

This month as been fun, as usual, with Eva. Every day she says more and more words, I can’t keep up with them any more. My favorite words she says are Church (because she asks to go to church all the time, which is just adorable and so sweet) and Halloween (because it’s such a big word and her eyes get big when she says it!). She also has her own Eva language and at times, she will carry on whole conversations with herself in this mumbo jumbo. It’s a riot.

She’s starting to remember the sounds of numbers too, which is funny. Unnnnnn, twoooooo, teeeeee. Then she’ll start saying random letters, so we’re still working on it. But Eva impresses me every day!

Eva loves her babies. She is always concerned about them, pretends to burp them, put them in the bath with her (the ones that are water proof, although she wants to put all of them in), combs their hair, she even brought her snow white figurine (it’s like two inches tall) to the dinner table last night and tried to feed her. It actually worked out well because I’d say, “One bite for Snow White,” then she would feed Snow and then I’d say, “One bite for Eva.” And Eva would eat it! She ate tons at dinner last night, much more than usual. So, we’ll be trying that trick again.

At night, Eva has to say goodnight to Mickey and to Blue. So, we watch a couple minutes of her favorite episodes on my phone, where she will then kiss the phone. I don’t know where she comes up with this stuff, but don’t worry mom… we also pray at night and read books! She still loves to be sung to at night and would have me sing to her for hours if I’d let her. “More, More, More!” We sang Christmas songs last night and I realized I don’t know all the words to those carols!

Eva sings along with me, as well. She knows a couple words to Popcorn Popping on the Apricot Tree, Twinkle Twinkle, Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam, and the goodnight song from the Music Together series. It’s adorable to hear her sing in her sweet, high voice. She loves to make hand motions and to dance along.

Shoes are another favorite of Eva’s. Not just her shoes, which she’s obsessed with her church shoes that have bows, but my shoes. Every day, she walks around in my shoes that she gets out of the closet. The higher the heel, it seems like, the better. It kind of scares me, I don’t want her to twist her ankle. But she loves them so much! We were walking past a shoe store in the mall yesterday, and she sat down (just in the middle of the walkway), took off her shoes and tried to put on the sample shoes that were at the door. She loves fashion more than me!

Another funny thing this month is that Eva has discovered her love for clocks. She’s always loved her Grandpa and Grandma’s clock that makes music every hour, and when we Facetime with them, she always asks to see the clock. So, I think that’s where the love came from. Then she found an old watch of T.J.’s and asks to see the clock on my phone. Whenever we are out, she likes to point out the clocks. The bigger the better, and when they make noise, she loves it! For her birthday or Christmas, I’ve found this clock puzzle for her! I think it’ll be a huge hit!

There’s still not much success with the stroller with Eva. I can get her to sit in there for about 30 minutes tops if I bribe her with a juice box, candy, or any other treat. I’ve gotten more used to the idea of letting her wander around, especially at the mall. We usually don’t even take the stroller anymore. I figure she needs to run around anyway, she needs exercise! But I haven’t taken her to the grocery store for about two weeks now, because it’s really hard when she doesn’t want to sit in her stroller.

I’m currently going through a little bit of separation anxiety with her. On Saturday, I was at a church activity for women, and it went really late, which meant I got home after she went to bed. Guys, I cried! I think it’s because we spend so much time together and rarely are apart these days. But I also think it’s because she’s growing up and is going to be 2 next month… it’s really getting to me!

Well, that’s it for now… until next month… her birthday! YIKES!

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I have a strong willed child and at times, now that she is getting older, it is getting difficult. I love my diva Eva to death, but am looking for tips on how to make sure I parent her to the best of my capabilities. Anyone know of any good books that I can read about this? I hear The Strong Willed Child by James Dobson is one I need to read. Any others I should check out at the library? Any other tips greatly appreciated.