mmm. chicken.

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ever the good eater, evie makes this chicken leg disappear.

um, that's a milestone i wasn't looking forward to...

so mike, evie and i were in bed on saturday morning, things were all going along nicely. there was cuddling and evie was chattering away. suddenly, she said something that caught my attention.

"um, did she just say 'no s*h*i*t'?"

"yeah, that's what i was just thinking."

great.

you know that i don't use that kind of language. she must be watching cable when i'm at work...

my girl celebrates her first year!

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we made it!

yesterday we celebrated evie's first birthday and easter. i got her all dolled up in a pretty pink dress and her fuzzy, pink bunny coat. i love being in charge! i couldn't get her to wear the cute little shoes i bought for her, though. she cries whenever i put regular shoes on her. perhaps we need to move to kentucky...

we started the morning at home with some presents and extra berries for breakfast. then we went over to george, tracy and lainey's to celebrate easter. lainey officially became evie's honorary big sister. tracy and i agree that this is, by far, the easiest way for them to have siblings.

ms. evie did not find the cake to her liking. pretty much spit out the first two bites, then ate a little frosting. i think maybe she was disappointed that it wasn't chocolate. i guess i should be happy that she'd much rather eat fruit.

this first year was, by far, the best year of my life so far. i look forward to it getting better and better.

click on the image to see more pictures from the day.

is that a temperature or a radio station?

poor ms. evie has been battling a bug the past few days. it started as a low grade fever on monday morning. we attributed it to her new tooth, but thenit hit 103.6 after i got home from work. ugh. still, she was doing pretty well. cranky and sleepy, but still taking in fluids and playing during the day. then the night before last it hit 104.7! yowza. turns out in babies that's not a big deal. over 105 is.

we went into the doc, just in case. naturally the fever broke just before we went it. figures. isn't that how it always works? doc figured it was probably just roseola. after one more return of the fever thursday night, this morning the spots appeared, so the doc was right - roseola.

her mood is improving (fever=cranky evie) and her appetite has returned. hopefully she'll be back to normal for her birthday on sunday.

not so fast, hombre

so, me and my non-nursing breasts nestled themselves into bed last night, only to be awakened by evie's screams a little before midnight. i guess the new tooth and the thought of making it thru the day without nursing woke her up. so, i ended up nursing after all. it was good. she was really screaming, and they are still my magic weapon. we'll just have to see how things go over the next couple of weeks.

the end of an era?

so for the first time in 357 days, i didn't nurse evie. we were down to three times a day (morning, after work, before bed) for about a month, then she skipped a few feedings this week. today, nothing. i don't know if this means we're done all together, or if it was just for the day. still not sure exactly how i feel about it, but i think this is good. i was worried that weaning would be a big deal (and maybe it still will be), so it would be nice if it turned out to be this easy.

and so it begins

mark your calendars. i officially have a toddler. today, march 9th at approximately 1:45 pm, my daughter looked me straight in the eye and said "neh" when i told her to come to me.

mom, i'm officially going to start getting as good as i gave. you can start laughing now.

a day at the beach

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it was a lovely day here in sf, so we headed over to baker beach for a little sand and sun. i had evie in a cute little sun top, but this being sf, it was only about 50 degrees when we got to the beach, so the long sleeved shirt was put on over it. it was still a great day, though. after all, you had sand, surf, the golden gate bridge and cheese...

don't i look cute in my new dress?

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hey grandma, here's proof that i do put evie in a dress occasionally. as long as i don't have to do the same, we're all good.

the mon/weds/thurs girls club on a friday night

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gladys and paloma came over for a friday night last week, so that the moms and dads could go out for korean bbq and ice cream. very enjoyable. it wasn't a late night, we were home at 9:30, but we were surprised to find the girls still wide awake. they were just having way too much fun to be bothered with something like sleep.