Last week Evelyn turned one year old. Already!
We had a small party at our place and some friends of ours (and Evelyn’s) came over. We made a sugar-free carrot cake, which unfortunately, Evelyn didn’t eat a bite of. She did enjoy the party once she got over the fact that people were coming to her (our) house. We gave her a rocking giraffe for her birthday present. She is likes it but hasn’t quite figured out how to use it (yet).
Evelyn has been working on walking. If we hold her hands she takes off with one of us in tow and she has taken a few steps on her own but is still working on perfecting her balance. In the meantime, she crawls most places and can reach far too many things already.
We are working on communication but unfortunately Evelyn hasn’t quite figured out the use of language yet. She can make a lot of interesting sounds and babbles to us in her own language, but doesn’t seem interested in copying us or trying to tell us what she wants or thinks. It’s almost like she wants to master each sound first, then will start talking when she decides she’s ready … in typical Evelyn fashion.
The big news is Evelyn’s new tooth. She as two on top and two on the bottom … and two molars! Somehow her mouth has decided to skip ahead about 2 teeth and put out the first molar on the right side, both top and bottom. They are huge and it looks so painful coming through her gums. Now I understand why babies get grouchy when they get their teeth. The ones on the left side are coming out as well.
Evelyn has started to enjoy “tooth time”, i.e. when I brush her teeth, which is a nice change. Eating, however, continues to be both time-consuming and difficult. She really, really likes fresh grapes or fresh pears and will now eat an entire pear on her own!
One of Evelyn’s favourite passtimes is to take all the bowls out of the cupboard and try stacking them in different ways. She has even started to put them away afterward!
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