My sweet Evie

Evie is growing up way too fast. Each day seems like she has learned or discovered something new. It is crazy to think how much she can develop from month to month. I look back at pictures from when she first turned 2 and she has changed so much in these past 5 months.

Evie can count up to about 20 and she knows all of her colors. She likes to sing her ABC's and knows that her name starts with an E. She LOVES to read and can read books to us. She can't actually "read" the words, but she listens to us read and will memorize the words. It really is the sweetest to listen to her read a book. Some of her favorites are Pete the Cat, Brown Bear, Brown Bear, any of her Minnie Mouse books, and If Jesus Lived Inside my Heart.

Evie LOVES music and dancing. Her daddy has started a tradition with her when they go to school each morning. One day he starting playing the song "Sweet Caroline" and now she is OBSESSED with the song. She knows most of the words and they even have hand motions. Talk about melting my heart! One other song they sing is "Can't take my Eyes off of You" so she is always singing the lyrics, "I love you baby..." Some other songs she loves are "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star," Jesus Loves Me," "You are my Sunshine," and "Wheels on the Bus." One song she has recently started singing is the "Bumble Bee" song that she learned at school. I always ask her to sing, but of course she will only do it when she is in the mood. :)
Evie now loves the movie Frozen and LOVES the music from it. At least once a day we have to YouTube "Let it Go" and "Do you want to Build a Snowman?" on our Apple tv so she can watch it. She knows most of the words to both songs. The best is when she sings "Let it Go"...her version is "Yet it go, Yet it goooo." She hasn't mastered her L's yet. 

Evie plays very well by herself. Her favorite thing to do is play with her babies and blankets. I mean she plays with them ALL THE TIME! We have a lot of nap times at our house with babies and stuffed animals. She lays the babies face down and covers them completely with blankets. (Thankfully she hasn't tried this with her REAL baby) :). We aren't sure why she covers their entire face with the blanket, but we think she is trying to mimic what she sees at school. She loves to change her babies diapers and even puts cream on them! I honestly just sit and watch her play sometimes because it's just so sweet.

We had one huge milestone this past month. Evie threw away her beloved paci. Yes, she threw it away. One day Gray was cleaning them and he looked at Evie and said we should throw these away because these are for babies. She hesitated for a second and then said "ok." She walked to the trash can and threw them away. We were both shocked! She fussed a few nights wanting it, but then she was fine. It was an exciting day for us to be done with those things! The next milestone we will be working toward is the beloved potty training. Evie will use the big girl potty, but only if we ask her to or remind her to do it. She won't tell us when she has to go. We haven't pushed the issue because we are just so busy!:/ I know, not a good excuse, but we will get there soon! I do look forward to the day that I only have to buy diapers for one child and not both! Talk about a raise!!

Evie was in her first wedding this past month. She was the flower girl! She wouldn't walk down the aisle without her daddy or take any pictures with the bride, but she looked so precious!!!

Halloween was a lot more fun this year with both babies! Evie understood a little more about what she was doing and she loved all the candy!! She did not want Daddy or Mommy going in her bucket to look for candy. 

Evie is a great big sister! She loves Harrison so much and is so sweet to him (most of the time). Now that Harrison is more mobile he is going after her toys and that she is not ok with. We have to remind her that he is just a baby and he doesn't know any better. She loves to help him with his own toys...she will hand the toys to him or show him what to do with them. I love watching Evie and Harrison interact. Harrison think shes is the greatest thing ever! Evie is about the only one who can make Harrison laugh that good laugh!!

Evie brings so much joy to our lives. She is our little ray of sunshine! She always knows how to make us laugh! Evie gives the BEST hugs and kisses and always says I LOVE YOU! She truly is such a blessing!!