Strolling Through Life & Loving It: Eva is One!!!

It happened....our sweet baby girl turned one. She is so very precious and we have enjoyed this year so much! Happy birthday to our sweet Eva!

It's good we're done with the monthly birthday pictures because she doesn't really sit in the rocking chair for them, she's our constant climber!

This little smirk says, "I know you want my picture, Momma but I'm going to stand up again every time you sit me down."

Eva continues to be a great eater and will eat whatever we offer her and she especially loves the baby food pouches and can eat them in about 30 seconds! She does her adorable "beauty pageant wave" as Dave calls it to say hi, bye, and especially night, night. Sleeps great and seems happy to go in her bed almost every night (yay!!!). Still a big time Momma's girl but is starting to spend more time with other people holding her. Is cruising around on furniture now. Has two cute little teethers that poked through a few days before her birthday, but she doesn't really seem bothered by them. Loves her blankie so much and now likes to tuck it under her chin. She always has it while she sleeps, I think its so precious how she always has a hold of it when I check on her. Is enjoying water now (bath and pool), thankfully. The only real thing she says is "Uh, oh". It's super cute and kinda fitting in our house to have that as her first word. She says Momma a lot but doesn't look at me and say it, so I'm not positive if she knows that it's me. She says lots of expressive noises which the big kids like to interpret such as "wow" and "oh" and "nighnighnigh". I call her a little bird because she likes to make soft little singing and chirping type noises. She has also developed a very high pitched squeal that is quite ear-piercing. She still loves music and dances all the time. She continues to do great in the car and thus is still in her infant seat, which is very convenient. Love, love, loves to climb! Has started to stand up on her own for a few seconds and loves the applause she gets. Her hair is growing fast and seems to get lighter and lighter and her eyes bluer. She's our sweetheart, for sure!

I decided to get a little creative and filled her crib with balloons and her birthday sign. She usually gets put to bed awake and fusses a little bit at naps, so I wasn't sure if she would go for pictures in her bed. So, we filled it up and then showed it to her from the outside. She thought it was hilarious!