november 17

eve is 15 months old today. last night, we watched some video footage of eve's first few months and the whole family got depressed. eve saw daddy holding & kissing the little baby and looked at us with her lower lip sticking out and quivering. and when "the baby" started to cry, she started to cry. and, don & i were dumbfounded at how much growth and change has occurred in just one year. we miss our tiny baby, but are so glad that she's still little. she jumps up and down in her crib now, waves, nods yes, says "hi, what's that?, mama, dada, all done, and bye bye", gives kisses and squeals with delight when daddy chases her while she crawls around the ottoman. she's getting so good at obeying us. she knows not to go near the fireplace or touch the mirror (that we haven't secured yet). she loves to crawl all the way to the mirror and then she sits back on her bottom and claps for herself for not touching it. then she'll talk & gesture while looking at herself. she's such a delight. we are so blessed. now, if don & i could only figure out how to get reacquainted with each other!