My brother Elliot brought my niece and nephew over to visit yesterday! Evelyn got to play with her cousins and my brother showed me some video of their recent trip to CA. They only stayed an hour or so since I had to go to work but it was nice to visit and catch up. I need to go visit my other brother before school starts, he's a teacher and coaches football so he will be very busy to say the least.
Evelyn is getting SO big! She will be 3 at the end of September and she is a solid 37 lbs! I feel like I'm missing out, I work so much. If I'm not working or sleeping I'm with her and I cherish every second I spend with her. I work way too much but its necessary right now. I look forward to the day I can be a stay at home mom, I'd even be happy working once a week. If it is meant to be it will happen, but in the mean time its still hard. I have a scrap book I started making for her when she was born and it only has 2 pages done, I love doing stuff like that but I seriously don't have the time. Despite the divorce I still see her every day(with the exception of 2 days since may, one I was out of town the other I had a medical procedure done) but it just doesn't seem like enough, I feel like I'm missing out on the fun n loving time in her life. I need to win the lottery... but that would require actually purchasing a ticket
Both Evey and Lucy are getting big!
Evey in her Sunday dress
My cutie!It seems like she has grown so much in the past couple of months and I'm working so much I blink and she's older. She can now sing her ABC's and she sounds like a little adult when she speaks now. There is still a lot of rambling but she communicates a lot better now. Potty training is coming along slowly. She's more receptive to it but not 100% on board yet, thats fine with me it will happen when it happens. We have been out to the lake and she had a blast on the boat. I will post pictures when I get a chance. Keeping it short for now, don't have much time to write.
A little progress is better than no progress when it comes to potty training. I feel bad because I don't have enough time off of work to be consistent. We did it one day and went through 5 or 6 pairs of big girl underwear and a few carpet clean ups but toward the end of the day she was getting better. The next day was hectic and I just didn't have the time to follow through so for now she's back in diapers :-( At the end of may I have 3 days off in a row... maybe I will try then.
A while back Evey broke my glasses and I haven't replaced em. I'm starting to need them bc I wear my contacts WAY too much. Cost..about 300 bucks uggghhh, maybe next month. neways... I was trying on different pairs and she picks up these thick 80's yellow frames and hands them to me and says momum put yellow on.... so I humor her and flash back to the 80's.
EV has never had a good sleep pattern. She's stayed up late and never really slept through the night. We had tried cutting out naps before but around 7p she would fall asleep and wake up at 10p and stay up till 1am... not so thrilled about that. So recently we tried again and for about a week now she has been napless and her bed time is 9:30-10pm. To most parents that may seem late but for my angel thats EARLY. I am thrilled, finally some time to relax at night before going to bed. Its difficult to keep her up in the evening though! Last night we were eating in front of the tv and I gave her a bite, I ate a few bites as it normally takes her twice as long to chew... I turned around to give her another bite and she was laying down fast asleep! She was not happy when we woke her up but in no time she was bouncing off the walls. She gets cranky in the afternoon without a nap but its worth the SLEEP! As for potty training its still a no go... she still flat out refuses. Bribing isn't even working on this child!
