"Just because you can reach it doesn't mean it's a good idea"

Advice that I overhead Papa giving Evelyn the other day. And he said it so earnestly too, that I just couldn't help but laugh...

Another tidbit of wisdom from Papa: "Just eat it, don't squeeze it."

Where has the time, and my chubby little baby, gone? I can't believe I completely skipped over the entire month of April in this blog! Back then, I got cheap thrills by getting my baby to say my name. Now, she blows me away with new words that she picks up every day. On Sunday, after John made chicken stock AND oatmeal chocolate chip cookies from scratch (yes, he is the best husband ever), Evelyn said "Tong tong!" (Chinese for soup). By now, I'm actually only mildly surprised when she breaks out with new words like that. I know my mom often gives her soup and of course narrates the whole soup eating affair for her. It's another one of those things where I'd tell my mom about it, and she'd say "Oh yeah, she's been saying that all week!" (Ahem, this is one of those things she should be telling me when I come home from work and ask "How was Evelyn today?" -- am I right?!).

To the cookies, Evelyn exclaimed "Bite? Bite?" (And yes, it's official, we are letting her have sweets, so she had several bites. I think her first sanctioned sweet was Rhea's birthday cake in fact - another delicious John creation.)

Now this long and lean little girl is making up new dance moves, running laps around the house, and showing off her newest trick of a few weeks now -- jumping! (video of that later...)

Here's a video of Evelyn and Milo showing off their moves on West Portal almost a month ago:



Here's another one of Evelyn dancing, to James Brown of course, from around the same time. Now when she hears the song, she sings along to the chorus, "Be be Be be Be be..."



Here's a video from a few days ago. I particularly love Evelyn's WWF-style body slam of Baby towards the end of Ring Around the Rosy. We caved and bought a Flip video camera recently, and she cannot just let me tape her. The second I break it out, she comes right over saying "Cam-ah! Cam-ah!" Just like how she says "Peek-ah!" (picture) whenever she see John's iPhone...