Dancing!

It's been a while! I've had some design work that has kept my attention during my downtime, so the blog suffers. But Evie and I have been busy. One of her favorite activities is dancing and her musicians of choice are the Wiggles or "aWeeawoos." We've been taking a dance/music class for several months now and while my progress has stagnated, she's really taking off! One of her favorite dancing songs is Rock-a-bye Your Bear, as seen below (I would have cut the video after the song ended, but my program kept crashing, so my apologies for the length).

When she's not dancing, you might find her eating a Fig Newton ("Wig Newnut") or yelling at Jack for eating one of hers ("No, no, NAWWWW! Bad Bo-EEEEEEEEEEEE!!!"). Or repeating one of the following phrases:

"Hold me, _________"
Usually, she's asking someone to hold her, and will use this phrase to request a loved one's presence. Several times a day, I hear "Hold me, Nana?" or Dada or Baboo. Favorite examples:
"Hold me, home?" - while tired of running errands
"Hold me, Mamo Hand" - while in the bath, hugging tenderly her sponge shaped like Mickey's hand
"Hold me, more cheese?" - while in Whole Foods
"Hold me, moon?" - her obsession with the moon continues

"Dat NOISE!?!"
These days she asks for an explanation of every sound she hears. It's cute to see her interest in the world around her and I enjoy the chance to teach her about it. Funniest Example:
Evie, after pooting loudly: Dat NOISE!?!
M: Yeah, Evie, what was that noise?
E: Roar (thunder).

As has been previously mentioned, she also loves scolding people, animals and inanimate objects (this morning her sippy got an earful for spilling milk). While it can get tiresome to be the subject of it, it's hilarious on the whole. I do hear "No, no, Ma! Bad BoyEEEEE" quite a bit, but luckily it's balanced by plenty of "Buh Boy, Ma" (Good Boy, Ma) with pats on my head. The other day, she started dumping buckets of water out of the tub and when I sternly told her to stop, she said, "Yeah!! No, NO, Baff!!!" She's a creative deflector. She has started training us in etiquette as well. The other night Matt burped loudly and Evie said, "Duse me, Dada!" (Excuse me, Dada), which cracked us up!

Unfortunately, our plans for baby #2 have been put on a temporary (hopefully brief) hold. I went in for a baseline ultrasound a few weeks ago, intending to start my next round of treatment. However, they discovered a complication created by the previous treatment and now we have to wait it out until my body decides it's ready. I always seem to be on the wrong side of the statistics! I have another monitoring appointment in a few weeks, so hopefully we'll see some improvement by that point. We need to take advantage of the insurance coverage we have before we lose it when our plan changes this summer!

Next week we're off to Steamboat with Matt's family, so we'll be celebrating Easter this weekend. Evie's getting pretty pumped about the Easter Bunny's visit, but I seriously doubt she's as excited about it as I am. Pictures to come!