Can't believe it's already 2011

So much has happened and Evie has changed so much. She is loads of fun! She does funny little things everyday that just make me proud to call her mine. Genevieve is always trying to be bigger than she is. She runs. It makes me laugh every time. We put her feet on the ground and all at once she begins taking steps and running/jumping all over the place.

When Evie sees someone drinking, she wants some too. She'll flap her arms and make some sort of panting noise (her getting excited over something) and reach for the cup. When it gets close to her mouth she dives in and attacks. She gets so excited, most of the time you can't even get the water to her mouth.

On demand, if you put your fingers up to Genevieve's mouth, she will begin to make an "ahh" noise. She expects that you will move your fingers back and forth, kind of like a little kid would do while playing an Indian. She really likes the noise it makes. She has now learned how to smack her lips. She is always playing with sounds her mouth can make and makes sounds such as "wa wa, ma ma, da da, la la... and so forth". It's pretty fun.

Don't let me forget, Evie is very, very active. She is almost never satisfied staying in the same place. I set her on the floor and go to do something and before I know it, she is in to something. She rolls and pivots to get to pretty much anywhere she wants. Hopefully that doesn't prevent her from crawling, but she is quite motivated and if there is something out there that can get her where she wants faster, she'll probably take it.
Here are some funny/cute pictures of the last couple months:
We were told that Evie was supposed to be part of a nativity. So we ran around the house looking for something that would work. This is our best bet at a shepherd. Dad and Evie Christmas morning. Evie didn't quite get the idea of opening presents, but she tried hard, and that's what matters.
This is Evie and Grandma at Nat's house. And of course, she had to drink something too.
Dad and Evie in their matching pajamas. If you can't see, the long johns say "Bear Bottom"
Santa came! Evie loved him, as she does most people. She especially liked his beard which got caught in her fingers and almost exposed Santa's true identity.
This is just a cute picture of a random day. See, she sits up all by herself.
Thanks to Dad, we've already got Genevieve potty trained. Sometimes it takes a while, so we give her a book to make the time go faster.