Eva's Adventures...Extra Bonus Edition!

"The Eva" has been very busy these past few weeks. Dancing at Kowloon Klub at Jessica & Jeremy's co-30 birthday party; hiking in the woods while growling like a puma; learning to crawl; learning to say "da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da"; and winning friends all over the metro Boston area. And today, waking Mom up early to celebrate Mother's Day.

To keep Eva's many fans up to date, we've added TWO videos and extra photos to this post. Keep the comments coming...it's good motivation for us to blog regularly!

Waking Mom up early for Mother's Day...so sweet!

Watch out for that scary cat-like creature!

Busting a move at Kowloon with Jessica

Face-off with Jeremy...could she take him???

I love hiking!

What? Can't you see I'm busy?

Lounging on her new custom-made quilt from Grandma Betty : )

Showing no mercy for the "ball-in-a-ball" and doing a little crawling (she's much better at crawling this week).

Eva scaring the wildlife. Yes, those fearsome sounds are coming from that tiny baby.

Marathon Day!

Thanks to Boston's love of city-wide events and gratuitous holidays, the I. family was able to spend this past Monday - known in most other parts of the country as a "work day" - celebrating the Massachussetts-only holiday known as Patriots Day (which is not, as one might assume, as a tribute to the beloved hometown football team - at least not officially). To most locals, this means a) watching the Sox, or b) watching the Boston Marathon! We opted for the latter, and so Eva spent one of our first truly beautiful spring days of the year with a front-row seat as the Marathon-ers rounded their final bend through the Back Bay to the finish line.


The weekend's gorgeous weather also afforded many opportunities to take our new sweet set of wheels - the Bob Revolution ATS (that's all-terrain stroller, thank you), a holiday gift from Eva's Grandpa P-M and family - out for a few spins; not surprisingly, Eva is a big fan of facing forward and seeing the world, though it may mean our days of napping in the stroller are over.

Baby in the lead!

Probably not the primary intended use for the Thunder Stick...

Mine, all mine!

Feeling sassy in her new ride.

Belly Attack!

Eva-lution

It's been almost six months since Eva joined the scene, and by now she's almost tripled in size. Weighing in at over 16 pounds, she crawls (mostly backwards, and usually face-first), she rolls, she bounces, laughs, grabs, holds, watches, yells and sits. So much action, with so much more to come! Here's an update of the last couple of weeks, with a Day 2 picture thrown in just for perspective...

Two days old and already a Lert.

161 days old and having a ball...

Props for propping up!

At the BBQ joint with the girls...

Deeply unconscious.

Looking far too cool for school (but never to cool to drool).

Wondering what Gordon's up to...

The world-famous El Rollo manuever (click twice to play).

Cape Cod, Uncle Tod, & EVACADO!

It's been an eventful few weeks for The Eva. She travelled to Cape Cod and laid eyes on the ocean for the first time. She stared and stared, apparently wondering what the heck IS that thing?

The next weekend she got to meet her Uncle Tod, who was at least as fasinating, and lots more fun. Those two had many giggles together. Eva can't wait until he gets back from Chile so she can get more belly laughs and hopefully drool on his forehead again...

And during Tod's visit, Eva had her first food (we knew she was ready because lately she won't stop staring obsessively at our food during meals...while licking her lips and making chewing noises). Her first meal...AVOCADO (EVACADO)...mixed with a bit of milk. No adaptation period was necessary, she ate it like a hungry badger and licked the spoon. Next stop...banana?

I'm pretty sure I can work this thing myself, thanks.

Tod & Eva...Cual cabeza es mas grande???

Enjoying the springtime Boston sunshine (nice photo, Tod!).


Cape Cod...baby style.

Evacado#1...

... and Evacado #2 (click twice to play)

Bounce Bounce Bounce Bounce Bounce

The big news in Eva's life this week was the acquisition of a Baby Bouncer. This might seem like a small deal to you, but to Eva it was one of the great moments in life. She was smiling and bouncing within seconds of installation, and she would bounce for hours if we'd only let her. Mom and Dad are pleased too, because we get to cook dinner with BOTH hands, which is far easier and safer for everyone. All hail the BABY BOUNCER!

Click twice to watch the bouncing.

Life is good!


Portrait of a baby (with rattle).



Pretending to be angelic.

2 Feet High and Rising

Eva had her 4 month checkup last week, and while she is still angry about that second round of vaccinations, we enjoyed learning that she's all of 24 inches tall and over 14.5 lbs chubby.

We also enjoyed a too-brief visit from Cat's dad Steve, on his way home from Geneva; he regaled us with stories of skiing on glaciers and sipping Swiss espresso, resulting in little-to-no sympathy for all the hard work he did on his "business trip".

Steve and grandbaby

Queen E holds court from her new throne

Family portrait

Happy girls!

Our budding filmmaker

Road Trip!

Eva came along for a trip to Ithaca last weekend, to visit Jenna, Tarleton, and her first Valentine, Jonas (though at almost 2 yrs old, he is an older man...). She also attended her first (er, more accurately, her parents' first in awhile) adult party, a tenure party with a 50s cocktail theme. Mama and Papa had fun playing dress up in Jenna's closet, and all were sad to leave Monday morning.

Mmm, delicious hand.

Guess who passed out early at the party?

Who cares about a book when there's a camera nearby?

Why hello, gorgeous!

Dressed up in Grammy's hand-knit cute suit