Me: What does a cow say?
Evy: Moooooooo
Me: What does a cat say?
Evy: Meooooowwww
Me: What does a dog say?
Evy: No No No!
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Me: Could you please take a drink of your milk?
Evy: Noooooooo
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Notice a trend here? That's right. Evy knows exactly what no means and is starting to use it frequently. It's funny now, because the way she says it might be the cutest thing I've ever heard. However, I'm sure the humor will quickly wear off.
This morning I had to take Evy to the torture chamber (aka doctor's office). She's had a runny nose and cough for 6 days. Low grade temperature Thursday - Sunday and then last night the fever spiked to 103. UGH! I would rather have a root canal than take Evy to the doctor. She flips out the second the nurse shuts the door. In her mind she must be thinking "They're going to kill me! Get me the hell out of here!" I brought a bag of tricks (literally) with me this morning hoping that a distraction from Elmo, a book, a block or yogurt melts would put the freak out at bay. Wrong, silly mommy. By the end of the exam I was sweating bullets. More of a work out than a 60 minute body pump session...which by the way, I haven't attended in more than 3 weeks since our house has been chaos with sickness. Did I mention they had to prick her finger to check for a bacterial infection? THEY'RE GOING TO REALLY KILL ME!!!!! Still sweating bullets. The doctor didn't find a bacterial infection so we were sent home to "wait it out". We left with no meds. I was hoping I could get some....guess that's a different kind of doctor....
"Night Night" is one of Evy's favorite games. It takes two forms. In one version of the game Evy goes night night. She loves to lie down on her blanket and have you cover her with another one. She wiggles around and you can tell she's beside herself with relaxation joy. She is her father's daughter after all! Notice in the above photos she is going "night night" in the bathroom. Hey, whatever it takes to entertain her while we get ready in the morning! In the other version of the game, Evy puts her stuffed animal friends "night night." She has to lay* them on their stomach and then cover them with a blanket. Night Night!
*Or is it lie them down, Morgan? Lay/Lie...why does it have to be so hard?
We have a seat cushion with this Major League Baseball (MLB) logo on it. Evy was playing with the seat cushion and kept saying duck. duck. duck. We were so confused. What in the world is she saying? Well, MLB obviously didn't test their logo on a focus group of toddlers because if you look closely you will see a duck. Pay no attention to the bat. See how the bill of the hat and the nose of the player look like a duck bill? Evy is much smarter than we are.
