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keeping it regular

i find it very difficult to maintain this thing. i think it is really important to keep a log of nevaeh's healthy and happy growth, and god bless the internet for giving me a place to do it. but alas, my posts are far too few and far between.

nevaeh is so happy that it is nice weather again. every morning she wakes up and asks to go outside. "go side?" sometimes she won't wait for us to open the door, which makes me thank the lord for the previous tenant who installed inside locks at the top of both her the front and back door. one time mike heard the door slam and saw nevaeh running in the back yard, only she was wearing a big furry pink coat and yellow rubber boats. but that was all- she seemed to think they were the only pieces of clothing neccessary for her adventure.

language is developing slow and steady, she speaks fluently in her own tongue which some of us have gotten used to. every other month she has been having ear infections, which the doc says will deter speech development. looks like she will have to get the tubes soon. her favourite expressions these days usually involve movies (Dora, Ferngully (Chrysta!), and Dr. Suess) and anything she can attach "my" or "mine" to.

we are gearing up for our yearly trip to uncle marek's pad for the big day. marek is getting married (finally!) and we are thrilled to have a chance to be a part of it. nevaeh is really making victoria a part of her lifestyle- soon enough she will be demanding the ocean air every spring.

potty training is in full effect. nevaeh loves wearing panties, a fact i quickly picked up when she began opting for bathing suit bottoms (albeit last years WAY TOO TIGHT bottoms) instead of clothes. i was just happy she was willing to put any clothes on, since her dress code of choice is usually the of the nudist persuasion. but hand in hand with potty training come "accidents". when doing laundry the other day, i ran upstairs after hearing nevaeh yell "mommy! where are you??? I POTTY!" i found her jumping up and down on our bed holding her potty and chanting "poop poop poop poop". you can guess what was inside. this is because she loves dumping out her own potty after she uses it. so we also know to go running when we hear the toilet lid tumble closed (it usually means she is one step ahead of us).

that's all for now, but i will try to get the latest victoria pics up as soon as we get back. in the meantime, please leave a comment with your favourite nevaeh story. it is too hard to remember them all!

dudda dudda dudda DAH!

so this is an old video, but i really wanted my brother to see it. so marek- this one's for you!

so it's been awhile

I've been hearing about what a bad blogger I am, and now that I am here I see there have been no posts since my birthday in June. Yikes. So I thought I'd get back on the horse, give some updates, and post the most recent pictures for those desperate nevaeholics out there.

Nevaeh has entered into her second year with flying colours (mostly the ones she draws on my wall with crayons). She is begininng her transition from toddler to pre-schooler. Talk about frightening. She is obsessed with movies. She loves animals, especially horses. She still ends everything with "OK", though now she can vary the degrees of emphasis for meaning. Her motor skills now include jumping and dancing. Speaking of dancing, she "danced" at her first pow-wow not too long ago (see below). She is a happy little girl with a lot to say, although we can't really understand what she is saying. Her favourite things to do are walk around outside (picking up rocks), play with her food, empty her toybox and, mostly watch movies. And despite her two-year-old attitude, she is the joy of my life. Enjoy the pics, and don't be afraid to email for more!

victoria, the sequel

hey yall we're back from the west coast, here are nevaeh's pictures. i love that she is in a phase in which she puts randoms things on her head and runs around...this provides a helmet installment in that vein. we all had a blast, and vaeh got very attached to her uncle marek, whom she continued to ask for days after coming home. her language is developing more and more by the minute it seems, and she is truly thrilled to learn new words. it seems like we can't keep track of how much she is learning and growing every day. just wait until she turns two in a month!

here are the latest pictures of nevaeh. she has officially been diagnosed as a terrible two-er by our homeopathic dr. which means she has a lot of attitude and thinks it's her way or the highway. unfortunately she is also totally unreasonable and believes that jumping up and down on the table and eating things off of the ground are cool. yikes.

i've got a bucket for a head, gimme some candy

need i say more? tonight nevaeh found a bucket and proceeded to run around like a crazy person (or say, the kid from Parenthood) and run into walls, coffee tables, and alternately the dog. i love her version of fun.

p.s. i am thinking of having a contest to figure out the meaning of the word "bada" which nevaeh uses ALL THE TIME. we can't figure out what it is and whenever i ask her she says, "no no no bada." so i think she is taunting me. suggestions?