16 months old & 3 months home!!

Today our little girl turned 16 months old.
And she has officially been home with us now for 3 months.

The time has gone by so quickly and yet I can remember when we first came home with our little Eva. She was sleeping in our room in her crib, waking up every 3-4 hours wanting a bottle. She wasn't even tall enough to see what was on our night stands or end tables. She walked gingerly and could only take a few steps before she fell on her bottom. And she only had 4 teeth, 2 on the top and 2 on the bottom. There was also lots and lots of babbling going on.

Fast forward 3 months: Eva is now in her own room, sleeping wonderfully through the night and has been doing so for 11 weeks. She now sleeps 10-12 hours a night. She's tall enough now to just be able to reach whatever is on our night stand or end tables so we are having to move some things to higher ground! Eva now motors around the house at a fast pace, but is not quite running yet. I know that day is coming soon though. We have added 2 more teeth (on the top) and I think she's cutting 2 more teeth but I can't be for sure. And while there is still a lot of babbling, she is definitely throwing some real words into the mix.

Of course, everything for the most part is still "da-da" but here's her vocabulary so far:
"bubba" = bubbles
"dawh" = dog
"ba-ba" = bottle
"hey-yo" = hello
"tee" = teeth
"noo" = nose"
"beh" = belly
"bay-bay" = baby

She waves hello and goodbye, blows kisses, gives kisses and squeezes (hugs), complete with a little grunt as she's hugging. There are so many words and phrases that she understands and responds to, it's so amazing! I feel so blessed to be able to witness all of this!

We've also had a sort of graduation of our own. Eva's has graduated from this:

to this:

She loves her big girl car seat and even more she loves the fact that she can actually see where Mama and Daddy are driving.

It's so awesome to see and experience how much she's grown and progressed since she's been home with us. The eating experience is still wonderful. We feel so blessed that she's not a picky eater because, as most of you know, we love to eat and love to try new food. Every day with Eva is such a blessing. Of course there are those days, moments when I want to have a meltdown or get tired of saying the same thing for the 50th time, but those times are by far outweighed by the joy I have when I see Eva smile and hear her laugh, that deep belly laugh. All I can do is thank and praise God for all that He's done.