New words, etc.

New words we are starting to hear from Evelyn:

Grandma (ma-mama, which is totally different thatn Ma Ma.)
Goodnight (ga-ga)

So it isn't that her words are getting easier to understand, but that they are being used in very specific ways. Ma-mama, when she is looking out the window when her grandma leaves the house. Or ga-ga, when she leaves her bath and everyone says goodnight before heading to the bedroom for pajamas and bed.

We are stalling out on the "new word" front, but I think it is on the parents' end. I am almost positive Evelyn is saying a lot more, we just are not recognizing a lot more.

Also, I would like to let everyone know, in the whole blogosphere, that stay-at-home parents are doing some seriously hard work, and anyone that thinks working in an office is harder, on an hour-by-hour basis, is so wrong I can't even convey the level of wrongness. I get exhausted at home. I don't play with Evelyn nearly as much as I should, letting her "play by herself" or, alas, watch a cartoon. I hate hate HATE that I resort to TV for a little downtime. Hate. I am so ready for spring, when we can play outside (although Evelyn is super interested in playing in the street now, so that's fun) and get out of the house! Now we take trips to museums and run errands, but it is hard to just sit outside and enjoy the day. Spring is around the corner, for sure, so I will just wait.

I wish would do some things differently. But that is a blog post for another day...