Evita Pilar, You are two months away from turning two. Our little family is in the midst of a lot of changes. We’re currently packing up our house for our big move to Virginia. You’re pretty stoked about all the boxes everywhere. You wander around from box to box with a crayon, putting your special…

I’ve decided to do a little something different this year. Last week I said I wasn’t going to participate in the portrait-a-week project because I thought I’d have too many weekly updates and they seem to get repetitive and overlap. I already do a pregnancy update, I’ve wanted to do a tot school update, and…

Dear Evita, Today you are 21 months old and it seems like you’re already leaving toddlerhood behind and entering childhood full steam. Yesterday you walked into the kitchen, looked up at me and asked, “What are you making?” I had to do a double-take. “Who is this kid,” I thought. What happened to the goos…

Evita Pilar, Today is your half-birthday. At 18 months old, you’ve visited four different continents and can speak words in four different languages. Wherever we go, your little eyes calmly move from person to person or object to object, taking in your new surroundings. You’re so easygoing; you make the perfect travel companion. I love…

Evita Pilar, You are seventeen months old going on seventeen. You have sass well beyond your years. Your little facial expressions are classic. You have quite the little vocabulary to go along with it, as well. You can usually tell us exactly what you want- from food to diaper changes to help getting up, down,…
