Evie's 7th Week

This week, Evie has had a couple of outings to the grocery store and tours of a couple of daycares.  She's starting to really enjoying looking around at new things, though she still has an intense love for blinds.  She loves to stare at the blinds in our living room, and will sometimes fuss if she can't see them.  Here she is on my shoulder, being burped, staring at the blinds.

We have been working on getting into a routine for when I go back to work next Wednesday (sad...).  My favorite part of our bedtime routine is that when I take her to bed, I put her in her bassinet and I read aloud whatever book I'm reading.  While I'm reading it, Evie will "chat" back to me; she makes all kinds of "goo-ahh" noises, but she stops if I lean my head over and ask her what she's talking about.  She'll only talk if no one is looking at her.  The cuteness of it tempts me to read more than one chapter, but eventually I have to turn the lights out on her so she'll sleep.

She's also discovering her hands and will sometimes use them to push her paci back in her mouth.  Though she is getting very adept at popping her paci with her mouth.  She sometimes sounds like Maggie on The Simpsons.  She is also discovering her eyebrows which makes for some delightful faces.  She can raise both of them individually, which is a skill that I certainly don't have, though I'm able to raise my right one.  Check it:

 

We call this her grumpy face.  Both eyebrows down.

 

I think she's practicing her teacher look.

 

And the come-hither look.

Since we have our nanny problem for this year solved, we have toured a couple of daycares to find somewhere for her to start in Fall 2013 because it seems that the wait lists are pretty long.  We hope she'll be going to the Methodist church daycare for 2013/2014 and then to Mount Juliet Montessori Academy in Fall 2014.  The Montessori school won't take her before she's 18 months, so she'll go to the Methodist church at 15 months, and they have a nice, small class size for that age group with immediate playground access and a very colorful environment.  But I was very impressed by the Montessori school and how soon they start working on geography, language, math, life skills, etc. and I think it would be a great prep for her for kindergarten.  I know she's only 7 weeks old, but you gotta start thinking about these things!  At least, you do if you're a retired stage manager who needs something to plan...