From Eve

Mae and Mommy both say it's my turn, so I better get this started. I'm Eve. I'm also five months old, like my sister, and I live with her, my mommy and daddy, and our two dogs, Bailey and Sherlock.

I like Sherlock quite a bit, since he jumps straight up in the air, but Bailey's chin is always dripping water and doesn't feel very pleasant when she comes over to sniff me. I do like that Bailey sleeps by our crib when Mommy and Daddy let her, since I feel safer knowing something so big and wet is protecting us.

Mae and I sleep in the same crib with each other. Sometimes, like in the mornings when I wake up and want to talk about my dreams with Mae I like it. But other times, like last night, it can be a bit of a pain, since Mae has started rolling around a lot and likes to roll towards me and then ends up with her arm thrown over me, even though it's really hot in our room sometimes. And other times she'll just keep pushing me away with her feet and I don't really enjoy that either. But, I always wake up if Mommy or Daddy comes in and tries to take her out. They think I don't notice, but I do.

This afternoon Mommy took us out to lunch with all her coworkers while Daddy stayed at home. We normally spend all of Thursdays with Daddy, but this was nice, too. There were lots of ladies to hold us. Susan, who fed me lunch, has twins that are 19 year-old. That sounds really old. I mean, Mae and I are only 19 weeks old.

The only thing I don't like when Mommy and Daddy take us out in large groups is they always talk about us as if we're not there, rather than talking to us. They let everyone else talk to us. I did get to see Ann and Peg and Sarabeth again. I like all of them. And I do like having everyone smile at me just because Mommy carried me into a room.

There was another little baby there, but no one was paying her as much attention as us. I think it's because she could sit up on her own and feed herself. Mae and I are still fairly helpless, really, even though it feels like we're big girls, because we don't nap much anymore, and we're starting to eat real food (well, I am. Mae won't because she's stubborn) and we can roll over.

I need to work some more on sitting up all by myself. I did it for five whole seconds yesterday before the floor shifted and I began to fall over. I think tonight I'll try it again, but I'll make sure both Mommy and Daddy are home to watch me.