Dressing Up

Though she's still wearing clothes designed for older babies (18-24 months), Eva hasn't grown into a larger size for awhile now, which means she's reached a plateau point. In fact, with her increasingly taller and slimmer physique, she's fitting back into clothes that were too tight for her just before she started crawling. At her doctor's appointment this week she weighed in at 22lbs, 8oz, which means she lost two ounces! Chalk that up to all the restless crawling and climbing she's been doing. Last summer, as a newborn, she was dressed mostly in onesies, so I tried to get her some cute cotton dresses and outfits for this summer. Although, I've discovered, some are difficult for her to crawl in. Perhaps that's because 18-month clothes are designed for walkers. At any rate, Eva has an adorable wardrobe for the next few months, including a couple of bathing suits that are so cute on her, I can't stand it! I, on the other hand, am dreading the imminent necessity of shopping for a new bathing suit myself. The addition of stretch marks to my upper thighs makes any swimsuit without board shorts absolutely unthinkable.