Aren't I Smart

Can I see a picture of Evie?


One morning last week I walked into Evie Lu's room and she said, "I'm wet." I thought nothing too new there, but then I started to notice things were amiss. She was very wet everywhere and then I saw a completely dry diaper just sitting in the crib. I asked Evangeline if she had taken off her diaper and she gave me a very pleased with herself, "yup!" So at some point in the morning my little girl had pulled down her pajama pants, taken off her diaper, and then pulled her pants back up.
Hooray for potty training! Now if we can just make sure she pees where we want her to and not just anywhere.

Evie's New Kitty

Evie Lu's aunt Megan may be collecting quite the menagerie of pets, but Evangeline does not want to be outdone. Evie Lu received some gifts from Grandpa Wayne and Grandma Bev for Easter and among the gifts was a stuffed kitty. Our little girl was immediately taken with the new pet and has not wanted to put the cat down since. Kaia thinks it is acting as a proxy for the real cat in the house and now Oscar doesn't have to be worried about Evie wanting to carry him everywhere. Here is a video of the new addition.

Happy Easter!

Easter was a rush! Will had 4 services, I baked a cake and made a salad for a wonderful dinner with friends and family, and Evie saw her little friend Reece get baptized. Whew! I think we are all still recovering. The past 2 years I took very cute pictures of Evie in her Easter dresses. This year was no different, except I forgot she is now 2 years old. All my attempts to get her to face the camera and smile, without a thumb in her mouth or holding cuddle, were met with tears and flopping on the ground. These are the few I could squeeze out of her before church.

She is smiling in this photo alone, only because she is counting with Bert and Ernie. Thank goodness for Sesame Street! (Speaking of, this girl can count! The other day we overheard Evie say, "One, two, three! Mommy, Daddy, Evie!")

Evie still isn't sure about the Easter bunny. When I showed her what the Easter bunny brought for her, she said, "Thank you, Mommy!" Does this mean Evie doesn't believe in Santa any more, either?

An Easter Celebration

Kaia watches over Evie Lu


Our little family has had quite the week. Evie Lu attended her first Good Friday service and did her best impression of a track star, she participated in our church's Easter Celebration with resurrection eggs, and on Easter Sunday she watched Baby Reece get baptized and decided a nap was unnecessary. I'm not sure how Kaia made it through the day.

The pictures are from the Saturday Easter Celebration for kids. There were various stations where kids collected eggs which held different parts of the Easter story. Evangeline loved it. I could not find one picture of Evie Lu looking up because she spend the entire time investigating the eggs.


Will takes a turn

Opening Day!

Once again we've come to another Opening Day for America's game. This will be Evie Lu's third opening day and the third she'll spend with her dear old dad. Evie Lu should be in daycare, but instead she'll be fighting off a bug and getting plenty of quality cuddle time. I've been teaching Evangeline to root for the right team, but apparently someone at daycare has other ideas. Last week I was cheering, "Go Cubs!" and Evie responded with, "Go Mariners!" This is simply not acceptable. You'll see below we've fixed the problem.




Here is Evie Lu from her first opening day. I can't believe how fast time has gone by.

Da Rar

You need to be very serious about your calendar.

What is "da rar?" That is what a subdued lion says according to Evie Lu. Being a lion is Evangeline's favorite activity these days and when she is excited she lets out a big, "raaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrr!" complete with hands outstretched as claws.

Ooh, yellow!


When Evie Lu is more matter of fact about being a lion we get "da rar." It almost sounds French (le rar?) as she tells us what her favorite animal says. It cracks me up every time.

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