Baptism!

Evie was baptised today and a nice number of family and friends were able to come. She wore her great-grandpa Spencer's gown that his grandmother made for him and looked very precious. Evie was very vocal during the ceremony. She has lost her 'inside voice' and is very loud ALL the time now. So we went up front and she started to scream and I gave her a piece of paper to play with, which promptly went into the mouth. This quieted her down but unfortunately it also got black ink all over her mouth. Oops.

She screamed and cried despite lots of attempts to distract her, including giving her a bottle. So she was loud and a smidge of a show-stealer until Pastor Alan held her and then she was fine--grabbing his beard and nose and all smiles. She was pretty funny and had folks laughing, then they handed her back and she started screaming and bawling again which made people laugh some more. Poor crabby little Evie--I think it was nap time.

Afterwards we held a little reception at the church for folks who came and the guest of honor started out crab-tastic and then took a nap so wasn't as fun and snuggly as usual. She loved playing with Uncle Carl again--giggling and smiling--which will hopefully encourage him to stop by more often. It was nice to see family who travelled from Cinti and Indiana--although poor great-grandma T. thought that there were tons of people there and only about 1/6 of my side of the family was there for my dad's side, and about 1/2 of my mom's side came...so it could have been much crazier, more like family Christmas which I can only imagine will be unbelievably insane this year with a baby added into the mix.

Evie also got a very pretty cross necklace from Shari, Traci, Jodi, et al and was very happy to wear her first necklace.Evie had a party outfit that you can see a snippet of here--we have big plans for some professional pics of this one so you might see it again soon! The beret is tooo cute!

Super Noggin'

So I was taking a picture of Evie this morning in her tie-dye jeans from Nana and wouldn't you know she happens to 'lunge' forward to perfectly depict the one thing I didn't update on about her doctor's appointment yesterday. Her weight is at 50%, height at 60% and her head is 90% (at 17 and 3/4 in)--according to Dr Gray she has lots of brains growing up in there! Anyway, this picture totally emphasizes her massive smarts!

Evie's 6 Month Appointment

Evie had her 6 mo appointment today and she is not happy at all about the 3 shots she had to get. The doctor said she looked perfect, and she weighed in at 15 lbs 14 oz and measured at 26 and 1/8 inches (so mommy's guesses at 5 months were a little off).

Right now she is extremely ticked off so back to baby!

Evie June ate her first fruit

Evie had her first fruit this week--bananas! She's not sure if they are really better than veggies or not. She has been very talkative and is teething hard-core--we can feel one coming in every time she shoves our hand and fingers into her mouth! We're worried she might be a carnivore:) But since everything goes in the mouth seems unlikely.

Otherwise, she is rolling all over the place and chatting up a storm! She just has tons to say and we wish we were advanced enough to understand everything--clearly she is a smart cookie. The folks at daycare predict she will be an early crawler--which she is really trying to figure out how to do, but her 5th limb--her head--is holding her back. She has also started to give hugs more regularly and she gives the best hugs. Very snugalicious!

We've survived 2 of mommy's 5 trips for the year. This week I was gone for 2 nights in a row which was harder than my first trip but it went ok.

Here are some fun pics:

Overall dress Evie

Evie shares her awesome new blocks from Grandpa and Nana
Francois Evie courtesy of Grandma and ShariEvie plays with the Penn State lion someone mommy met on her trip got for her (and which Aunt Lynn will love--notice Evie in her OSU cheerleading outfit)
Sailor Evie!

Evie Slept All Night!

Thank goodness...and here are some more Evie highlights:
























Evie eats sweet potatoes! Evie cheers on the buckeyes! Evie's first ride in grandpa's Cadillac! Evie helps mommy with the laundry! and Evie stares at Uncle Carl in wonder!