Introducing Evelyn Beatrice

She's looking at you! Hello, world - this is our perfect niece Evelyn Beatrice! I'll tell you what - this little girl has big plans - and one of them is that no one is going to tell her what to do. She's got a mind of her own, and her mommy and daddy better get ready because she's about to take them on a fun, crazy ride. She opened her beautiful little eyes for me today to say hi. She even stuck out a little hand to wave. I'm still on a high from getting to see her. Can't wait until next time Evie B!

Letters!

Sydney loves to practice writing her letters. She is forever asking me how to spell people's names. How do you spell Papa? How do you spell Sarah? How do you spell Evie? How do you spell Avery? How do you spell Grandma? Don't think I haven't considered recording the spelling of these names and putting them on a loop! One day in particular, I think I spelled 'Papa' about thirty times - and that's being conservative. Anyway, I liked this particular rendition of her name. Although it's not her best work - she can easily write a correct letter S - I think this version of 'Sydney' is so perfect and charming in its own way!

Big-Girl Bike

With all the pool time over the summer and then getting in the swing of things with school in the fall, we didn't get a chance to remove the parent handle from Syd's tricycle. Really, it's been way overdue because she's been able to ride by herself without parent intervention for a while. Anyway, today it was 65 degrees. Yes - you read the correctly - 65 degrees in January! So - we took advantage of the gorgeous temperatures and played outside, including big-girl bike time. Here's a picture of the big girl on her "new" ride!