6-week update

So Evelyn is smiling for real now--she used to smile only involuntarily, like when she was falling asleep or passing gas. Katie talks to Evi in a high, excited voice and Evi just lights up like Christmas tree. She also likes this soft giraffe rattle we have, and if you shake it at her and poke her cheeks with it she gives a huge, open-mouth smile. She's also a couple inches taller now, and is learning how to flex her leg muscles; she can support herself on her legs for several seconds in a standing position (but needs to be held to stabilize her balance).

One other thing that is good is that after going to sleep at 10-11pm, she only wakes up once at night (although she can be up for an hour or hour-and-a-half) and then sleeps until 7-8am. Katie and Evi are often sleeping (so sweet!) when I leave for work in the morning.

We put up a bunch of pictures on flickr detailing Evi's baptism, already 2 weeks ago--wow! Needless to say, we were very happy to have my whole family here and many of our friends who all celebrated with us afterward at our apartment, where, of course, there was plenty of good snacks, lots of good stuff to drink, and football on TV. We feel so blessed to have such great friends and a wonderful family and A SWEET BABY!

Lastly, I would be remiss if I didn't mention Halloween--Evi's first holiday (and Katie's favorite). We stayed in, but did go "trick-or-treat" at some of our neighbors' places, not for candy, just to show off Evi's lady bug costume. If you have seen the pictures link, then you know that Evi really wanted to be a brain-eating zombie. We also played lots of card games with my parents and sister who were already here for the baptism. Gayle and I went to this cool beer store and got some yummy, Halloween-appropriate drinks: Rogue Dead Guy Ale, a Belgian beer called Delerium Tremens, and two British types called Wychcraft and Hobgoblin. Fun times!

We'll try to get more pictures up this weekend.