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Four months young

A few weekends ago we drove through Indianapolis and stopped to see my friends Ben and Lisa from college. They had their second child just three days before we had Evelyn and, unbeknownst to each other, they named their daughter Evelyn. And her middle name is Samara, which is Ben's mother's name (our Evelyn's middle name is Marsha, my mother's name).

A few days before the previous picture (as evident by the hippie-like hair).

Evidently we don't feed Evelyn enough.

This one's a little blurry, but it's a great smile. She's laughed a few times recently, but we haven't caught it on camera yet.

New things

Sitting in the bumbo.

The newly-discovered thumb.

My cousin, Carrie, tries to get Evelyn to smile.

Evelyn and great-grandma Tower.

Evelyn discusses life with her new friend (the ceiling fan).

a southpaw?

a few vids

Baptism

Evelyn was baptized this morning at our OPC church. She looked great, wearing a gown made from my mom's wedding dress (Mary Ryken in Wheaton started it a few years ago and Vashti's mom completed it just recently).

Psalm 115

1 Not to us, O LORD, not to us, but to your name give glory, for the sake of your steadfast love and your faithfulness!
9 O Israel, trust in the LORD! He is their help and their shield. 10 O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD! He is their help and their shield. 11 You who fear the LORD, trust in the LORD! He is their help and their shield.
12 The LORD has remembered us; he will bless us; he will bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron; 13 he will bless those who fear the LORD, both the small and the great.
14 May the LORD give you increase, you and your children! 15 May you be blessed by the LORD, who made heaven and earth!
16 The heavens are the LORD’s heavens, but the earth he has given to the children of man. 17 The dead do not praise the LORD, nor do any who go down into silence. 18 But we will bless the LORD from this time forth and forevermore. Praise the LORD!

Baptism weekend