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

The Best Christmas Present Ever!

The picture speaks for itself. It is the gift that keeps on giving!

Siblings and kids

Here's a pretty good picture of Evelyn and me with my sister Sarah (the sister formally known as Linnea) and her son, Jonah.

Grandpa comes to visit

My dad showed up at our door Sunday morning to surprise us, claiming that the pictures on the blog weren't doing Evelyn justice and that he had to see her for himself.

Dr. Evelyn & Mrs. Hyde

A happy baby:

But five minutes later...

Evelyn's first two days

Evelyn getting ready for her first bath.


Grandma Pearson washing her hair (which she did not like at all!).


Post bath. Doesn't she have beautiful blonde hair?

Taking a nap after her first visit to the doctor. She got her vitamin K shot and is doing great. She's nursing well and slept four hours straight both of her first two nights, which helped Vashti get some rest. She (Vashti) is doing great, too.

Psalm 127

1Unless the LORD builds the house,
those who build it labor in vain.
Unless the LORD watches over the city,
the watchman stays awake in vain.
2It is in vain that you rise up early
and go late to rest,
eating the bread of anxious toil;
for he gives to his beloved sleep.

3Behold, children are a heritage from the LORD,
the fruit of the womb a reward.
4Like arrows in the hand of a warrior
are the children of one’s youth.
5Blessed is the man

who fills his quiver with them!
He shall not be put to shame
when he speaks with his enemies in the gate.