Anticipation

Last year, at this time, I was headed over to the hospital to begin induction of labor. I knew we would meet Evelyn the next day. Tomorrow, she will be one. It seems impossible that a year has already passed.

The Retrospective

You'll have to forgive me for making this a two part series instead of a 12 parter. All the goodies are still there, life just got busy.

When Evelyn was one month old, she attended her first Geneva Christmas Walk, she celebrated her first Christmas, we took photos for the Christmas card, and she met her extended family--the Greene family side as well as Aunt Kim and Uncle Eric, and her godparents, for the first time. She also smiled her first smile.

When Evelyn was two months old, she rang in her first new year, went out in the snow for the first time, started lifting her head, and laughed her first laugh.

When Evelyn was three months old, she mastered sitting in the Bumbo seat, celebrated Valentine's Day, and "played" with her sister.

When Evelyn was four months old, she was really getting big, she could roll over, got her first tooth,

When Evelyn was five months old, she started crawling, celebrated her first Easter with candy and a fancy Easter dress, met her Great-Aunt Mona, took her first trip to Door County, and enjoyed her first swim.

When Evelyn was six months old, she mastered sitting, celebrated her first Mother's Day, and took another trip to Door County where she got to try out the new swing set.

When Evelyn was seven months old, she spent a rainy afternoon playing in a fort with her big sister, she kept my on my toes by going over or through any obstacle--never around, she was baptized, she showed her sister how tough she is, she started pulling herself up to standing using furniture, had her first tastes of cheerios and fruits in her mesh feeder, her bald spot filled in, and she celebrated her first Father's Day.

When Evelyn was eight months old, she celebrated her sister's second birthday, she stole a fist full of coleslaw at a family fish boil and demanded to eat adult and baby foods from that point on, and started cruising.

When Evelyn was nine months old, she received and fell in love with a play kitchen, spent a hot summer day at the sprayground, attended brewfest and played in a fountain with her godparents, and was frequently reciting her first word: Mama!

When Evelyn was ten months old, she realized she was trapped, she learned to climb the stairs, started saying, "Dada," and started trying to clap.

When Evelyn was eleven months old, she got her first passport, she admired the pumpkin Daddy grew in the garden, she started hiding in cabinets trying to find Matilda when she was hiding, she got seven teeth, she started kissing, and took her first steps.

New

This will be the first in a 12 day series revisiting Evelyn's first 12 months in the 12 days leading up to her birthday.

As a newborn, Evelyn did the standard newborn things. She slept, had her first bath, and celebrated her first Thanksgiving. Although she looked like her sister's twin at birth, it only took a day or two to realize we had a completely different baby on our hands. Evelyn was a great eater and took wonderful naps from the start. Sleeping through the night has never been her strong suit, but she hardly ever cried--only when she was hungry or wet. Her sweet, content nature has remained unchanged through this first year.

Fall

Fall is here! The weather is finally cool and crisp, the leaves have turned (half the trees in our neighborhood are already bare!) and we just harvested our pumpkin!

Matilda is really psyched about Fall too. She loves seeing the pumpkins and can't wait for her sister's birthday and Halloween. She had a nice time running around at the farmer's market and picking flowers.

She particularly loves all the "baby pumpkins!"

Indian Summer

The World at our Fingertips

The girls have passports now! Passports for babies... it's adorable. Where should we take them?