Spring!

 We had some spring weather that hinted of summer. 
And last night, frost again!  Turned on the heat again yesterday!

Rewind 5 years

 Nathan, Melanie and Matthew were gone for a day.

 Daniel, Jennifer Evelyn and I had a blast! (So did the big kids.)

 Thumb sucking ballerinas:

School and piano

 Evelyn is the most studious of our children.  She pays attention to all her lessons. ;)

 Melanie and Nathan have some "school work" that they need to do every morning before they can go play.  A bit of this and that so they don't forget what they've learned while their teacher takes maternity leave.

Jennifer gets time in her playpen still.  She usually doesn't mind it.

When she's not in the playpen, she's often doing things she's not allowed to do.

 She's thinking "But I thought Evelyn needed her soother!"  Poor Evelyn gets fed the soother even when she's sleeping if I'm not their to monitor it.  So I try to be there-lest she's woken up because her siblings think she needs assistance. ;)

Nathan practices piano with less enthusiasm than we'd like-but I suppose that's normal.  He volunteered to play a song at our church's talent evening which amazed me!  I thought he did really well.  "I was the youngest person playing, Mom!"

Update on Evelyn

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 First bath!  She needed one before her baptism, I thought.

 First time in the car seat.

 Help in the house!

 More help in the house!

 Baptism photo.  I believe this gown is part of Oma's wedding dress, put to use once again!

 Evelyn's only pink outfit in this size.  She'll fit more soon, I'm sure!

 Jennifer loves to spoil Evelyn with attention.  Evelyn usually finds the cheek touching very frustrating when she doesn't get fed after all the rubbing and kissing. 

 Story hour.

 Gifts given with love-have another teddy Evelyn!

 "Water please!"

 "Mmm!"  (Which also means "water please!"

More shots of Evelyn all dressed up.

 She almost got her thumb in by herself!  I saw her do it twice-but never for very long.  It jumped out all by itself  again.

 Craft time.

 Cleaning up the game at the end of quiet time.

 Another amazing lego creation.

 Looking (and feeling) pale and tired.

 Very cute baby!

(Sorry-but brief  comments are better than no post and no pics!)

Welcome to the family!

 Jennifer felt out of place when she got back from her four day visit.  She needed lots of love!  But now, she seems to be settling in to the new routine.  She loves the new baby, and when she came home she said "Dey-eh".  (There it is!) 

 She was very happy that all this talking about baby actually did mean something, and there was a baby after all the commotion!

 Evelyn spends most of her time convincing herself that she is hungry!

Matthew had wanted a brother, but he didn't mind Evelyn at all.
"She has such tiny ears!"

 "What a cute baby!"

 "Dey-eh!"
Jennifer giggles and is very excited when Eveyln comes to the living room.
 

 Melanie wanted a sister.  "Because then there will be three girls and three boys.  And that would be fair!"

Nathan wanted a brother.  When he heard he had a sister he said "Oh."

And now he's said "If you have another baby, and it's a girl, then there will be more girls than boys!"  (He was not thrilled with this idea.)

"She is so cute!" says Daniel.

 He likes to look over her, and rub her head ever so gently.

"She is the cutest baby!"
We all agree!