Evangeline Sits on the Floor

At the doctor's office.

                                                And

Later just chillin at home.

The picture of Evangeline sitting on the floor at the doctor's is because she had her 9-month check-up today. She did pretty well, but they were running late and she was pretty tired and grouchy by the time the doctor came in. She passed her check-up and her new doctor is nice. She had to get a shot though we thought this was going to be her first shot-free doctor's visit. But she handled it like a pro.
Her stats:
Weight: 18 lbs, 3 oz; Length: 28" (but Kyle and I noticed she was longer than that)
So, she's hanging in there at the 35th percentile for weight, and 60th for length. 
Plus one tooth.

Sweet Monday

We love Monday because it's Kyle's day off (along with Friday, but everyone loves Friday).
First we went for a walk and a swing...

And later in the evening, right before bedtime...

A tooth! The Mystery of the Phantom Teether is over, the tooth is out, and this picture shows you exactly how eager Evangeline is to show off her little jagged tooth on the lower left side of her gums. Welcome, little tooth.

Felis silvestris catus

What did we find in her mouth today?

Teeth: 0. Cat food: 1

We have taken to feeding some feral cats in the neighborhood. This little one is the only one that will eat when we are on the porch. Evangeline totally cracks up when she sees this cat. We can't quite touch the cat yet, but I would bet in a few more weeks we will be good friends. They have had a few stare downs, and Evangeline usually scares the cat off by laughing too loud. Somehow, the cat food made it into Evangeline's mouth.

Evangeline and her neighborhood.

A Lovely View

Greensboro Pastoral

The land


And the lamb

Baby's First

Trip to the mall.*

Good Riddance.

Evangeline doesn't seem too impressed by the mall. She must be our daughter. 

*As I wrote this, I remembered it's not her first trip to the mall. I think it's her second. So it's her first picture of a trip to the mall. Doesn't get much more exciting than that.

2 Bord 2 B Tru

Ellee taught my Bible class this morning. They have been wondering about what a deaconess is since we got here, so I thought it would be good to have a deaconess teach them about this. I just so happen to be married to one. So this worked out well. I got to play Mr. Mom for an hour. Once again, Evangeline got a little bored in my office. Can you believe that she had never seen a vinyl record before? Kids these days. She figured out that if you touch it, the fun music stops playing. Thank God for churches with old things.

(Pardon the questionable books on the shelf. They were required reading at seminary.)

Anybody bored?

This is how she fell asleep. No kidding.