in case of accidents she always took her mum

this blog's new goal is to reference every song from the white album. i believe we are well on the road to meeting that goal, embracing every opportunity and clutching every hope.

clearly, evesie has been enjoying herself. we took her to the field museum with the promise of mummies. she particularly loved the mythological creatures exhibit, but also found great amusement in the egyptian tomb. the gator didn't frighten her at all (in a previous blog post, we did try to feed her to another artificial croc, so this is apparently old hat).

aside from mummies and reptiles, her newest joy is sucking the life out of her sippie cup, which generally contains a mixture of juice and water. if these are not present, she will also go all succubus on an empty sippie cup. this situation leads to tremendous reverberating burps. these herculean belches amuse us all, particularly in public.

evesie cracks herself up, and then passes out. especially when olympic records are being broken -- this is a recipe for sleep.

well i got here following the southern star -- i crossed that river just to be where you are

we're loving our new neighborhood, taking at least one long walk a day, and sometimes more than that. bookstores, record stores, restaurants, and the great lake. ah, yes, unemployment and a late cool summer couple together beautifully. evesie seems to tolerate hanging with the 'rents, particularly enjoying us for rickshawing her about in her lovely mclaren stroller, and lolling on us for very serious, very important power naps. the above pictures are mostly from the lake, which she seriously loved. this baby adores the water. in fact, so far she is absolutely fearless. she is also crawling in her own haphazard way. in the last picture, she demonstrates her starting position while sporting two of her new favorite garments. thanks, mom! she couldn't wait to try them all on.

it feels silly to me, attempting to write any post when i look at this beautiful little girl. as usual, dylan says it so well, in 'mississippi' -- "all my powers of suggestion and thoughts so sublime, could never do you justice in reason or rhyme." yeah, evesie. before you can even form full words, you've rendered me speechless.

cross-country baby

so in less than a week, evesie made it from north carolina to the midwest to the pacific northwest. true to her rock star lifestyle, she's been thriving on all this mad fun and fun madness. to commemorate this time, she's chosen to get her two top front teeth, so her smile is going to get even greater in the coming weeks.

these pictures represent her recent relocations: hanging out in her new room, complete with fancy dragon rug from our marathon trip to ikea (thanks, em!), her fancy dress for anne and nathan's gorgeous wedding (thanks again, em!), and her love of portland breweries and hotel amenities. this girl has good taste. that hotel bed was magically comfortable, and evesie's expression conveys just how wonderful it was.

we're all back home in chicago and enjoying our unemployed lifestyle with walks around the neighborhood and trips out to target in the burbs. one of eve's new favorite games is getting kisses and then having her face fake-barfed on. seriously. she laughs every time. more chi-town pictures soon!