Evan and His Dude, Lilia and Her Songs

Evan has made a friend. We call him "Evan's Dude." He's basically a smiley face with a bunch of funny arms. Evan is captivated. I'm starting to suspect that Evan is the Brooks-Dowty family's third extravert. Poor Jeff will never get a word in edgewise or a moment to himself with all these social butterflies flitting around! Evan loves people so much already. It's really fun to see. Sometimes he literally cries just because he wants to socialize. Not eat or sleep or even be held, but socialize. He has things to say.

Anyway, Evan has whole conversations with his dude. They laugh, they cry. We think that if he could talk he would say, "I love you, man!" Because he does.

Lilia, on the other hand, has finally moved past talking and into singing. She will even sing on cue on some occasions. It's no surprise that her favorite song is "I Need Thee Every Hour." (At what age is it appropriate to tell her the reason I sang that to her so much is because I desperately needed God's help when she was a newborn?) She also attempts the ABC's (DEDDD LMNO Daipitty, YZ, All done!) and counting, which is generally one, two five.

We went on a walk to the park this evening and it was so awesome to wear Evan and hear Lilia's perspective on everything from airplanes to rocks and leaves. She wanted to knock on all the rock walls. I would love to have an explanation of everything that goes on in her head!

Ferris Beuller wasn't kidding. Life moves pretty fast.