Baby Evelyn


What a wonderful gift she is, little Evelyn Marie Stobel, born on December 18 at 4:41 a.m., just in time for Christmas.  Big brother Tobin's footprint and hand prints decorate the shirt she wore on Christmas Day.  The above picture does a pretty good job of showing what Evie is like.  So far, she sleeps a lot, cries only a little, looks around with her big blue eyes.  She is usually content, and that is a good thing.  

Evelyn was born a little later than expected, but she was definitely worth waiting for.  She looks quite a bit like Tobin, and a lot like her mother's baby pictures.  She weighed 6 lbs. 6 oz. and measured 20 1/4 inches shortly after birth.  At her first check-up this week, she weighed 6 lbs.13 oz. and had stretched out to 21 1/2 inches in length.  Evelyn has long arms and fingers, and long legs and toes.  She is growing quickly, probably because she nurses so efficiently.

I have been told that Meagan and Andy finally settled on her name on Thanksgiving Day.  Evelyn, which means "life" or "radiance," was her great-grandma Beth Bauer's middle name, and her great-grandma Stobel's first name was Marie.  She will be called "Evie," at least sometimes.

Tobin, who is not quite two, ignores Evie most of the time, although he talks about her often, and has given her spontaneous kisses once or twice.  Andy has been blessed to be at home continually since Evie's birth, since she was born near the end of the first semester of school, just in time for Christmas vacation.  Meagan feels better than she has in months, and seems to be enjoying her expanded role of mother of two little ones.  Evie has been out visiting a lot already; she certainly hasn't minded being passed around at family Christmas gatherings.

So much promise in such a little bundle!  I wonder what this little granddaughter will be--a musician, a pole vaulter, a teacher like both parents?  At this point, only God knows her future.  But Evelyn will remain secure in his hands, and in the arms of her loving parents.

Tobin, Andy, Meagan, and Evelyn, 6 days old, on Christmas Eve.

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