Lunch with Daddy

Evelyn has been busy, busy, busy since we last checked in!  Over the last two weeks, she turned 5 months old (!), broke out a bouncer-jumper-thingy handed down from her cousins (and seems to really dig it), spent a weekend in Sewanee with her Grammie and Grandaddy (pictures to come), and discovered the taste of cinnamon (which I added to her applesauce and which seemed to rock her universe). 

And yesterday, friends, Evelyn went to Ensworth High School to eat lunch with her daddy.  This actually isn't the first time our little lady has eaten lunch at EHS, but the last time we went, she was a mere 3 months old and spent the whole time doing this:

Yesterday, however, she was wide awake, thoroughly enjoying all the attention of her adoring fans.  Note that when I say we "went to eat lunch with Daddy," I really mean we were swarmed by legions of 17-year-old girls, a couple teenage guys (remember that most teenage boys don't swarm; they like to play it cool from a distance), a crew of lunch ladies, and a group of teachers for an hour or so.  Taking a baby into the middle of a high school cafeteria is an amazing thing; watching all those teenagers light up when they saw Ev was such a delight.  I love it! 

I couldn't actually document the entire experience, but suffice it to say that between chewing on Ensworth ID lanyards, touching the dreadlocks belonging to two very nice young men, and going back into the kitchen to watch the dirty dishes get washed (and to have those lunch ladies promise a cookie anytime she wants one), Evelyn lived it up.

See this guy?  He's one of Dave's sweet students.  And his last name is Crabtree.  Get it?  Crabtree and Evelyn.  Hilarious, I know.

I mean, how can you not have a good day if you get to snuggle this girl at lunch?  :)