one of the reasons we are sad to move: evan edge

evan's momma and i met when i first moved back from china, but we didnt become good friends until her and her husband, Matthew started going to city church. then they moved just a few blocks from us, THEN alice and i were pregnant at the same time. we talked about things we both never thought we would...car seats, diapers, whats the best crib, everything! we went to baby stores and talked about nurseries...then our babies came.
evan was born exactly 4 weeks after maggie. alice sent me a text at 5am, assuming i would be up nursing (which i was).
i could write a whole other post just on my friendship with alice: how easy it is, how we talk about so much more than babies, how similar our parenting styles are, how faithful her word is....i will sorely miss our constant talking about poverty, social justice, the church, and how to love our neighbors while we watch our babies play.

but this post is about EVAN! he is a delight and a joy to be around. his sense of humor continues to blossom and most of all, maggie adores him. you might be surprised, but maggie is really shy when she meets new people and new friends. but with evan she jumps right in and plays with him and loves to watch him be a boy and roll around.

A few months ago maggie said his name for the first time, and my heart broke wide open. we were at "evan's park" and she was chasing him up a hill and she yelled " Eddie! Eddie!" (her teddy bears name!)....she has since then gotten his name correct but that first time will forever be in my mind. It was the first time she had said a friend's name and it was evan's.
They LOVE to kiss one another and give hugs. She's learned how to be a little bit braver watching him and she also loves basket ball because of him too~

I know Evan and Maggie will have playdates for years to come and they'll look at pictures of themselves as babies when their older. and maybe they'll be penpals. but we have loved evan dearly these two years and are sad to not see him every week of his life, he is just that dear to us.


Maggie & Evan right after Maggie's 8 week shots.


Maggie & Evan with Elijah when they were just a few months old



and a few years later....


(this is their future band album cover...)



we love you evan!!!