EvieJune & Effie June

With each child, people have always asked us, "What are you going to call him/her?"  With Calvin, people thought we would call him 'Cal' or even 'Vinny'.  It was suggested that we call Oliver 'Ollie' and of course, Violet can be nicknamed 'Vi'.  As it turns out, my dad is the only one who ever calls Calvin Cal, and I've never heard anyone call Oliver Ollie.  We do use the occasional Vi when referring to our oldest princess, but for the most part we use our children's given names.  

Well, just a few days after Evelyn was born, my dear friend Courtney came to me somewhat panicked, asking if we were planning on calling her 'Evie'.  You see, Courtney was due to have a baby girl herself and divulged to me that day that after MUCH debate with her husband they had finally decided on the (*top-secret* at the time) name of Effie June.  As our girls were going to be born so close together and will hopefully be good friends as they grow up, she was concerned about their names being a little too similar.  I told her that we hadn't named her Evelyn with the intent of calling her Evie and that she absolutely should name her baby the name she and her husband had chosen.  

So this past Friday, Miss Effie June was introduced to the world and we got to meet her yesterday! She seems a bit shy, but she IS only 3 days old, so we'll cut her some slack. . .

 And here our girls are meeting one another for the first time: Effie June, meet Evelyn June. Evelyn June, meet Effie June.  They are clearly thrilled with the introductions.  (By the way, could Evelyn look any bigger in this picture??  I guess she is nearly twice the size of Effie right now. Growing up too fast!)

 While we were doting over the new babies, their big brother and sister were doing what they do best: causing trouble!  Effie's big brother Jace is Violet's twinnie, born on the exact same day!  Although Jace has her by about 10 pounds, which is why his mother and pretty much everyone lovingly refer to him as "Biggs."

I'm so excited for Evelyn to have another little friend her age, and I think it's pretty special that they can share a middle name.  I HAVE caught myself calling my baby girl Evie on occasion, and Oliver almost exclusively calls her Evie, but as far as the Effie/Evie thing is concerned, I honestly don't foresee this as a problem at all.  As much as my kids are nearly always called by their given names, Courtney's kids are almost never called by theirs.  Miss Effie will surely have her nickname in place within a couple of months, so we probably won't have an Effie OR an Evie by the time these girls are talking!