sketchbook start and exciting news

I have decided to participate in The Sketchbook Project and received my book about a week ago.  Although exciting news, I have been holding onto something much more exciting - our family is expanding!  I have a daughter in Tennessee who will soon be making the trek up north.  Her name is Summer and she is beautiful:

 
I love how messed up her bottom teeth are.  Thanks to breaking my retainer shortly after getting my braces off, mine pretty much look the same.  We are the perfect mother-daughter duo!

Why am I writing about my sketchbook project and Summer in the same post?  My sketchbook theme is "Boys and Girls" and have decided Rex and Summer will be my muses (big surprise, I know).  I can't plan my sketchbook as thoroughly as I would like because their story has not yet unfolded! but for now, a title page:

Can't wait!