Welcoming Stevie

My daughter Annie has a thing for collecting instruments. Soon after seeing Keith Urban at the rodeo and how many times he switched out guitars, I think that only helped to solidify her belief that a girl can never have too many instruments. (I secretly understand ... I'm like that with cameras!) :) Soooo, she started asking if she could perhaps add a bass guitar to her collection. Her birthday is coming up next month, so we started looking around. Yesterday, we found the perfect one for her, and brought it on home.

Like many other musicians, she likes to name her guitars. Her acoustic guitar is named Gabriela (after the guitarist team Rodrigo y Gabriela), and her electric guitar is named Bella (Spanish for 'beautiful' and of course after Bella in Twilight). Since she has always enjoyed music from SRV and Stevie Nicks, she decided to name this guitar ... you guessed it ... Stevie. After bringing Stevie home and getting a few pictures, she couldn't wait to start a jam session ... a little of Chicago's 25 or 6 to 4, and then Smoke on the Water ... I think she's off to a good start!

Here's Annie with all her instruments. Welcome home, Stevie!

"She's my sweet little thing, she's my pride and joy ..." -- Pride & Joy, SRV


Here's Annie with Stevie!







Annie "hearts" all her guitars -- Bella, Gabriela and Stevie.

Annie also still loves her flute, and will be picking that up more when she starts middle school next year.



Annie still also loves playing piano, and these are her favorite pair of 'crazy socks'. They're so her!!