A few weeks ago, Josh had an idea to make a baby book for Rory’s baby, who is due to arrive in late Spring. The group considered many different kinds of books, and finally decided to make an alphabet book to help the baby learn her ABC’s.

We made a list of all the letters of the alphabet and brainstormed different pictures we could draw for each letter. Each participant then picked a letter and chose what animal or object to draw for that letter. Here are some examples of the beautiful artwork!



Josh's E for Elephant!


Jackie's H for Horses!


Patrick's O for Owl!


Emily's T for Tiger!

On Monday this week, Rory was able to come by so we could give her the book, along with a card that Sophie made. Everyone signed the card with well wishes for Rory and the baby.

Rory said the book was beautiful and that every page was a work of art. She even talked about scanning some pages and using some of the artwork from the book to decorate the walls of the nursery!

The Next Steppers said it felt good to see Rory again and everyone hopes to meet the baby girl someday in the future.