Mommy and Evelyn's Week of Fun!

I was on Spring Break this week, and I loved every single minute of being home with Evelyn full time.  I pretty much left all of my work that I "should" have done over break at the office and only responded to a few "need it now" requests during nap time this week.  It was heavenly.  She and I had such a fun week - I'm looking forward to mid-May when we'll have a month or two together before the baby comes.  Here are some pictures from Mommy and Evelyn's Week of Fun!

Helping Daddy highlight his Bible on Sunday morning

Lunch on Sunday after springing forward for Daylight Savings

Breakfast on Monday before we started running errands!

First stop - Home Depot.

Monday afternoon it was h.o.t. (already - I'm never going to make it to mid-July being pregnant!).  We decided to have some backyard swimming fun.  She loved it!

I love this picture!

Sprinkler fun!

Having a snack

On Tuesday, we went to story time at the library (another thing I loved because I usually don't get to do it with her!), then went to have lunch with Daddy at work.  Tuesday night after we put her down, the nesting craze hit me and I decided to start tackling my list of things to do around the house over break to start getting ready for the baby.  Why do those spurts always hit me at like 9pm?  The good news is, over the course of the week I got the guest room completely cleaned out (which will become Evelyn's room with space for guests to still come visit!), all of the baby stuff down out of the attic, 7 bags of crap for a garage sale up in the attic (for whenever we decide to have said garage sale), our wine rack converted to a craft corner for Evelyn, and a bathroom painted and set up for littles instead of a guest bathroom.  Needless to say, I didn't get MY naps this week like I had planned! :-)

On Friday, Dan only has to work until 3pm, so I redeemed the first half of my Christmas gift from Evelyn...a prenatal massage.  It was awesome.  I'm so glad that I have one more (and a hubby who is letting me get one a month after that until the baby comes!).  This was also the day that I decided to paint the girls' bathroom.  :-)  So by the time I got done with that, and got my massage, it was dinner time and I had nothing started.  We decided to go out for dinner, and Evelyn (finally) ate ice cream for the first time.  Don't get me wrong - we have tried to give it to her numerous times - but she's never liked it.

This night, it was good...

On Saturday, we tried to go to the Aquarium splash park so Daddy could come with us.  It was a little windy off the bay, so Evelyn didn't last too long.  Poor baby was shivering!

But she sure is cute...

Instead, Daddy and Evelyn raked for fossils...

And watched the dolphins...

On Sunday, it was Selection Sunday - a national holiday in our house.  I asked Dan what he wanted for Selection Sunday dinner and he requested pizza. 

I had a little helper to keep Daddy free to watch the brackets unfold.

Her tactic was to eat one, put one on (sometimes a half eaten one...)

I can't remember what we were doing these days, or which days they were taken...so I'm just sticking them at the end because they are cute. :-)

So that completely online faculty position in sport psych can come along any day now.  Any. Day.

22 Weeks

Evelyn and I were having a play date at my friend, Hollie's, earlier this week (Hollie has a daughter, Gwen, who is 2 weeks younger that Evelyn, and a son, Sam). Hollie and I were talking about the differences between pregnancy #1 and pregnancy #2, and I mentioned that I hadn't even taken one belly shot yet. Being the good friend that she is, she made me take one then and there, despite not having my hair done!

A Glimpse of Summertime Fun

Last night the nesting bug started to bite, which means I am finally getting around to deep cleaning things I have been meaning to since Christmas break.  First up was the high chair.  We have had Evelyn in a booster at the table since December, so I've been wanting to deep clean the high chair and put it in storage for at least a few months.  Our plan is to get her a small table and chairs set to go in the space where the high chair was for her birthday (and find a new place for the high chair when #2 needs it!).  We took the high chair outside so I could just use the hose and scrub it down.  Evelyn loves pretty much anything with water, so quickly found the running hose.  Here are some pictures of the fun!

 Getting a drink!

 This is my favorite picture from the night - she was so excited!

 While it is much warmer here than where most of you are, it was still a little chilly outside to be playing in the water.  By the time we took her inside, she was shivering!  We got her bundled up and warmed up a little before bedtime!

A glimpse of things to come this summer...I'll probably be joining her to cool off when I'm 8 months pregnant in June and it's already over 100 degrees.  Ugh.

Some Random Early March Photos

Chef Evelyn

Doing some reading about big girl panties

 She LOVES this bean bag from Grammie & Grandad

 Helping Daddy take out the trash and recycling...never too early to start! :-)

I Feel Pretty

Evelyn is in the stage of wanting to do e.v.e.r.y.t.h.i.n.g. that Mommy does. Today she wanted to sit on my lap while I got ready. I couldn't balance her on my legs and get ready, so I sat her in the sink in front of me...

She quickly found my makeup, figured out how to open it, and started putting in on.

Oh goodness.

It's a...

We had our 20-week anatomy ultrasound today.  Everything looks good, including my placenta.  At 12 weeks (which is still really early) my doctor started watching it because it was low-lying.  Thankfully it has risen like it is supposed to, so no placenta previa!  Praise God!

We also found out that we are having another girl!  She wasn't fully cooperating, but the ultrasound tech said she was fairly certain with what she could see.  None of us saw anything bulging out in the right places, so we're pretty confident!

These pictures are how we told our friends/family...along with some of the ones we didn't use to tell the news!

I have no idea what you are doing Mom and Dad, but these little things are fun to play with!

 And eat!

IT'S A GIRL!!
She looks sad here, but she really just put a jellybean in her mouth...

 I'm going to have a sister!

Gosh, She's Cute!

Some random pictures over the past few weeks...

One morning, little miss naked just wanted to wear socks, pulled up to her knees.

 I got Dan and Evelyn an adjustable height basketball goal for Valentine's Day...Evelyn is patiently waiting for Daddy to get it put together so she can shoot!

 Finally!

 Dunk!

 Watching Sofia the First, her favorite show.  We don't let her watch a lot of TV, so when she gets to, she pretty much assumes this position and doesn't move!

 We have unofficially started potty training.  She has started taking off her clothes/diaper when she poops - so we've started trying to catch her before to let her get used to being on the potty.  I think we have a few weeks/months before we'll full on tackle this, though!

 Evelyn loves to wait for Daddy to get home from work and go "drive" with him.   She knows about what time he gets home, and she'll sit by the door saying, "drive" over an over.

 She also loves helping Daddy unload the dishwasher.

 They make a good team!

A Dripping Ceiling

On Tuesday morning, I was dutifully doing my civic duty by serving jury duty when our nanny texted to tell me our downstairs ceiling was leaking.  Lovely.  Not what you want to hear when there is supposed to be a few stormy days coming.  Fortunately Dan called our handy man (a guy from our church) to come take a look.  Apparently we had a leaking pipe underneath our upstairs toilet that was dripping through the downstairs ceiling.

The new hole in our ceiling

 There's a bucket in that box...the box was to keep Evelyn out of the bucket!

 We had to shove all of our furniture over to the side of the living room to keep it from getting leaked on/destroyed while they were cutting, fixing, texturing, and painting the ceiling.

 The hole in our downstairs ceiling turned into a hole behind our toilet as they were troubleshooting...

 This was the point that I decided we were going to re-paint the upstairs bathroom once we knew if #2 was a boy or girl!

 And another hole in our guest bedroom closet...it's probably going to be a few weeks before I put this all back (and it will probably help get ready for the baby, as well!)

Oh, and did I mention that I have walking pneumonia and a sinus infection in the midst of this?  Fun times.