Hey everyone!!
It's been awhile, so I hope you all are happy and well during these holiday weeks!
As most of you already know, we recently found out that we are expecting Baby Evans #2!! We made the decision over the summer that we wanted to keep with the momentum of expanding the family and start "trying" this Fall. Luckily, like the first go-around, our wish came true quite quickly!
That said, we are expecting our second little joy July 19, 2013. Unlike with Kylie's pregnancy, we are going to find out the sex of the baby, as we are hoping to keep the Evans name going with a little boy. The sooner we can determine whether a third effort will be needed, the happier mommy will be!! Haha!
At today's prenatal appointment, I finally got to see the little nugget in me, and received a great report of a healthy heartbeat. I'm exactly 8 weeks and 4 days pregnant, so this is just the beginning.
Amazing what today's technology can detect at such an early stage.
Last Friday we announced to all of our friends and family via Facebook the wonderful news. In case you didn't have a chance to see our announcement photo, here it is.
Speaking of "Big Sis," Kylie is doing great! She will be 7 months this Friday (holy cow... and I thought time was moving fast before parenthood!!), and developing very nicely. She is allllll over the place these days. Crawling, pulling herself up on everything, babbling (Mamama and Bababa Bob...haha!), eating lots of big girl foods, and still sleeping about 9-11 hours each night. Her energy level keeps us on our toes, so it will be VERY interesting introducing another little rugrat to the household. We've been reassured by many that even though having two kiddos 14 months apart is tough, it's so worth it!
Everything that is not a toy is her toy, including the toy boxes.
She melts me!
Nom, nom, nom.
Homemade body-painting--- she loved it!!
As far as Shane and I, life is good. Shane has been busy with some worldly trips to Hawaii, Australia Germany, his old stomping deployment grounds of Qatar, and more! I, too, have been busy completing the first 100 hours of my fieldwork at a local high school. Only 600 hours to go and that masters diploma will be mine!! (As well as the student loans that are coming with the degree...haha!) Thankfully, I will be done with my program about a month and half out from the due date. The timing couldn't be any better!!
Well that is all that I have for now. I do believe I will go back to making monthly blog posts to keep you all updated with the progress of Baby #2, so look for the next post in the new year!!
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you all!!!
xoxo
-The Expanding Evans
