New grass!

So, our back yard isn't big but now it's beautiful! Over the last week, Andy and our friend Dean have worked to put in a sprinkler system and grass. Here are the before and after shots...

Now Evey will have a nice place to play when she starts walking (and Daddy already bought a pink soccer ball and portable goals to start training!)

At ten weeks...

We slept through the night for the first time! Last night Evey hit a milestone by sleeping through the night. She went to sleep at 11 pm and didn't wake up until 7 am...what a huge blessing! :)

Baby announcement

Happy 2 month birthday, Evelyn!

Today is our girl's two month birthday! It has gone by so quickly and has been tons of fun:)

We went to her two month doctor's appointment on Tuesday. She has a clean bill of health and is growing like a champ. She weighs 11 pounds and is 21.5 inches long. That's two inches and almost 4 pounds bigger than when she was born. Obviously a great eater! She also got four immunization shots at the doctor's. She did great. Andy says she did better than he did:) Our next check up is in two more months.

Evey's first swim

While on our trip up to San Jose, Evelyn got her first chance to go "swimming". We went to Aunt Nancy and Uncle Stu's pool to cool off on a hot day. It was so fun and Evey did great!

Our first vacation

So I've received a few emails and comments regarding our lack of posts over the last couple of weeks. The reason for our blogging absence is that we took Evey up to San Jose to meet her family! We spent almost three weeks in Northern California and had a great time. Here are some pictures...

Uncle Ryan and Uncle Frank...

Grandpa Bob, Uncle John, and Cousins Nick and Julia...

Great Grandma, Great Aunt Benita, and Great Grandpa...

Great Aunt Shari and Great "Papa"...

1 month!

Happy 1 month birthday, our sweet girl!

Weight...

So, today Evelyn and I made our first trek out by ourselves. We drove to Long Beach Memorial Hospital to see a lactation consultant. We've been doing well but a co-worker of Andy's recommended her so we decided to give it a try. It was great! Got some questions answered and Evey got weighed. She is a wopping 8 pounds 11 ounces!!! "Excellent weight gain"! So I guess the first couple of weeks that we struggled paid off:)

Some pics...

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May 30




June 2





June 3, Evey's first time at church

June 4

Moments from our first two weeks

Here are some moments and milestones from our first two weeks with Evelyn:

Our first real bath...

The water was warm but Evey didn't like getting out into the cold air!


Some hang time with dad...

Baby Pictures

My mom dug out some of my baby pictures to compare with Evelyn. Here is one with my Aunt Nancy. Evelyn obviously looks like her daddy but I think there is some resemblence to me as well. I think in the mouth...

Interesting...

When Evey was born we were all expecting her to have brown eyes (since we don't think Andy has any recessive blue eye gene in his family!) So because she came out with grey eyes, with a hint of blue, I decided to do some research. Here's what I found on BabyCenter.com...

Question: Will my baby's eyes stay this color?

Answer: Maybe, maybe not. Babies of African and Asian descent are usually born with brown eyes that stay brown. Caucasian babies are often born with steel gray or dark blue eyes; they may stay gray or blue or turn green, hazel, or brown by the time they're 9 months old. That's because a child's irises (the colored part of the eye) may gain more pigment in the months after she's born, but they won't get "lighter" or more blue. (Green, hazel, and brown eyes actually have more pigment than grey or blue eyes, even if they appear lighter in color.)

Happy Mother's Day!

Well, after our last blog, our lives changed forever...our little Evey came!


After we ventured out for Thai food on Saturday night, my contractions got to be about 7 minutes apart and 30-40 seconds long. We left the restaurant at around 9pm so we could go home and get some rest (contractions are tiring!). As I was getting into bed another contraction came on. I looked at the clock, 10:37. At that moment, my water broke! I was so shocked. After scrambling around the house to get cleaned up and get everything together, we finally made it to the hospital by 11:30. At that point I was only 3 centimeters dilated, but the contractions were coming SO fast. Even the nurses and doctor were surprised at how quickly I was progressing. After only 3 hours of "real" labor I began pushing. Finally, at around 3:30 am on Mother's day, Evelyn was born! 7 pounds 3 ounces and 19.5 inches long


So, now we'd like to introduce you to our precious gift...

Getting close?

With only 9 days left until my due date, we are finally seeing some action. Actually when I went to my doctor's office yesterday I was expecting another week of no progress. So when she told me two to three centimeters I was shocked! And it's only moved forward from there. This morning I woke up at about 7am with some cramping. Then the contractions started...and they've been coming all day long at about 10 minutes apart. We're going out to dinner (Thai food) for a friend's birthday so we'll see if some spicy food speeds things up:)

37 1/2 weeks...

Updates...

So, the last couple of posts I've had just about enough time and energy to upload some pics. Now I'll try to fill in some details.

On April 14th my mom and aunt threw me the most beautiful shower ever:) Thank you to them and to everyone who came and blessed us. So many generous friends and family! And thank you to my awesome cousins Alicia and Julia who spent most of their spring breaks working to help put it all together.

After our busy but fun week up in San Jose, we got right back to work down here. And not just our day jobs. I think the schedule right now is our training ground for when Evey comes. Both of us having been working hard during the day and then coming home to work hard at night trying to get everything ready. Finally this week, after we had put together Evey's stroller, we have started to feel a little bit prepared. Even though a lot is still to be done, I feel a little more settled.

Also last week we had another Dr. appointment. Right now I'm about 36.5 weeks. Dr. Agnelli said that starting next week I will start having weekly appointments...It's getting close! We can't wait to meet little Evey, get to know her, and introduce her to everyone :)

36 Weeks

Baby Shower in San Jose

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter to everyone! Andy and I are up in San Jose visiting my family for the week. It's the perfect time as both of us have Spring Break:) We're looking forward to relaxing, hanging out, and spending the week catching up on sleep.

I hope that God is blessing you and teaching you as much as He is us right now!

Week 33...getting closer!

So this is what I look like with only about 7 weeks left to go. The last profile picture we posted was four weeks ago! We had some great ones from week 31 but they accidentally got deleted before we saved them to our computer.

Since that time, we've had a baby shower, painted the baby's room (thanks mom, aunt nancy, julia, and alicia!), and set up the crib and dresser. I also had another doctor's appointment. I gained two pounds in two weeks, since the previous appointment, which is much better than the pound that I had lost the month before. My doctor still wants me to put on a little more weight. So in order to be a star patient, I indulged myself and bought a tub of chocolate peanut butter cup ice cream!

They say after about week 32 the baby is supposed to not move as much due to lack of space. But little Evey is moving more than ever, it's just more uncomfortable. But it is fun seeing her turn my belly into weird, alien-looking shapes:)

So that's the status. More updates to come...