Jordyn's Birthday Party

Our niece Jordyn celebrated her 2nd birthday yesterday. So above a few pictures I took from the party. The party girl really loved the high heels she got from grandma. I made the cupcakes and little cookies of course which I thought turned out cute and very yummy.

I meant to take pictures every month but somehow I got so busy and realized I hadn't taken a belly pic since 16 weeks. I don't feel like I have changed that much lately but when I look at the 16 week pic, there sure is a big difference. I had another ultrasound due to some bleeding and my doctor felt that everything was normal and just told me to take it easy for a couple weeks. Alex was perfect and keeps growing. At the ultrasound on Monday, he was 1lb 3 ounces and measuring 2 weeks ahead. He has been active and very predictable at that. The funniest thing was that Shakira music made him move the other night while watching American Idol and just to be sure we turned it off and then turned it back on again. He has been getting up real early. In fact, he started moving around Friday morning at 6:30am. I wonder if he will be a morning person like me.

Mom is now Fifty and Fabulous

On April 21st mom turned 50! It is hard to believe because she still seems so young to all of us. Grant came into town on Friday and we treated mom to dinner at El Gaucho. Afterwards we had some cake at our house.

It's a Boy!

We are excited to announce that we are expecting a little boy! The mother's intuition in me was right. We plan to name him Alex Michael Evans. He was measuring in at 14 ounces and 21 weeks gestation with a heart rate of 138bpm. His little hands and feet are so precious. We can't wait for him to arrive.

Picture of the bedding and curtains we bought for the nursery.

It's called Cottontail Friends from PBkids. I think it is so cute

Closet dividers I made to match bedding or organize the baby clothes by size

Picture frame that I am making for the nursery to match the bedding

Crib side dry fitted before it was sanded

Jordyn on Easter

Family pic on Easter

Us at the wedding in Nogales

It's been forever since I last posted. Seems like the last month just flew by. During spring break time, we went to Arizona for a cousin's wedding down in Nogales and visited the Bez's and Tia Mona (Clem) and Ron in the Phoenix area. The wedding was one of the more festive weddings I have ever been to with a band similar to the one on Sabado Gigante and for a moment I didn't even think we were at a wedding.

Then we had Easter last Sunday with a yummy brunch at my mom's. Jackson and Jordyn were really into the jzu jzu pets they got. I had never heard of them before. They are like the new Furby I guess but a gerble and smaller and they roll on the ground. Jordyn is becoming more a little girl. She is so big and can get into and on everything.

Lastly, we have been trying to get ready for baby. Just 2 more days until the ultrasound and we find out the gender. My gut says it is a boy because I always think of the baby as a boy and when I refer to the baby, I want to call it a "he." My mom and most of the people at work think girl. Chris's whole family thinks boy and Chelsey even bought a little boy outfit she was so sure. I was measuring 1 week ahead at my last appointment which I wasn't surprised. I feel like I am growing so quickly.

The highlight of this week was feeling the baby kick from the outside for the first time on Monday...15 times in a row! The baby only kicks between 8am-10am in the morning and very consistent about that. I think it might be a morning person.

We got our crib bedding and curtains and they are so cute. The crib is still in progress as you can see from the picture, so I don't have a picture of it all set up yet so here is a picture of the bedding and curtains off the web. I also made closet dividers to match the bedding to organize the baby clothes by size and started working on artwork for the wall. The frame will have a picture of baby in the center of it.

The guys have been working hard on the crib project and yesterday they pinned up some of the pieces so we could see what the end of the crib will look like. It is going to be so pretty when they are done with it.

And some belly pics of what I look like now. I feel like I am growing so quick. I am completely out of regular clothes and all maternity now. Overall feeling pretty good minus some ligament pain. I took a few days off exercising and feeling so much better now. I must have overdone it.

I am now anxiously awaiting feeling the baby move. I have felt some weird sensations like flutters and rolling type feeling but not sure if that is the baby or not. The heart rate is still strong and fast 160-170ish bpm. Hopefully we find out the sex in 2 weeks. We are both dying to know.

Dad's Birthday

Jordyn dancing with grandpa

Me and my dad

Me and Jackson

The cake looks so cool all lit up with candles...it was pretty funny when my dad blew out all 57 candles because there was quite a bit of smoke from it.

The cake...it was so yummy. A new cake out of the Hershey recipe book I got for Christmas

Dad thought we were just coming over today to help him with his TV and computer, but instead we surprised him for his birthday. His real birthday is on Tuesday March 9th. He was pleasantly surprised and enjoyed the cake and visit from all of us. Jordyn was pretty cute too dancing with her grandpa.