17 Weeks

Praising God that we are at 17 weeks with Baby Evans #2!! 

I am feeling much better than during the first trimester but still not quite as good as I did when I was pregnant with Ember. Definitely nothing to complain about though. My belly is a little bigger at this point than it was with Ember. And I am excited for the bump to look a little more bumpish :) 

And Grandma and Grandpa Flin were visiting this weekend so we got a family picture too that I just can't help but share! :) 

Casa Alegre in March

We were able to go back to Casa Alegre in Rocky Point, Mexico this month after being away for 6 months. And we don't think we will be able to go back this year. So, we had to enjoy this trip to the fullest - which we did!! : ) Not many places to appreciate the vast beauty of God as this beautiful place! 

Excited to be at the beach!

Showing her baby the ocean

It was a little cloudy and overcast our first day there! 

Family beach selfie!!

Love my man! 

The clouds made for a gorgeous sunset

The reflection of the sun on the water made it look like a double sunset!

We had lots of FUN times at the beach! Ember was a little scared of seaweed most of the time and we had to carry her alot to get down to the beach but once there she loved walking in the water and building sandcastles!

Once all the rest of the family came, almost all of us got a massage on the beach! It was so amazingly relaxing and nice! 

We went out to a restaurant called El Capitan one night with everyone and had a delicious dinner overlooking the water at sunset time! 

Corbin and Uncle Ryan on the kayak

And some Banana Boat fun!

Ember waiting for her daddy to get back!

Another great trip! Great time and memories with family! And we are excited for the next time that we will be able to go to Mexico once our new little bundle of joy has entered the world! 

Ember was definitely tuckered out on the drive home.

Corduroy!

We finished our tot school unit on the book Corduroy! Such a cute book and fun unit! Get ready for lots of buttons :) 

(And I forgot to take pictures of some of the things when Ember was actually doing them so the cuteness factor in the pictures is much lower!)

We read the book every day!

Watched the animated version of the book on YouTube

We sorted buttons according to colors into a muffin tin

We laced a shoelace through the holes on these laminated buttons. She got really good at doing this all by herself! 

Further work on counting and number recognition with buttons

We made "button" shaped cookies! They looked really cute pre oven...

And lets just say they tasted good post oven - haha!

We painted and created a little Corduroy bear fun

(I saw such a huge improvement on Ember's ability and interest in painting on this activity. She painted every inch of the green overalls all by herself and stayed in the lines pretty well. It is fun to see small improvements and things suddenly just click for them!)

We made a button necklace!

We sang and acted out the Teddy Bear Turn Around Song - many many times....

For our sensory bin this unit we searched for buttons in the rice

And we reviewed and worked on shapes some more!

Another fun unit! It was a little rushed since I wanted to finish it before we left for Mexico but still lots of good learning and quality time for Ember and Mommy! 

Ember has started asking me daily "Mom, what are we going to do today?" Haha! And she is almost always referring to what we are going to do for Tot School because she genuinely LOVES it! 

OH BABY!!

After trying to get pregnant with our second baby for about a year, the Lord answered our prayers and we are overjoyed, humbled, and so grateful for His goodness to our family.

We found out Christmas morning which was better than every Christmas present we could have asked for.

And it just so happened that after we found out, our neighbors offered us some champagne and orange juice that they had left over from making mimosas. 

And then to top it off - it started snowing!

Here is a picture from our first ultrasound that we had around 9 weeks! Such a tiny little jelly bean! 

After weeks of waiting, we finally made our wonderful news PUBLIC! Here are some of the pictures we took!

God is perfect in his timing and knows why NOW is the time for our second child. We have learned a lot about waiting on God's timing this past year. But, I wouldn't trade the precious time we had with just our first little miracle :) Thank you, Lord, for our growing family! 

And just to keep things real... here is the first picture we got to announce our pregnancy! Ember was having a rough day :/