Tired But Still Having Fun

We got Grayson this bouncer about a month ago. At first he wasn't so into it but now he will stay in there for a while. I'm not even kidding he was in there for almost an hour today, I tried to take him out but he would start crying.

This was him when I first put him in, jumping around having fun.

This was him about 45 minutes in, laying his head down but still bouncing.

Aww...and he feel asleep as I was writing this post.

Poor Kid

So the last two days we have been in Coffeyville Kansas and Grayson has not been taking his naps. He will cry and scream, fall asleep for about 30-45min and get up again. I feel so bad because I can tell that he is so tired but just wont sleep. I just took this picture and he has been asleep for 2 1/2 hours already!

He looks so peaceful and I'm glad he is sleeping!

...And He Is Over!

So this was Grayson two days ago.

And this was today.

Memorial Day Weekend

With the 3 day weekend we took the opportunity to drive down to San Antonio. Saturday we got up early and headed over to Seaworld. We were kind of nervous about how Grayson would act but he did as good as we could of asked. The day was good, the weather held out on us for a while but because it did start raining we were able to get two free tickets to come back. YAY!

Here we are with a baby python(it looks like Grayson was trying to reach out and touch it)
I didn't get to watch much of the Shamu show, it was too loud for Grayson. But Kevin managed to get a few good pictures.

On Monday we went over to see The Alamo and walk The River Walk.

I think we were both a little disappointed here, there is really nothing left of the original, a few walls and what you see behind us(the chapel).

We thought the River Walk was really neat. For those that don't know what it is it's shops and restaurants right off the river. It had just a great atmosphere and fun entertainment.

Over all we had a great weekend. And are excited to go back when Grayson is older and use our tickets to Seaworld.

He Thinks Mom Is So Funny...

Today while I was changing Grayson's diaper I starting making this noise at his and this was the result.

He was also laughing at me the other day at church when I was singing the closing song to him. I know I'm not a great singer but he didn't have to laugh at me. :)

Game Time

Last night the Mariners were in town playing the Ranger so we thought we would catch a game from the 3 game series. Grayson slept on the way there so we thought he would be fine. We got his out of the car put him in his carrier and made out way to the stadium. He was doing just fine but the second we walked into the stadium he started crying and really didn't stop until the 8th inning. So what we thought would be a fun time watching a game turned into...i dunno. Even though he was crying it was still nice to get out and do something.

Home Sweet Home

So I found this awesome blog of Seattle. Everyday she posts a new picture of the sights. She has taken so many great pictures, here is one of them.

Rice Cereal

The other day we gave Grayson rice cereal for the first time. At first he would make a funny face liked he didn't like it but then when he had ate it all would start crying because he wanted more.

4 Months

Yay he is getting taller! Grayson has always grown but mostly in his weight and head circumference. Since is last check up he grew 2 inches, he finally into the 50th percentile for height.

His 4 month stats:

Height: 25in(54%)
Weight: 17lb 8oz(90%)
Head: 43in(70%)

He is just our little chunk!

Trip Home

Kevin had a conference in Seattle this past week so Grayson and I tagged along. The week was full of fun, maybe not as much for Kevin(he had to work and was very busy). Saturday we flew in around 11 had family pictures at 1 and than a Mariners game at 6. The day was non-stop!

(I forgot to take my camera to the game so this is from my phone, but this is Kevin and Grayson at Grayson's first M's game::Grayson is under his red hood, he slept the whole time::)

The rest of the week was more relaxed. Went with my sister and her friend to get pedicures, shopping, and went to a couple of my brothers baseball games. On Thursday my grandparents drove up from Utah for the weekend to meet Grayson. While they were there we went into Seattle and walked around the piers.
(We stopped to eat at Ivar's and shared out fries with the Seagulls.)

(Grayson with his Great Grandpoo)

Over all it was a great trip, got to spend some time with family and catch up with old friends.

What A Goober!

Lately this is how I have found Grayson after his naps. Some how he manages to grab and pull down the blanket over his face. What a funny kid! We love him!

Teachable Moments

I couldn't help but post this picture. As President Monson stood to speak Kevin turned to Grayson and explained to him that he is the prophet, he teaches us things and talks with Jesus. It brought a tear to my eyes when Kevin and Grayson sat there watching conference together.

A Few New Ones

It's been awhile since I've posted a picture so I thought I'd share some from the last couple weeks.

Grayson is jut like his dad, he sat here for almost an hour watching the NCAA tournament. He was so content just sitting there with dad. And look how serious he is.

This just makes us laugh. He stares at his little toy like this all the time.

Love this one! What a cute little smile!

Nursery!

With Gryason being almost 3 months old I'm finally getting close to finishing the nursery. I had plans of getting it done before we had him but the last couple months of pregnancy was harder than I thought it would be. I was huge and getting around just wasn't happening very well. One thing I was able to do thought was surf the internet for his bedding. I looked and looked and looked and finally settled on one that i liked. So I get it, made his crib up with it and had it for a couple months. But as I looked at it more and now had Grayson, it just didn't seem to fit him. So I went on the search again for bedding. I found one the was cheaper and was a 10 piece in stead of just a 4 piece. I love the new one! So for the last couple weeks I've been gathering things for his nursery. This is what I have so far.

(the rocker will replace the chair when we move him out of our room)

So this wall I'm not sure what to do with. On the small one next to the window I'm going to get some canvas and do his feet and hand prints.

Any suggestions?

What Next...

For a couple months now are faucet in our shower has been dripping a little, and lately we've noticed it getting worse by the day. On Thursday after my shower I went to turn the water off and the water didn't turn off. The knob turned off but the water just kept flowing as if the water was turned on all the way. Great, just what we need a plumbing issue that's going to cost way too much to get fixed! But much to are luck we have a great family around the corner from our ward that was able to help us out. (Thanks for letting us steal your husband on a Friday night!) After a couples hours and an $9 trip to Home Depot the problem was fixed!

So after getting the fixed, I was cleaning the kitchen wiping the counter off and the tile fell right off the side. I don't think I was wiping that hard. :) Don't they say things come in three's, but gosh what else could happen.

A Little Piece Of Me Died

I'm not going to lie I was saddened when we finally got around to changing our licence plates to Texas plates. Last week we made the change over to being Texans(only on the outside our hearts are still in Washington) by getting our licence plates and Kevin getting his divers licence. They make it super hard to obtain these things down here, and because I didn't have my birth certificate I couldn't get my drivers licence(darn it:). Our Washington plates and divers licences were one of the last tangible things we have of Washington.

Put Me In Coach...

Last week I had my first t-ball practice. I am the assistant coach for the little Yankee's. We have only had a couple practices so far but it's so fun to see these little guys running around and driving(more like falling on) ground balls. But i was very surprise to see how good they are already. It may just be the second week but I'm super excited for the rest of the season.

Big Surprise!

So this last week Grayson and I spent the week in Seattle. Kevin's family had yet to meet him so we thought it would be fun to come and see everybody. The best part of the whole thing was that my family didn't know we were coming. Well my sister knew so we could figure out how to surprise the rest of them. (well I have a video of us surprising my them but I can't figure out how to post it, so I'll see if I can't figure it out)
While we were there we did a lot of running around. Sunday we went out to The Evans to have a family dinner. The rest of the week we spent doing a lot of shopping. The last night we were there my mother in law and sister throw a baby shower for me.

It was lots of fun to see and catch up with people I hadn't seen in awhile.

This picture makes me smile. It looks like he is praying.

He looked so cute in one of his many new outfits that I had a take a picture. How cute does he look in his little baseball outfit?!

6 weeks

This past weekend we went and got Grayson's pictures taken. I think they turned out so cute.

My posts have been kind of boring lately, so sorry. We don't really do much and Grayson, well he is 6 weeks and can't do much. He is getting better a holding his head up and likes to stand and try to use his legs. The other night he got mad when Kevin wouldn't hold him up. It was funny.

Chunky Monkey!

Today was Grayson's one month check up and he is growing very well. He weighed in at 10lbs 9oz and is 21 1/2in long. He also had to get a shot. I think he screamed as loud as I've ever heard him scream before. But a few good screams and that was it. So he did pretty well.

(just a side note...it's february 5th, 73 degrees outside and the ice cream man just drove by...one thing to love about texas i guess)

How Cute!

How cute is he?!

At 2 1/2 weeks old life with Grayson is going well. In the last week he has been staying awake longer during the day. It's fun to just hold him and watch him check everything out.

Grayson Lee Evans

It's crazy to think that a week ago I still had this little guy in my tummy. But now he is here and we are loving him! So last Sunday we headed over to the hospital at 6pm, got all checked in and settled. At around 9 they gave me my first cervix softening pill, it took well and had one more later that night. Early the next morning they started me on pitocin. I started having constant contractions and we thought we were on our way. But after 7 hours of contractions no progress was made. So we decided to go ahead and have a c-section. They were pretty busy that day in Labor and Delivery so we had to wait about 2 hours before we could get back to the O.R.. But as soon as we got back there 20min later we had our little guy.

Grayson Lee Evans was born at 4:40pm. He was 8lbs 1.9oz and 18in long.

Umm...Bring On The Baby

So...I'm a little in shock! I had my normal doctors appointment this morning and thought nothing of it. Just thought we would talk about the sonogram, have a normal check up and set a date for inducement(my doctor likes to deliver the baby the week of your due date no matter what). Well we start talking about a date and it turned out to be sooner then I thought. Because Grayson will at the least be 8.5lbs she wants to deliver him early to be sure that baby and mom are safe and healthy.

You can ask Kevin, that for the last couple weeks I've been ready to have this baby. I've been talking to Grayson telling him that he can come whenever he wants and hoping I can make it through the last 4 weeks. Well I guess my wish came true. We'll be having this baby two weeks early. January 5th is the day!

It's about that time!

Yesterday we had another sonogram. Grayson was not being cooperative and had his hands crossed over his face and would not move them, but he was more then willing to show off his spine. So we didn't get a profile look at him. Even though he wasn't willing to show off that face of his, he is growing well at 6lbs and 17.9in long. At the rate he is growing they said he should be around 8.5lbs and just over 18in long. Only 4 1/2 more weeks and we couldn't be more excited!

Yay For Thanksgiving

So this was our first year away from family for thanksgiving. It was weird to think that it just might be us, but we got together with another family from our ward. Dinner was amazing. After doing some eating we watch some football and then went out shopping. We got ourselves a new Christmas tree. Kevin wasn't sure about getting a fake tree but I guess I talked him into it. Thanks Hun!

Two Months and Counting

"This is my wife when she is prego."-Kevin

So here I am at seven months. I feel like I can't get much bigger, but I still have two months to go, so we'll see.

So True!

I saw this a had two thoughts. First-how true! My feet just seem so far away. Second- oh how I wish I could get a pedicure every week! Kevin went with me a couple weeks ago to get one and it was amazing!

Tag You're It

8 T.V. shows I like to watch:
1-The Office
2-Hero's
3-Amazing Race
4-Jon and Kate
5-Ellen
6-The Biggest Loser
7-Little People Big World
8- Friends

8 Things I did yesterday:
1-Looked over my lesson
2-Went to church
3-Cleaned up
4-Made Lunch
5-Took a Nap
6-Thought about my talk next Sunday
7-Watched Amazing Race
8-Folded laundry

8 Favorite Places to Eat: (it does change a lot given that I'm prego)
1-Chipotle
2-Olive Garden
3-On The Boarder
4-Quezon's
5-Red Robin
6-Taco Time
7-Texas Roadhouse
8-Jimmy Mac's

8 Things I am looking forward to:
1-Having our baby boy
2-Family coming to visit
3-Thanksgiving
4-Christmas
5-Finishing the nursery
6-Finally getting the office organized
7-Getting our backyard done(that might be awhile) :(
8-A weather change, it's November it shouldn't be 80!

8 Things I am passionate about:
1-Church
2-Family
3-Always trying to be better
4-Trying to keep things clean/organized
5-Decorating
6-Shopping, but always try to find a good deal
7-Crafting(even though I'm no good at it)
8-Planning things

Halloween fun

Last night we were going to carve our pumpkins but Kevin wasn't feeling very well so I ended up just carving my pumpkin. Hopefully he will be feeling better to get his done, but I have a feeling I might end up doing it. Anyways...here is a look at my pumpkin.

Oh Baby

So I just made it to my six month mark!

I'd say it's all down hill from here, but who am I trying to fool. I've felt very blessed to have a pleasant pregnancy so far. I didn't really get sick, had a week of bad back pain around my 14th week. But other then that things have been good until now. In the past few weeks the back pain is always there, my feet are starting to swell and hurt from the extra weight and getting around is harder in general.
Needless to say we are more than excited to have this little addition to our family.

Aww Puppy!

How cute is this! A couple weeks ago we decided to get Jojo a friend. At first they didn't get along so well but they are learning to love each other. We spent all Saturday morning driving around to different adoption places to try and find a dog, without much luck we gave up. But as soon as we got home I jumped on craigslist and there she was, our little Bella.

Our Cute Little House.

I have finally found my camera cord, so as promised pictures of the house. Well really just one picture for right now.

It's still crazy to think that a month ago we were looking at apartments and now we are living in and able to buy this house. It all happened so fast! But as you can see from the boxes on the front pourch, we are still in the messy unpacking phase. So when we get all settled I'll post some pictures of the inside.

Moving Day!

So we closed on our house this morning and can't wait to move in tomorrow!

We Can't Wait!

So we have been in our temp housing for about a month now and only have a week and a half left. As nice as it has been we can't wait to get into our own place and get our own stuff back! About two weeks ago we put an offer on a house down here in Texas and by next Friday we should be closing! It's an older house but we are buying it from flippers so it all fixed up inside so we wont have to do much but unpack when we move in.

I wish I had pictures to show but the camera cord got packed by accident, so once I find it we'll get some pictures up.

It's A Boy!

So we found out last week that we are having a little baby boy. We couldn't be more excited! We are still in our temp housing down here, so no scanner yet meaning no picture. Sorry.

Life In Texas

I feel like there really isn't anything new going on. We made it down to Texas with no problems. We are in the process of trying to find a place to live and can't wait to have our stuff back. It took a little bit but we did find a doctor down here and will have our ultrasound on Thursday to find out if we are having a boy or girl! Well I think that's it. Really not much going on just waiting to start life in our own place.

So You Think You Can Dance...

So I am super sad to see the season come to and end, but I wanted to share some of my favorites from the season.

Last but not least Kevin and I both loved this one! Every time I hear this song I can't help but think of this dance.

Weekend in Dallas

This last weekend Kevin and I headed down to Dallas to check thing out and look at what areas we might want to live in. Since we wont really need to find a place until October, when our temp housing ends, we decided to take Saturday and play. That morning we went to the aquarium for a couple hours and then off to Ripley's Believe It Or Not and Wax museum.

When you first walk in you walk into this huge jungle like room. It has like 4 levels and as you walk through it you slowly make your way down to the aquarium below.
The birds would just fly around freely. This one actually almost hit Kevin in the head. There was a bird right next to him but as I was getting ready to take the picture this one came and land on his head but found the branch instead.

Some of the fish we saw we couldn't really believe. This one is called a leafy seahorse. When they swim by the seaweed you can hardly tell the difference.

They had a walk through under the shark tank. The saw sharks would just sit on the top of the walk through. It's hard to tell in the picture but their month look just like human lips but flattened out.

I can't remember the last time I went to the aquarium but we had a blast and couldn't help but think about how much fun it will be to take our child there.

Sad news. :(

So we had a little misunderstanding about our appointment today. We thought we were having our second ultrasound to find out the sex of the baby, but in actuality we were just listening to the heart beat and getting my blood drawn. Listening to the heart beat was cool we could also hear the baby moving and kicking. Blood work was not so much fun.

What a week!

I know it's only Monday but I feel like this has been the busiest week ever. Saturday we started putting in our new floors. It's been an adventure but we are almost there! I'm really excited but we only get to enjoy them for a few weeks.

Then on Wednesday we get our second ultrasound and we get to find out if it's going to be a boy or girl! Kevin and I are hoping for a boy so he can take car of the others when they get older, to look out for our little girls. Any Ideas, boy or girl?

Thursday morning we are off to Dallas for the weekend to check out the area and try and find a place to live! Still weird to think that we will be living down there. The movers came on Friday to survey our stuff, at that point it felt so real. Talking about packing everything up what needs to come with us and what needs to go in the truck with them. But hopefully we can find a nice area this weekend and really start looking when we get down there.

The Upcoming Move!

So It is offical! We are moving to Dallas! After 6 interviews, a month of waiting, only 3 more weeks and we'll be down in Texas. I don't even know what to say, we are still in shock about the whole thing.

Our Baby!

So It's hard to really see in this picture but in the top one you can see the baby's little eye and ear. In both pictures you can see a hand sticking out from behind the head. At this point the baby is only a little bigger then and inch long. So yeah...it's not the best picture but it's our baby!

Extra! Extra! Read all about it!

OK...so it's been awhile since I've last posted and some big news has been brewing. Kevin and I are excited to say that we are expecting our first child on January 18, 2009! We had our first ultrasound today and it was so fun to see the baby. We also saw the heart beat, it's too early to hear it but we definitely saw it. We are excited more then words can say!

Another big news flash it that we will most likely be moving to Dallas. Kevin applied for a promotion on a whim and it turned out to be promising. We should know more by the end of next week. Who knows...we may be off to Dallas by the end of July.