{Gigi and Aunt Maggie's Visit}

Last weekend we were lucky enough to have Gigi and Aunt Maggie come and stay with us for a few days!

It was pretty low-key, but we enjoyed ourselves.

We went bowling - Evette loved it and Megan is a star at bowling with her left hand.

Of course, we did some french braiding

Lots and lots of reading...

dress up and reading. This is my hot mess baby. I love her.

 Saturday morning we got to babysit a little friend while her Momma recovered from having a baby. So Evette and I stayed home and played while Maggie accompanied Sean on his Elder's Quorum duties of helping people move and clean the church.

Later that afternoon we went to the Art Museum down town. Sean was great and played with Evette in the kids' section while Megan and I went to visit the art. We had a grand time and decided that we need to visit Europe together.

 Tuesday before Maggie went home they spend some time down town [while I taught piano lessons] with the missionaries visiting the JFK museum downtown.

It's always a pleasure to have family up to visit!

xoxo

{Friday Five x 2}

2 weeks worth of Friday Five.... here we go!

July 29 - August 2

1. Farmers Market

 2. Evette coloring her "new house"

3. Wearing Momma's shirt as pjs - freaking adorable.

4. Pool party / Baby shower with all of our good friends

5. Finding out the gender of our newest littlest princess

August 5 - August 9

1. Play dates with friends

2. Reading dozens and dozens of books before bed.

3. Playing the piano as a family

4. Getting more pregnant by the day!

5. Having Gigi and "Man-gnee" [Maggie] visit us! A whole post on that later!

{San Antonio Trip}

We decided that our little vacation this summer would be to meet up with my parents and sister in San Antonio. It was a lovely little trip! We drove up Friday afternoon, and stayed until Saturday night.

Evette was a good little traveler on the way down [despite the crappy traffic situations] ...

We met my family on the Riverwalk for Dinner. This is Evette stuffing tortilla chips down her shirt. Don't ask.

The next morning we took off bright and early and headed to Sea World!

Evette loved watching the dolphins

She enjoyed the aquarium...

But probably her favorite thing of the whole park was the rides. We, no lie, rode this carousel at least 5 times. She loved loved loved it.

She was also a little daredevil and rode on this twisty spinning ride.  It was even too intense for me, as a pregnant woman, to ride. She loved it and rode it twice with a huge smile on her face.

There was also a really great splash pad area with a fun rope climbing thingy. While the rest of the family enjoyed some of the bigger rides, we splashed and played here.

And of course the shows! The show that I was most looking forward to was cancelled because a beluga whale had a baby - Happy for a new baby but sad about the lack of show.

Evette enjoyed the shows for the most part - I mean, she is a toddler, and has an attention span of one, but overall she was entertained.

She was a pretty tired baby near the end of the day - playing hard and no nap will do that. She's catching a little rest before one of the shows.

Evette loved this trip with her Mimi and Papa. [Sorry Rachel, your name is harder to say, but she loved spending time with you, too, obvs :) ]. 

Fell asleep in less than 30 seconds after getting into the car. Note the drip of sweat sliding down those sweet cheeks.

Evette still talks about the "whey-ahhs!!" [whales], the splashes they made, the rides she rode, and Mimi Papa.

{Gender Reveal for Baby #2}

We were planning on waiting until around week 20 to get our ultrasound done to figure out the gender for baby #2. But, today during my appointment at 17 weeks we found at that our birthing center they only do ultrasounds on Tuesday and Thursday. Of course Sean wanted to be at that appointment but since he usually travels during the week, that wasn't going to be possible. So we made a last minute decision to find out TODAY at my 17 week appointment [thank goodness I was far enough along!] while he was in town.

Throughout this whole pregnancy I thought I was having a girl - once we decided this morning to find out the gender today I thought it was a boy!

As it turns out...

 We're having another girl! 

We make cute girls so we're pretty excited!

As Evette would say, "Happy Day!"

I cannot wait to see Evette love on her little sister! 2 little girls! I'm thrilled!

 Baby's leg

 Baby's arm

 Baby profile

I've fallen in love -- again.