Mexico!!!

I'm finally getting around to posting pictures from our wonderful Mexico trip. It was an amazing vacation and much needed break, but more than that, it was the most beautiful wedding ever. My youngest sister, Allie, got married behind the house we rented for the week. It was DREAMY. I didn't get many pictures of the actual wedding, but here are a bunch of pictures from the week. As you can tell, we had an amazing time. And also, as you can tell, Miss Evelyn was the center of attention. And she was such an angel all week. She was so flexible and happy all week, no matter how much we dragged her around and kept her up late. And of course, it was so fun to get to spend the whole week with my family. We had a blast. But enough of all that-- enjoy the many, many pictures!

Our wonderful Mexican home (for the week)

Evelyn's first time in the pool- loving life:)

                    Napping with Daddy because of all the swimming with Mommy

                                 Playing with Daddy

                                          Evelyn was not the only one who loved the pool 

Snuggles with Aunt Allie

Gigi loved feeding E her supper

Just entertaining myself

Future Uncle Damon!

Reading some good books with Allie

Sunscreen baby

The happy couple

                 

Ashley, Jess and Caitlin at dinner

Dinner at LoLomita

The girls

Rehearsal Dinner at the Marina

With the sisters

With the girls

With Gigi

With Papa

Evelyn with the Mexican cooks and the sweet lady who loved holding her

Crazy belly dancers/fire twirlers/suicidal artists!

Whoa

After dinner, so sleepy

Wedding morning nails!!!

The Black girls almost all married off...

My girl

With Uncle Jonathan

Wedding Party

With Mommy

Family picture!

The reception

Mr and Mrs Varble!

The 6 of us:)

Passed out on Papa

With Gigi

Awwww!

My sweet girl

                      Looking at the turtles with Aunt Jessi                    Not loving the sand between her toes...

          

But loving to be held by Mommy

Outside the Turtle Museum

It was a great week of firsts- first time out of the country, first time in the ocean, first time to pet a turtle, first time to swim in a pool, first time to eat avocado, and first time to go to an aquarium!

Loving the night life:)

With my love

Again, Aunt Jessi got Evie to sleep

At the North Beach

Playing with Daddy in the shade

Downtown Isla

Just wandering around all of Mexico with Gigi!

Dinner

With Aunt Jessi

Cuties

With Daddio

With Gigi and Papa 

Whoa hair!

With Dad, aka Papa

Walking around Punta Sur

With Mom

The waves were craaazy

Last night in Mexico:(

The view from our back yard- Goodbye Isla! 

Thanks for an amazing week!!!

6 MONTHS!?!?!!

6 months ago today, we met our little girl. And we can not even believe our sweet baby is growing so fast! I get emotional just thinking about it. Evelyn, you have brought us more joy in the past 6 months than we ever thought possible. You are such a happy baby, and we can not believe how fast the past few months have flown. We feel so incredibly blessed to have you and we love you sooo much!!!

 

Thanks again to Brandon's sister, Kim, for the sweet photos. And for those of you who haven't, you should check out Coati Photography because she always captures the best moments on camera. 

Sleeping Beauty

This is what I sit and look at while Evie sleeps. The video monitor is a wonderful thing, and I could just stare at it all day! Evelyn has always been a good sleeper at night, usually waking up only once at about 4am, so we've been very blessed in the sleep department. I think that is partly because she was such a big baby, but she also just seemed to figure out her days and nights very quickly. Our one struggle though, is napping in her crib. This little girl wants to snuggled and held all the time!! We're doing our own method of "crying it out"because it's hard to be consistent since I work 3 days a week. The funny thing is, little toot sleeps PERFECTLY at school. I'm talkin 2 2-hr naps every day she's there, and at least one of those in the crib. But we're figuring it out. And how can I even be frustrated when I see this cute little butt in the air?! I mean, she has got to be the sweetest most cutest baby ever!!!

Not her favorite place to sleep, but we're getting better. 

And yes, we have removed the bumper pads now so you can all rest assured:)

Favorite place to sleep #1

Favorite place to sleep #2 (Mommy's bed)

And favorite place to sleep #3 

Allie's Shower Weekend

We just got back from a wonderful weekend in Nashville. It was my first flight with Evelyn, and she did pretty well. We were so busy the whole time, but Evelyn handled everything so well. She was such a good baby, and so happy with everyone holding her all weekend. It was so good to see everyone. I didn't even take many pictures while we were there because things were so crazy, but here are the ones I did take, in addition to a few I got from Ryan:) I can't believe my baby sister is getting married!!!!!

Sisters with Ash and Caitlin

Sisters

With my girl                                                Evelyn with Aunt Allie

                Evelyn with Memommy                                                 Evelyn with Aunt Necie

With preggy Bethy

With Uncle Tim

Evelyn rocking with Granny                       With Aunt Jessi

Evelyn with her Gigi and PopPop

Me with baby Walker

Memommy in the floor with Evelyn

And with PopPop and baby Walker

Easter

Here are the Easter photos Brandon took of our sweet Evelyn. She's just starting to sit up, and, as you can see, she's soo curious. Lots of drool, lots of snuggling, lots of wiggling, smiling, squealing, and playing. She's 4 1/2 months old, and it's such a fun age!