Easter and Countdown

Here are some pictures from Easter with Gavin opening gifts in his basket.

He had a great time opening the plastic eggs where we had hidden little, squeezable balls to use with his water table. Then we did a few rounds of hiding the eggs in the house too!

This past Thursday we took a drive to Newport, RI and did the Cliff Walk. It's about a 3 mile walk along the coast that gives you a great view of the mansions in the area. We didn't make it the whole 3 miles but saw quite a few of the mansions and some beautiful coastline.

Salve Regina University

Among the Daffodils!

Cool archway

40 steps

Admiring the view

Boulder crossing

Tired boy!

We are currently three weeks away from Baby Brinda's due date! I am definitely ready to be done. The belly is big and heavy!! Gavin still likes to be carried sometimes, which is a bit harder for me now - especially going up the stairs! Here are a couple recent bumpie pics!

G's silly face!

Last week's pic

SD Visit & Gavin Turns Two!

For Valentine's Day and my Birthday, Carlton surprised me with a weekend trip to San Diego while he stayed in CT and watched Gavin! It was a wonderful surprise and my friends threw me a baby shower while I was in town, so it was a great way for me to catch up with a bunch of friends at once! Deb and Christine did a fabulous job of hosting the baby shower and Sarah, Donna, and Pita contributed with tasty food! It was a great shower and so awesome to see everyone!

Happy Hour! Christine, Pita, Sam, Sarah & Brian

Christine, Sarah and I

Sam getting ready to dig in!

Jessica, Deb & I

Deb, me, Leslie, Madeline, Pita, and Maggie

Great onesie!

The Baby Shower group!

Pita, Leslie, Donna, Me, Deb, Sarah & Christine

Jess & I

Mary & I

Jenn & I (we first met in Guam!)

Maggie & I

My parents and I

I also got to see some friends who couldn't make the shower and went to visit Cardiac Rehab!! I only got a couple pictures in CR but had fun catching up with the patients I did get to see!

Brunch with Gusti & Bob!!

Steve & I

Kathy & I

Then when I got home, we had a birthday party for Gavin to prepare! We did a Space/Daniel Tiger theme and he had a great time! We started with a balloon drop.

We did play a game but I didn't get video or pictures - we played a Daniel Tiger pin the tail/watch game. Gavin loved it and wanted to put all the pieces on!
Then we sang Happy Birthday and had cake!

Hopefully he knows now not to go for the flame on the candle!

He had a great time spreading the cake all over. Not sure how much he actually ate.

On the pregnancy front, baby girl is doing well and very active (especially at night). I now go to the OB every week for checks...only about six more weeks left!

3/25 ultrasound of her profile

Here are the two most recent bumpie pics:

And here is one last video of Gavin thoroughly enjoying blueberries!! We are working on his speech, but he is increasing his vocabulary!

Snow and more fun!

We actually got some measurable snow last week! So Gavin was finally able to play in the snow and see the snow fall. He loved it!!

We had also been working on a growth chart for Gavin which we finally finished!! So we got a board, painted it to look like a ruler and then added some stickers!

Now we just have to hang it in his room! He loved helping to put the stickers on - let's just hope he doesn't try to peel them off!









Here is the bumpie pic for 28 weeks.

We also made our way up to Hartford this past weekend to check out the CT Science Center. They had a lot of things for kids. First we checked out the space exhibit, then we got to see information on weather and tried out a hurricane! Gavin wasn't too sure about that one. He also got to try keeping a beach ball up in the air with a blower.

Next was a sight and sound exhibit where Carlton and Gavin got to record a short stop action video.

Then Gavin got to play an electronic harp that used lasers instead of strings.

Our last stop was the water play area. They had all kinds of tubes running all over and plastic balls that were being pushed through by water. There were also different water features where kids could fill up containers and play in whirlpools. Gavin loved it all! Thankfully we had a change of clothes with us because even with the smock on, he got really wet!

Our latest bumpie photo...at our last check up, our baby girl was head down which is good! Gavin was breech from about week 24 to the end.We have a birth refresher class we are attending tonight and we have hired a doula! Part of the class tonight includes a tour of the maternity ward, so we are looking forward to that. We will be getting another ultrasound around 32 weeks to make sure baby girl is in a good position and make sure she is growing as she should be. She is definitely active, that's for sure!

Carlton surprised me with a trip to San Diego as a Valentine's Day/Birthday gift! So this weekend I am heading to San Diego, by myself, to hang out with friends and family!! It will be a nice break from chasing Gavin around and my last vacation before I have two little ones! It will also be my first time away from Gavin, so we will see how it goes. I am looking forward to the warmer weather and to seeing friends! I will be there from Friday until Tuesday, so if you want to meet up, send me a message!

Mystic Seaport Ice Festival & More!

This weekend we visited the Mystic Seaport Museum for their Ice Festival. We got to see St. Bernards, did some sock skating, saw a bear sculpted from ice and got frozen in ice!

old timey photo

Frozen!

2 year old St. Bernard

13 week old St. Bernard

Ice Bear

Silly G

Sock Skating

 

The dogs were there as part of a demonstration and the 13 week puppies weighed about 40 pounds!! They were so big but so cute!!

We also got a little bit of snow lately but it's already gone. I took a couple pics from our house. We didn't get to play in it because Gavin and I were both sick with colds and Gavin is still fighting an ear infection. The cold didn't slow him down too much though....here's a video of him playing with boxes.

Playing with Daddy

Hugging his Valentine's card!

Here is an updated pic of the baby bump from this past week!

In case I didn't share it in a previous post, here is the video from when Carlton found out I was pregnant! He had been gone for a race for a few days and this was his welcome home present.