Busy week

I'm happy to say that I don't anticipate any weeks being as busy as the last until baby comes. It just got to the point where it was a little ridiculous: Frank got a tooth pulled, the rest of us had dental cleanings, visit to eye place for new glasses, tour of labor and delivery at the hospital, library, doctor appointments, grocery shopping, play dates, a haircut, a birthday party at the pool, a day of cleaning, Jen and Mia came for the weekend, and we had a neighborhood block party.

Brotherly love in the Chick-Fil-A play area.

The neatest little splash zone at our pool...so cool that Gabe doesn't ever want to come out and go in the actual pool.

Messy, messy birthday cupcakes.

Messy, extremely messy room. The worst I've ever seen it. We finally got it straightened out and will be working on daily cleaning from now on.

The block party was fun. Good food, a couple of bouncy houses, and we got to talk to lots of people we hadn't met before. It is just crazy how many young families are in our neighborhood--so many preschool/elementary boys and baby/toddler girls, we fit right in.

Zach practicing rocking a sister to sleep.

We all went to the park on Sunday to get some photos, and the boys were less than thrilled, as you can see.

 And some with the kids were just hilarious...

We did get a handful of shots that I really like, and that's all we need, right? These are definitely my best belly photos so far (34 weeks)...thanks, Jen! I guess we should have been coming to the park every weekend :)

Besides baby

The stuff we're doing besides getting ready for the baby: watching the flowers grow, taking a friend's Lightning McQueen for a spin, going to the movies, playing Super Mario Bros, going to the park, and making huge toy messes then taking a week or more to clean them up. I need to get pics of that last one :)

What we planted

Just a few weeks later

Daddy took a day off to spend with us and see The Smurfs.

Painting the nursery

This was our focus for the last couple of weeks, and the boys were our audience. And then they helped me bring stuff back in and made a fort with the diapers and wipes. Next up, going through all the bags of clothes from Jen and Andy...

Good tiring fun

I guess we had so much going on last week that there was no time for pictures. It was just the usual: haircuts, doctor appointment for me, shopping, paying bills, laundry, Horton Hears a Who at the theater, trying to nap, and endless "Find something to do!!!" We finally bought paint and tools, so I hope to do that this week. Also, the boys had not one, but two, play dates, making things seem a little chaotic too. We had friends from down the street over a few days ago, then last night we had dinner with some other friends of ours at their house. The only photos I have to share are ones of me at 31 weeks now. My doctor confirmed what I suspected, that I am measuring a little small but still within normal, which doesn't bother me one bit. Especially since I still have two months to go...

 

More of the same

Trying to keep the boys happy, trying to get stuff done around the house, trying to rest, that's about all we've been doing. We had our weekly movie day, took the occasional nap, and the boys are enjoying a new computer game. It's Lego Batman and they're hooked, so much so that they agree to clean their room or the living room completely before they get to play (Zach is better about this than Gabe). They are pretty funny when they're playing. Zach calls for Daddy every five seconds to help him get through the levels (it's for age 10, so...), and Gabe doesn't care and just likes pushing buttons. I refuse to learn anything about the game so I don't have to help them and they can only play when Frank is home :)

It's a good feeling to get all the boys clothes sorted by size. Zach proudly matched and lined up all the shoes for me. Now they are all bagged up, and soon the baby furniture will move into the guest room while we paint. I realize that the purple isn't really bad, it's just not what I would have chosen. I'm leaning towards one of the two colors on the top right.

It seems like it's been rainy a lot, and the boys haven't spent too much time outside. At least temps are lower for now. They were eager to draw on the newly sealed driveway though.

I took them out to Starbucks and to run some errands Sunday morning so Frank could have a couple hours of quiet time on Father's Day. It was the least I could do.

 

Probably the most exciting thing that happened last week was meeting some of our neighbors. We went to a party for one of Zach's pre-K classmates, and he saw his best friend there. Frank and I met his parents, and after chatting for a bit we all realized that they live two doors down from us! We knew the house had sold last fall but hadn't met the new owners. Also, Zach's friend has a little brother and an infant sister. He's been bugging me every day to go over there, so I'm going to try to set up something for the weekend. But crazy, huh?