Loving These Two

They completely wear me out, but I am so in love with these two. This morning they worked on birthday cards for Dada.
Everett was working diligently on building something with blocks and Hampton kept knocking them over. Everett is funny when this happens because he usually tries to give Hampy an alternative toy-something other than what he is playing with. Here is Hampy playing with his blocks.

Everett then went back to his creation. We are working on patterns. Not sure if he gets it yet.

I also had an OB appt today, along with my glucose test. Everything went well and looks good. I have another appt in early July (I'll be 30 weeks) and then I will have appts every two weeks! I am so excited to meet our little girl. I wonder how she'll fit into the mix!?!

Day Trip

Yesterday we woke up at 6 am (the babies were our alarm clock) and wondered what we would do that day. We suddenly felt the urge to get out of the house and go on an adventure. So we called Gigi (Eric's mom) to see if she would like to join us. She agreed and so we headed to Greenville, SC. We met at Mimi's Cafe and I was so excited. When we were living in Louisville we went to Mimi's all the time and oh how we miss it! The boys were so excited to see Gigi and it was such a great surprise for them.

They are Mimi's fans as well and loved the muffins and chocolate chip pancakes.

Everett being silly.

After brunch, we went to the zoo. Everett kept saying we were going to the jungle.

The elephants were the first to greet us.

So it was hot. Really hot. 95 degrees hot. We knew it would be warm so we dressed in cool clothing and had plenty of water. I also doused the babies in sunscreen due to their fair skin.

Hampton squealed when he saw this! He was so cute pointing at all the animals.

After the zoo we went to Coldstone to get some ice-cream! It was a great end to our trip. We then said goodbye to Gigi and headed home. Within minutes this little miracle happened.....

We were going to make a stop for some cheap gas, but decided against it for fear of waking the babes. We joked that even if we saw a sign for free gas we wouldn't stop. A peaceful drive is worth it.

Another great family day full of activity and making memories.

Another Week

I don't have much to blog about tonight. We have had a pretty uneventful week and that is alright with me. We didn't even get out this week except for Wednesday when we went to the library's story time. Everett continues to impress me with how outgoing he has become. He sang all the songs and was the first to volunteer to be the librarian's helper. I'm so proud of him. Everett and Hampton have really gotten into bubbles lately. Everett has gotten really good at blowing bubbles and Hampton likes to pop them. Hampton has also added the word "bubble" to his list and I think I caught him saying "more bubble" this week.

It has been really warm outside and we can only tolerate it for short periods. One of my goals this summer was to spend as much time outside as possible, but with me being pregnant and the boys being so fair skinned and hot natured, we may have to be careful. It still has been nice though even if for only a few minutes.

We are looking forward to celebrating Eric's birthday next weekend. I have already hyped it up with Everett and he said he was going to make him some cupcakes. I love that he can now have a conversation (well as only a 3 year old can) with me now. His imagination has also exploded, which is fun.

I'm looking forward to this weekend. We have no plans tomorrow, except to spend time together. It looks like another hot day! Maybe we'll attempt the pool again.

This Week

This week has been a whirlwind of activity. Tuesday was a fairly normal day. While Hampton took his morning nap, Everett enjoyed some water play outside. I love how he call his sprinkler ball "sprinkles." Later on he handed me the camera and asked me to take a picture of him. He's pretty darn handsome if I do say so myself.

Wednesday started off as normal. I was having some Braxton-Hicks contractions, which I have had every now and then for over a month now. We went to Barnes and Noble to get a muffin from the cafe (it was gone before I could snap a picture) and play with the train set. I love the little noises Hampton makes when he pushes the train. Too cute. After Barnes and Noble we went to our local library's story time (yes I took them back to the library!). It was at the library my contractions got stronger and I had some other symptoms that could cause definite alarm. I quickly left with the babies and called my OB nurse who said I needed to come in. Panic set it, but I am so grateful for friends who took over the care of the boys so Eric and I could go to the office together. The whole drive there we were pretty upset and scared. I honestly didn't know what was going on, but of course I thought the worst. Thankfully after getting an exam and ultrasound, everything checked out normal. I was not dilating and she didn't know why I had the symptoms, but in her words "life is good and we're fine." I was told to take it easy and so far everything has resolved. We are so grateful for the Lord comforting us during such an extremely stressful time and are so blessed Eleanor is alright.

Moving on, after such a stressful and hectic day Wednesday, Thursday morning the boys and I needed some sweets. So we stopped by our local bakery for a brownie! We also went to my favorite upscale children's consignment and picked out some things for Eleanor.

Friday I worked, but we had a fun family day planned for Saturday. We started off our day today at Dunkin Donuts for a morning treat.

We then went to Target to get Everett some new pajamas and then headed home. While Hampton took his morning nap, Eric rested and Everett and I watched Curious George and did art work. Later this morning we went to Barnes and Noble to play with the train set......

read some books......

and story time.

I was so proud of Everett for actively participating in story time and answering the questions the story time lady asked the children.

After story time we went to Roly Poly (my new restaurant specific craving) for lunch. We ate outdoors and then had frozen yogurt for dessert.

After lunch we came home and the boys napped. I then went out searching for a maternity swimsuit, a horrifying concept-but I did find one. After nap we went to our subdivision's pool. Hampton was a little nervous about the water at first, but quickly warmed up to the idea. Today was his first time in a swimming pool.

Everett however barely put a toe in the pool. His apprehension was so surprising because for months now he has talked about how he wants to go swimming in the summer.

We'll keep working on it.

It has been a long week and today's family day was much needed. Tonight I am feeling grateful and blessed.

Day Date

Yesterday Eric's mom came for a visit and Eric and I went on a day date! It was so fun to be out just the two of us during the day. And the weather was beautiful! We first stopped by Sonic and got drinks and then went over to the Biltmore Estate.

We thought about touring the house, but when we got inside it was really busy and entailed a lot of standing and waiting.

So we decided to walk over and tour the gardens instead.

I just loved these purple flowers.

And the flower maze was so pretty.

Lately I have been having a lot of Braxton Hicks contractions and yesterday I had a ton. We kept having to stop and let me rest. I was happy the babies weren't with us since we then were able to just take our time.

After we left the Biltmore, we went to a cafe called Roly Poly that has wrapped sandwiches, soups, and salads. We had never been there before and it was so good! We had such a nice date, but it was fun to come home to these 2 cuties.

And an "eye update" on Hampton. We went to see an ocular plastic surgeon, who based on the MRI results ruled out surgery at this point. It is just too risky. If when he is 4 or 5 he needs it, it would be more of an option at that point. So we are getting him back on the beta blocker since his eye has gotten much worse since they weaned him. He has been on a low dosage for 2 days now and we already see a noticeable difference in the size. We up the dosage tomorrow, so we are hopeful. I am happy we have some closure for now on his treatment and we'll wait to see what happens over the next few years. The surgeon told me his hemangioma is very minor and he has seen so much worse, but when it is your baby it's hard. I am content with the treatment option for now because it is the safest for our Hampy. Have I mentioned what a sweet baby he is!?!