The Borel Blog

6/21/10

Sugar & Spice...

Bring.It.On! We are expecting a GIRL this time around!

We are SO excited. I was and I guess still am super shocked (in a good way, of course). A Girl! Eeeee! Now what? LOL! Now that my shock has finally started to wear off I'm getting into girl mode...we also have to get big brother Tru ready to share his home with another baby. I'm working on it! Most importanly, baby girl was healthy on the ultrasound and being active in there. She is on the small side, just like Truett was at this stage (and throughout the entire pregnancy), so looks like my body is following suit again. This was our 2D mid-pregnancy u/s done by my doctor. He also does a third 3D u/s around 28 weeks to check on growth and position so we can't wait to see her again!

Speaking of baby, over the weekend True did the sweetest thing. I'm trying to teach him that mommy's belly is going to get bigger b/c there's a baby inside, so I point to my belly and tell him that's were the baby is. On Saturday morning when he was still soft and warm from just waking up (btw... isn't that the best feeling in the world?), I brought him in bed with me and all on his own he lifted my shirt and patted my tummy and told me "baby, baby" :) It just melted me.

Our little man is 18 months old today. Happy Half Birthday Baby Boy! We love you so much, you make our world go round! Thank you for being you and for having such a cheerful, friendly, curious, and funny personality. You are the highlight of our day. Daddy loves coming home after work and having you so excited to see him. And mommy adores all our afternoon & evening playtime together. I especially love putting you to bed - when you are laying still and cozy up to me, wrapping your little chubby arms around my shoulders. I don't know if you can hear me but I must whisper "I love you" and kiss your cheeks about 50 times before I actually lay you down.

Some funny things you do these days are: B-boxin' with daddy, dancing even when the music isn't on, being OBSESSED with ah-boos (trash cans), bossing us around by telling us to sit in certain places (it's especially cute how you make the entire family - all 4 of us, including Mocha, sit close to each other at the table or on the couch), you love going in daddy's studying and looking for him, you love water hoses and running the water, you say please & thank you (pease & dank ooo)...just to name a few.

6/18/10

Birthday Parties!

Last week Truett had 2 fun birthday parties to attend. The first one was Sebastian's first birthday. His mommy did such a beautiful job setting up for her little prince! This is our Sienna playgroup - we just love our little (well, now big), group! The kiddos have been together since Decemeber....and between myself and 2 other moms we'll be adding 3 more babies to the group this fall/winter.

Our next party was Ellie's second birthday. Her birthday was an adorable Elmo theme. Unfortunately I don't have many pictures, but needless to say we all (all 3 of us) had a really great time! Ellie and Truett really hit off and towards the end of the party they were wagon riding together, sharing her new baby doll and stroller, and of course kissing and hugging, lol.

The one and only picture from Ellie's party. True & the birthday girl going for a ride in her new wagon. And yes, that's my son blowing kisses to the crowd.

Swimming in Sebastian's beautiful backyard pool.

The group

"We're ONE!" Note: G & True are holding up the number one

Another shot of the group

6/14/10

Summer Fun

We've been having lots of fun the past few days...

Petting goats at the zoo:

Hide-n-Seek in the kitchen:

Laughing with mom (at dad):

Cozy Coupe with Dad:

Snack break at the pool:

6/7/10

Galveston in Pictures

Checking out the "buu" (bugs) in the Rainforest.

Looking at "feeshies" (fish)

Yummmm! Chocolate!

Mom, you gotta try this!

Mama being silly in the trees.

CHEESE!

Some serious thinking going on.

Can you tell Scott's ready to leave this place and get a drink on the Strand???

Petting the horse

Discovery Museum - I got this!

Cute chubby feet

Palm Beach

Playing with mom at the BEEEE!

Da boyz

Truett's first Gulf experience

Galveston Trip

We're back! We had such a great time on our mini Galveston trip. We had a good 3 days to get some sun and enjoy the sites at Moody Gardens.

Sadly, the trip started out with a sick Ted. He came home early on Thursday with a fever and feeling over fluey - sore throat, aches, etc. I was so worried he wouldn't have a good time. Thankfully Nyquil and Dayquil had him back in tip top shape in no time. Phew!

Friday we arrived around 12:30 and got settle into our condo. Somehow I was able to Truett to nap in his Pack N Play (it took a while but he did it!) Meanwhile, our friends Jill and Scott were arriving with their little boys who were all set and ready to head to the "wah-wah." First things first we walked across the street to the beach...We were basically there long enough to say we went. Truett had a good time though, he even fell head first in the waves and got right back up. The green bugs and seaweed made the experience a little icky, but this is Galveston, right? It's all we have. After his first Gulf water experience we hiked back to the hotel pool and hung out there until dinner time.

Saturday we went to Palm Beach at Moody Gardens and spent the first few hours of the day there. The "beee" as Truett would say. It was perfect for the kiddos! Ted and I both agree we could spend a whole few days there - we are going back for sure. The sand there is NOT gulf sand, and the water is really a lagoon/pool with plenty of play areas for the little ones. After a bunch of beach time we drove around hoping T would nap (he didn't), so we all got cleaned up and went to the Moody Aquarium. It was SO crowded it was actually a bit difficult to enjoy. We ended up at The Strand in the evening. Dinner was...interesting (lol, Jill knows what I mean). After dinner we took Truett to the "famous" candy shop (famous b/c I always went there as a kid) and bought him some homemade chocolates. He LOVED the peanut butter cups (pictures to follow). We then headed back to the condo and T and I went to bed early after a full day.

Sunday we all got together in the condo for breakfast (b/c we absolutely could not have the horrid condo "hot" breakfast again - lol). Jill and Scoot headed home early and Ted and I decided to try and hit all the Moody attractions as soon as possible in hopes of beating the crowd. We did! We got there early and this time we enjoyed the Aquarium - there was barely anyone there. We were able to take our time and check out all the cool fish, penguins, sharks, corals, etc, etc. It's really beautiful. Even Truett was amazed and had a fun time! Then we went to the Rainforest Pyramid to see the bugs, plants, trees, parrots, etc, and that was fun, too. We rounded out the trip at the Butterfly Tent and then headed home. It was a really good day!

Next post...the trip in pictures.