Last week was my 37 week check up for Catie. Even though I am now going once a week, the appointments aren't any different than when I was going once a month. Everything is going well. Catie is growing like she should and my vitals are good. We just keep counting down the days until the 26th!
My parents drove up Friday for a weekend visit. My mom wanted to come up one more time before Catie is born. Glad Catie didn't come early! :) They made it up in time for dinner Friday, which was good, because I planned a dinner that feeds a lot of people.
We did birthday presents Saturday morning. Yes, Alex still had some birthday presents coming! The first thing Alex opened was a jungle friends Play-Doh set. We probably should have saved that for last since that's all Robbie wanted to play with once he saw it. Alex also got a little grill set from Jonathan and Chat that they both love. It came with a cute kabob set with different meat and vegetables and Alex loves taking them on and off. It also came with ketchup and mustard bottles that Robbie keeps trying to give to Alex like a baby bottle. Alex is a good sport and plays along.
Playing with the grill
Feeding Abuelo a hot dog.
After presents we decided to go to St. Augustine for a few hours. The kids went with Jim and Jean when they were here a few weeks ago. Unfortunately the weather wasn't great when then. We had a much better day!
It also happened to be the Celtic celebration weekend. There was something going on at their fairgrounds and we caught the back half of the parade. I don't know how much the kids enjoyed the parade, but they loved the candy they kept getting! I didn't love that they kept getting gum. Who gives a 3 and 2 year old gum??? Some people had clover bead necklaces and I was hoping the boys would get one of those, but no such luck.
Irish dancer
Float
Robbie and Abuelo watching the parade.
I didn't know "Star Wars" was Celtic.
Apparently "Ghost Busters" is, too!
My dad yelled "Beetlejuice" three times and this was the guy's reaction.
The other bummer for the kids with their trip with Jim and Jean was that they didn't get to go inside the fort, so we took them with my parents. They loved looking around and I think Robbie was really disappointed that he didn't actually get to fire a cannon!
Playing in the grass.
Two of the fort workers.
Grandma and Robbie
Grandma and Alex
Checking out the city from inside the fort.
Alex loved walking the fort steps.
Soldiers' sleeping mats.
Robbie trying out the bed.
Inside the prison cell.
Trying out the cannons
Shoot the cannon!
Teamwork.
Where's the cannon ball?
After all of the walking and sunshine we were ready to head home. Matthew offered to get the car and pick us up and no one objected. :) Alex ended up falling asleep in my lap while we waited and Robbie fell asleep in the car. I never thought about it, but the boys both got sun kissed (not really burned) with all of the time outside. They could both use a little color, though. :)
Saturday was the fun day and, instead of Sunday being a day of rest, we put my parents to work. (Not until after we had Krispy Kreme donuts for breakfast!) My dad and Matthew got to work in the garage getting it ready for a storage system that will be installed next week. My mom helped fold some of Catie's laundry and sorted through multiple bags of clothes Lisa gave us for the boys. We ended up with so many extra pairs of shorts I gave some to Robbie's friends because we had too many. I might have to do that again next year when Robbie moves up to a 4T. We literally ended up with 5 full bags of 4T clothes, plus a few 5Ts that snuck their way over. I worked on getting our room ready for Catie. We will pull in the recliner and get the bassinet set up in our room. After the c-section, it's much easier for me to get into and out of the recliner than out of bed.
Yesterday was the boys' first dentist appointment. I made it clear to Catie that she was not allowed to come before then so I didn't miss it! Robbie was so excited to go. Alex...no so much. I think if we had taken Robbie when he was 2 he would have enjoyed it about as much as Alex did. Fortunately for Robbie, he wasn't on our dental plan until this year.
"Finding Nemo" was playing in the waiting room, so I knew it would be hard to pull Alex away from that. Someone (a hygienist that ended up not working with the boys??) had us come back and let the boys pick out a new toothbrush. Alex couldn't have cared less about the toothbrushes. He wanted to check out the Nemo fish tank! Robbie picked out a toothbrush with fish on it. I picked out a Jake and the Neverland Pirates toothbrush for Alex.
We let Robbie get his teeth cleaned first. He climbed right up in the chair and let Ms. Kim count (10 teeth on top and bottom), polish (Robbie chose orange flavored toothpaste) and scrape his teeth. She also used the water squirter and suction. There is a tv in the ceiling so kids can watch a movie ("Finding Nemo") while getting their teeth cleaned. I hoped that would be enough for Alex to sit and get his teeth cleaned, but...no. I sat him in my lap and then laid him back so his head was in Kim's lap. She just used his toothbrush and brushed his teeth (with strawberry flavored toothpaste) and even that was a struggle. I'm assuming that the toothpaste is the gritty, polish-y kind that adults get (just not in fun flavors) and Alex could not get that stuff out of his mouth quick enough. It was pretty much the same thing when the dentist ("the old guy", as Robbie referred to him) came in to look at their teeth. Because of the way Robbie's teeth look, he thinks that Robbie will need braces in the future. Obviously it's too early to tell, but I think it was just a heads up, go ahead and start saving now kind of thing! I can't imagine he saw much in Alex's mouth, though with the extra set of hands he was able to spend a little more time with Alex than Ms. Kim did. Robbie gets to go back in 6 months and Alex can wait to go back until next year.
Checking out the Nemo fish tank.
Looking through the treat box.
Showing off his new toothbrush and toothpaste. (Robbie originally picked out a Monsters toothbrush and then went back and got the fish one.)
Getting settled.
Watching "Nemo"
Sunglasses to keep the bright light out of Robbie's eyes.
Getting cleaned
After the cleaning Robbie picked out these glasses and calls them his dentist glasses. :) We got a pair for Alex, too.
I tried to get a picture of the boys in front of the office.
This was as good as I could get of Alex. He was more than ready to leave!
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