After our vacation with John's family in Oregon- I flew with the kids to spend a week with my parents and sister in Arizona. While still a vacation, and loving spending time with my parents (and the kids with their grandparents), I also took care of a little business, you know, things on my to-do list; errands. It was great, and there isn't anyone much better to shop with than my mom!
- Shopping- I shopped sales and second hand stores and found some great clothes for the kids (and a couple things for me and my growing belly). I also bought fabric for making Ivy a few dresses when I return, and my mom fixed an old halloween costume for Asher as well as an old dress of mine for Ivy.
- Dental work- I love having a dad who is a dentist. He fixed my chipped tooth and I got my teeth polished and cleaned.
- Having FUN- we swam in the backyard, watched the olympics some more, visited with a few friends (enjoyed sitting outside under an umbrella enjoying the best monsoon rain with some of our favorite Boston friends), and ate lots of the food I was missing or craving.
- Prepare for baby #3- I always thought that once we had a boy and a girl in the family, I might forgo finding out the gender of the baby until delivery day. However, practicality set in and since all of our baby stuff is in storage in the States, I wanted to bring it back with me on this trip- so, thanks to a family friend and also former employer, I was able to get an ultrasound for early pictures of our baby BOY! We're so excited for Asher to get a little brother and for Ivy to stay the princess of the family a little longer.
I'm sorry I held out on that news for a good month- I'm just getting caught up with the blogging, that's all. Thanks to those of you that asked.
love the photo! i am impressed that ivy's eyes are wide open!
ReplyDeleteThat is such a cute photo of you three under the water! We miss you all!
ReplyDeleteI love that ivy's eyes are wide open too! I hope we are as lucky as you and get a boy next. I hope you are doing well.
ReplyDeletecongrats on you new little boy, what fun. :)
ReplyDeleteI love the pictures Toria. And thanks for reminding me of that amazing weather and fun times that we had with you. It made me happy.
ReplyDeleteA boy!! That's so exciting. Congratulations! We sure miss you guys and think of you often.
ReplyDeleteA boy!! That's so exciting. Congratulations! We sure miss you guys and think of you often.
ReplyDeleteI know hilarious that Ivy's eyes are wide open. I normailly don't wear my sunglasses underwater, but my mascara was running and I just left them on instead of cleaning my face off. I'm so vain!
ReplyDeleteYou guys have been all over the world. It is so fun to see all your pictures and hear how you are doing. Congratulations of the baby boy.
ReplyDeleteI forgot to say how much I love the under water pictures. :)
ReplyDeletehi, toria! i'm so glad you hopped onto my blog! i saw kristin when she was visiting utah in august (we're here for the time being). it was so much fun! how are you enjoying traveling all over the world? quite an adventure!!!
ReplyDeleteyou ran into jeremy in russia? how random is that! i haven't talked to him in years...what is he up to? is he living in russia? when is your baby due? congrats on baby #3! keep in touch for sure! it's so fun to see what you are up to!
I love the underwater photos. So fun. I'm also sorry we didn't see each other when you came into to town. I'm so sorry for not calling you back. I really hope we'll be able to see each other over Christmas. I need lots more of an update. I'll email you soon. Love You!
ReplyDeleteI guess if we always have opposites, then our kids can have people to marry. Congrats, two boys and a princess=.
ReplyDeletethat's so exciting that you're having another boy! i'm sure asher will be such a great big brother! love the swimming pics! you had asked in a comment on my blog about any other boy names we'd thought of but decided against... i really liked tate, will, wesley, owen, connor, nick, and drew. have you thought of any names you like yet?
ReplyDeleteCongrats on another Boy! I'm glad you had so much fun and were able to get so much done while you were in the states.
ReplyDeleteCongrats on boy #2! I can't wait to meet him.
ReplyDeleteAnd great pictures! This is why Dad needs to invest in a pool heater for Christmas.
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