Then they had a snowball fight. Henry kept getting snow in the face, so he had no problem attacking Gavin while he was on the ground.
I thought this was funny since Gavin was bragging to Caleb about what a huge awesome snowball he had, right before he got hit with a big one from Henry.
For my sister's house
The rest are for my house... this was just a little project that we hung on the boys' bedroom door this year.
A little late for the season it was intended, but let's face it, I was too nauseous to think about projects for a while.
This one is for the boys to display more of their work and their cool magnets.
The first thing we did was take the boys swimming. We had a pool all to ourselves in the building where Anne lives (the girl I work with). It was warm and the boys loved it and even took a short soak in the "hot pool" after the swim.
We had a great little party with all of the local Cardons, which always make a nice addition to our own excited children.
Henry got lots of helping playing with his new toys, and Uncle Brennan even helped assemble the new lego airplane.
That's right- He. Cardon Boy #3 on the way. The tech started looking around and taking the boring measurements of my insides that she needed, and Gavin kept saying, "Is that the penis?" every time she she would stop to measure something. She was laughing a lot at this, so when she started to look at the baby, she went straight for the view that would answer Gavin's question. Then she announced proudly, "And there is your boy." And Gavin was dead silent, and Henry said, "I thought I said I wanted a girl." I just laughed. She even went back and checked at the end to make sure that she hadn't made a mistake. Both boys had been pretty adamant, since we told them about the baby, that they had wanted a sister. Though Caleb and I both agreed that we would be quite surprised if it wasn't a boy. I have also had to have several talks with Gavin and his friend Lexi about how happy we will be even if it isn't the sister he is hoping for.
This morning when Henry came in to wake me up telling us all about the "Happy Birthday stuff" that was in the living room and on his door. I asked him if he was finally 3, and he just said, "No Mom, I am 14." Since I didn't understand him, I said, "You're 18?" And he started laughing, "No Mom, I'm not 18, I'm just 14." Gee, I can't believe I made that mistake.
We had a great little celebration with our fancy pink sodas, heart-shaped pizza, and pink desserts. The pizzas all turned out fabulous, and about half way through dinner Gavin said, "If we eat all of this, we will get so fat that people will think we are pregnant." :-) At least he didn't say, people will just think that we are fat.
At my last appointment with my doctor, I took the boys along because I knew it would be a short appointment. Gavin is totally in to learning about the baby and wanted to hear the heartbeat. Since Gavin was going it didn't make sense to set up a playdate for Henry, so he had to come along too. They were great. Talking to the nurse and just having a good time. Gavin was, of course thrilled to hear the heartbeat, and was showing all his charm as he talked about the baby. Henry just hung out and mentioned that he was hungry a few times. When the doctor left and I sat down on the chairs where the boys were sitting to get their coats on, Henry just looked and me and said, "Well Mom, you didn't get a baby." Not sure how easily we will be convincing him to come to the boring ol' appointments again, when we won't actually be leaving with a baby for a while.
Don't know what I was thinking, but they sure are cute in them.
Gavin made us set up various poses for him in the hat.
(17 weeks down, just a lot more to go... And the most flattering pictures are taken by someone who is 4' tall.)
Gavin enjoyed it a lot, and actually did pretty well. Even though their is no incline, it was a good spot to warm up, and get a feel for things the first time.
And being able to laugh a bit when you fall down is a benefit too.
Henry also tried out the skis, but mostly with the help of his Dad. It was quite entertaining to watch Caleb running around the yard pulling Henry through the snow.
Gotta love matching your cool older cousin.
Just a little sleepy still, but loving what Santa brought.
Gavin didn't ask for much from Santa and his wishes were fulfilled. He now feels like all of older cousins with a decent bakugan collection...
... and some much desired Star Wars Legos that Dad helped him build. Gavin's hands were literally shaking with excitement as he was putting these together.
Mom and Dad were able to come through with some cool stuff too. What a great morning.
