Two weeks ago we didn't have the greatest weather week. I don't remember a lot of what happened that week. I do know that on Tuesday we went to Gymport with all of our friends, which was a lot of fun. We hadn't been there in while, so it was nice to go back and nice to spend time with our friends.
On Wednesday of that week, my mom was still gone, so Heidi watched Caleb in the morning for me and then Rosalie watched him in the afternoon. Caleb had a lot of fun with Heidi and Grace.
Love these two!
On Wednesday night, my mom finally got home from Europe, so we were happy to have her stop by on Thursday morning to see us after being gone so long. Then I had to go to the OB and I was so annoyed because I had to wait in the waiting room with Caleb for 45 minutes. It was ridiculous and I was practically ready to leave, because these appointments are so pointless anyway. I am glad there aren't too many appointments left!
On Friday, Grammy was finally back on babysitting duty, so that was nice. We definitely missed her! Rissa babysat Caleb in the afternoon and then we went over to my mom's for supper with Rad and Jen. My dad didn't get back until Friday night, so he wasn't there for supper.
Sabbath was a nice day, and we were very happy to see Grampy at church! In the afternoon, we headed to Heritage because the church walk was not stroller friendly. We had a great time as always playing mostly in Hidden Hollow.
On Sunday, I worked, but we also took a couple of hours to go to a Touch a Truck event in Sandwich. It was the first time we had gone and it was great! It cost $5 for Caleb to get in and adults were free, so that was nice. There were all sorts of trucks there that were open for the kids to get in and sit in the driver's seat and honk the horn, etc. Caleb had a lot of fun in all of them. There were also other advertisers there who were geared towards kids. Caleb of course really loved the music studio that had brought musical instruments for kids to play with. Anyway, the event was a great idea and we will definitely be back next year!
On Monday, we had our play group. It was our next to last one, which is kinda sad. It has been a good group. It was a really nice day on Monday, so the teachers made sure we got to play outside this time.
Unfortunately, on Monday Caleb wouldn't take a nap. I was very frustrated, because it has been quite awhile since he had skipped a nap (except for intentionally in Florida). My dad was going to come over and visit us for a little while on Monday evening, and he wasn't able to spend as much time since Caleb had to go to bed early, but we still had a nice visit with him.
So, the good news is that Caleb did sleep about 12 hours on Monday night. We ended up having an impromptu play date at our house on Tuesday. It wasn't a very nice day and we had been talking about going to the playground with Heidi and Grace, but we decided to just hang at our house. Then we invited our other friends over as well and they all came, so we had everyone in the playroom and the kids just absolutely trashed the room, but they had a great time.
I was hoping the playdate would tire Caleb out, but unfortunately he didn't nap again on Tuesday. It is a vicious cycle since he had slept 12 hours at night. So, again he went to bed super early on Tuesday night and slept almost 12 hours.
Then of course, my mom had him on Wednesday and he took a 3 hour nap!! I would be ecstatic for 3 hour nap on my watch, but of course it had to be for my mother! Oh well. At least he napped and didn't make it 3 days in a row without a nap. But, then I was afraid that he wouldn't go to sleep that night, so we had gone to Papa Gino's for supper for all you can eat pizza and pasta, and then we went to the Centerville playground to get out some energy. It was a lot of fun and it must have worked, because he was still asleep around the same time as normal.
On Thursday, we headed off on an adventure with Heidi and Grace. We went to Martha's Vineyard for the day. We were able to park for free at my office and we went in to say hi to my coworkers before getting on the boat. We sat outside on the boat and had a nice ride.
Our first stop was going to be the carousel and we were very disappointed that right now they are only open on the weekends. I think Heidi and I might have been more disappointed for the kids than they actually were, so that's good. We went to a bakery next and got donuts and cookies.
Then we walked over to the area where all the gingerbread cottages are and let the kids run around a little bit. They had fun seeing all the houses and just running around on the grass near the tabernacle.
Then we walked back to the waterfront and were trying to find a way to get down onto the beach but there really wasn't any way to get down there safely (at 34 1/2 weeks pregnant, especially). So, we just walked out on the pier and watched the boats instead.
Grace took a nap on the boat ride back, so they stayed inside and Caleb and I sat outside. When we got back to Woods Hole, Caleb and I went back into my office for another few minutes and then we walked down to the Woods Hole Aquarium. I literally walk by there every day on my lunch break and had never been in there. It is really tiny, but it was cute and the kids enjoyed it.
Then we walked back to the car and headed home, but we kept hitting all sorts of traffic, so we kept trying to take back roads to avoid it and it ended up taking over an hour to get home, but we made it in one piece. It was a fun day, but I was exhausted by the end of it! I think I hung in there pretty well considering my status.
Yesterday my mom had Caleb all day because Rissa was going to camp meeting and again he took a 3 hour nap!! Seriously, I am not sure he has ever napped that long for me, but oh well. My mom had us for supper, so we just went straight there after work and had an early supper. It was nice to all be together again now that my dad is back as well.
Today was a little bit of a different Sabbath. We went to Sabbath School and church, but it was a small group because of camp meeting. We had been invited to a get together that our neighbors were having and we felt like we should go, so we went before Caleb's nap and spent a little time meeting their family, which was nice. We brought Caleb home for a nap and at first, I didn't think he was going to fall asleep, but he did and then I ended up having to wake him up at 4:00 after about 2 1/2 hours, because I wanted to make sure he would sleep tonight! Then we actually went back to the neighbors' house because we hadn't been able to meet their grandson earlier, because he had been napping. We stayed for awhile and had a nice time. It was very nice to be included in their gathering, because it was all family except for us.
Well, that gets us caught up on the last two weeks. Here are some more random pictures.
Getting ready to change his baby's diaper
Steve painted the closet in Kaitlyn's room, so I was finally able to hang up her clothes! We are pretty much ready for her to come!
Steve found this John Deere Gator at the dump and was able to get it running (he only had to buy a new battery). It sells for about $400 new.
Another dump find
He got paint on his face and wasn't too impressed - he does not like to get messy
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