Catching Up

I am so glad to be sitting down to do this! We have made our transition to Houston. We've been in our house for a month now, and we are really enjoying it. Before I give you a view into our lives since we've been in Texas, I still want to document our goodbyes of California. We dearly miss our friends, but we are grateful for all they've given us.

We had a sweet picnic playdate with moms and babies from our nursing support group and mothers' club. The babies that were once napping all day are now climbing all over playground equipment and eating fruits and sandwiches! Oh, what difference a year makes for a baby!

Our great friends, Mark and Kristin organized a going away party at the park near our house. Mark and Kristin are pictured below with Dinosaur Bate. The party was Blue and Yellow themed... it took me a few weeks to figure out why. It's because blue and yellow make... Green! :) Isn't that cute? Well it was a wonderful send-off, even though I couldn't get up the nerve to say anything for fear that I would cry for the rest of the party.

Of course, there was a Dora the Explorer piñata there! RC and Bateman are about to get a few whacks.

There was some sort of a hula hoop game going on here...

And here's Bateman on the last morning in our empty house. He was just cruising around... and needing extra hugs that day.

And that night... we had a gender revelation pizza party!

Here's the card with the gender written inside... and pictures of the new baby...

We're having a... Boy! Yay! I thought it was a girl the whole time, but once we opened the card, I felt like, "Well that makes sense! Our boys!" He's still growing strong and is set to arrive mid-late October. It's so exciting to talk about "the boys" and "the boys' room." I guess that's until they're rolling on the floor tussling and I'm unaware of what to do! :)

As for you Californians, it's not goodbye, just see y'all later! In our next post, look forward to our Texas size adventures!