I have to admit, this pregnancy has been the hardest on my body. I seem to be requiring more breaks and restful times than I did with either Abigail or Sam and because of this Matt has really stepped up to the plate and done alot with the kids while I have rested and attempted to get ready for this baby.
In April Matt took both Abigail and Sam to the Monterey Bay Aquarium for the weekend. I have to give my husband major kudos-he did the entire weekend on his own (okay, with a little help from grandma and papa) with two small children in a hotel. He did a fabulous job and Abigail and Sam (along with their cousins Austin and Alora) had a marvelous time. Here are some pictures from the weekend.
Abigail and Alora at the Aquarium
Abigail having fun in the kids section of the Aquarium
Abigail in Monterey
Abigail in Monterey
Abigail and Sam at the beach in Monterey
Abigail and Alora at the beach in Monterey
Matt also took Abigail and Sam to the Dixon May Fair this weekend. Their day consisted of visiting all the animals, eating fair food (yum!), riding kiddie rides, and playing kiddie games. Again I stayed home to rest and get stuff done (obviously not the nursery though!). They all came home dirty, happy, and exhausted. Again, Matt is s stud!
Other than that, work and life have been keeping us busy. Matt is continuing to enjoy the responsibility of his new job. I have still been teaching CPR classes at Methodist.
Matt and I have also continued to be involved in ministry with our church. Matt is leading a small group bible study which has been meeting steadily for about 2 1/2 years now. I led my first bible study for post abortive women at Impact. It is a study called Forgiven and Set Free and is a study for women who are wanting to heal from their past abortions. You can see a video that my pastor and I did for a sermon series at http://www.impactcommunity.com/video_archive.htm and clicking on the "Secret Shame" sermon. The sermon is about 20 minutes long and the video is about 1/2 way through.
Well, the next time you hear from us it will probably be to tell you about our newly born (yet unnamed) son!
I will leave you with two pictures of our cuties!!
(And YES, Sam does have a black eye in the picture-LONG story!)
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Happy Easter from Sunny California.
We had a wonderful Easter weekend.
It started with an Easter egg hunt at Grandma and Papa's house. The kids had a wonderful time hunting easter eggs in their particular "zone" of the backyard. They all found their allotted eggs and a good time was had by all. Then we all enjoyed a delicious brunch courtesy of Papa.
On Easter Sunday we went to church and the kids enjoyed another Easter egg hunt. We didnt' get a picture of it but the kids had chocolate all over themselves and their (new) carseats on the way home. We then spent the afternoon at "Grandpa Tom's" (Austin and Alora's grandfather). We feasted on a lovely Easter dinner and the kids played.
Life in general is also treating us very well.
Abigail, Sam and I spent 5 days in Colorado in the beginning of March to
visit cousins and Grammy and Abuelo. Matt stayed home working and also got a ton of stuff done around the house-stuff that just doesn't get done with 2 small kids running around. Matt is continuing to enjoy his new job as director. Although I am not working currently, I have been helping teach CPR classes at the hospital. It is a fun way to get out and use the medical part of my brain a few times a month.
We are starting to eagerly anticipate the arrival of our new little boy. His arrival date is scheduled for June 6th 2008. (Scheduled
c-section). We hope and pray he will be comfy cozy and stay in that long as Sam was 3 weeks early and had some breathing issues.
We hope life is treating everyone well. We also hope you had a wonderful Easter! I will leave you with some pictures of the kids Easter egg hunting.....
Abigail and her cousin Alora
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Life is good in the Cleveland household!
Abigail and Sam are growing like weeds. Abigail is almost 3 years old and mostly in 4T clothing. She is so tall and thin. Just like her mom used to be...
. Sam is also growing and growing and seems to have sprouted up overnight.Abigail loves, loves, loves her baby dolls and anything princessy. I am not sure where she got this from as I was such a tomboy as a kid!
Sam is walking all over the place and with his new found freedom he has developed quite the penchant for injuring himself-he is such a boy! He was in the ER last week getting dermabond (liquid stitches) over his eye. He climbed over the couch and fell onto the tile floor. He was at the doctor yesterday after falling at gymnastics and twisting his ankle. He does recover quickly though-I think so he can find the next unique and exciting way to injure himself-and keep his mother's blood pressure up. I never knew that all those hours I logged working in the ER would come in so handy!
I am feeling good. 22 weeks and counting! We found out a few weeks back that we are having another....BOY!!! I was quite shocked as I thought it was a girl. Abigail had been hoping and hoping and hoping for a little sister and cried and cried at the ultrasound when we told her it was a boy. But she is adjusting quite nicely as she is starting to understand that there are definite advantages to being the only girl!
I won't go into too much detail but we had a wonderful time over Christmas visiting family and friends in Colorado. I will leave you with pictures of the kids and their Colorado cousins.
Thanks for keeping up with The California Clevelands!
Abigail and all her Christmas "booty".
Abigail and Isabel dressing up like princesses.
Abigail LOVING the snow in Colorado.
The "big kids" eating over Christmas.
Sam and Mommy at Christmas.
Sam NOT loving the snow.
What I like to call "The Cleveland 7"
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