It's springtime

The snow has finally melted here, and now it's time for the wind! No more precipitation, just 20+ mph winds and lots of dust. Needless to say, we've been spending a lot of time inside. But that means we've had lots of craft time- like knitting, etching glasses and painting onesies for our girl. Unfortunately, I can't find any of our cameras right now, so I'll just have to post a few old pictures of what we've been up to.

April came to visit for a couple of nights. It had been almost 2 years, so it was nice to catch up.

We made up a recipe for ginger chews. Yum.

We had the first official baby shower (though we didn't get many pictures).
And we tried on some of my knitting

Actually, Bryan tried on ALL of my knitting
OH, and we are now officially in the 3rd trimester! It's gone by so fast. I can't believe how lucky I've been with how good I feel and how well everything has been going. Only 12 weeks to go!!!

Mexico

Hawaii was supposed to be our last big trip before we are three, but when Bryan and I got the chance to go to the Yucatan Peninsula with our group of friends from Escalante (and a chance to use up our skymiles), we decided to take it.

This was our home base for the week. Thanks to Shar and Jim, we had a place to make breakfast and just relax when we got tired of the beach.

Gran Cenote

Proof that I'm getting huge!
at the Mayan ruins in Coba
and at a cenote close to where we stayed

The group's final dinner together. We ended up with 12 people on the trip. So along with the other 4 Escalante-ians we knew were in the same area, we figured about 2% of the population of Escalante was in Mexico at the same time. Pretty impressive.
We had a good time snorkeling, swimming in cenotes and eating good food. And I think our baby liked it- she was kicking a LOT!!

Names

We just got back from a week-long trip to Mexico, but more on that in the next post.


Bryan and I have been thinking a lot about names for our daughter. I don't think either of us realized how important (and permanent) a decision it is until recently. We decided to make independent lists, and, over a romantic dinner, compare them. Amazingly, we both had a couple of the same names that we really like and have narrowed it down. We're not telling anyone right now, but I'm happy to say, it doesn't include $heb@. Sorry Lauren.