NC Aquarium

We are fortunate enough that the NC Aquarium is about a 30 second drive from the beach house down in Pine Knoll Shores. I took Cal there when he was really little, but we went with his cousin Jackson, so it was more for Jackson than for Cal. This time, it was all about Cal! Eddie's grandmother lives down there, so she joined us to scope out the fish.


At first, Cal didn't know what to think about the place, and he had a tight grip on whoever was holding him, and he did NOT want to be put down either!  As he warmed up to the place, he started screaming as he pointed at the fish and they were cracking him up.  The pictures are horrible...it's really hard to take good pictures in an aquarium-- all that glass for your flash to reflect off of-- it was crazy!  But here are a few....

looking into the tank of sting rays with Grandma

Cal with his dad and his great grandmother (notice the cut above Cal's lip? He was carrying my iPad and tripped and cut his lip on the corner of the cover.  Booooo

My dad is holding Cal and Eddie and my mom are on either side, looking into the HUGE tank of fish-- this tank had lots of sharks too!

Now he's warmed up, and feels the need to point out everything to us (while letting out the biggest gasp ever! haha)

Where are the fishies going???

We had a great time at the beach with my family...I love it down there in the winter- so relaxing!  My aunt came too so my mom, aunt and I had a Rumicube competition every night.  That game is addicting!  You all have to try it! 

Sadly, the pictures above are the only ones I took the whole weekend.  Oh well.... there's always next time!  Being down there made me think about this summer and how CRAZY it is going to be with a NEW BORN and CAL!  YIKES!  Welcome to motherhood!  I think we might be taking this summer off from beach trips....haha

NC Museum of Life and Science

On Friday, before our ultrasound appointment, we headed to the North Carolina Museum of Life and Science with our friends Kelly and Wyatt.  Wyatt and Cal had the same due date (I think....maybe give or take a few days), but Wyatt decided to come a month early! I love getting together with them to let the boys burn off some energy.

We met them at the museum, and Mr. Cal was extremely shy and didn't want to leave my legs....!  I am not sure what was up with him.  I tried to get some pictures of the boys playing, but none of them are very good:

that's one way to go up a slide...

almost to the top!

With Wyatt-- the boys wore matching overalls--not on purpose (my heart was melting)

Cal watching Wyatt run

Cal is getting even more teeth (sigh!) so his hands have been living in his mouth lately.  I can't blame him-- these teeth are sharp cutting through, so I guess it feels good to rub them?  I am hoping he will free his hands when the molars are done breaking through. 

We had a great time and Cal was exhausted and almost fell asleep on the way home.  He took a great nap, and I had to wake him up for the appointment. 

Ultrasound!

We had our big ultrasound on Friday and I was super anxious/excited to see the baby and hear that everything was looking okay.  Eddie and Cal went with me since we were going to leave for the beach right after the appointment. 

Everything looked great and she was able to get some cute pictures of the little guy....oh yeah, and she confirmed (with exclamation marks) that it is, in fact, a boy (wink wink).  We thought it would be hilarious if we were told by one place that it was a boy, just to find out that it was a girl-- surprise! haha!

Here are some of the pictures from the ultrasound:

The profile

We were boring him....a big yawn!

his sweet little face--his nose looks just like Cal's :)

Covering his face with his arms-- little does he know his mom is the paparazzi-- he will have to get over the shyness!

Glad to know everything is okay and he's growing like he should!  He's right on track to be a healthy sized baby!