The beautiful rose garden at Shelburn Inn
When I first arrived in Vermont, Ethan immediately told me the first thing we would be doing when we got home was looking at all of his toys. I was pretty tired because I took a red eye flight and didn't sleep a wink of it so after looking at Ethan and Nate's toys, I took a good, long nap. :) There's nothing a pregnant girl loves more than a nap, in my opinion! Maybe some pizza...haha When I woke up, Ethan was right outside the door ready to play! haha He also wanted to see all my shirts that I brought so he could pick out my outfit for every day I was there. "Katie, wear the flower shirt today..." "Katie, wear the black shirt with dots today..." It was really fun to sleep in his room with him on his Toy Story sheet bunk beds, he even let me sleep with buzz one night. :) We watched Harry Potter 1&2 while I was there and I loved how into it Ethan was! I'm a big Harry Potter fan, always have been and always will be so it was really fun to be able to share it with Ethan too!
The boys in their matching hawaiian shirts from Grandma Melodee.
Nate loved to talk to me and tell me every single thing that he had on his mind. "Kee-tee, guess what?!" "What?!" "'Merica!" He is a big fan of Captain America, as is his big brother. He is such a smart little boy and I was really getting a kick out of all the different things he could say. Even if he couldn't say something or hadn't ever tried it yet, he at least gave it a go. He always got so happy and said "Keeee-teee!" whenever I walked into the room he was in. He loved playing with the Mr. Potato Head toy set and would bring it over to me saying "Poh-tay-toe." He also did this hilarious trick where you would say "Nate, do frowny face!" And he would turn his face into the most hilarious frown you have ever seen and then you would say "Now do smiley face!" And he would switch the frown to the biggest, cheesiest and crooked smile on planet earth. It was probably one of my favorite things he did because it was just hilarious. He loves to follow Ethan around and copy him.
Nate doing his "frowny face"
Christy played this game with Ethan and Nate to basically wear them out before bed time, I can't remember what they call it but it was something like whatever Christy challenges Ethan to do, he had to do it! So he was running around and jumping everywhere and Nate was just giggling like crazy and having the best time of his life trying to copy cat Ethan's every move. They are such sweet brothers. You can tell how much they love each other.
Christy was super mom, making dinner and baking and driving us everywhere. Bryan was super dad, grilling and helping lift heavy objects, all the while studying for his schooling. They sent me home with a big suitcase full of baby boy clothes for Troy because they are expecting a baby girl. Todd and I are really grateful for that! We are set on clothes for at least the first 6 months and then we can go get more clothes from them when he has grown out of the first set! :) It pays to have babies after your siblings do. All of our siblings have been giving us so many things for baby Troy that we aren't going to need much else besides what we register for! We are excited to have our baby here and feel way more prepared than we did in the first trimester.
It was so much fun to see them and spend time with them, one of my favorite things was helping them get ready for bed. We would read books, tell stories and sing songs! The boys were just the cutest things ever and I loved spending the week with them just doing whatever we all wanted to do!
Strawberry picking with Ethan!
The beautiful scenery at Indianbrook lake.
Eating maple creemee's with the boys.
Nate helping us pick strawberries. He was the taste tester. :)
Cute baby Nate loving the beach at Lake Champlain! I can't wait until we are all at the beach on the west coast in a couple of weeks. :)
Ethan LOVES sticks and collecting things. This was one big stick!
The Clark family playing in the shallows.
Helping Nate come swim in the water.
Nate learning to kick his feet!
