California

We made a trip up to see Paul's family in northern California this past weekend.  His grandmother, aunt and cousins and uncle and his family all live in the Palo Alto/San Jose area, but we spent the entire weekend at the beach house near Santa Cruz.  It was beautiful there and despite what I consider cool temperatures and freezing water Paul enjoyed some time swimming in the ocean.

Paul and Mark enjoying the COLD water

My stomach has grown A LOT since the last post.

On our last night before coming home his Aunt Ruth, Granny and cousins Nicolas and Elisa had a mini baby shower for us!  We had delicious cake and got some really cool gifts for the boys.

We had so much fun playing and hanging out with Nicolas and Elisa, although Paul did most of the playing and I did a lot of sleeping...(my allergies have been horrible this past week and I am not too happy about the lack of medicine that pregnant women are allowed to take!)

Cy and Presley each got a bear that is exactly like the bears that Nicolas and Elisa loved when they were little.  These bears had actually been discontinued so Ruth searched all over and finally found these two in England and had them shipped over.  I know the boys will love them!

The new bears with their very loved, older bear cousins

Each of the boys received a handmade blanket courtesy of Ruth's mother-in-law, who is Cuban.  She makes these traditional style, Cuban blankets that are very soft, trimmed with lace and hand embroidered with characters.

Some cute onesies that are perfect for our Texas boys

We had a great trip visiting with everyone and look forward to getting Cy and Presley out to California as soon as we can!