newport 2010

i just uploaded 5 billion pictures and now i kind of want to throw this computer out the window and never ever return, so the commentary about this trip is going to be brief! but, hooray...newport 2010!

the best part about newport this year was magically ending up in a condo right next door to holls without any sort of planning on our part! the worst part was the weather...10 degrees cooler in the air & water this year according to the lifeguards (wwhhhhyyy?!). regardless we had a fabulous time even if we got hardly any sun due to being too freezing to take of our cover ups (but mostly i am only talking about myself right now because i was the only huge wuss). 

i can't believe that this is the last summer vacation g & i will ever take without babies in tow. everyone told us to soak it all in "because it will never be the same." i know they are right, but at the same time we have had many years to soak in alone time & freedom...this was actually our 5th summer going on this trip together. we have taken our sweet time & enjoyed every second. and now i have to say we are totally excited to have a 6th month old with us next year! i have no doubt she will be laughing, crying, fussing, squirming, eating tons of sand & driving me a little crazy. bring it on, i can't wait!

congratulations if you made it to the end! 

now i am going to leave my computer and not return for a year or two...

see jack grow.

would you even believe this is the same dog?!
toby looks the same now as he did when he was little, but jack is an entirely different creature altogether.

we are having a...

last thursday evening, g & i slipped away to fetal fotos to check on our little babe & perhaps find out what we were having. neither one of us could stop laughing all throughout the ultrasound as we watched our little one kick, squirm and suck it's tiny thumb. we were instantly in love.

when it came time to check between the legs, we closed our eyes & didn't let the ultrasound tech tell us anything about what she was seeing. after the appointment, we had her seal the gender pictures in a separate envelope & then write "boy" or "girl" on a sheet of paper and seal that away as well. we drove straight to a local bakery and asked them to bake us a cake that would tell us what we were having by using either blue or pink frosting on the inside. we handed over the envelope and left, giddy with anticipation.

the next 24 hours were brutal as i paced around my house with that sealed envelope of the gender pictures and thought about opening it 100 million times. i promised g i wouldn't, though, so i didn't (he was shocked) and on friday night we celebrated with a little party with our families to cut the cake and find out what we we're having....

this is what g & i did while we waited for everyone to arrive 

(looked for cracks & signs of blue or pink frosting!)...

we bought blue & pink plates and had everyone cast their vote by choosing a plate. i have always thought this little nugget was a girl & g originally chose girl as well, but switched to boy at the last second 

(to rival me, of course)...

 and pretty much everyone else voted for boy. this is a picture of me yelling out "you are all wrong! it's a girl!"

 and then we cut the cake....

and guess what....

 the frosting was pink!