39+ weeks!

39 weeks and counting!  I'm very excited that she has been so cooperative and stayed put!  I have refused to schedule a date to be induced for fear it might jinx her willingness to stay in.  Diego seems more excited than Charlie about the baby's arrival.  He often wants to feel her kick or give her kisses.  More than anything he seems to be enthusiastic about the baby girl sharing her toys with him.  The other day he opened a cute bunny blankie that my aunt Jane gave to the baby and hasn't put it down since.  He calls it his Easter Bunny and when I tell him it is for baby sister he says "it's okay - she can share with me..."  

Diego is happy to have people share with him, but not very excited about sharing himself.  We've been talking a lot about going to school next year and one expectation is that he has to share.  He repeats it but seems to have internalized raising his hand and sitting criss-cross-apple-sauce much more than sharing.  He seems more shy even than Charlie was or at least he doesn't like to take participate in chaotic group activities.  I can't blame him, but I also wonder why.  We had two birthday parties this past weekend and for the first one at Pump It Up he insisted on being carried the entire time while clinching onto Charlie's shoes and asking me constantly "how many more minutes until we go home?"  Poor kid.  The tumble place afterwards was only slightly more successful.  Even when we play soccer as a family he wanders off.  He does seem to have a natural arm which is slightly worrisome - baseball or football?!

The school gala was this weekend and so we asked my dad to come to town to do double duty - consult on electrical work upstairs and to babysit.  The gala was fun, but by the time we got everyone else had already taken advantage of the open bar....I did station myself next to the dessert table which made me happy and I even danced a bit.  I had been convinced that two birthday parties and the school gala were going to shake baby vazquez out.  Indeed I was very crampy by the time we got home and proceeded to wake up multiple times with what I thought were contractions.  My dad and Carlos made good progress on the electrical work - I was mostly happy Carlos didn't electrocute himself.  Here they are getting back to work after the brent gala!

Charlie's field trip to the capitol:

We saw the pachyderm parade after sitting outside in the cold for an hour.  It was well worth it though as the kids haven't stopped talking about seeing elephants.  Maybe next year I'll get the nerve up to actual go see the circus...