Kelly, Louis and Hannah stayed in NC for the week following Easter so that Kelly and Hannah could go to Carleen's baby shower on April 14. In addition to doing some final preparations for Carleen's shower that week, we were able to squeeze in a few other fun activities. One morning we went to visit Carleen at work - at Duke Medical Center (Labor and Delivery) - because we had never been there before. It was so nice meeting all of her co-workers, who were all extremely nice and welcoming. We kind of thought people might look at us strange for visiting her at work (and bringing two kids along!), but everyone was so friendly. Carleen even listened to Kelly's baby's heartbeat, which was a lot of fun!
It's definitely not easy being almost 37 weeks pregnant and being on your feet all day (for 12-hour shifts)! Poor Carleen!
Later that week we decided to go strawberry picking. There is a great organic strawberry farm just outside of Hillsborough that we always love to go to, and everyone had a great time! I think we may have the only child in the world who doesn't like strawberries....but he still enjoyed picking them (and he at least tried a bite)!
Before we started picking, we told the kids to only pick the strawberries that were very red. Grady had no problem with this, but before long we realized Hannah and Landon were picking anything (even the strawberries that were still white!). Before we knew it, Grady was holding a training session on which strawberries to pick and which ones to leave (pictured below). It was really cute! After the "training session," they always asked Grady, "Is this a good one?" and he would tell them yes or no. The funniest part is that they would pick it first and then ask him, which kind of defeated the purpose. :)
On Saturday, April 14 we threw a baby shower for Carleen, which was a lot of fun!
She thought doing some sort of craft would be fun, so we decided to have everyone design a block, which would be part of a large set for the baby. Everyone seemed to really enjoy it, and it was amazing how artistic everyone was!
We had a large spread of food, and one of Carleen's friends made adorable owl cupcakes!
And I was kind of proud of my fruit salad!
Kevin arrived towards the end of the shower to help open some of the remaining gifts. We kept joking that this is what they're going to look like in 60 years in the retirement home. :)
And here is the crazy part of the day... Carleen wasn't feeling all that well, so she gave her midwife a call after the shower just to check in. She suggested she go to the hospital to get checked out. This is a picture of them leaving their house....little did they know it was the last time they'd be home without their little one!
We had a large spread of food, and one of Carleen's friends made adorable owl cupcakes!
And I was kind of proud of my fruit salad!
Kevin arrived towards the end of the shower to help open some of the remaining gifts. We kept joking that this is what they're going to look like in 60 years in the retirement home. :)
And here is the crazy part of the day... Carleen wasn't feeling all that well, so she gave her midwife a call after the shower just to check in. She suggested she go to the hospital to get checked out. This is a picture of them leaving their house....little did they know it was the last time they'd be home without their little one!
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