Madrid Family Update

So we have been pretty busy lately. Two weekends ago we traveled to Dallas for a "family and friends" baby shower hosted by Gabriels mother and sister-in-law Michelle. We had a great weekend with the family and enjoyed getting to see everyone. You can see all the pictures on www.themadrids.com.




My parents were able to join us and brought some adorable "surfer baby" items for the nursery. I'm sure baby Madrid will love them! Annette and her mom, Yvonne, were also there - despite some food poisening adventures. Chrys, Mike, Oliver and Jordan joined us...Oliver is so cute! We had lots of family and Dallas friends! We played some hilarious games...including "sculpting" a baby (or something) our of playdo and identifying different diaper smells. Yuck! You can see from the picture below...Gabe was so excited!











This past weekend we took on a few more challenges that need to be completed before baby Madrid gets here. We had Ricardo start working on the nursery wall and french doors. It is now week two but things are getting done slowly and surely. He's such a patient worker! Take a look at the blurry camera phone picture....you'll notice ALL THREE CATS sitting in the middle of the construction zone. Every day when the workers leave they try to regain their territory. They are such a mess!



Gabriel has been hard at work on the backyard. He cleared out (and hauled) over 100 tiles to a donation center...then cleaned everything off (yucky poopoo) and leveled it out for some St. Augustine grass. We got everything done, but ran out of grass...so that is a "to be continued" project for next weekend.

I think that's about it. Baby Madrid is doing great. He's already a little gymnast! We are all anxiously awaiting...only 49 days (or less) to go!

Later - Bethany