Update on Life

March has been quite a busy month for the Connolly Clan, so instead of writing several blogs about what we've been doing, I thought I would just summarize it all in one post.

It seems as though we have had something planned everyday of the week this month. It's been mostly just regular errands and housework, but in addition to that we've had prenatal visits with my midwife, a family trip to the library, cleaning the downstairs "guest quarters", and organizing the garage.
Sean went on a 2 day Mens Retreat with our church and Declan and I were able to have a date night, and I also worked on preparations to have my mom and Gary visit. They arrived on Saturday the 16th, and after they were settled in here, there was a knock at the door and my brother and nephew were standing on my porch. They had come up with my parents to surprise me!
Then, after a full weekend of visiting with them, Sean and I had a class at the water birth center called 'The Partner's Toolbox' which was really informative and helped us prepare for the upcoming labor and delivery of Baby #2.
We also had friends and family help with some painting and hanging of curtains around the house which have both been long overdue.
AND we are getting our carpet replaced this Saturday (the 30th).

*As a side note: We feel it is extremely important to spend as much time as possible with the dear friends that we have been blessed to have in our lives, so we were able to fit several visits in with them, even when we were as busy as we have been lately!

Phew! Exhausting, but fun and productive month!

Date night with  my boy

32 week picture (Sean had just said "Whoa, that's a big belly")

Me with my brother and nephew (Clark and I kinda look like a couple. Haha)

Sean came home one day with a surprise for me!

Declan got a balance bike

He LOVES it!

The Black Sheep

Last Sunday we went to a British pub in Ashland called The Black Sheep. On the first Sunday of every month they have live Celtic music from 2-5pm. Most of you know that Sean and I are pretty much obsessed with anything Celtic, and especially love the music, so this was right up our alley.

It is a really fun restaurant and the music was awesome. All three (maybe four, I don't know) of us had a great time and look forward to going back again in the future.

Melt My Heart

As I mentioned in my previous blog post, Declan's development is currently soaring. I won't go into all the details because I did that already, but I thought I would highlight some of the truly amazing and adorable things that we are experiencing.

He has started to say "Bless you" after we sneeze, and "Thank you" when we say "Bless you" to him.

He comes up to me (no matter when or what I am doing) and says "Baby",  lifts up my shirt, rubs my belly and gives it a kiss.

He has started saying "I love you" after we say it to him. Last night before bed he even said "I love you, Dada."

Last Saturday we took him to get his very first professional big boy hair cut. He was a champ. He just sat there so still, looking all proud of himself.

He is currently enamored with airplanes and tractors. He talks about them all day long.

He wakes up so happy in the morning and I just lay in bed for a while, listening to his sweet voice jabbering away. I usually have no idea what he's talking about.


He is definitely testing limits and boundaries at the drop of a hat, it seems, but when all is said and done, he melts my heart daily.

At The Nest with Vanessa

So serious

 At the Medford Airport 

Playing at Kid Time

Watching the tractors working

His (current) favorite book and toy