Beach/Birthday/Bright Young Almost Dad

We were able to get away from our apartment, full of boxes and just our bed, and our new house, full of boxes and construction material...and spend a weekend at the beach!  Thanks Drew and Kel for the invite, it's always the best part of summer!

This is what 33 1/2 weeks in a bathing suit looks like....

And thanks to Virgil's root beer (the best), I was able to still enjoy Happy Hour with the Monty's.

It was also Ben's 28th birthday on Sunday!  We are finally the same age again...just in time to be parents.
We celebrated with his family at a Father's Day party and again with our small group.  Thanks to Kelly again for yellow cake with chocolate frosting, his fav!

And, of course since it was Father's Day....our baby decided to run out and get him a new fishing pole!  She's always thinking.....

Cinco Cosas Mas

Uno: Steph had a baby shower at the Boblooch's house. It was awesome.  Her mom and aunt were able to come and celebrate as well. Babylooch totally got spoiled.

Dos: The Post family came back to Baltimore for a visit. Justine even made it in from Seattle!

Tres: Steph's amazing friends threw her a small shower at Betsy's house.  It was catered by Steph's favorite Baltimore farmers' market stand, Black Sauce.

Steph got tons of cute gifts for Babylooch, including a gift from the Sewing Club!  Anne, Betsy, Heather, and Laura made Babylooch a quilt.  Steph was so excited she almost yelled out the baby's name, which will be kept under wraps till August.

It has pieces of the baby bedding fabrics I'm using!  Ben went stealth and gave the girls samples of the fabrics I bought for the baby's room.

Cuatro:  Ben's birthday is coming up, June 19th!  And his first Father's Day!  We went out to Blue Hill in Canton last night to celebrate.

He's so handsome!

Cinco:  This picture was taken about 2 weeks ago, but Steph is already double this size, don't be fooled.  We'll be at the beach this weekend with Drew and Kelly and we'll be sure to post some goodies after our trip too.

That's about it for now.
Oh, and we finally got a car seat after returning two. Third time's a charm.

Catch Up

Ok, you are about to experience a million tiny updates to catch up on the million big things going on for the Boblooch Team.

Since May 9th....

One: Anne and Jeremy had their baby girl, Margot!

We are excited about this because she's Babylooch's first friend!!!

Two:  We went to a 8 hour birthing class at the hospital.  We felt like we learned a TON and feel more prepared.  What's really come out of the class though is that whenever Steph has a contraction, Ben makes all the funny breathing sounds, and Steph starts laughing and is suddenly much more comfortable.  This is a pic from a previous class we took on breastfeeding, but is funny.

Three: We bought a house, no big deal.  Our friend Wanda kept telling us that her neighbor would be selling her house shortly and we should look at it.  Because we had been discouraged with house hunting in general, we kept putting it off (sorry Wanda!) but Steph finally called the woman and asked to see her house.  We totally fell in love, but assumed it would be out of our price range because it was so well kept.  Ben called the realtor before she had a chance to officially list the house, and the price was music to our ears.  So, we quickly put in an offer (and not to mention a heart felt letter handwritten from Steph bascially begging her to sell it to us), and we got the house!  Thanks to the help of our amazing realtor, Mark, and our close friend Tim for whipping up contracts, etc lightning fast!
And best part is, we love our neighbhors already, Wanda and Renee, and our good friends Anne and Jeremy and their girls (Margot, Violet, and Piper) live right around the corner.

Four: We settled June 3rd. We are homeowners! So naturally, we started ripping things up.

And admiring the big backyard, with built in fireplace!

We will share "the after" photos soon.  The painters finished at the house this morning, Ben is almost up to speed with his awesome construction skills, and we're moving in next week!

Five: We went to Michigan to celebrate Steph and Christian's wedding in Holland, MI.  We were able to see tons of friends, and also stay with Biz and Zach and meet their newest addition, Charlotte!

Turns out Ben puts cranky babies to sleep instantly.

Babylooch meeting her new friend!!!

Ok, five is a lot for one post....more to come.