May 2011 - 2nd Birthdays & Baby #2 Preparations

In May, we made our last voyage away from home before Nico's scheduled arrival on June 2nd.  I thought for sure I would have him earlier than planned because I was getting so big and quite uncomfortable.  We headed to Omak for the celebration of Capri & Claire's 2nd Birthday bash with the family. Below are a few pictures of the birthday girls (not sure why I didn't manage to get many with smiling birthday girls because they actually were quite thrilled...really)!

Birthday Princess #1

Birthday Princesses #1 & #2

Capri looks ecstatic to get some cake!  Claire looks like she is ready to pounce! Hahaha...

Claire sharing her birthday cake with Capri

The birthday girls in birthday wrapping!

Always time for bubbles no matter where we go! 

A peek at Nico's room

A peek at me toward the end of my growing stages!

Side profile! One more month to go!

April 2011 Art Auction

In April, Capri's school put on an art auction with art from each child and then collective pieces from each classroom.  Each classroom chose an artist and then the teachers organized it so each child could contribute to the master piece replica of Van Gogh, Eric Carle, Monet, etc.  I failed to get photos of the collective pieces but they were actually VERY impressive.  I did get a picture of Capri's art, of which we purchased and have displayed in our house. All proceeds went to the Children's Hospital so it was a fun event that contributed in a productive way to the community.  I love that and continue to love the school she attends!

 The creative mind must eat and drink to continue creating!

Capri's master piece all inclusive with a certificate of authenticity.

 

First trip to the Aquarium and to the Beach!

I'm going to be playing catch-up until I can get the blog up to current events. I'll head back to March 2011 of which we experienced a couple of firsts with Capri.  It was our first trip to the Seattle Aquarium at the beginning of the month and then toward the end of the month we joined our friends, The O'Byrnes on a trip to Manzanita (Oregon Coast).  Josh and Krista O'Byrne have a little girl, Kennedy, who Capri loves to play with and refers to as "Kenney."  In usual Stewart fashion we usually have something planned every weekend so between the Aquarium and the Beach, we headed East to Lake Chelan, where Capri is pictured playing at the park.  During one of the weeks, Capri and I baked our first batch of cookies together and she also found it amusing to stuff her pajamas so she looked like me while pregnant.  So off we go! 

Capri really enjoyed the trip to the Aquarium where she enjoyed looking at all of the fish, octupus, and even had the opportunity to touch starfish.

Capri at the park

 

Capri helping with the first batch of cookies...they turned out quite good!

 

 Capri's impersonation of me while pregnant.

 Later in the month we joined the O'Byrnes in Manzanita to explore the beach with Capri and Kennedy. They had a lot of fun together. Capri loved chasing bubbles and they both really enjoyed playing in the sand with their beach tools that Krista found for them.