The Bybee Chronicles: July 2014

On Sunday, I hit 27 weeks. It doesn't sound like I'm too far along, but when I realize I only have 13 weeks left...the reality of how soon Beckett will be here starts to hit me. Luckily we do not have much to do to prepare for his arrival. I just need to wash Gray's 0-3 month clothes I packed away, make a few updates to the nursery (name and crib mattress height) and buy diapers in his size. Our biggest project is getting Gray ready for his big boy room!

Before we left for Belize, Shane built Gray the bed that will go in his room. It's a full size so we could utilize mattresses we already had, and it also allows us room to sleep if we have to spend a night with him while he's adjusting to his new room or sick. The bed is very low to the ground so he won't have too far to fall if he does roll off. This past Friday we made a trip to Ikea to buy his dresser, a bedside table, shelves to hold his books for a reading corner, curtains and another storage unit to go upstairs in the game room to house his toys. Then Sunday we went to Pottery Barn Kids to buy his chair for the reading corner. It was good timing because they were having a one day sale on those chairs! This weekend I plan to go buy the rest of the items we need to finish putting his room together so my mom can help me next week while she's in town. I have a cute idea for some shadow boxes on his walls and a fun way to display his name, but I will hold off on disclosing those until I see how well they turn out. :)

My next appointment is on Tuesday morning and I have the wonderful glucose test to see if I have gestational diabetes. I passed with flying colors last year so here's hoping I do well again!

It's been a week since Shane, Gray and I returned from an amazing trip to Belize with our good friends Bobby and Sam. We flew in to Belize City on Wednesday, July 9 and took a puddle jumper over to Ambergris Caye Island. Once we arrived, a taxi picked us up and took us to our resort. We had a "booking.com" moment on the way to the resort as we drove through the town of San Pedro, over a toll bridge and then onto the dirt road that ran in front of our resort. Luckily it was just a gorgeous as the pictures on the internet had depicted. We checked in and ate dinner at the resort so we could get settled into the condo.

Our condo was 2 bedrooms, 2 bath with a nice living area, kitchen and a beautiful patio. We had daily maid and laundry service which was great because we did not have to bring as many clothes with us and were able to pack light. Sam and I went to town the morning after we arrived and bought some groceries to get us through the week. We had our own golf cart during the trip that we could use to go into town to shop or eat dinner. The rest of the 6 day trip was spent hanging out by the pool, walking on the beach, reading, exploring the town, eating delicious food at different restaurants, snorkeling with sharks, sting rays, eels and turtles and relaxing as much as possible. One morning Sam and I were able to relax at this spa on the south side of the island that was on a dock over the water.

Gray had a great time! It was his first time to fly so we were nervous how he would handle the flight, but he did so well. No matter what we did, he sat quietly and just took in all the new experiences. We were so proud of him the entire trip and could not believe how quickly he would adjust to the changes.

I am so glad we were able to go on this amazing vacation and take Gray with us to share in our experience. He was able to get his first stamp in his passport, which is only the first of many to come. We have every intention of showing Grayson and Beckett the world and traveling as much as we can as a family.