Life sometimes just sweeps you down the river and you hardly have a chance to pop your head up out of the water. Life events (and death) and mostly this pregnancy has taken us down all sorts of strange and stressful paths that has led us to dropping some of the balls, including keeping this blog up. While I have a moment I thought I had better at least share a few catch up photos from the last month or so.
Near Wilderness in Aguadilla
Lighthouse ruins (Ponderosa) of Aguadilla
Fun baby shower
With very nice gifts
Including a cool henna design
Friends and neighbors at the baby shower!
Henna design stain
Hiking through our jungle for the photo shoot -notice there are still a lot of down trees in this section of the property
My belly is huge! And I am nearly cooked!
Cool tropical flowers
Strange bug -longhorn beetle I saw in Aguadilla
Britton hiking our jungle
A “Survivor”-style shack on the beach someone built
I’m now in my 9th month and ready (sort of) for baby!
We have been pretty busy lately with doctor appointments for the baby, making a space for him in our cabin, keeping up with the landscaping (Britton has been having to pull a lot of weight, and I have been putting a lot on -haha), Farmer’s Markets and cabana rental activities amongst all the other various things we have to do to keep all the balls in the air (lawn mower repair, car repairs, house maintenance, shopping, etc). Here’s a little glimpse into some of our random life as it grows along.
Putting the crib together. A beautiful gift from a friend!
Snail hitched a ride to the farmer’s market
Some of our flowers and goods at the market
International Folk Dance night in Rincon was fun
These little geckos are everywhere. They have just become part of the background now
A walk through the tropic gardens
Plumeria in bloom smell so good!
Baby belly needed a rest
Croooaaak!
We hadn’t seen the inside of a hospital at all in many years of living here, and now seem to be getting a whole island tour! Mayaguez Medical Center
Britton and one of the friendliest souls in Rincon, Angel
Britton, turkeys and a cute back-up crib that was also a lovely gift
I actually use these scales that are everywhere in Puerto Rico. I also get my horoscope in Spanish! All for a peseta (quarter)
Dragonfly resting on the truck antenna after eating up the skeeters
A cool car and a cool spot by the water
A wild fruit we found growing by the quebrada that I learned is the delicious local named: pomarrosa blanca
Farm grown pomegranate isn’t as big, but is pretty juicy and good!
This guy is so funny! He dresses up as various comic characters and sells popcorn and other snacks around Rincon (that’s got to be hot!)
View from on high when we took a jaunt up the high hills of Rincon to Pico Atalaya to this abandoned property. It’s a steep trek on scary roads, but the vistas are amazing.
Well, that’s it for our little mish-mash of random life updates. You can also check out my latest baby bump update.
Oh and here’s a cute little song we made up one night at home: Enjoy.
Well, here’s the moment you all have been waiting for…(or at least we were!). We found out the gender of our little baby at the sonogram appointment. Here in Puerto Rico you have to go get your tests and lab work done and then bring them to your doctor to interpret (they don’t just send them directly). Since we went to the hospital for a more modern sonogram, we actually knew what we were having before our doctor did! My mom is out to visit as well so we wanted to surprise both our doctor and my mom with the results.
Our little one growing in my belly!
Here’s a video with our “revelation”! Enjoy!
A happy blue surprise (with my mom and our doctor)
So….We’re having a baby boy! Un varon! We were pretty surprised as both Britton and I thought we were growing a girl! We can’t wait to meet the little fellow in just a few more months!
With very nice gifts
