fres-burg.

the family and i went on one final trip before the big arrival day {technically less than one month!} down to the fabulous fresno. it was great, but i was definitely ready to come home. my pregnant self can't handle anything above 80 degrees. and it was definitely hotter than that. 

we started off the trip with visiting my cousins for a fantastic four year old birthday party. quite a few of my extended family on my dad's side {he has ten siblings!} still live in fresno, so it's always a treat to see them all. 

 myself, and two of my cousins, due in july, august and then september. 

isaac had a pretty sweet party, complete with a bounce house, bouncy slide, snow cone machine and a thomas cake that zak kept trying to steal. 

the reason we went down to fresno was to take the beast to his first set of swim lessons at jan thomas swim school. they're a pretty big deal in fresno, both my brother and i took lessons from them as well as most of my extended family, so the man could be no exception. he was loving it. kind of. he loved the thought of being there, and always wanted to go see holly, his super cool swim teacher, but he was not stoked as soon as he saw her. 

mom bribed him with a dinosaur popsicle to not cry during his lessons, which worked marvelously. he did so much better after he decided not to be stubborn and whine/cry the whole time simply because he felt he had to. 

this is his final result after the first week. i'm pretty impressed with him. their goal is not to teach them strokes because they're so little, but safety swimming. so by the time he's finished, he will be able to jump in, swim, roll over on his back to breathe and get back out of the pool. he and levi go back for their second set of lessons at the end of this month. 

i don't know how to make this video bigger, but you really can't see him when it's this tiny. 

 the rest of the time, we spent in the pool because it was too hot to do anything else. we are not hot weather people, that is for sure. 

my pregnant self cannot handle the heat, if this picture is any indication. seriously gross. words cannot describe how stoked i was to come home, take a shower and put on my warm, comfy sweats. too bad it's 85 degrees here too. i miss the fog and freezing cold. one more month.