It was before I entered the "blog world," so many of you may not even know that Jon and I took off to Paris when I was 13 weeks pregnant with the twins!
We saw some of the most amazing, beautiful, and historical sites of the world... the palace and gardens of Versailles (including the Hall of Mirrors); many amazing, breathtaking churches/cathedrals including: Chartres, Notre-Dame (where we climbed, or should I say hiked, up both bell towers and lit a candle/said a prayer of continued blessings for growing family), Sainte-Chapelle (with the most unbelievable 50-foot stained glass windows that depicted the entire Bible), Sacre-Coeur (built to honor the Sacred Heart of Jesus); Champs-Elysee; of course, the Eiffel Tower; Place de Vosges; Jardin de Plantes; many world renown museums including: The Louvre, Musee d'Orsay, Piscasso (we both agreed the guy is/was a genius, however we disagreed on one thing: Jon thinks he was crazy, I think he was tripping on acid! haha), Sciences et de Industire (yes, we did go to a science museum while in Paris, and yes, I do know that we ARE both nerds!); through all of the Landing Beaches of Normandy (Caen, Omaha Beach, Pointe du Hoc, Gold, Juno, and Sword), the Memorial Peace Museum (D-Day Museum), Saint Laurent (the American Cemetery with all of the American soldiers that lost their lives during just that one war); and the boys did rather enjoy the selection of French pastries and cheeses (pasteurized only) while there as well!
Lighting a candle and saying a little prayer for our "twins" (we didn't know boys yet) in Notre Dame Cathedral. We can laugh about it now, but at the time we were especially adding a little prayer for "Baby B" (Caleb), as he was so tiny and we were not sure if he would make it. Well, "Baby B" is our CHUNK (the bigger of the two) and such a little "toot" now - the boy is indeed a fighter in every sense of the word!
No big sights to see here - but I just thought it was cool that Jon was having a latte at a cafe on a street corner in Paris, on a rainy day, just across from the Opera House where Phantom took place - how cool is all of that?! (I had an amazing Chocolat Chaud - Hot Chocolate - which was purely candy in a cup... OH, YUM!)
For more pics, go to these two links.
(Warning: there are almost 1000 posted, so you might want to glance at them on the page rather than clicking on Slideshow!)
http://picasaweb.google.com/aggiefrog/2006ParisTripPart1
http://picasaweb.google.com/aggiefrog/2006ParisTripPart2
Well, this past weekend, Jon looked around and booked another Babymoon for this "go 'round!" OK, so we can't pull off going back to Paris or take our trip to one of the other previous Babymoon options, such as Ireland, this time, but we will still have a blast!
A quick clue?
The room that he found for us to stay is actually called "Gabriel's Suite!" That's when we knew that we HAD to book it! I mean, to find a room with the same name as our soon to be born son...
Here is the jet tub, shower, and vanity that are finished in royal blue marble along with the stained glass angelic blue harp window in "Gabriel's Suite."
This "trip" will actually serve a dual purpose, as it will also be the first time that Jon and I have gotten away TOGETHER - just the TWO OF US - for more than a few hours since Jacob and Caleb have arrived! I am not sure what we are going to do with ourselves, and I am also not sure what my parents are going to do with the boys for more than 24 hours! ;-) The sad thing is Jon can't even give me a margarita to get my mind off of leaving my poor little angel boys all night. hehehe We have a some fun things lined up, so hopefully that will somewhat get my mind off of them. Either way, I think we all already know that Jon and I will be talking about the boys most of the night anyway. Ahhh, yes, we are indeed parents!
The time is drawing closer and closer to Baby Gabe's arrival, so that should give you another clue that we are not going anywhere too far away, as we want to stay fairly close to the hospital.
I'll let you know more later. ;-)
2 comments:
That sounds like fun! Hope you guys have a great time.
Of course I totally remember your trip to France since I was so jealous and wanted to go with you! You and Jon are amazing parents and how totally appropriate that y'all found a Gabriel's Room to stay in on your trip....
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