A weekend of fun!

Last week Dan and I went on vacation to visit our families and had such a great time! We took our first trip without Daisy which made me a little sad, but she had an awesome doggie sitter! We drove to the Riggs' first and stopped to visit some friend on the way. We had such a relaxing time for a few days doing nothing but eating and visiting.

Next, we drove a couple hours south to where I grew up and the craziness began. There was baby shower for me on Thursday in the caboose of a train! It was so cool. I'm still mad at myself for not taking any pictures! My favorite gift was a jogging stroller that I plan to use to shrink my own caboose after baby Emma makes her arrival :) Moving on...Friday we had rehearsal for my mom's wedding, and Saturday was the big day! The wedding was beautiful, the dresses were tight (at least mine was), and the food was great!

me, Kiley (sister), Joyce (nana), bride (mom), groom (Mike), grampa (Walt), and Sean (brother)

The bride and her son, who walked her down the aisle

My nieces Isabelle and Maddie, Adorable!

Isabelle giving Dan some dance pointersFlower girl gone wild

Isabelle and her ring bearer boyfriend during the prayer

Women!
The famous chicken dance

The Dog Days of Summer

This afternoon I was observing how Queen Daisy spends her time and thought I would share. The first is a pic of her just "people watching," and the second is a video of how she lounges about chewing on her bone. She has a tough life!

The Best Wedding Pics Ever!

My good bud Kristi recently got hitched, and she had the best photographer ever! Strange yes, but very talented. Check out Kristi's blog for her awesome pictures. At the very least you should see what a red hot preggo bridesmaid I make. Notice me hiding my bump behind my flowers :) I think I did a good job! The wedding was beautiful and lots of fun! I will be reprising my bridesmaid role next weekend at my mom's wedding. I'm booking up fast, so if you need a bridesmaid it's best to reserve my services ASAP!!! HA!

A Blueberry Day

Today my friend Susan and I went to Bryant's Blueberry farm and picked a crop of blueberries. I'm tired of paying $5.00 for a quart of blueberries in the grocery story, and these were a steal at $1.90 a pound. It was a scorcher, but I managed to pick almost 7 pounds! I divided some into small baggies for fruit smoothies, made some scrumptious blueberry muffins, froze muffin tins with batter for fast thawing&baking, and of course saved some for snacking.

my crop

peachy-blueberry-banana smoothie bag for 2

yummy blueberry muffins

27 weeks!!

Here's another belly pic! I can't believe how fast time is flying by and how slow it seems at times too. 27 weeks down and 13 weeks left to go. Here is the latest pic. Next time I'll try to get dolled up for you :)

27 weeks

Baby Shower Pictures!

Thank you to those who sent pictures!! I'm so happy to have them! This was such a fun day. Here they are....

The three preggos (instead of the the three amigos??? anyone? funny?) First is my cousin Tricia (due at the end of August), me (due beginning of October), and Dan's cousin Sara who is due in a couple of weeks! We are all having girls, but oddly chose blue for the occasion.

That's right Tricia! I did it! I don't even care how awful I look. It's worth it to get you on film!!!

Only because I feel a little guilty about posting pics of Tricia without her permission (you know how sensitive preggos can be). Check out these ankles! Mine are on the left, just kidding mine are the 500 pound woman ankles on the right. The slender cute ankles are Tricia's. Damn her. Those fatty ankles were well earned after a flight to Syracuse (with connection), 10 hours of standing as a dutiful bridesmaid (yeah, those pics are coming soon too!) and days of ignoring every one's advice to "get them up." They look a little better now. I was happy to serve as the circus freak. My sister greatly enjoyed it. If she keeps picking on me I will post how much weight she gained with Isabelle. There. Consider yourself warned girlfriend!! :) lol

Cake baked by Dan's mom Karen. So pretty and so tasty!

The darling rocking chair Dan's mom painted for Emma. I love it!!

This little doll is my newest niece Maddy. She is such a little hamburger.

Me and my sis, Kiley. Who is also serving as the middle of the night desperate to get baby to stop crying phone call. Thanks Ki!

My niece Isabelle who spent most of her time swimming. She is so cute!

Dan's cousin Casey who entertains Isabelle. She was also a flower girl in our wedding but now she is a teenager who I hardly recognize!

Dan's family: Cousins Sara and Casey, aunt Cindy, mom (and the woman behind such a great party) Karen, me and grandma Blair. Babies Emma and Carly (Sara's) will be grandma Blair's 3rd and 4th great grandchildren.

Still not "okay"

You may recall we had a new roof put on back in March. We were reassured that the shingles would lie down under the blazing heat. No worries. Well, here it is July and some of those shingles are no better, and some might be getting worse. Ugh! Pregnancy hormones, 90 degree heat, and mucho dinero for a half-%$& roof job makes me very cranky. Check out these gems.

Under 100 days, baby room in progress and more...

We are so excited to have less than 100 days before baby Emma is due to arrive (see ticker on the right)! Dan's mom threw the most precious baby shower for me last weekend. I'm hoping to get some pictures to post since I forgot my camera and am now at the mercy of others for pics. There were cute pink table cloths, beautifully blooming flowers, fun games, tasty food, thoughtful gifts and lots of the people I love! So if you attended and are a faithful blog reader THANK YOU!!! We have *started* to organize baby's closet and I've posted some pics of the work in progress. Thanks to the "daddy to be" for cleaning out what used to be the "spare/junk" closet.

closet in progress

The "not-so excited big sister"

Practical Gifts Keep on Giving!

While I was out of town last weekend my husband proved he is the greatest husband EVER! He surprised me with a new dishwasher!!!! He decided hand washing everything is not practical with a baby on the way so I am kissing my "dish hands" goodbye. Who says complaining gets you nowhere? I'm currently running my first load of dirty dishes and the laundry machine in the other room is louder. Some people say that appliances are not the way to a woman's heart, but I disagree. This woman now has spare time on her hands.

My new best friend

Best friend, meet birthday present