3 years ago today...

We were partying like rockstars at Luke and Amy's wedding. That night ranks up there as one of the best days/nights of my life. For our birthdays (mine and Joe's) and our anniversary, Amy has made up signs and taken pictures of Cash with them.

So for Amy and Luke's anniversary, we did this. By the way, it's really hard to make an almost two year old stand still AND smile at the same time. Happy Anniversary Amy and Luke!!! We love you!



Long overdue

After quite a few busy weeks at work, weekends traveling and being exhausted I realized that it's been far too long between posts. This will be a long one (you've been warned) to update on the craziness that was July and almost August (I can't believe summer is almost over).

Baby shower #1/New house BBQ/Turning 30 - July 10-July 12
Baby shower #1 was thrown in ET by Auntie Amy and Nana Sal and they did a truly fantastic job. It was great to see everyone and we received lots of fabulous gifts. (THANK YOU...and the thank you cards are finally in the mail...sorry!).

After the shower we cleaned up and headed over to Auntie Amy's and Uncle Luke's new house (they closed in May but this was the first time Joe and I saw it) for a BBQ with Luke's parents, siblings (and their fams) and mom and dad. Their house is adorable and there was more food (thanks Dad and Joe for taking over cooking for both parties) and it was a ton of fun!

We headed back to MN on Sunday and Monday marked my 30th birthday. It was pretty uneventful and really wasn't that big a deal. The highlight was Anna stopping over Monday night with a fabulous DQ ice cream cake!!

ET Wedding - July 23-25
Joe and I headed down to ET again to celebrate Chad and Cathi's wedding. It was a hot and humid day with the ceremony being outside. Thankfully, it managed to cool off enough for the ceremony and there was a beautiful breeze. Cathi looked lovely and it was wonderful to watch them get married.

Chad's family from MN was down as well and it was amazing to see all of his aunts, uncles, cousins again with their own families and they were an absolute hoot on the dance floor!!

Anniversary - August 11
Wednesday marked our 3 year anniversary and if it had not been for Kari's email to me Tuesday night, I (and Joe) would have completely forgotten. I blame the baby for my memory loss but I'm not sure what Joe's excuse was. Anyway, after work on Wednesday, we went out and had a nice little dinner to celebrate the fact we didn't forget and then ended up getting the exact same anniversary card from Amy/Luke and Mom and Dad...what are the chances of that?

Nana Sal/Papa Scott visit - August 13-15
Last weekend mom and dad came up so Joe and dad could figure out our heating situation. For the past three years, we've had great heat in the living room/bathroom but all three bedrooms freeze...like we finally broke down last year and bought a bad-ass space heater (2 to be exact) that we would turn on to heat up our bedroom. Well, with the baby's pending arrival, Joe and Dad figured they should probably try to fix the issue.

While the boys did that mom and I took off for the Just Between Friends sale in Eden Prairie. I realized about two weeks ago that I'm going to have a baby born in the fall and he has no pants, just short sleeve onesies so I thought I better do something about that.

Mom and I found a lot of great clothes, although the woman channeled Grandma Lu and wouldn't let me pay for anything and if I found an outfit, I'd hold it up for her to see and she would grab it and say "I don't know" and then put it in her bag. I finally stopped handing her clothes so I could buy my child something. I also kept telling her, she was going to have to deal with Joe when he saw all the clothes that were purchased...

By the time we got home, the boys had fixed the heating issue and all is good. We also hooked up the baby monitor that Nana Sal and Papa Scott bought which has a video monitor and it is just cool! THANK YOU again!!

So, in between our busy weekends Joe and I were still doing tons of laundry for Baby Bo, organizing his room, trying to find childcare for him, etc. This weekend will consist of packing up a bag for the hospital (just in case) because this Saturday (the 21st) will mark 6 weeks until the due date. On that note, I've also entered the world of every other week dr appts and Baby Bo decided to slow down in the growth dept and I'm now measuring just a smidge big instead of "quite a bit."

Here are some belly pictures (I look like I've stuffed a basketball under my shirt!) and what Baby Bo's room looks like...

28 weeks

31ish or 32 weeks

One year ago today...

I started this blog with this, this and this post. I can't believe it has already been one whole year - time certainly does fly.

Thanks for reading and here's to year number 2!

Happy Anniversary

Happy Anniversary...

Uncle Artie and Aunt Lori - June 13th

Happy Anniversary

Happy Anniversary to.....

Mary and Keith on May 4th - I remember that day like it was yesterday - I got a super cool Barbie for being good and I was the only one besides Mary that had a long beautiful dress

Amy and Luke on May 21st (soon it will be replaced with Sept 19th)

Grandma Sal and Grandpa Tom on May 29th

1 year ago today...

One of my bestest friends got married. Now this day holds a special place in my heart because I was so looking forward to this wedding but fell violently ill...I'm getting ahead of myself so I'll start at the beginning.

5 years and some months ago I moved to the Twin Cities. My first job in the Cities was working at a salon in Dinkytown called Hair By Stewarts. Everyone was pretty nice but there was this girl named Angela who was a little coolish to me. No big deal I thought, there is always one in every salon (sorry Ang) that is a little...well, you know.

As the first months passed Angela and Kelly started to warm up to me, although I think it was because they could easily make fun of me but that's a whole different post. Anyway - I don't even remember the exact moment it happend but somehow, Angela and I became really good friends at the salon and out of it too.

As any stylist know, there are always those clients that you hold secret crushes on. For Angela, Adam was her secret crush and all the rest of us at the salon thought he was dreamy as well (sorry Joe but he is).

As Ang and I became closer friends, we started having "date night" every month or so. Date night would consist of going to one of our places and watching a Will and Grace marathon or going to a chick flick.

One date night, on our way to a theater we started planning our lives - I was going to marry Joe and have all girls while Ang, was going to marry Adam (now they weren't dating or anything so that was going to be another obstacle we would have to figure out) and they would have boys and the kids would grow up together and marry. We had the whole thing planned perfectly.

Fast forward maybe a year or so and Adam, I can't remember where he went, was no longer in the Cities for some reason or other and dropped off the radar for a while. I remember Angela getting upset because they had become friends and he moved away and went MIA.

This I remember so clearly. We were talking and it went like this:

Ang: "Adam called." (after a while of not talking because he was MIA) "Should I call him back or not?"

Me: "Absolutely NOT! He fell off the radar and now out of the blue is calling? Seriously, come on!"

Ang: "That's what I thought." "But, if you were me would you call him?"

Me: "Well, I shouldn't, but it is Adam so...yeah, I would."

Ang: "Whew. I was hoping you would say that."

Needless to say, she called him and they started "hanging out" together. One day I got the call I was hoping for, they were finally dating! About a year later, the Sunday morning before my wedding, Ang called me and we chatted about me only having 6 days left before the Big Day and some other random stuff.

At the end of the conversation, she finally told me the reason for her call - Adam had proposed!! I believe I yelled at her for not telling me the very second I picked up, but because she is who she is, she didn't want to take away from my wedding week. Well, hearing that she was engaged, made my wedding week!

Soon after, wedding planning was in full gear for them and the date was set, February 23rd, 2008 and I was honored that she choose me to be a bridesmaid. The running joke, before she was engaged, was that she wanted a small wedding, with Kelly (not the same one as earlier) as her maid of honor (that was it, no other bridesmaids) and I would be the personal attendant because I could keep her sane.

Well, Adam wanted lots of people standing up so I got bumped up to a bridesmaid and in total, there were 6 of us and a flower girl. So rewind now to one year ago today.

I was waking up in a hotel room in Eau Claire, WI getting ready to head to the salon to do hair for the wedding (Ang pulled double duty and did hair for my wedding, it was only right I do the same for her) and I felt a little quessy. Man, I thought, two beers at the rehearsal dinner and I am hung over - wow am I old!

Throughout the rest of the morning, I felt ok and doing hair kept my mind off it. Kelly and I were the last to leave and stopped at a gas station before heading to the church. By this time I was not feeling well at all. I hadn't had anything to eat, there were going to be sandwichs at the church so I figured I'd be fine in no time. I grabbed a water from the gas station and off we went.

We arrived at the church, had something to eat and almost immediately I ran to the bathroom and threw up. Ugh, but I felt better so maybe it was something from the night before that didn't agree with me.

Nope. Literally, every 20 minutes from that point on, I was sick. I told Kelly in strick confidence that Angela not find out until after the ceremony. Somehow, Carly, Ang's personal attendant found out and asked how I was in front of the wedding planner. So now three people knew. Just keep it from Ang and I'll be fine.

About 5 minutes before the wedding, the Wedding Planner is telling us how to line up, etc, in front of everyone, looks at me and says, "Can you make it? Are you feeling better?" Ang and her mom look at my like "What?!" I told them what had been happening all afternoon and that I was fine and could make it down the aisle just fine.

The ceremony was fabulous and Angela was beautiful. As we were exiting down the aisle, the minute I was out of the church part, I handed my flowers to Kelly and went to throw up. But hey, I made it through the ceremony!

Needless to say, no reception for me, I was in tears and back to the hotel Joe took me. He asked if I wanted to go home or stay, since we already paid for it and I told him there was no way I could make an hour and a half car ride home, as I could barely make a 30 minute ceremony. That was fine with Joe because the hotel had cable! I stayed in bed (feeling like I was going to die) the rest of the night. The next morning, I woke up and felt fine (of course)!

I will remember February 23, 2008 for the absolute rest of my life. It was the day one of my best friends (in the whole world) married the man of her dreams and I threw up through the whole entire thing.

So to the happy couple - no, the honeymoon is not over, it's just beginning. One year down and many, many more to go. I wish you both all of the love and happiness in the world. Oh yeah, one more piece of advice, Angela, don't let Adam throw any poker parties in the middle of January in your garage!!

Happy Anniversary

Happy Anniversary lovebirds!!

Uncle Lynn & Aunt Doreen - February 14th

Chet and Anji - February 17th

Adam and Angela - February 23rd