Baby shower!

This weekend Erin, Mary and Amanda came to Louisville to have a baby shower for me. But first we celebrated Mary's birthday at P.F. Changs. So good!
Mary and Angelina...
And the dress Amanda made for her! Amanda is pretty crafty and she made a baby sling and a nursing cover for me, which she gave me at the shower. I don't have a picture of them on here but they are so cute and she is so talented:)
The morning, getting all the food ready!
The food table of course...what shower is complete without eating?
Erin and me....I'll think of this as a before and after picture, or at least what I hope my stomach returns to!
Jill and Lindsey catching up
Annie holding Hayden
Rachel and Mary
Is this a pregnant picture or what? Food in hand...yep!

Mary holding Angelina in the dress Amanda made
Jessica, me, Annie, Erin and Jill
I got tons of cute baby clothes of course!
And a few pairs of shoes too!
All the girls (minus Rachel who had to leave early).
And the shower-throwers....Erin, Mary, me and Amanda, my closest friends from high school! I've known them more than half my life (and Erin my whole life obviously:). Everyone was so generous and I got so many nice gifts. I feel lucky to have such sweet friends!

Erin and Mark's Wedding!!!

This past weekend was Erin and Mark's wedding in Nashville so get ready for lots of pictures. As usual, I took WAY too many and probably posted too many but I don't want to forget it all!
Thursday night began with Erin's bachelorette party/shower...Nothing too crazy though. She got plenty of cute pajamas!

LeighAnn and Laura
Some of the Nashville girls who threw the shower.
Friday night was the rehearsal...and here are Erin and Mark rehearsing!
Dinner at Monell's afterwards....Nate and Erin waiting to eat the amazing food. Monell's is this cute family-style restaurant in an old brick house-type building. Basically big dining rooms with fireplaces and huge tables...very nice!
Erin, Laura and me at the rehearsal dinner.
Erin greeting a few of the guests as they arrived.
Me, Mary and Erin on the patio before dinner...trying not to freeze as it was a bit cool out.
Mary brought Angelina, her 6-week old little girl!
Laura and Josh at dinner
I believe in this photo Monique was exclaiming "I have arrived back in the South!" after a plate of fried chicken arrived in front of her:)
After the dinner, the girls went back to Erin's place for another shower (for those who weren't there Thursday).
Heather, Monique, Leigh Ann and Mary
Jessica, Erin's friend whom she went to college with
The wedding day: Monique doing Erin's makeup
And Leigh Ann and Erin in the bridal dressing room
My big pregnant self zipping up my super-skinny sister:)
So beautiful!
...the suit only comes out every so often so documentation is a must!
Mary and me and precious Angelina...I have to admit that when Mary told me she was driving down by herself with a 6-week old baby I thought she was in for a stressful weekend (and that maybe, sharing a hotel room with her I would probably be getting ready for what awaits me in a couple months here!) but this baby did not cry ONCE! I'm not even kidding...she was the most laid back, serene baby I have ever seen!
After the wedding, our entire family with all of the "husbands"....although technically Josh is not Laura's husband until May! That's right...another wedding in less than 2 months! Crazy!
Laura and Josh with 2 couples my parents have been friends with for years. They drove up Friday and helped with SO much at the wedding! Gail and Vicky (along with my mom) did the flowers (bridal bouquets and all the decorations...wears me out just thinking about it) and John and Dave helped with everything else needed for setting up and cleaning up. We couldn't have done it without them!
Mark and Erin cutting the cake
Mark, Nate and Ash at the reception
So I realize that I've posted probably too many pictures! Oh well! Overall, the weekend was SO much fun...I got to spend time with my sisters and old friends and family and was so happy to see Erin so happy. Everything went perfectly with the wedding...no glitches at all really! I still cannot believe she planned it all in 2 1/2 months! She and Mark are living it up in California this weekend on their honeymoon!

Pregnancy update!

Like I said before, I won't overpost on the baby-bump shots here but I do want to remember a few of the milestones! I'm 26 1/2 weeks here (yes, I'm counting that half...) and just 1 more week till I am officially in the 3rd trimester! Now that sounds scary! Where did the time go? I still have so much to do! Can I just confess here that I have not purchased one single baby item? Not that my mom and Nate's mom haven't...they will more than make up for my negligence:)

A few of the details before I forget:

• He weighs 1 1/2 pounds.
  
• He has been kicking like crazy the last few weeks. Sometimes I can see my stomach move which is kind of weird but fun at the same time.
• A few nights ago Nate finally felt the real kicks for the first time. Right in my side...I think his little foot was practically in Nate's palm! Crazy! We might have a soccer player on our hands (but doesn't every pregnant woman think that?...)
  
• I had my gestational diabetes test at my last doctor's appointment....which of course I've worried about since I do have a thing for Dairy Queen blizzards, but I passed! Yay!
• I've gained 10 pounds so far....and no matter what anyone tells you it is still a bit disconcerting to see that scale climb each week. Let's just be honest there. But I know it's supposed to happen when you're growing a human:)
  
• Running has been a bit more uncomfortable lately...Some days I feel like I've strapped a 10 pound weight to my stomach area and it is simultaneously pushing on my intestines and bladder with each step I run! Other days though, I feel perfectly fine. I guess it depends on whichever position our little guy is in! I've got to get him used to the running though because hopefully he'll be a champ about riding in the jogging stroller this summer!

That's all I can think of for now; really, I've had a fairly easy pregnancy and have no complaints! I know that the last couple months that might change though. But any and all pregnancy issues seem worth it in the end...I am so excited to meet our little boy! Can these next 3 months just fly by?

It's been awhile...

Since I've posted....it's been a long winter, that's for sure. Let me catch up a bit on what we've been up to...First, we went to Dale Hollow Lake in January to do some hiking. The weather was awesome...at least in the 50's and no rain at all. Very unlike the weeks that followed!
Nate down by the lake at the end of one of the trails.
Molly, Zach and Gracie stopped by for dinner. Isn't she the cutest? I know she and our little guy are bound to be friends!
Nate and some of the guys went to Danny's family's land to do some hunting/guys weekend stuff (whatever that might be) and Lindsey, Katie and I had our own girls' weekend. We went to Huber's Orchard and Winery for a wine tasting (well, I sat that one out:) and lunch.

Then the snow came...and came and came it felt like! It seems like every week we had a good snow (relative to Kentucky at least) and I had a total of 6 snow days throughout the last 4 weeks! Not complaining there!
Nate and I went hiking at Bernheim Forest...so beautiful to hike in the snow!
Sadie enjoyed herself too!
Meanwhile...this is the big project in our house as of late. Finishing the basement! Yes, that is a toilet Nate is sitting on. Steven and Danny came over to help the wall framing process. We're putting in a bedroom, bathroom (hence the toilet) and finished living space. And did I mention that we (or really I) hope this gets accomplished before our little man makes his arrival? Of course I'm not worried...Let's just say I've tried not to bug Nate TOO much about getting it done:)
So that's all for now really. I need to do a post on my growing baby bump and update all that fun pregnancy stuff before I completely forget it!