Well, Hello There!

I'm back and I'm huge.

belly talk here in italics. skip if you don't want to read!
... seriously, i'm huge. I updated my picture to the right to show you. And, because I only show every 2 weeks on the right, I updated my page with a new link. If you click on the stick figure, you'll get to a page which just shows the growth pattern of this pregnancy only. It's basically every two weeks, but sometimes a random week is in there when there is some growth to document. I swear - look at week 19 to week 20. WTF indeed.

The trip was fantastic. The day I landed, I helped my friend get ready and pack everything for the wedding. Then we headed up to Pine. The house she rented was insane. It was so nice! But only 3 bedrooms. The first night was cool, as her kids got one room, I got the other and the bride and groom got the master bedroom. The next day, the kids left and the entire wedding party got there. I still got a bedroom and everyone else called dibs on various areas of the house. The loft was very popular. I think there were 18 people all together, but really, the house was huge. And there was a huge 2nd loft over the garage complete with bathroom, so there were a lot there.

The wedding went without a hitch. We put it on ourselves, making an area in the pine trees in the backyard. Full wedding dress for the bride, bridesmaids (i was made of honor along with one other girl, Sam) and tuxedos for the boys. We went down the aisle to an ipod playing and our friend, an ordained minister, did the ceremony. It was beautiful. I cried. (The picture doesn't show the other bridesmaids - there were 4 total.)


On Sunday, we drove back down to Phoenix and my friend threw me a baby shower. It was awesome. I got lots of cute boy clothes and had the best freaking cake I've ever eaten. At the shower, my friend had everyone (even the boys!) paint baby bibs which all turned out really, really cool. It was a great idea.

Monday was a relaxation day and I did a little shopping. I also had the best lunch pretty much ever. We went to a place called The Fry House which everything was made on indian fry bread (tacos!) and then I had the melted butter and chocolate sauce dessert. Mmmm.

Yesterday was stressful as I missed my flight (first time in my life) by 3 minutes. I had to check in at 11:30 and I checked in at 11:33. Lame. So I hung out at the airport for 4 hours and had a shitty day. Homecoming was great though, as I had the classic kids yelling "mommy!" and running to me through the airport moment. I hope that each person reading this gets to have one of these moments. Truly.

I see my scheduled posts worked great! I have lots of responses and I have to go through and read them all. When I do, I'll answer any good points/questions in the comments themselves. But right now, I have to put my feet up. I'm swollen from all the traveling and need to get my fluids down. Fun fun.

I'm glad to be back and can't wait to read all those updates out there!