Obie's Wedding

Last weekend we traveled to the Big Town of Clifton, Texas for the wedding of Freddy's friend and fraternity brother, Brad Obenhaus, aka Obie.

Clifton, for those of you who don't know, has two stoplights, a Dairy Queen and Chicken Express...plus all of the local hangouts like Johnny's, where Freddy and Hag at at twice on Saturday.

Despite the size of the town and simplicity of the route from the church to the rehearsal dinner, we (the city folk) still managed to get lost, forcing the entire group to wait on us to eat.

The wedding was beautiful and comical at the same time. When the bride made it to the end of the aisle, instead of standing next to her husband-to-be, she released her father's arm, yelled "Hold on" (or something similar) and darted to the door beside the stage. She was followed by her mother and some other women only to emerge a few minutes later, ready to get married. The problem? Her zipper had come undone. She handled it much better than I would have. I would have cried, but she simply laughed and played it off.

It was also very nice to see so many friends come in for the occasion.

Obie and the AGRs, minus Morgan who had already left for the evening.

Matt and Megan

Andrew and Kacie
Here's to Brother Obie.

Me and Freddy. By this point in the evening I had already discovered that I was wearing both earrings in one ear.

Morgan and Rachel. That's as much as I could get him to open his eyes.

The new family - Carrie, Obie and Robert

Hag and his Capri Sun. I would like to be able to say that he was drinking that to make the pregnant lady feel better about not being able to drink alcohol, but he just likes fruity drinks.

Happy Birthday, Freddy!

Last Saturday the best husband in the world turned 27. We were out of town for a wedding, so I wasn't able to make a big deal about it because I didn't know what the plans for that afternoon were as far as the wedding party (Freddy) was concerned.

I wanted to make a cake, but Freddy doesn't like sweets much. So I made him a beer cake instead. The ribbons have stickers on them that say "Happy Birthday Freddy".

Pretty creative, huh?

Baby Shower

The weekend before last I had a fantastic baby shower thrown in honor of baby Carly/Mallory/Dilyn Clark (yes, Dilyn is now in the running for first name, too). It was marvelous! I absolutely LOVED getting to see everyone.

Thank you, thank you, thank you to my sweet friends who hosted the shower.

My sister Cathy, Jessica, Kristi, Lesley, me in a not-so-flattering dress, Jennifer and my other sister Christy.



My sisters, me and my mom



Me and the grandmothers-to-be

The cake was as yummy as it was beautiful

No one who knows me was surprised the the baby oral care kit was exciting to me!

My mother made me a beautiful baby quilt. I'll have to take another picture so that you can see it better. Did you notice my helpers? I never had to reach for a gift once - they were on top of it!

This week our baby girl is proportioned like a...

This week our baby girl is proportioned like a pineapple when it comes to weight -- a little over 4 pounds. (Length: more than 17 inches, head to heel.)

ONLY 7 WEEKS TO GO!

I ate quite a bit of pineapple this weekend. I even sent Freddy back through the food line at the wedding reception so that I could have more. Coincidence? I don't think so.

Baby Brain #5

This weekend Freddy and I traveled to the big town of Clifton, Texas for the wedding of Freddy's fraternity brother and friend, Brad Obenhaus.

About 10 or 15 minutes in to the reception I touch my earrings and "jingle" them with my fingers like I do throughout the day (a nervous habit, I guess, like playing with my eyelashes).

I had put BOTH earrings in the same ear. I don't even remember putting them in! And none of our friends told me. In their defense, I was wearing my hair down so my earrings weren't that noticeable.

I wish that I had taken a picture.

Baby Brain.

Nursery Pictures

Since we aren't doing a really "baby" nursery design, I wanted to add some special babyish elements. I decided on - what else? - stuffed yellow lab puppies.

I thought that it would be cute to hang some pictures of Lola in the nursery as well. Here is what I have so far - just two and they need to be edited, but you get the idea.

How sweet! I didn't even have to pose her. I made Freddy take a million pictures of this so that I would be sure to get the perfect one. This is what gave me the idea for the pictures.

This one isn't for the nursery, I just thought that it was sweet.

New Belly Pic

Thank you to everyone who commented on my belly pics - heck, on ALL of my posts.

To be fair... I have to admit that when I post belly pics, I post the ones that make me look the smallest. So in the spirit of full disclosure, I decided two weekends ago to don a tight-fitting T and take some more belly pics so that you could get a better picture. These pictures were taken two days before 31 weeks (I'm 32 1/2 now so they are almost two weeks old - sorry!).

This is the one that I would have posted because I thought it made me look the smallest.

And here are a few of my random thoughts on pregnancy:

I think that maternity pants are a conspiracy. They aren't long enough to wear heels with, forcing women in to flats and out of heels before they are ready. I miss my heels! However, they are VERY comfortable. So comfortable, in fact, that I have already told my friends that they will have to stage an intervention to get me out of them after this baby girl gets here.

I have weird pregnancy "side-effects". I don't mind the weight gain. I can handle the growing belly. The aching back is kind of annoying, but I'm learning how to ease it with Tylenol, the Boppy Pregnancy pillow and massages. But there are a few things that I could definitely do without. The first one I debated about posting because it is slightly embarrassing, but oh well. My feet smell. Never did before really. But now certain shoes are banned from being taken off in the car if Freddy is with me. The good news is that I discovered I am not alone in this. A co-worker also suffers from smelly feet. The second is that my hair is staticy. YUCK! So annoying.

Upcoming Posts: My baby shower, My Christmas gift, wedding weekend and the Super Bowl. Stay Tuned!