Tom and Sarah have set a date

Tommy and Sarah have booked The Castle of the Knights on Saturday September 20th. The wedding will be at Our Lady of the Elms at 4:00 with the reception following at 6:00. So save the date!!!!!! I can't wait I love weddings specially family weddings!

All I can say is......TGIF!!

Happy freaking Friday!!

Come with me on my Friday morning journey, which for 99% of you took place while you were WARM in bed with the sweetest of dreams. :-) It starts like this.....I had a training class this morning in the Bronx at 7 AM. I usually report to Manhattan in the morning, so when I have 7AM meetings in other boroughs, I have to come to Manhattan first to get my company car. This requires the alarm to go off at 4:45 AM, allowing me two 5 minute snoozes before showering. I have to leave the house at 5:35 to catch the PATH train. I head out this morning knowing the weather is cold and snowy, but all I have for shoes is white sneakers! That was my first mistake because NOBODY had shoveled the 2" of snow - I mean, it's not like I live in a commuter city or anything!! So, the best option is to walk in the middle of the road where there is no snow.

Now, lets flashback to yesterday. I had a very uncomfortable day yesterday with leg cramps all day long. My pants are getting tight so yesterday I took my belt off. I thought I wouldn't need it any longer. But, common sense should have told me that when you have a fat round stomach and your pants sit under your belly, all they will do is fall down. So, as I am walking down the middle of the road I cant keep my pants on and have to keep pulling them up. That entails lifting up my jacket which sits mid-thigh and using my cold @ss snowy glove to hike my pants back up. Only to repeat the process every block or so!! Gotta love it!

I finally get to the PATH train where I catch the train and head into the city. After that I catch a cross town bus to the office. But since the PATH left a minute late I missed my bus and had to wait a good 15 minutes before another one came. If I wasn't so lazy I would have gotten on another bus that stopped TWICE which drops me 2 blocks away, but NOPE, I waited for my bus!

I finally got to my office in Manhattan. Space is tight so we park 4 cars in 2 parking spots. Of course my car was in the back, but we all leave our keys so it isn't too big of a deal. But, I am running VERY late and still need to clean off my car - with the smallest ice scraper in the world! And you know what happens as you push all the snow off the car - of course it lands on your legs and feet (and my now BROWN sneakers!). And did you ever see a 5'3" person try to reach all the way across the front or back window, let alone the top of the car. It is pretty funny! Especially since I am STILL pulling my pants up every 3 minutes.

Alas - I get my car cleaned off and since it took so long the car is warm! I move the car in front of mine, pull my car out of the parking spot, move the other car back in, and off I go.....at 7:02 for 7AM meeting. Sweet! No sooner do I pull out of the parking lot and up to a red light that I feel my blackberry vibrate and check my E-mail to see that, you guessed it......my training has been cancelled!!! Are you kidding me? So, what's an annoyed, fat, pregnant woman to do. I went and got pancakes and a coffee and now sit in my office sharing my beautiful day with you!!

The only thing that will make this day better is when the phone rings in an hour and I hear two things from Andrea..... #1 - I can't believe you talked me out of buying those snow boots two weeks ago, and #2 - I got a snow day today! HaHaHa!

I hope your Friday is going much better than mine!

And, FYI, no exaggeration....I JUST got an E-mail from Andrea telling me she has a snow day. Kiss my @ss!!! :-)

Graduated Early

Sorry I didn't invite anyone, but my friends and I decided to graduate early. We also decided not to dress traditionally, by wearing crazy hats and jeans.

Okay, clearly that's a lie, but we did have a school celebration where we got to wear our robes and crazy hats. It's called Rally Day and they give awards to alumni who have done exceptional things since they left Smith. They gave awards to 5 alumni who graduated at various times from 1945 to 1980 and they were really interesting to listen to. There were two teachers, a congresswoman, the president of the American Chemical Society, and the last one, who Aunty Paula would have loved, was a doctor and a reverend, so there's hope for us all yet.

Anyway, it was really fun, but a little scary because I'm actually going to graduate soon. It gets a little more real everyday. eek.

Mark your calendar....

It seems like there are a lot of events popping up, let us know the dates so we can mark our calendars!

Happy Birthday Gail!

Another family birthday to celebrate....

Happy Birthday to you!

Happy Birthday to you!

Happy Birthday Auntie Gail!

Happy Birthday to you!

We all love you very much and hope you have a great day celebrating!

A blast from the past

So, after I scanned the ultrasound pictures, I thought I'd scan some old pictures we had. Here's a preview of what I found. I attached the link on the right side of the page if you want to view all of them.







I think I may scan some more of those old pictures over the weekend.

Peek-A Boo

I guess this little girl is already looking to play games. This is one of the shots we got from our ultrasound yesterday. It is a 4-D view where she is looking at you with her hands over her eyes. The other two pictures are on her page if you want to check them out.

I know she can't wait to meet all of you and enjoy her first family weekend in August!

Happy Birthdays!

Back to my original post......

Happy Birthday to both Maryellen and Peggy! We hope the result of the Super Bowl didn't get you down too much. Enjoy your birthday - any big plans to celebrate?

Happy Birthday to you!
Happy Birthday to you!
Happy Birthday Maryellen and Peggy!
Happy Birthday to you!

We all love you and wish you a very Happy Birthday!

Oh My....Where does the time go??

Wow! I was about to update the blog with another post when I looked at the baby ticker at the top. Today marks the halfway point through my pregnancy, how time flies! Luckily, I have been feeling really good and haven't put on too much weight yet. I will try to post a picture soon for all of you who are curious.

Have a great week!