Weekend of Bonding

We went from having a "free" weekend - meaning that we had no specific plans other than celebrating my dad on Father's Day - to a weekend full of "friend time." After a very challenging week at work, (an ad agency is full of deadlines, late nights, and mental exhaustion, but the fruits of your labor are abundantly clear when you land a big new client), I was looking forward to a night of relaxing at home. We'd make a little dinner and then curl up on the couch for a Dexter marathon or new movie on demand. However, much to my surprise, my husband called me on my way home and said we were going to a movie with the Baldwins. If you know Shawn, you know that he does NOT make plans. He happily accepts the fact that I negotiate our social calendar. But this Friday, he made a double date with Jason and Betsy to go see The Proposal.

Even though I was exhausted and visions of pajama pants and a glass of wine filled my head, I agreed to go out of sheer appreciation of his efforts. So we went. I love me some Sandra Bullock AND 2 hours of watching Ryan Reynolds was icing on the cake. The real highlight of the night was Betty White's performance. The previews didn't do this film justice - it was hysterical.

Saturday morning I met Christie at the Galleria at 9:30 (a.m.!) for the one day sale of Old Navy tank tops being marked down for $2. We rarely have 1:1 time and after our shopping extravaganza, we had breakfast at Paradise Bakery and enjoyed some girl talk. Then we met up with Betsy at the pool and proceeded to fry our skin for the next few hours. I'll always cherish our pool-time, floating in the water on the rafts, talking about everything from mucus plugs to what we'll be doing when we're old. I love these girls.

That night we had plans to regroup for dinner with the Registers, Baldwins, and Lori M. and her boyfriend Jon, a.k.a., "Tony Soprano" (he looks JUST like him). What a treat to be able to spend an evening with good friends at Mi Cocina. My skin was so sunburned, I was radiating enough heat to grill Rock's fajitas! Luckily, my mambo taxi cooled me down. And I found out that John's dad taught me math in high school at LD Bell - shout out to Mr. Roe!

Sunday was Father's Day and we had a great time with my Dad and Beth. We took them to a RoughRiders ballgame in Frisco and thoroughly appreciated having the time to celebrate Mo. Next weekend we're headed down south to Hallettsville to visit the in-laws......I can already taste the kolaches!

Is Pregnancy Contagious?

So two of my closest friends are preggers, expecting, have a bun in the oven, knocked up, etc. I could go on, but I'll spare you an excerpt from my personal thesaurus. Christie is almost 6 months and Betsy is just over 2 months. So we're looking at a Register due date of September 14th and January 5th for the Baldwins. I was absolutely elated when I found out Christie was preggo - visions of being an "aunt" consumed me. And now with Betsy's bump - I'm going to be a double aunt! Needless to say, Baby Register and Baby Baldwin will be spoiled by Uncle Rock and Aunt Pretty (that's what I'm going to "suggest" they refer to me as...........kidding! Or am I?).


So I'm constantly looking up things pregnancy-related and it's so interesting. The fact that I'll get to witness 2 of my favorite chicas experience the miracle of life is amazing. Does this mean I'll finally be the skinny one? Haha.......one can only dream.

With baby talk surrounding me, Rock and I are constantly being asked when we'll start trying to reproduce (gosh, that sounds like we're planning to hatch gremlins). As much fun as it sounds to be preggers with both of my girlfriends, I think we're planning to hold off a bit longer. We know that our little bambino will be twice the size of the others, so it's only fair to give them a head start in growth! Of course knowing that my husband was a 13-lb baby is enough to make me go to bed wearing sweatpants every night (KIDDING Babe..........so kidding). Yep, eventually there will be a C-section with my name on it!

Until then, I'm definitely not drinking after Christie or Betsy - that baby thing is obviously highly contagious.