Alpha Gam Weekend in Bowling Green

Our annual Alpha Gam Weekend was last weekend in Bowling Green. (Although I was not too sure that a weekend in Bowling Green was going to be much fun, we had a blast!) We began the weekend on Friday night with dinner at Puerto's. We ate yummy food and had LOTS of laughs. We then went back to the hotel where we watched a bit of basketball while talking/catching up.

On Saturday we all had breakfast and then headed out to go shopping and to the spa. The spa was little, but everyone had fun and it was nice to relax and sit around and talk. We all ate dinner at Mariah's that night. Once again, the night was filled with lots of talking and laughing! The best part of the night was stopping by the Alpha Gamma Delta house. Several of the girls were home and they let us tour the house. It was so much fun! They updated us on the chapter and also showed us some new cheers! Afterwards, we went back to the hotel where we spent the evening watching basketball and talking some more.

I had so much fun with my sisters. I am so glad that we all still keep in touch and that we are such close friends!

Dinner at Mariah's

Dinner at Mariah's

Terri and I had fun seeing our old room. It was fun to be roommates! Stacey and I got out picture taken in the room we used to share too, but it did not turn out very good. =(

Touring the house was lots of fun! The girls we nice and happily took our picture on the stairs of the house. It was just like old times!

Fun in the Snow!

We had a dusting of snow earlier this winter, but this week we got our first REAL snow! We got about 4 inches of snow and all of the kids were THRILLED! Aunt Heather took the boys out to play and they had fun playing on the sled and building a snow man. (I was sad that I had to work that day, but I am glad that Evan had fun and that Aunt Heather took pictures so I could see how much fun everyone had!)

Caleb and Evan are such good buddies! They love each other VERY much!

Evan, Caleb and Aunt Heather built a snowman! (This is the biggest one Evan has built!)

Jimmy Buffet - Welcome to Fin Land Tour

Last night Jimmy Buffet brought his Welcome to Fin Land tour to Louisville. (Carl and I were VERY excited that Jimmy Buffet finally came to Louisville and even more excited that he announced that he would be back!) Mom and Dad watched Evan and Carl and I headed downtown for an early dinner. We ate at Impellizzeri's and then headed over to the YUM! Center for the show. The concert was awesome! Both Carl and I agreed that it may have been the best Jimmy Buffet show that we have seen. He and The Coral Reefers did all of their hits and some of our favorite songs. It was a super fun nigh t and we are already looking forward to Jimmmy's next show!

30 weeks pregnant and off to see Jimmy Buffet!

Carl and I enjoyed dinner before the show. (It was fun to see lots of other Parrot Heads out and about downtown.)

Jimmy Buffet and The Coral Reefer Band put on a great show!

Preston's Baby Shower

On February 25th, my sister hosted a baby shower for Preston. (I was REALLY excited that she offered to do this for Preston. I want him to feel as special/loved as Evan when gets older and looks back at pictures, reads the blog/baby book, etc.) The shower was SO much fun! I had lots of friends and family attend and we had a lot of fun eating delicious food, playing games and opening gifts. I am so lucky to have such a wonderful sister, friends, and family! I am happy that everyone wanted to celebrate our sweet Preston!

Heather did a great job with all of the decorations and food!

Designing diapers was HILARIOUS!

Preston received MANY nice things at the shower. He is a lucky boy!

I was so happy that so many of my sisters could come for Preston's shower.

Heather is an amazing sister and friend. I love her VERY much!

The guests had cute parting gifts! (Once again, Heather did a great job!)

I somehow missed getting pictures with Mom and Rachel. I am grateful that Mom offered her house for the shower and that Rachel helped with the food.

28 Weeks

This picture was taken when I was 28 weeks pregnant with Preston. (Rachel was 33 weeks pregnant with Caroline.) I am doing really well. I feel good other than small things like heartburn, a little fatigue and occasional backaches. I have had good check ups with both my oncologist and obstetrician in the past few days. I am so happy that I am healthy during this pregnancy and that Preston is healthy too. We have a c-section scheduled on May 1st at 8:30 a.m. We are VERY excited to meet Preston and can't wait for our family to become a family of four!

Valentine's Day Celebrations

Like many holidays, we got to celebrate Valentine's Day over several days this year. (I love celebrating holidays like this!) First, Evan and Carl got to celebrate Valentine's Day at his preschool party. Evan and his friends sang in the sanctuary and then went back to the classroom for the party. Carl was one of the host parents for the party and said he had a great time playing games with the kids. Evan really liked getting cards from his friends and passing out his Star Wars cards.

On Saturday, Carl and I went out to dinner. We ate at Mojito's, which is one of our favorite places. The food was wonderful and we had a great time on our date. (Of course, we also ran errands on our date, but that seems to be what always ends up happening!)

Tuesday was Valentine's Day. Evan began the day by getting his gift, which was a Star Wars toy. Later in the night, Carl and I exchanged gifts and then we all ate a heart shaped pizza from Papa Murphy's. I had also wanted to go out for dessert, but poor Evan was EXHAUSTED and was in bed by 7:30. It was a great night and it was great to be together.

Evan enjoyed singing with his friends before the party in the classroom.

Evan's Star Wars toy was a hit! (I am not surprised!)

Our Valentine's Day pizza was delicious!

Carl got me some beautiful flowers! (He also got me a gift card for Z Salon and Spa!)

Evan's First Stitches

Evan got his first stitches this week. While at Aunt Heather's house, he climbed up on the mantle to get a toy. While getting the toy, the mantle came off the fireplace and Evan went crashing down. As he fell, he hit his chin on the fireplace. Carl picked him up and took him the the new Kosair Children's Hospital. Evan did VERY well while getting his stitches. He cooperated with the doctors and nurses and was very brave. (Carl said he only cried when his balloon popped, which was after getting the stitches!)

Evan has been a great patient at home and lets us change his bandage and put medicine on his cut several times a day. He is such a sweet boy!

Evan happily showed off his stitches.

Evan took a look to see what his stitches looked like once he was all bandaged again.

Evan is still a very happy boy, stitches and all!