Catching up

After my New Years resolution, I've managed to totally slack off on the blogging-but not without good reason. We've been busy since February-and so here's a quick recap of what's been going on....

February:

-Al and I find out that I'm pregnant!! (for those of you finding out via blog-my apologies, I tried reaching out to as many of you as possible by phone or email to share the news before blogging about it.) Our due date is October 25, which just happens to be our 4 year anniversary. We are going to find out what we are having in June. Luckily, no morning sickness, and only a little bit of naseua.

March:

-Dinner with lots of friends-it was definitely hard keeping the pregnancy a secret!

-Travel to Roanoke to give my parents the good news.

April:

-Al and I host our first "seder" with my brother, his girlfriend Elise, and our friends Paul and Erika attending. Elijah the prophet didn't show up and drink his wine, but luckily Al also refrained from drinking Elijah's wine this year.

-Al and I did our yearly GW Invitational volunteer shtick--while I didn't go to GW or row, I feel like one of the "Crew" gang, so I always try to help out at the races. Of course, this year, it was snowing in the morning before my shift. Brrr! It was not a fun 5 hours, made only worst by the fact that I couldn't enjoy cocktails afterwards to warm up!

-Al's parents came to DC and we got to share the news with them-and Al's dad, in turn, managed to announce it to practially the entire restaurant-including the water boy who didn't speak a word of English! During their stay, I came down with a miserable stomach flu, so I was mostly locked up in our room for the rest of their stay.

-Went to Richmond to celebrate my Uncle's 60th b-day. Here's a pic of me with all my boy cousins (I'm the only girl.) Also, got to tell my grandma that she's going to be a great-grandma.

-My friend Betsy from Portland came into town for a friend's bridal shower, so I got to spend a day with her. It had been a year since we had last seen each other-so lots of catching up to do. We hit the Jasper Johns exhibit in the Smithsonain, then up to Dupont Circle for lunch, then a shopping spree at Filenes, followed by drinks on the patio at a neighborhood bar, and then dinner at Zaytinya. Phew! The next morning, we hit the Eastern Market-this was before the big fire happened, so I'm glad we got a chance to go there while everything was still normal.

May:
-Al's friends we all in town for their 10 year Crew Reunion. 3 "bachelors" staying with us-all have wives/girlfriends, but all came stag, so they decided to crash with us. We had a busy weekend-a picnic, a banquet, and a Sunday brunch, filled with tons of laughing and getting to see alot of friends' babies and kiddies.

-Participated in Mags and Andy's "Yardapooloza" yard sale-Al and I only made $45, but we decided that our "wares" didn't fit the clientele's needs.

-Went to Charlottesville (Boarshead Inn) to meet my parents and grandma for Mother's Day. My grandma spent the better part of the day crying being "overcome with joy."

This weekend, we are off to see my friend Shannon and her boyfriend Rich in Memphis-so looking forward to a weekend of bbq, music, and good times with great friends.

More to come about livin' large with baby on the way....and, of course, a baby blog to come. Stay tuned!