13auburnfriends

Last weekend, 13auburnfriends had a reunion in Fairhope, AL at Turner's bay house. Really, there were just 12 this time, but Anne was truly missed! I love those friendships and we have such a blast together.

Our weekend consisted of screaming excitement upon arrival, late nights, coffee on the porch, prank calling, lots of laughter, lunch at Mary Ann's, sitting in the sun, nonstop talking, Trussville chex mix, walks, Ivy's birthday, singing, pillow talk, boat rides, skiing, tubing, card games, thousands of pictures, diet coke, seafood, puppy chow, He's just not that into you, dancing, soaking up last minute sun, Gordo's, clean-up, and sad goodbyes until Mary B's wedding!

Jess (and others) captured the weekend with great pictures.]

Halfway!

Things have been so busy lately with traveling every weekend, and I realized I have not updated on the baby in a long time. We are now halfway there!

Here are a couple other fun updates:

• 20wks along
• Baby is about 10 1/2 ounces and 10 inches long (about the length of a banana)
• I am quickly growing out of my clothes!
• Most people have predicted Baby Phelps is a boy, but there are a few girl guessers out there in the minority.
• I feel it move pretty much everyday now- which I love! John was able to feel it for the first time last night too.
• Looks like our little one might be a thumb sucker. I had an ultrasound yesterday and saw several pictures of the baby sucking his/her thumb.
• Baby is growing right on track. My due date has not changed and is still set for Oct. 28
• I get a little anxious saying this because it is such a big decision, but I think we have the names picked out. We have a couple girl names and a couple boy names at this point. Of course, this is a surprise too though!

I do not know how people do not believe in the Lord when seeing this process and how He has created us all. I have truly been amazed and learned so much!

Road Trip '09

Last week, we started our journey of driving to Philadelphia.  Instead of making it one really long day, we split it up and made it a little trip to visit friends and family on the way.  It was a lot of driving but it seemed to go by pretty fast and we had a great time hanging out together in the car.  We love road trips! 

1st stop- Charlotte, NC.  

We spent a night with Kristen and all the Cofield clan.  I love Charlotte.  It is one of those cities I think I would like to live in and John had never been before.  It was fun to visit with all the Cofields since we do not get to see them as much since they moved from Bham.  And Shannon (who has more connections than anyone I know) had a friend giving away her glider from her nursery.  So, we also got a precious white, FREE glider for the baby's room.  I will have to put a pic up of that later.  

2nd stop- D.C. 

We headed to DC Thursday for two nights.  We did not do tons of tourist adventures because we had both been to DC and it rained most of the time (as you can see below).  We were able to visit with several friends we had not seen in a long time.  We ate lunch with Anne in the Senate Cafeteria one day- which has great food by the way.  We stayed with another friend of mine from Auburn, Melissa.  And we went to dinner one night with Jared and Belen, who live in Arlington.  Jared and Belen had a baby in December and so we got to meet James too! We had so much fun seeing people here that we probably could have stayed many more days! 

    

Sorry, we were not great about taking pictures the whole trip.  

3rd Stop- Horsham, Pennsylvania 

Last but certainly not least, we arrived Saturday right outside Philly where John is working for the summer.  We got him unpacked and settled in about an hour!  It was such a breeze compared to all those times of moving me back to Auburn.  We spent the rest of Saturday and Sunday hanging out and exploring the area mainly.  John was able to show me where he works and his office.  Many of you have been asking about him and so I will let him tell more about his job and the area.  He has promised to make his first blogpost very soon...so stay tuned!      

Family Beach Trip

We had a great Memorial Day weekend in Sea Island with the Phelps.  This is a trip John and I really look forward to each year.  The weather was not great everyday but we were still lucky enough to have sunshine Sunday and Monday.  Even though I think the gulf has the most beautiful beaches, I have come to love this place too! 

  

Dinner at the River Room

The sunrise would shine into our room each morning, so one morning we walked outside to get a picture- it was beautiful! 

This is what Mama Jo calls her "heaven on earth"

So, they were having work done on the pool the first day, but John "went swimming" anyway to cool off.   

This picture just makes me laugh-Josephine bought tiny umbrellas for cocktails each night. Well, while we were shopping at a baby store one day, John got a little distracted and found this huge pink parasail.  So, that night for dinner he put it in Josephine's cocktail.