Cat's outta the bag!!

We've been able to start sharing the news and it's been great! Our friends and family have been so supportive and excited about the addition to our family. Of course I enjoyed playing with some folks as we revealed the news. You only get to tell people you are pregnant for the first time once, so why not have fun with it?

I was really pleasantly surprised with how excited a lot of our male friends are about our news. I guess I just assume boys aren't as excited about weddings or babies as girls are, but everyone seems genuinely excited...if they aren't they all get points for putting on the show!

The past 6 weeks have flown by. I know I willed them to, but I still can't believe how quickly it's gone! We'll know whether we are having a boy or girl in the next 7-11 weeks so I can only imagine that will be here before we know it, too.

As for everything else - life is good. Work is a bit more stressful than normal since my outside partner left early for her maternity leave, but I'm slowly getting things organized and running how I like them and I'm sure I'll enjoy the total control over the next few months!

The painters have started on the house. They pressure washed first, which actually pulled some of the paint off, so the house looked pretty rough. Then they started pulling the boards that needed replacing off of the house. Now our house looks like that scary house on the block with exposed insulation, flaking paint and absolutely no landscaping in the front (FJ pulled it all out and we are replacing it after the house is painted). Of course I will be taking pictures for the comparison!

I'm excited for our housewarming party which kind of doubles as a coming out party! That's coming up on the 19th of this month. Hopefully I'll have my culinary skills back in check by then. I miss my kitchen.

The house warming is just a dry run for Kate and Reid's couples shower that we are hosting at the house the following weekend. I'm so excited for them and glad we're able to host the shower and have so many people come together to celebrate for them! Their wedding is right around the corner in August and I can't wait for the festivities to begin (see Kate, no short jokes, just pure excitement).

Liz is moving in next weekend and we are glad to have her around for the summer...and not just because she cooks! Liz's arrival and Kate's shower actually sparked some of the projects we started with the house and the timing was obviously perfect.

This will be our first year not going to Hilton Head for the Fourth of July but we are still planning to celebrate with some friends, a body of water and fun! We're just staying a bit closer to home. And of course July brings Jill's birthday and pregnant or not, that must be celebrated... Jill this is our 12th Jill's Birthday together and I love every one of them!

I guess I'll wrap this up before it comes the shout out blog post. I'll start sharing the blog link soon, though I'm sure there's way too much to read on here!