Happy Fourth of July!

I'm one of the 4 people in the US that are at work (notice I didn't say working, I said AT WORK) the Friday before the 4th, so I thought I would stick with my theme of the day and do absolutely NO work! This means I get to shop online, play on my iPhone, catch up on personal email -- well so I don't neglect that even on the busiest days-- and update the blog.



I don't have a whole lot of new information. We have our sonogram to determine the sex of the baby on August 5 so we'll have that mystery solved shortly. We're talking more and more about names and narrowing in on a few that we really like!



I've been fortunate enough to realize more and more every day how truly blessed we are with our circle of family and friends. I had a terrible couple of days at work this week. I'm in sales so the end of the month/beginning of the next month is not an easy time and with my partner out on maternity leave (something in the water here), I'm running this ship solo. I got home Wednesday night around 7:30 after an incredibly long last day of the month and all I wanted was Mexican food and my new body pillow. FJ had laid out the mail we had gotten that day. We received two gorgeous wedding invitations for August weddings and there was a big burgandy gift certificate propped up on the counter.



I dug into the wedding invitations as though they were edible and I was...well a pregnant woman. I know all of the details. I've been to the websites, I've talked to the people getting married and asked the questions. I'm even a bridesmaid in one of the weddings. But I still love reading every word of an invitation and taking in the style and nuances, especially since I know how long it takes to pick out and design these things! It didn't occur to me that the gift certificate, which I immediately recognized as Spa Sydell would be for me. I'm not sure whose I thought it was. But FJ nudged me towards it and was so excited. I opened it up and Ollie and Anne, two of our very close friends who are actually tying the knot in April had sent me a gift certificate. It wasn't just a gift certificate, it was an invitation to pamper myself in a stress free environment! I've said it before, but we are so lucky and this baby has no idea what is in store for it with all of his or her aunts and uncles!



We are headed out on Saturday afternoon to visit one of my best friends from college (and since!), Janna and her fiance Michael AKA Travis. They bought a house last year and we haven't been able to go see it yet so I'm really excited to see them, their pups and catbaby and to go to their pool party and to the river with them. It's going to be a lot of fun! I've spent the past 2 4th of July with Janna and Michael so I'm happy to keep it going! I'm finishing off the weekend with another tradition that has nothing to do with the Fourth. I'm going to see the third Twilight movie with Jill who has of course already seen it. She previews them for me so she can give me a heads up on what's coming next since I've never read the books. Much candy and processed nacho cheese will be consumed that evening and I'm prettttttty excited for that!



I hope everyone has a great holiday weekend and is safe. I promise to have more news or at least more entertaining stories soon!