Congratulations to Kate & Reid Sanders! (or Reid and Kate Dunaway...whichever you like to call them)

Kate and Reid's wedding day finally came!! And went :(

What an awesome wedding weekend! We started on Thursday. I arrived in Augusta around 6:30 and we were off! Kate had everything ready to go and it was fun and celebration from the first second. It was great to spend the weekend with a great friend celebrating. Of course I also love weddings because they bring back terrific memories of our big day, but this was 100% about Kate and everyone came together to make it truly special for Kate and Reid.

I was a little nervous about the dress situation, but luckily my alterterations guy came through and you could barely see the bump at all! Not that I'm not proud, but there was no need for it to be a focal point. And in additional, startling news -- I am able to have an immense amount of fun at a wedding without even so much as a glass of wine!

Congratulations to Kate and Reid Sanders! Thank you for letting us be a part of your special day!

In other exciting news, FJ got to feel the baby kick last night. I've been feeling it for a week or two, but it's very sporadic and not very hard or defined - I can just tell - so I haven't been able to grab FJ to feel it when he does it. FJ and I were laying together on the couch last night watching TV after dinner and he had his hand on my belly and the baby gave him a little nudge!! It was really exciting to see FJ's face as he realized what had just happened and asked "was that him!?!?" I'm so glad FJ got to feel that sooner than later!

We have another wedding this weekend, too! We are headed to Reynolds Plantation (where Carrie Underwood got married a few weeks ago!!) to celebrate with Jenn Davis and Andy Stancil as they tie the knot. Andy is one of FJ's fraternity brothers and very close friends. Over the past 4+ years, I've gotten to be very good friends with Andy, too as well as getting to know Jenn. We're excited for the UGA Chi Phi reunion, the party to follow and of course to celebrate with good friends as they enter make their vows.

Our schedule is of course packed the following several weeks which is how I prefer it. Hopefully this fall we can keep things a little calmer, but I doubt it. For now, I feel great. I have plenty of energy and aside from being larger and wanting cookies 100% of the time, I can hardly tell I'm pregnant. I do feel for FJ because from time to time I realize I am being a little crazy or dramatic or I'm sure his personal favorite - ridiculously controlling. But overall, things are going really well so far!

We had a doctor's appointment last week and all is well! I've gained an appropriate (and undisclosed) amount of weight. I have another appointment in a few weeks and then will start going every other week. This week marks the 23rd week. I'm not sure exactly how that translates to months, but I guess I'm about 5.5 months and over halfway through.

We haven't made any progress with a nursery yet, but we have wrapped up a few other projects around the house and have a few more on our list.

For those who have asked, I am taking about 3 months for maternity leave and plan on returning to work in mid March, but that is always subject to change depending on how everything works out in December. I get to take vacation before my "maternity leave" (which is actually disability, not specifically maternity leave) which is great because I have saved up a few days so I should be able to set a date that will be my last day at work, baby or no baby.

Those are all of my updates for now. I'm going to try to take some more profile pics to keep the site updated, but I would rather post the pics from parties, weddings, etc as they speak much more to our pregnancy and life than pics of me from the side in front of our stairs! :)

It's a BOY!!!!

The cake has finally been cut, the news is out in the open! Baby Tribuzio is now Baby BOY Tribuzio! Nope, we still don't have a name set, but we'll let you know when we do...

First off, thank you so much to Kate Petronis, http://www.andeverythingsweet.blogspot.com/ for helping with the party and providing the cake and candy buffet!! I had so much fun working on this with you!! For those who don't know, Kate and I have been friends for over 10 years. We went to Georgia Southern together (Kate later transferred to Ga Tech, but we still love her) and were not only soririty sisters, but she was my little sister in ZTA. We've stayed friends throughout the years and she has two beautiful little girls, Bailey and Olivia. Kate also has a great talent for all things cake, dessert and party related. I brought Kate the concept of the cake and the reveal party and she definitely helped bring it to life. She also helped create a monster in me! The result was an amazing party and memories that will last a lifetime.

It started with the cake. I knew I wanted to have a party around this cake and that the outside would be ambiguous and the inside would be blue or pink (icing, cake, I didn't care...as long as it was definitely blue or pink). From there, Kate came in! Between the two of us, we created an entire party built around revealing the gender, blue/pink, etc and it was a party very clearly intended for adults! ha ha! Kate made an amazing dessert table with a candy buffet, cake ball suckers and of course the cake. She also added several touches throughout and we built on ideas throughout the planning process. It was so much fun to get a glimpse into her creativity!! I thought I was creative, but I've got nothing on this lady!