Celebrating Ollie & Anne

This past weekend we hosted an engagement party for two of our close friends Ollie and Anne who are getting married in April in NC at the beach. We were so excited that after months of badgering them, they agreed to let us throw this party...I'm pretty sure that it gets really difficult to tell a pregnant woman NO, she can't throw a party featuring a huge table of desserts so I guess I cheated in the guilt game. FJ is actually a groomsman in the wedding and has known Ollie since college (Ollie was in our wedding, too) and I've been friends with Anne and Ollie pretty much since Day 1 of Jenny and FJ so we were really excited to celebrate with them.

We did a tailgate theme for the party as Ollie and Anne are both UGA alum and fans. Of course the football team couldn't cooperate - the party started at 2 and they decided not to play until 7:30! Not to mention it was only televised on some obscure ESPN the Ocho type station...have no fear, though...AT&T online account management, click to chat and my AT&T navigation skills had the obscure package ordered by about 5 minutes after kickoff (and subsequently was canceled less than 48 hours later). I put on a huge crock pot of chili around 7am and Ollie helped me whip up some guac, salsa, dips, etc. I was also VERY smart and purchased several pounds of wings and onions for frying for late night knowing this crowd. I also set up a dessert buffet with candy and some creations from www.andeverythingsweet.blogspot.com (she's on retainer at this point) and of course we had cocktails.

We were sooooo excited to use our new deck (more to come on the new deck later this week - we have some good pics!). It was PERFECT for entertaining and we were able to use our new outdoor fireplace as it got chillier at night, too. It was a perfect day and the bride and groom to be had a blast (or if they didn't, they were kind enough to lie). We all know there is very little that I love more in this world than to entertain friends so I was excited to have a full house for the weekend and can't wait to celebrate with Ollie and Anne in Bald Head, NC in April, too!

Also, a HUGE shout out to my big sister, April. Her birthday was on Saturday - HAPPY BIRTHDAY APRIL!!!!! I love you more than you'll ever know. Your friendship is invaluable to me and you are the best role model a girl could ask for as a sibling, a parent, a friend and an overall stellar person. I hope you know how much you are loved by me, FJ, Rhett and even Tucker (the whole Tribuzio clan - even if FJ swears he didn't adopt Tucker - he's a Tribuzio). I hope Rhett can learn how to be such an awesome sibling from you given the chance - but minus pulling arms out of sockets or tossing people off trampolines. Eh - nevermind - it's part of the package, right? Especially if he has a sibling who puts Icy Hot on the toilet or does the "Wal Mart Test" to his signifant others. I can't wait to celebrate wiht you in a few weeks. You are truly loved, admired, appreciated and cherished over at Crabapple Lake Stables!

I can't believe it's almost November! We have a doc appt this Wednesday, we are on every 2 weeks now. We are at 32 weeks this Thursday so we have: about 8 weeks left, we sailed by the 2 month mark this past weekend and I have 7 weeks left at work (my last day will be Dec 13 unless he comes earlier - I'll be on vacation for the rest of the year otherwise). This is getting very crazy and real! We have Halloween this weekend and will hopefully be going to a friend's house for a party if we get everything else done that we need to.

Time is flying by and we are making some progress. There isn't a whole lot to report - we are doing great - all 3 (4 if you count Tucker) of us. I'm sleeping less and getting larger. We took some time off from the gym this past week...FJ had the excuse of the deck. I only went once - most of the other nights I worked a little later. So we are definitely getting back into the routine this week, hopefully. We lose our Liz this weekend - she's moving out and it's been great having her the past several months. I can't believe how time is flying by!!!

Oh - and Jess - have fun in the mountains this week, hope you finally get to relax after two big deadlines and lots going on! Thinking of you! :)