Life Updates of a Larger Magnitude

It's a girl!! We had (not so) little Brynna Margaret on Tuesday July 8th at 1:30. We're home now and settling into life with a baby, and I probably won't have many updates here for a little while, since I'll be posting mainly to the baby blog. You still love me! :)

This past weekend (Happy Birthday McDevitt and Birgit!) Matt and I stayed at home with no plans. Very strange. Friday night we went to Babies R Us (you're jealous.) and bought the last few things on our list, then we went home and finally took most of the gifts out of their boxes. Saturday we did all those annoying house-errand things that tend to pile up (I guess they actually want us to pay some of these medical bills??), went to a breast-feeding class (which, at 2 hours, was about an hour and a half too long!), and then made our way back to the couch. :) I wasn't feeling so hot in the evening so Matt and I went for a walk that ended us up in Diesal Cafe drinking hot chocolate and playing pool. Apparently I married a pool-shark! Seriously, I was kicking his butt and only had like 2 shots left to make to his 8, when out of the blue he just runs the table and then seals it with a ridiculous 8-ball shot. I was too impressed to be upset with losing. :) Sunday we went to ch...

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This past weekend Matt and I made one last trip down to PA for Julie and Paul's American wedding (reception). Saturday morning we went to watch Gary and Tom do the Philly tri, which looked like a great race. The weather was perfect and the course was all shady and tree-lined. I was super jealous I couldn't be participating! Of course, I still don't know if it's worth a $130 entrance fee. Seems a little steep for my blood. Then Saturday evening was the reception at St. Peter's Inn (in St. Peter's village) They have done such amazing things with that area and it was so adorable. They've built this huge deck off the back overlooking the river, and the weather couldn't have been better. Her family hired some Mummer's to come out and entertain us with a few songs and their outrageous outfits, and a video tribute to the wedding in England was put together by Dave. I also managed to pull off a nice short speech without falling over or crying! Ro...

There's been a 2 month lag, but I finally posted pictures from Naomi's bday and my baby shower (Memorial Day weekend). Phew! That was hard work. I'm still working on a couple more Baby Bump pictures (it's more like a baby mountain now...), and Shakes Workout Challenge IV and V pictures. Enjoy! I've had a couple really great weekends in a row now. First the shower, then I went up for a fabulous visit with Susie in Portland, ME (SUCH a cute town!), then this past weekend we had the SWC V party on Friday followed by 2 days of ridiculous heat and great summer fun. Saturday after we had cleaned up as much as the stifling heat allowed, a bunch of us went to breakfast at Johnny D's and then headed up to Nahant Beach. If only that cool ocean breeze would make it to Somerville!! Beach time was followed by more food and movie time, and then a stroll down to the Square to listen to a James Taylor-esque musician while we played some Rummy. The gang then went to see...

Today we had a work outting/picnic which followed 2 days of conferences. A few weeks ago I convinced 3 of my coworkers that joining me in the company golf tournament was a not the bad idea it seemed. Although 3/4 of us had pretty much never played before, we managed to come in only 5 over par. You would play from the best ball hit each round, so it was great (except for the slight misty rain that was off and on). And we had carts and only played 9 holes. I'm actually a putting queen! All that mini golf finally paid off :) And luckily there were 2 guys on my team who were good with the whole driving thing, because mine and Wendy's were seriously lacking. Of course, I left right after lunch because I was completely exhausted, and I just woke up from an hour of napping. Who knew golf could be so tiring? Tomorrow is Shakes Workout Challenge party #5, so tonight we're making our monthly pilgrimmage to COSTCO to stock up on BBQ goodies. And of course booze, but that...

I realize that I've been remiss to not write about my spectacular Memorial Day Weekend. I was waiting to post pictures to go along with the blog, but that's taking a little longer than expected... So, Matt and I took a half day on Friday and drove down to PA for Memorial Day Weekend, and amazingly enough had beautiful weather and zero traffic. That pretty much set the tone! We went to Lisa and Tom's house for a big family dinner in honor of "Aunt Elaine Day", which was fabulous even though my present hadn't arrived. Regan, Shakes, Naomi, Monica and Art all came down from Boston! Saturday we spent the morning at my parent's setting up for the festivities, which commenced in the early afternoon. Dad made his (in)famous BBQ chicken, my nephews started selling beer from the keg for a quarter (but I mean, having your beer delivered to you is obviously worth $.25 I think!), and there was enough friends, family, food, and volleyball to make everyone happy. ...