so today i got out of the house with my little guy. he went with me to my monthly knitting get together. it was a very enjoyable time and i wanted to briefly blog about it before i forgot about some details that really just made me happy to be a part of this group of lovely ladies.
a few observations:
1 - these ladies are great! all of them! while sitting there, i realized how truly awesome they are. some of us have kids, some of us don't. those that don't are just as interested and excited about the little ones as the ones that are mamas. and totally ok with listening to the mamas and our constant banter about babies, and being a mom. the mamas, wow, i realized what a great group we've got going here. i think we all swapped something with one another today. i had a maternity coat to give back to amy, she had a few things to return to carrie and amanda (we missed you dear), annie had supposed germs for us to catch and take to our lovely homes (kidding) and a few others had loaned or promised other baby items to each other as well. it all was a reallly interesting how much we all had borrowed from each other. what an awesome system we've got going here.
2 - in addition to loaning and swapping of these items, i was the recipient of a few lovely gifts! thank you so much amy and melissa! everything is much appreciated! photos of amy's knitted gifts to follow in an upcoming post.
3 - also we all swapped lots of stories and understanding, and ideas for our kids and babies and family and recipes too. and we all loaned out our ears for lots of listening to each others stories.
4 -ooh and the food, lots of wonderful food! i need that marshmallow recipe michelle, what a fun and different desert option!
5 - and just because i think i mentioned everyone else above that has a blog, i didn't want to leave you out jen, i'll be emailing you this week to set up a playdate. thanks for holding andy for a bit. and thanks blogless erin for doing the same, ooh and thanks to melissa for making andy fall asleep too.
i had a very refreshing time and am glad that you all are part of my life :) i'm looking forward to the april get together!
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Sunday, March 16, 2008
Monday, November 5, 2007
good friends
this weekend was the wedding of two great friends of ours, leo & anne. chris and i have known leo for as long as we've known each other. in fact, chris met leo 6 months prior to meeting me, and i met leo shortly after meeting chris. since then, we've hung pretty tight. been through a lot. cranky times, happy times, lots of drunken times.... along with the three of us, there have always been other roommates and friends who we all have met and grown to love and still see every so often. but this weekend gave us all some much needed time to catch up and let loose (well, let loose as much as a pregnant woman who is 6 months along can, gha... i had to pee after every single song that i danced to!)...
we've seen a few "others" come and go from leo's life and none of them brought the true leo out to play like anne does. she's perfect for him and he adores her like nothing else :) it really did make us all so happy to see him in such a state. it's something i noticed the first time the four of us went out together and from that point forward, i just KNEW that they would be married in no time.
as for our other college friends, it was so great to party with them. something we haven't done in a LONG time. it's surprising how close we all are even though we're all in different parts of town and different stages in life. we can still manage to get together and have a great time. not too many college buddies and roommates can do that.
over all it was a great time, spent with great people and friends. it makes you realize how much you should cherish friendships that you have had for so long. we all might do our own thing and go our own directions but in the end, we spent some pretty awesome times together and the love and support that was there some 7 years ago is still there today.
i'll leave you with this, a photo of chris and i just before we left the house for the ceremony. just for record keeping sake, i'm 26 weeks along with andrew in the photo:
oooh, and a side note about the dress.... which if i do say so myself looked pretty hot! lol... two weeks prior i had tried on a few other dress options. they looked fine, and i was content with picking one of the two. time check, 11 pm the night prior to the wedding, i put the same two dress options back on to make my final decision and found that both options were HORRIBLE.... i looked like a huge dumpy mess and there was no way that i was going to attend a wedding looking like i did in those two dresses. so... what did i do... jumped on the internet, found a dress at target and decided that early saturday morning i would head there to try on this dress. it was $27.99, and fit like a freakin' glove! i felt so much better in it. so there i am, in the above photo in a dress that i had purchased two hours prior... way to be prepared cara, way to be prepared....
we've seen a few "others" come and go from leo's life and none of them brought the true leo out to play like anne does. she's perfect for him and he adores her like nothing else :) it really did make us all so happy to see him in such a state. it's something i noticed the first time the four of us went out together and from that point forward, i just KNEW that they would be married in no time.
as for our other college friends, it was so great to party with them. something we haven't done in a LONG time. it's surprising how close we all are even though we're all in different parts of town and different stages in life. we can still manage to get together and have a great time. not too many college buddies and roommates can do that.
over all it was a great time, spent with great people and friends. it makes you realize how much you should cherish friendships that you have had for so long. we all might do our own thing and go our own directions but in the end, we spent some pretty awesome times together and the love and support that was there some 7 years ago is still there today.
i'll leave you with this, a photo of chris and i just before we left the house for the ceremony. just for record keeping sake, i'm 26 weeks along with andrew in the photo:
oooh, and a side note about the dress.... which if i do say so myself looked pretty hot! lol... two weeks prior i had tried on a few other dress options. they looked fine, and i was content with picking one of the two. time check, 11 pm the night prior to the wedding, i put the same two dress options back on to make my final decision and found that both options were HORRIBLE.... i looked like a huge dumpy mess and there was no way that i was going to attend a wedding looking like i did in those two dresses. so... what did i do... jumped on the internet, found a dress at target and decided that early saturday morning i would head there to try on this dress. it was $27.99, and fit like a freakin' glove! i felt so much better in it. so there i am, in the above photo in a dress that i had purchased two hours prior... way to be prepared cara, way to be prepared....
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