Catholic Wedding, Salsa Dancing... and Vanilla Ice?

So I'm not very good at keeping up with my blog... but I'm going to try and do better! Here goes...

This past weekend we made a journey up to Memphis, TN for a wedding. A good friend of ours from college was getting married and I couldn't wait to get together with everyone! We had friends from all over come into town for the festivities. I stayed out way too late both Friday and Saturday, but I was VERY proud of my pregnant self for hanging in there. They bride and groom had a Catholic wedding, which I have never experienced... I didn't realize they were SO LONG! It went by really quick, though... I guess because it was so different and interesting. The reception was FABULOUS! The food was wonderful - especially the cake :) and I didn't feel left out of the drinking festivities because I got to have my cranberry and club soda "fake" cocktail. The bride and groom are accomplished salsa dancers and did a little number for their "first dance". After their dance, all their other salsa buddies joined in. It was amazing to watch them! I only wish I could talk Mark into taking salsa lessons. Along with the salsa dancers, there were quite a few others that had their own "style" of dancing :). My good friend Beth ALWAYS steals the show with her dancing! She even made some cute little old lady's night by pulling her out onto the dance floor to join in on the YMCA. Another "great" dancer was our friend from Tampa, Brad. When Vanilla Ice came on, he totally kicked out some excellent "go white boy, go white boy go" moves. The sweet bride was very thoughtful and set us at a table with our good friends along with another couple who is expecting. She was about 4 weeks behind me... although she was barely showing - and here I was looking like I had swallowed a watermelon! We had a great time! I even danced a little bit - I always feel weird being the "pregnant lady" dancing. Baby Clay was kicking all night... I think he liked the music, or maybe it was all the cake I ate :). Here are some pictures from all the festivities. Enjoy!

Rob, Christy (in back), Tommy, Beth, Me and Mark

Our Handsome guys - Rob, Darryl, Mark, and Brad

Christy, Melissa (bride), Beth, and Me

Dancing Queen - Beth

Go White Boy! Go White Boy, Go!

I'm Having a Boy!!!

I have been feeling like a terrible mom-to-be because I haven't done anything to "capture" the moments of my pregnancy. I have taken a couple of belly shots and have kept up with my ultrasound pictures... but other than that, nothing else. I decided that in order to help myself remember my glorious pregnancy days, I'd better start writing things down... which leads me to this blog! It might even inspire me to scrapbook :).

Anyways, I am 19 weeks along today! I had my ultrasound yesterday and they were able to confirm what everyone seemed to already know... that it was a boy! There was no denying it! The little guy was not shy (takes after his daddy I guess). Mark, of course, was not able to contain his joy and was jumping around the ultrasound room. We basically lost him for the rest of the appointment. Even though that seemed to be the most important moment of the day, they did do all the measurements and everything was perfect. It's the neatest thing to watch him move around. I'm suprised that I don't feel him yet because he was in there kicking away! I've been told, I should be able to feel those kicks in the next few weeks.

My sleep is also starting to dwindle. Don't get me wrong... I can sleep anywhere, anytime, all the time, but being pregnant puts a bit of a strain on it. I've read all the books and every one of them says to try to sleep on you left side. I'm a back sleeper, so this is not very comfortable to me. I guess I'm going to have to break down and buy one of those Snoogle pillows everyone keeps telling me about. If I'm having problems sleeping now, I can't imagine how hard it's going to be for me when I'm actually big! It's going to be interesting to see how I manage my snoogle pillow, dog and Mark all in the same bed. My sweet husband did give up his prized spot in the bed that is closest to the bathroom, since I have to make multiple trips during the night.

Now that we know it's a boy, we have to come up with a name. I had the girl's name already picked out... but I'm struggling with a good boy's name that fits. We are using Neal as the middle name because that's been used for the last 3 generations (at least). Any suggestions are welcome. Hopefully we'll know before the baby makes his first appearance into the world... I'd feel terrible if I didn't have a cute name that I could get monogrammed on everything!

Well, I think that's about enough for my very first blog! Hopefully I can keep up with it, so I have something to put in the baby book/scrapbook.

All for now,

Leslie


By the way... if you are interested... here are some ultrasound photos, including what I like to call "Baby's First Porn Pic".