Blogging 101

Clearly I am still a novice blogger, as evidenced by my post below. I'm still trying to navigate how to publish posts and rearrange things, and I'm obviously still in the learning phase. In trying to move my text up to the top of the screen, I somehow thought hitting "Ctrl + P" would miraculously copy, move, and paste my text up to the top of the screen. However, it does not. Hitting "Ctrl + P" will actually immediately publish your post as it is. Lovely.

Fighting Irish

My mom and dad came up to Rochester for a visit and we had the awesome opportunity to spend Saturday afternoon up in South Bend at the University of Notre Dame! It was such a great time and the weather could not have been more perfect. We were able to tour the campus, see the Basillica, visit the bookstore and even attend the Notre Dame/Navy football game. It was nearly perfect and Evan and I were thankful that mom and dad were willing to make the trip!

Girls Day Out

A few weekends ago I had the pleasure of spending an afternoon in Indianapolis for a "girls day out". It was a great time - in lieu of a baby shower, my friend Angela planned a fun relaxing day for me with some friends in Indianapolis. It was SO much fun!

We started the day with brunch at Angela's. Then from there we treated ourselves to pedicures (foot massages are amazing these days!) to beautify our tired feet. Afterwards, we made our way over to "You Are the Potter", a paint-your-own-pottery place, where we all picked out our own pottery and came up with creative ways to paint and decorate it. It was one of the best parts of the day and surprisingly very relaxing, especially to me, seeing as I would normally avoid any and all type arts 'n' crafts activities. We all really enjoyed ourselves and spent nearly 3 hours there!

We finished the day with a yummy dinner at St. Elmo's Steakhouse downtown, which lasted nearly 4 hours! It was so nice to get to spend some time with my girlfriends and get away for a little bit. Thanks Ang for creating such a memorable day for me!

Angela and I post-pedicure, waiting for our nails to dry

Heather and I picking our masterpieces

Our selections: a piggy bank for me for the nursery, coffee mug for Angela and brush holder for Heather

A surprise cake brought out to me by our waiter "Toole" (yes, his real name and yes he was). Of course the cake was courtesy of the girls as well.

What a fun day!

Is it bad......

.....when 2 of your current favorite songs are sung by Miley Cyrus (aka Hannah Montana)? I'm thinking yes.

I was driving today and her song "Climb" came on the radio and I was reminded how much I absolutely love that song. And then I was also reminded that she was nearly half my age. It's tough to get old.

Bloomington-Bound Boys

On the day of the baby shower in Nky, Evan and the boys packed up and headed to Bloomington for the day for the IU football game. Here's a picture of them with their "fake" cigars to celebrate the birth of Keegan (Brian's son) 1o days earlier, quite the Motley Crew! I think they all had a great time and the Hoosiers pulled out a W as well! From L to R: Evan, Brian, Matt, Joel, Dad.

Belated Baby Shower Post

Almost a month ago, my family hosted a very fun baby shower for me back in Nky and I wanted to post some pics! Aunt Jane, mom, Meagan and Sarah collaborated to put together a very memorable afternoon for me in celebration of Baby G's arrival. Everyone had a great time and the big surprise for me was that my sister flew in from Charleston to be there for celebration! A majority of the time was spent laughing at my expense, about my lack of innate motherly abilities (I opened a large box of wipes and thought they were diapers; a completely innocent mistake if you ask me!).

Here are some of my favorite pics:

The Party Planners

Despite my earlier mistake, I did, in fact, know that this was a bib. (Thanks Aunt Louie!)
My mom has become a whiz on the internet and found the idea for these rattle-shaped cupcakes!
My mom and Meagan joined forces with Evan and his mom to find some baby pics and put together this picture board for us - I absolutely loved it! And everyone agreed that Evan was a much cuter baby than I!
Mom and Aunt Jane taking a break after a long (but fun) afternoon!