HAPPY THOUGHTS... HAPPY THOUGHTS....

Tears actually formed in my eyes this morning listening to Dave Dahl talk about this 3rd April blizzard we are supposed to be having tonight... I was blindsided... I hadn't heard about it and was so awake and grateful to see sun and dirt fields and grass and think we'd be on the course by Friday!  For once though, it doesn't look like it'll be 5-9 inches as it is too wet and at least nothing is sticking.  I told Andy we are not snow blowing even if 9 inches and we'll just let it melt by Thurs and Friday when the 60's are NEAR!!! So to prevent more tears this evening with my hubby away on afternoon shifts, I only allowed HAPPY THOUGHTS!

So HAPPY THOUGHTS = SUMMER THOUGHTS!

Last Summer = CRUISE!!

This Summer = JUNEBUG!! 

I was picture obsessed tonight.  I finished and finally ordered our European Cruise Shutterfly book. That made me happy.  Take a peek if you'd like to feel warm:  http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=1CasnLNo0ZOLg

We got our maternity pics done yesterday and it was a lot of fun.  The half I've seen so far look great.  One of Andy's coworkers did them for us and  I'll put link and password on blog when they are all up.  That made me happy.

Then I sat and read in baby's room, now almost fully ready minus boy/girl name and the castle level end quote and Princess Peach emblems if baby is a girl.  Andy did a great job with our nursery and I'm so glad he had that project, like he had our honeymoon when we got married.  That all made me happy.  

I have too much to be thankful for and happy about... This snow can keep trying to get me down but I WON'T LET IT!!  (too much at least... no more tears at least...)

Bridesmaids

Last weekend, April 6th, I was so lucky to be able to see 3 out of my four bridesmaids and then spend a whole car ride from the cities back to Hutch talking with my fourth bridesmaid! I am so thankful and lucky to still be close and in touch with my four ladies.  I know it has only been about four years since my wedding, but if I was getting married today, I would have this four ladies (though probably a few more now too), but I am thankful for great life long friends.

 Jody had a 31 party with me and it was great to just spend the night Friday and all day Saturday seeing her being a wonderful mother and just catch up in person.  Amara treated me to coffee at the new coffee house just a block away and she is so close to finishing school.  I have known Amara since grade school, and she has been in school ever since.  She is going to make a fabulous Nurse Practitioner and I can't wait for her to find the perfect job and ONLY have a job to do so she can see me (and other friends...) more!!  Brittany was working, but I went to have a delicious solo dinner at Naviya's and we got to chat before she got busy.  But if you are looking for Thai, I recommend going there!  It was delicious!

When we got back Sunday, I was so excited to go meet Junebug's second newest friend to this world, Tom and Molly's baby Noah Thomas.  He was super precious with a ton of hair on his head!  I'm so excited for the awesome parents they are going to be and thankful for our friends just a bit ahead of us to go through lots of the same things together!

This weekend, I got to participate in a great coworker friend's bachelorette party with all her bridesmaids, family and friends.  It was the first themed bacherlorette party I'd ever gone to and it was awesome.  Everyone was assigned a female singer... I received the task of being pregnant Britney Spears... I loved getting ready and preparing a parody karaoke song (which I found two different ones online and combined them) for Gold Coin late in the night... I was terrible, but the words and my costume are below.  From Cher, to Katy Perry, Dolly Parton, Gaga, a "naked" Alanis Morisette... we were the center of attention at every place we stopped    Many wishes to Jackie in her last couple months as a "single lady"  (No one was Beyonce though...)

LYRICS TO "KICK ME BABY ONE MORE TIME"

Oh baby  baby, oh baby  baby

Oh baby  baby, how was I supposed to know
That when you are inside here
I think I can feel your bones
You're pushing on my sides, yeah
Tell me what position you need
Tell me baby cuz I need to know now, oh because

Chorus
My uterus is killing me
I must confess, I have to pee
With all these hormones, I'll lose my mind
And when I unwind, you kick me baby one more time!

Oh baby  baby, It's harder to breathe when
Your butt's up in my lung
Oh pretty baby, there’s nothin' that I wouldn't do
My friends say childbirth stung

Show me how to be a mommy
Tell me baby cuz I need to know now, oh because

Chorus

Oh baby, baby, how much larger will you grow?
Oh pretty baby, you don't need to throw elbows
I must confess, that my uterus is killing me, ow!
So I've just been wondering
How long you will be 
A pain in my side
Kick me baby one more time

Chorus

I must confess (my nauseousness) that my achiness
(is killing me) is killing me now
(I must confess) don't you (I still believe) know I still believe
That you're safe right here (I can't unwind)
And give me a sign...
Kick me baby one more time! !

25 and 30 (and a 1/2) weeks

It is fun to look at these in succession in my Facebook album... Wow that little one grows fast!  We were debating for a bit if we were going to do Maternity pics but a coworker friend of Andy is expanding his portfolio and albums and giving us a nice package deal for those and baby pics so excited to get those in a couple weeks!

Easter Break Happenings

Though it seems like we did a lot over my mini-spring Easter break, it was still the right amount of accomplishing tasks, fun with friends/family and relaxing with Andy and our animals.   We will be on the go go and busy busy all of April so this weekend was perfect!

Timmy and Tim made a trip to Hutch for Timmy to take the 900 hour temp test for 3M!  We will probably have a roomy when Junebug arrives for a couple months, but he'll be signing a strict roommate agreement to change every dirty diaper, babysit at our beck and call and complete all yard work and dinner making... well maybe not quite ALL that, but I am excited for him to be in the Hutch to get to know his nephew/niece well!  I did put the boys to work and they put the crib together we picked up the weekend before in Omaha.  The nursery furniture is in place!  Final decor to be added after we know if baby's a boy or girl!

The Thrall boys all came to my  coworkers bonding event on Tuesday of funky bowling at an alley in Buffalo, MN.  It was truly face-and-gut-painfilled evening from laughing so much.  We had fun taking pics of Tim sprawled out on the floor ("Bowl Lying Down") and telling Sue he fell and was injured.  She caught on once the pics of Timmy and me laying sideways made their way to her.  Bowling through all teammates legs was definitely the most frightening... but trusting!

The next night, we got to meet one of Hutchinson's newest members and Junebug's possible first boyfriend or best guy bud, Cameron Rettmann.  EVERYTIME I hold a newborn, I seriously forget how light they are and of course the amazement that I have one of those inside of me is mind-boggling and a true God miracle! 

 Easter Sunday was spent at my Uncle Craig and Aunt Mary Jo's home.  On Saturday, I wanted to make these colorful sugar cookie cups for mini-cheesecakes.. I saw a pic or two and recipe on Facebook awhile back that baked them upside down on mini-muffin pans.... of course I couldn't find it again, so thought I'd experiment as I went.  Well... a few lego pieces later, I quit, turned the pan over and made a sugar cookie bottom layer... but the "cups" did not succeed...  I knew I would be "competing" with some fabulous cooking and baking... Isn't the bunny..  I mean shit-zu... I mean the Lamb Cake the cutest??!!

                                                 

Purkat Cousins!! Love them and we hadn't been all together since Jen and Corey's wedding so we very much enjoyed our day! Looking forward to the 4th of July with most everyone and hopefully our California cousins can make it up too!