First off, the big news is that we're having a boy! 

 

Okay, on to the rest.  Since I'm in my schizophrenic days of being pregnant - moments of sheer terror mixed in with moments of complete excitement, I'm not spending a lot of time reflecting but just moving forward.

 

One of the hardest things about keeping up with the blog is that unlike some of my other more technologically savvy friends, I'm uncertain how I can blog remotely.  So keeping up while traveling is kind of a pain - and as I've mentioned before, I'm really lazy about posting photos.

So, in May, around Mother's Day, Drew & I headed to Charlotte for my friend Kate's baby shower.  We also surprised Drew's Mom and got to see our good friends Jaime & Amanda (including their very cute little girl Alena).  I'll post some photos of Kate at her shower and Drew with Alena.  The funniest part of that trip was that I had my hair dyed back to its original dark brown/black color and people who have known me for years couldn't even recognize me.   In fact, I think Drew is actually missing his crazy haired wife because now I'm super difficult to spot when we're out shopping or in large crowds.  The hair was quite an easy identifier.  oh well.

 

From there I had a work trip to Milwaukee (woo-hoo...land of cheese and beer) and then home for a while. 

Over Memorial Day weekend, my uncle Pat and his girlfriend Jennifer came to visit which was a lot of fun.  Will post some photos from the awesome touristy San Fran experience - they had beautiful weather the whole time.

Then, we headed back to Charlotte to visit with our friends and drive over to Knoxville, TN (home of Rocky Top and the evil orange/white Volunteers) for my good friend Chris Greene's wedding.  Shockingly, he has managed to find a sweet and beautiful woman to marry him.  Chris was my roommate when I lived in Charlotte prior to marrying Drew and he was a groomsman in our wedding because I just love him to death.  Chris has the worst luck of anyone I know, but his wedding turned out great.  Except for two things - one, Chris is a HUGE fan of Maker's Mark and there was none to be found which was completely bizarre AND Chris danced - not only danced but did the macarena ... grabbing his butt and shaking it.  Photos included.

 

From there, Drew & I both worked from Charlotte and then headed to Boston to visit with my Dad and Alesa.  We chilled all weekend by the pool enjoying the beautiful weather.  It was awesome.

 

Of course, I get home and then turn around and am out on the road - traveling to our Chicago office and then to Dallas.   In Dallas, I did some work and then got to visit with my friend Rani who still works for the 'soft & has just really grown into her job as a recruiter.  I'm so proud :-).

 

Anyway, now I'm back at work and getting to spend some time at home.