Trip To MN

Isn't MN pretty?

I didn't realize how much I missed hearing MN catchphrases like "Well, I spose and yeah, yeah sure"  until I visited this summer.  Can you believe how big my nieces and nephews are?

Can you believe how big I am?? :)  Joel and Luke became very good buddies this trip.  They even sat VERY close to one another at the breakfast table:)  (Luke saved Joel a seat at a table even though there was no one else there.  It was funny to see them sitting RIGHT next to each other when all the other seats were empty)

Grace showed us her mad skills while putting...she beat me!

Luke and Renee had fun, too!

We were ready for some good eats....

Especially, Graham, who wowed the server with his appetite :)

Isn't my sister pretty?

Here we are taking a hike

Drink that water, Renee!

We look a little lost, don't we?  We eventually found our way out:)

Here we are on our last day

It was good to see everyone!  

Foot Woes

Look what I have to wear.  Lovely, isn't it?  It wouldn't be so bad, but I am supposed to don my tennis shoes with it.  Pregnancy made me feel very uncute before..It's so much worse now that I have to wear sneakers!  Hopefully, my foot will be better in a week.  The doctor and I have no idea what is wrong with my foot as I can not have X-rays and I didn't injure it.  It sure is painful, though!!

MN Baby Shower!

My mom and sister threw me a baby shower when Joel and I flew to MN.  Here's a few pics!  

Paige slaved away at this cake!  Isn't it beautiful?!?

My corsage made out of a diaper, sock and baby wash cloth.

Joel got one too!

Renee...deciding  how much toilet paper she needs to fit around my belly

Paige, measuring my pregnant girth!

Jessica came up for the event!

The inside of the cake was as fun as the outside!

Jessica made me this blanket!  Talented girl!

Brinna-Annika's little one!  We didn't really get any pictures of Annika...her little girl stole the show!

Grace, my niece made this dress for us!  Wow!  She's talented too!

We all had fun!  Thanks everyone!

Baby Moon

Joel and I decided to celebrate our 4th anniversary and pre-baby stage with a trip to the Adirondack Mountains

Here's Joel posing in front of the Hudson...it looks much different here than it does in NYC!

Our cozy lake cabin

Buttermilk Falls

Joel is the subject of a lot more pictures now that I'm pregnant....hmm....does this say something about me?

Checking out our view from our cabin

After seeing how terrible I look when trying to hide from the camera, I decided to embrace the fact that Joel will take a picture no matter what I look like (no make-up, frizzy hair and all).  Here I am at 29 weeks.

We had a lovely time on a boat tour (I can't remember the name of the lake it was on...)

I thought MN had a lot of lakes until I visited the Adirondacks....

Bye, bye Long Lake!  Maybe we will visit again when our little one is ready!