Party On

We're halfway there! We had our 20 week appointment on April 21 and found out the baby's gender. We know, but hey, we're not telling. I ordered some adorable gender announcements that we sent out to family and will let our closest friends know before the whole world, but I will wholeheartedly share our chosen names. Our Girl Name is... Elodie  pronounced like Melody without the M, meaning  "foreign riches", chosen to honor my grandmother Eloise   Ann meaning Favored, Grace, chosen to honor Josh's maternal grandmother Mary Ann   If you've been following since our first pregnancy, you'll remember that this was our first pick for a girl back in 2013. Marielle Vi was a strong contender as well, since Marielle is a derision of Mary (again, Josh's grandmother) and Vi was a reference to my mother's middle name Virgine. The only reason we didn't go with this one is that her nickname would be Mary, and I'm just not a fan of that name all ...

I just got back from a girl's trip to San Antonio, which was so nice. Of course my son is retesting all of his boundaries, like I suddenly changed my mind and he is now free to plug in curling irons and drink out of the milk in the fridge- straight out of the carton nonetheless, but it was totally worth it! I did miss his sassy sweet face. My two sisters and sister-in-law all have birthdays in April and my mom sometimes likes to surprise them with trips and such. She's not the most tech savvy person in the world, so I came to the rescue and was repaid in a 5 day getaway filled with seeing my best friend, having delicious food (I mean, two steak dinners, TWO people), shopping, and some major sightseeing with my favorite ladies. We're more than family, I actually like them all and consider them friends. We went to the Riverwalk where we meandered and had a little boat tour, almost passed out at the Tower of Americas because I kind of forgot to eat, took a day trip to the b...