Three Showers in One

Smith Elementary threw me a going away shower...no, wait it was a wedding shower.....no, no, no it was a baby shower. Ok, so they threw me a going away/wedding/baby shower and it was really hilarious! I am going to miss seeing these sweet friends every day.

First, the cake. My friend Dayna warned me that it would be silly but it was hilarious! Here is it in its full glory.


Closer look....one half...wedding.....


the other half....baby....

baby rattlers and all....

She even put a baby in the carriage.

And our faces on the bride and groom. Seriously, I could not stop laughing. Loved it!

I have to mention the punch bowl because Craig and Ann got it for their wedding 8 years ago. This was its first appearance.

We got lots of gift cards so we could pack light! They were all so generous! So thankful!

Jolee...one of the lovely hostesses.

We had a fun time and ate lots of delicous food! We are both so appreciative to everyone!

Mr and Mrs Date Set!

Burke and I have set the date! On June 26th, I will put on a cute little dress (that would make Carrie proud) and we will stroll on over to the Chicago Marriage Court to become husband and wife! We will have a little brunch afterwards and then we are off to enjoy our life as Mr. and Mrs. Burke Brednich.

We are extremely ready to be in Chicago, settled in our new home. It's been a crazy few weeks and we know that we have a few more crazy ones to come....but are so thankful that we will be together so soon!

Pinto Bean

So this week our litte nugget is the size of a pinto bean. I wish I could say that I am glowing and beaming and skipping with sunshine rays coming out of my behind.....but.....unfortunately, instead of feeling the joy of pregnancy I feel like I have caught a new strand of the swine flu. My fingers (and Burke's fingers because he is sick of me complaining) are crossed that the puky stage will be over at the end of the first trimester.

Please, please do not leave any comment saying...."I didn't have any problems when I was pregnant" or suggest that I try saltine crackers and ginger ale. If I hear one of those two statments again, I may turn hostile.

But on a little more chipper note, I have suddenly become addicted to the game of Scrabble?!?!? No where is it mentioned in any of my pregnancy books that this could be a pregnancy "symptom". But I did want to document it somewhere in case this kid wins the 3rd grade spelling bee....

Our Chicago Home!

So we officially have a place to live in Chicago! We are so excited! It's in a cute, safe neighborhood.

Here it is....

the living room and dining area....

The bedrooms are a bit small but that is pretty much everywhere in Chicago. This will be our room.

The bathroom...I love the shelves in the shower.

This will be the nursery.

The KITCHEN!!!

This is the pantry. It's huge.

This is a really neat room off of the kitchen. It is like a closed in patio except it has a cabin feel to it. They added benches and table for a cute little eating space!

And just for fun....

Again, we are so excited and so ready to be there! Another check off the to do list!

Mom and Betsy, our landlady owns a sewing business!!

Cabo San Lucas

Burke and I had another great trip. Have I mentioned I'm spoiled??? I am so spoiled. Here are some highlights of our trip...

First of all, although WE arrived in Cabo San Lucas, my luggage did not. We were, of course, disappointed and a bit annoyed about the whole situation until we got to the resort and saw this....

and this....

and more of this. It was so beautiful that I didn't mind spendng a small fortune on a swim suit and dress to wear for the next day and half....

even if it did look like this...a big blob of pepto bismol.

Again, this made up for it all.

Fortunately my bag arrived the next day. Well, it actually arrived the first day we were there but the front desk wasn't aware that the concierge desk had it. Side note: The concierge desk is a whole 10 feet from the front desk.

Our first dinner in Cabo....Italian. (Just so you know, I have officially become anorexic...gained about 500 lbs on this trip.)

BeaUtifulllll!

Burke thoroughly enjoyed reading and listening to his podcasts. He was even sweet enough to give me a big whopping 30 seconds after each show to talk to him. That's right, ladies. He's taken.

Now for a little beach artwork. Here we are at 7 months....so sweet.

And Burke's interpretation of what we will look like at 25 years.

I think this picture is so sweet. I could go into the symbolism in this picture of how Burke protects me in our relationship. But I can hear the vomit sounds coming from Burke so I better not. Just know that he is amazing and makes me feel loved, beautiful, and safe..thanks!

The water was a bit chilly.

What a stud!

Burke decided to take a swim in the ocean. I learned on this trip that Burke is actually an incredible swimmer. Like he has swam for years and broke records and won championships and such. He's actually a beautiful swimmer. He gave me a few lessons but water kept going in my nose and that burns.

He had a great time but said the waves were very strong. He told me I wasn't allowed in the water because I have no swimming skills and I would drown.

Our second night the resort had a Mexican dinner theater. The people in the crowd were just as entertaining as the people in the show. We got kinda attached to some of the other guests and "people watched" the rest of the trip. Most of them were creepy..like the guy that would lick his girlfriend's whole mouth before kissing her. She didn't seem to mind but it was disgusting. Then there was the opera singer and then peacock hair...well, I will stop before we look like incredibly tacky people. Yeah, the show was entertaining.

This is where we had breakfast everyday. So beautiful!

I haven't said we are cute in this post...so we are cute.

The last day the wind got a little chilly for me. So I got cozy with some beach towels.

And even with all of this stuff...

This still happened...

As a souvenir for our trip and our first Easter, we got this bunny embroidery to frame and put out every Easter. It's so cute.

And we started a while back collecting Christmas ornaments from our trips. Here is our Cabo San Lucas ornament.

Again, it was a wonderful trip and I'm so thankful that we got to go!