Over the last weekend in June we traveled to the Berkshires in Massachusetts to reconnect with E's college friends and to finally meet their burgeoning families. Everyone's kids were so well behaved and mild mannered and all really got along well! It was quite surprising, actually. It's always fun to see E interacting with kids because it doesn't happen often and kids either love him or are very unsure for quite some time. Luckily most of the kids really loved him (and me too), which was really great.
As a special bonus I was also called "the most impressive pregnant woman" by a friend who has been pregnant not once but twice. So that was a total win! We also went to the beach and I broke out the fat lady bikini. Here's a photo to embarrass myself with now and in the future.
This past weekend we traveled further south to New York for a family wedding. While traveling in a southward direction during a heat wave isn't always my favorite thing to do, it was so lovely to catch up some of the more far flung family members we don't get to see all that often. Especially E's sister and her family. I can't believe it's been almost 2 years since our last visit. They hadn't been back to the states since she officiated our wedding in 2011. Since then they've had another sweet baby whom we got to meet for the first time. As luck would have it, they're hopefully planning to move back to the states, which would just be delightful!
While we had seen them more recently than E's sister, his cousin and her husband were in from Denver and have also had a baby since we last saw them about a year or more ago. Their little one is 3 months old and such a little cutie. It was so nice to see them so happy and such wonderful parents already. It makes me so excited to meet our little one.
Now any trip to the metro NY area wouldn't be complete without a few fun stories now would it? While it was super lovely to see everyone, not everyone was as lovely with their words. Don't get me wrong, some people really were! Here's my list of the best and the "best" quotes from the weekend.
Best:
"I was talking to my friend this morning after seeing you last night and I said 'I saw the most beautiful pregnant woman in the world last night!'" She then went on to say I was more beautiful now than before, which she wasn't sure was possible, and that she had never seen the pregnant woman glow people talk about and that I had it. This person is obviously my favorite. Love them.
"Best" - please note that by the "best" I mean ohmygod how did that come out of your mouth without you being immediately embarrassed by yourself:
Quote 1:
Me to bride: "you look beautiful!"
Bride to me: "you look pregnant!"
uuuhhhh... thanks?
Quote 2:
After seeing me and waving politely but walking away this person comes back around to apologize for "not recognizing" me then proceeds to ask "are you having a cesarean section?". So not only am I apparently unrecognizably large, but so large that one cannot comprehend that my child will come out of me any other way than surgically. Um, thanks, super awesome person.
I do have to say, that my husband was absolutely amazing this weekend. Constantly showering me with praise and making sure I was taken care of and comfortable. There may be a lot of people in this world who don't know how to speak to a pregnant woman, but I am so lucky and grateful to be surrounded by amazing people who love me.
Well that is my reflection over the next 2 weeks. Now to find a pool to float in because at 33 weeks pregnant I officially understand that whole "pregnant women love being in water" thing. Totally get it.
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