We made it home.....

So, after a great week of traveling we are officially back to reality. We are closing on our new house on Thursday and are really excited! We are also going for an ultrasound tomorrow and are even more excited!!! We will get to find out the sex of the baby (if it cooperates). Todd heard about this idea from a friend and the plan is to have the doctor write the sex on a piece of paper and put it in an envelope. Then we will go out for a special dinner and open the envelope. It is a slow form of torture to have to wait, but it should be really fun!! (My husband has great ideas:)) Todd is banking on a boy.

Now, for a recap of our week of travel. We arrived in Philadelphia early on the 13th and awaited the arrival of other family members. My friend Alexis stopped over with her daughter, Sam and we got to hang out for a little while. It is amazing how big Sam is getting! Can't wait to see all her new skills when they visit SF in October! Soon after, we were off to Bethlehem, PA, the home of LeHigh University, for Brian and Erica's wedding. What a weekend. It was so much fun!! And exhausting....I realized, again, that I do not have as much energy as I did before being pregnant. I guess that is normal:) My body is working overtime. On that note, I think I felt the baby move on the Sunday after the wedding. I was sitting on the couch and felt was seemed like a little flick from the inside. I haven't felt much since then but the baby is getting bigger and stronger, so I am hoping to feel more soon!

There are some really fun memories from the weekend. It also brought back many memories from our wedding that we just over three years ago! I have to say, I feel so blessed to have married into such a great family.

Back to the wedding weekend....Todd made a slide show pictorial of Brian and Erica that was played at the rehearsal dinner. He worked really hard on this and it was great to see how excited he was to share this with everyone, especially Brian and Erica. Friends and family really seemed to enjoy it, there were laughs at the appropriate time, a few tears, etc....Erica's face was priceless when the first picture came up.


The wedding was August 15th...a nice, hot day! The ceremony was beautiful and the reception was so much fun! The band was awesome! Everyone danced all night (especially Todd - more on that later). Brian and Erica were so happy and make an perfect couple. Congratulations guys! Hope you have a great time in Hawaii!!

The Schneider Fam!

My dress fit:)

As Todd says, "my brother only gets married once"! We all had a lot of fun, but Todd was having fun for two. He got out and danced....ALL NIGHT! He was jumping up and down and attempting to recreate Mark's (Kristi's boyfriend) version of the 'shower'. This is one of my favorite pics of the fun....


I woke up Sunday morning feeling like I had been drinking all weekend or that I was run over by a train. I couldn't even carry my bag to the car (thanks Uncle Scott for your assistance)....We made it back to Malvern on Sunday afternoon with just enough time to watch Bri and Erica open some gifts and head home to prepare for their honeymoon. Todd and I spent a couple more days at the Schneider's recovering from the wedding and hanging out with the fam. We also made a trip to the city to meet up with friends! It was so great to see everyone. I feel so lucky to have such great friends!! Love you guys!!!


After our time in Philly, we flew into Chicago to visit my family in Rockford. It was so great to see everyone...Tony couldn't make it, but his fiance Amy was able to make the trip from Tennessee. It was great to see her and spend some quality time. We got to talk about their wedding next year and she joined my sister, mom, and I to begin the baby registry. Who knew that you needed so many things for such a little baby.

We also were able to celebrate my Aunt Nean and Uncle Mike's birthday, my mom and dad planned a little get together of family and friends so that we could see everyone in one place, we made a trip into Chicago and had a delicious lunch and walked around Navy Pier and then had a nice dinner at one of my favorite restaurants in Rockford - Lino's. Another highlight of the weekend was getting to spend some time with my sister's boyfriend, Matt. I had only met him one time over Thanksgiving last year, so it was nice to get to hang out and hear what is going on with him.

Amy, Todd, and I at Navy Pier

The Marx's at Lino's

Thanks everyone for making our trip so much fun!!! Love you all!

As I mentioned earlier, we have a busy week ahead of us with the house closing, packing, and all of the joys that go along with moving. But most importantly we have some big baby news coming up! I will be sure to keep you all posted on the new developments!